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- Debi Bush, CMIT Solutions of Denver

Volume VII, Issue X October 2014

Denver, Colorado

Inside This Issue…

Why I Can’t Sleep. …… ......... ...Page 1

Technology Onslaught……………………...…....Page 2 Solid Strategies = Solid Success …………….…….....Page 3 Support Call May Be A Trick ...…………….....………..…..Page 4 The CMIT Promise...................Page 5 FREE—A New Meaning ....... …Page 6 Happy New Year—Now Get Moving…........….……….......Page 7

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… Lost all the e-mails you’ve saved and couldn’t access your inbox…

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Last Night I Startled Out Of Bed In A Cold Sweat,

Heart Racing, With Fear Racing Through My Mind…

And YOU Were The Reason For My Panic!

Phil’s In The Corner

This article is landing in your

inbox two weeks before my

United flight lands in Israel. It has

been over 30 years since the first

and only time that I had been to

Israel. I was entering my senior

year of high school which means

that I was the same age that my

son Daniel is now.

The excitement, curiosity and the

experience will be very different.

Last time I was a 17 year old with

limited travel experience. Now, I

am a 50 year old who has traveled

to many continents for business

and pleasure which includes

taking my family to Italy in 2009.

I hope to experience the awe and

excitement upon my return to

Israel that my children had during

their first trip abroad.

The tour will present to me the

history of a land and its people

through new lenses (much thicker

lenses) that will cause me to think

about my place in this world. I

guess that age can do that to you.

Imagine if someone from 1981

before the great onslaught of

technology were able to foresee

the kind of fast-paced,

interconnected world that we live

in today. Wow!


Last year in the October 2013 newsletter we wrote about the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 and touted the advances of it over the original Pro version. Well, like most technology gadgets including tablets and smartphones, a newer and better version comes out regularly. This happens regardless of the manufacturer for they all do it—Microsoft, Apple, and Samsung. Microsoft promotes the Surface Pro 3 as a laptop replacement. Those of us who use a Surface Pro tablet would agree and sing its praises. The Surface user is able to use USB devices to attach to it as well as connect to a larger video monitor. The functional flexibility demonstrates that it is a true laptop replacement. Apple is selling its newest phone, the 6 and 6+ versions like hotcakes. At our local Verizon store, you have to wait up to a month for most of the SKUs of the iPhone 6 (e.g. 64 GB version). People love the hundreds of thousands of apps that are available and with Apple it always comes back to the experience. Samsung had higher market share with its Google OS smartphone than Apple and it continues to be strong. It introduced the Galaxy Note which is a hybrid of a smartphone and handheld tablet. It’s pretty cool even though it won’t fit in your shirt or pants pockets. It’s up to you—your brand preferences, business functionality and whatever your trusted advisor says.

Technology Onslaught

Viva Italia! Torino (or Turin as known to the English-speaking crowd) is a city in

northwest Italy in the Piemontese

region. It has a million citizens and

is adjacent to the Alps. Its original

inhabitants (in pre-Roman times)

were ancient Celt-Ligurian people.

Torino means “little bull.” It has

been occupied or controlled by the

Romans, Franks, and French until

Italy became a unified country in

1861.

Torino hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics.

“You may have the universe if I may have Italy.” Giuseppe Verdi


Shiny New Gadget Of The Month:

Solid Strategies = Solid Success

More and more people are moving

away from subscribing to cable or

satellite. They are finding entertain-

ment alternatives such as this Roku

3 Streaming Media Player.

The Roku player makes it easy

to enjoy the most popular movies,

TV shows, music, and games on

your TV. You can access hundreds

of free channels as well as subscrip-

tion services like Netflix and Hulu

Plus.

For most of you who have cable TV,

you can watch on-demand movies

and original shows by HBO, Show-

time, ESPN, Disney, Fox, A&E and

the History Channel. So, what are

the costs with what seems to be a

great gadget and service? There is

no cost or monthly fee from Roku;

however, if you use content from

some of the channel partners there

may be charges.

If there aren’t costs from Roku asso-

ciated with the content, there must

be costs for the player. Yes. The one

-time cost for a Roku device ranges

from $49.99 for the Streaming Stick

to $99.99 for the Roku 3 streaming

media player.

(https://www.roku.com/products/

compare ).

Any device comes with a 30 day

money back guarantee and there are

tutorials to help you get started.

Success results from a solid strategy. Even the greatest ideas are of little value unless they

are backed up by a practical and workable plan of action. The word strategy

comes from an ancient Greek term that literally means to be a general, leading troops into

battle. Setting up a good strategic plan involves 5 steps:

The first step is to translate your vision into measurable and achievable goals.

You decide specifically what you want to accomplish during the next five to ten years —

those are your long-range goals. Next, you break those goals down into intermediate goals

— things you wish to accomplish during the next six months or year. Then you break them

down further into short-term goals covering the next month or six weeks.

The second step is to break your goals down into achievable objectives. Dr. Robert

Schuller says, “Yard by yard life is hard, inch by inch it’s a cinch.” Working by objectives

helps you concentrate on what’s important, instead of spinning your wheels on those things

that seem urgent but don’t lead to your long-term goals. Objectives add purpose and

direction to all your activities.

The third step is to set up your strategies for accomplishing your objectives. Strategies

are the specific ways you will go about achieving your objectives. The more clearly thought-

out they are, the more effective they will be.

Fourth, you choose each task you must complete each day to achieve your goals. This

is where most planning breaks down. We tend to leave it vague — thinking that, as long as

we are working hard all the time, we are achieving our goals. Most people I talk with are

extremely busy — and most of them are working hard to do things right. The problem is

they are not doing enough of the right things — the things that will help them achieve

their goals.

It is not enough to merely list each task you need to do; you need to build the tasks

into your schedule. So many hours each day should be dedicated to working on specific

actions that will lead to accomplishing your definite objectives.

And, finally, build in the monitoring mechanisms that will help you keep track of

your progress toward implementing your plan. It’s one thing to have a “gut-level feeling”

that you must be doing something right because you are always working

hard. But it is far better to design simple mechanisms to let you know precisely how much

progress you are making.

Look for a few key indicators that will help you stay on track, and monitor those like a

doctor would monitor the vital signs of a patient. It doesn’t matter how much activity

is going on. What matters is how successful you are in achieving your objectives.

One good example would be that you would target to contact three people each day to

generate new business. At the end of the day, you’d know whether you have achieved that

goal. Your plan is not complete until it has been communicated satisfactorily to every

person in your organization who must help to implement it.

Dr. Nido Qubein is president of High Point University, an undergraduate and graduate

institution with 4,300 students from 40 countries. He has authored two dozen books and

audio programs distributed worldwide. As a business leader, he is chairman of the Great

Harvest Bread Company, with 220 stores in 43 states. He serves on the boards of several

national organizations, including BB&T (a Fortune 500 company with $185 billion in

assets), the La-Z-Boy Corporation (one of the largest and most recognized furniture brands

worldwide) and Dots Stores (a chain of fashion boutiques with more than 400 locations

across the country). As a professional speaker, Dr. Qubein has received many distinctions,

including the Golden Gavel Medal, induction into the International Speaker Hall of Fame

and as the founder of the NSA Foundation in Arizona.

Roku 3 Streaming Media Player


Insights From Our Past To

Apply To The Present & Future

Plato 427—347 BCE

Our person of the month is Plato. He hailed from Greece and was a student of Socrates and teacher to Aristotle. Plato was the founder of the Academy from which many leaders centu-ries later including Lorenzo de’Medici based their educa-tion. He wrote The Republic. “The direction in which education starts a man

will determine his future in life.”

Most are unaware that Plato comes from a rich heritage of kinds and statesmen. Yet, he never took this for granted.

“Good actions give strength to ourselves

and inspire good actions in others.”

After Socrates’ execution, Plato traveled for 12 years including studying math in Italy.

“Good people do not need laws to tell them to

act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Call From Microsoft Support

May Be A Trick A week ago CMIT Solutions sent out its weekly QuickTip email.

The topic was “How to identify a fraudulent Microsoft support call, and

what to do if you receive one.” It’s scary to think that this could happen to

you. Well, a relative of mine shared the story below of her own experience

which demonstrates that it could happen to you too.

Hi Deb -

I actually got one of these calls early one morning. I had been

Googling the night before and clicked on a strange website. After

I got the call the next morning, I thought maybe it was because of that.

Anyway, his accent raised red flags from the get go. He said he was from

Microsoft and there's something wrong with my computer. I

hung up on him right after he said we“ "need you to turn on your

computer". Thank you for doing a news item on this. I'm relieved to hear

about it from an expert. Didn't realize how long it's been going on. It felt

really icky getting the call, like I was being tele-burglarized!!

What should you do if you receive one of these phone-based phishing

attempts?

Do not install third-party remote client software and/or provide login details to an unverified caller

Ask if there’s a cost associated with the “service” the caller is offering — if there is, hang up

Never agree to purchase any services or software

Never share your credit card or personal information. Take down the caller’s number, name, company, etc. and report it immediately to the

FBI, the FTC, or the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center.

If you think you’ve downloaded any malicious software or allowed a

scammer access to your computer, here’s what you should do:

Change the passwords for your computer, your email accounts, and your financial accounts — particularly your bank account and credit card

Call your trusted IT provider and inform them of the scam attempt so they can assess the health and security of your system

Consider the kind of anti-virus, anti-malware, and network security options

in which CMIT Solutions specializes.

The bottom line? Microsoft will very rarely call you directly — and they’ll

never try and charge you ANYTHING if they do. If a serious issue does need

to be addressed, more than likely a Microsoft Silver Partner like CMIT Solu-

tions of Denver would contact you on behalf of the company.


FREE—A New Meaning

There are choices when it comes to pedometers as well as choices when you select a

technology partner. Just as the medical experts agree that an adult should exercise five

days a week with at least 20 minutes of walking (or thereabouts), CMIT Solutions of Denver

believes wholeheartedly that a business should be on a proactively managed wellness

program like CMIT Marathon.

A business owner wants the best for his/her company and hopefully wants the same for

their peers and their sphere of influence. So, take this opportunity to introduce a business

of 10 or more computer users to CMIT Denver to receive a Network Health Check (a $497

value) and you will have done a good deed. Upon completing this “exam”, we will rush you

a Fitbit of your choice to help keep your health in check and thank you for your referral.

With All The Choices For A Ramped Up Pedometer, How Do

You Decide Which One Is Best For You?

CMIT Solutions of Denver focuses on keeping the technology infrastructure of its clients healthy. Part of

this is achieved via our role as vCIO or technology partner and consultant. One of the technology areas

that we support is Communication. This

includes internet, telephony, and cellular.

For the purposes of this article, we will

focus on our hosted VoIP solution and

how our clients can have an almost imme-

diate benefit.

The FREE Money Program can save our

clients money. This is how it works:

1. CMIT will collect phone bills for the past 2-3 months from our clients.

2. Our telephony partner will review those bills with us and determine if a particular client will immedi-

ately benefit financially from our hosted VoIP solution.

3. CMIT will provide this client with a price quote.

Benefits to our clients for participating in the FREE Money Program:

1. Free Money. Some of our clients could be presented with the opportunity to reduce their telephony

expenses and improve their functionality.

2. Easy. CMIT and our telephony partner will do the leg work which includes the billing analysis, price

quoting and product demo.

Get started now—no time or money to waste. Call Debi at CMIT Solutions at 303-756-2648 for a

ccomplimentary and thorough analysis of your telephone bills and we’ll present you with our findings.


The most popular type of home-baked cookie is the

Chocolate Chip cookie.

Over -mixing the dough or adding too much flour can

result in hard, tough

cookies.

The first animal crackers were produced in the United

the market in 1902.

The modern version of the Fig Newton was created in

1891 and is named for the

city of Newton,

Massachusetts.

The Oreo cookie was invented in 1912.

Ladyfingers are used in tiramisu because the cookies

so readily absorb the sweet

syrup and liqueur used to

make the traditional Italian

dessert.

While Italians use the word

of cookies, Americans think

cookies that are served with

hot drinks for dunking. The

meaning cooked. Baking the

cookies twice results in their

hard, crumbly texture.

Happy New Year—Now Get Moving

Last week my family and I welcomed in the

Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah—Year 5775.

That’s a lot of history to reflect upon. The main

sermon was about time—being cognizant of the

past and looking into the future. Our Rabbi

polled everyone as to who was wearing digital

watches and who was wearing watches with a

face. You know, the “old fashioned” look. I was caught with

my Polar sport digital watch while my husband Phil had a

face watch (even though it’s digital underneath). The Rabbi

observed that with a digital watch, you can only see the Now,

the exact time. With a face watch, you can see when you started

an activity (i.e. the past) and look ahead to when it will be over

or complete (i.e. the future). The message was that we need to

be aware of our past and look forward

or be excited about the future. The

next day I wore my Seiko watch that

I’ve had since 1990 so I wore a bit of

my past.

Our past provides insights or fore-

shadowing into our future. Actions of

our past and the way we look at life

often contributes to or defines how we

act now and possibly down the road.

My 12th grade son wrote an essay for

the Common App for college and it

talked about failure, learning from it and moving beyond it to a

brighter and more successful future. While I read it, I could see

that he had done exactly what he had written. It wasn’t imag-

ined nor an unfulfilled goal. He has moved himself into a posi-

tion to finish high school in better standing and to be recruited

by a college to play football. It clicked for him. I am a proud

mamma.

Our featured person of the month, Plato, wrote, “The begin-

ning is the most important part of the work.” Once you em-

bark on a new path of improvement, the momentum and habit

building

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The Lighter Side:

Happy Cookie Month!


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will almost always yield rewards, especially with the mind-

set and fortitude to move onward. I know that our 7 month

old puppy appreciates my renewed vigor.

I had fallen off that proverbial bike when it came to my

walking regimen and prompted by the new year (the timing

was right), I got back on the “bike” and have walked every

day since. Most experts say that it takes at least 21 days for a

habit to be formed and followed.

Plato also wrote “Better a little which is well done, than a

great deal imperfectly.” The often-quoted Mary Poppins

complemented Plato by stating that “Well begun is half

done.”

You don’t need a religious or secular new year to serve as a

reason or excuse for getting back on track and moving on

with your necessary tasks. Make sure that you have a

written goal and track your progress. This is akin to project

management in that a milestone must be met before moving

on to the next step and goal.

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Heart Racing, With Fear Racing Through My Mind… · northwest Italy in the Piemontese region. It has a million citizens and is adjacent to the Alps. Its original inhabitants (in