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Technology Foresight 2013
It seemed like 2012 was just all about the Presidential Election. While the world waited for the outcome, the technology industry of course didn’t slow down. The following predictions are a mix of...
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Skype Retires Messenger
Microsoft is retiring the existing Messenger service globally and bringing the features of Messenger and Skype together. Initially released in October 2001, Windows Messenger brought chat and presence...
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Avoid DNS Services Scam
Do not pay a bill received from DNS Services. This is a SCAM to get you to pay for fake backup domain name services. The invoices appear legitimate because they list the name servers and mail records...
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Business Answer for Fiscal Cliff
For the most part, the general press is trying desperately to change the news cycle to something else besides the fiscal cliff. The problem is someone from the financial industry continues to speak out...
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5 Years Moving Oklahoma to the Cloud
Do you have the t-shirt that says “I survived Oklahoma ice storms, blizzards, wildfires, drought, tornadoes, and earthquakes in 2009″? As Matrixforce approaches 10,000 cloud subscribers, we want to...
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5 Tips for Picking a Managed Services Provider
For Valentines Day, we thought we’d give you some dating tips. Well really, how to select a managed service provider: 1) Assess your need. Write down 6-10 concise and quantifiable phrases like: - flat...
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State of Your IT
Each year the President gives the State of the Union address, but how often do you assess the state of your information technology (IT)? You roar into January with year-end follow-up and new year...
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5 Reasons Windows 8 Succeeds
So the trade rags are all in a flutter as they get back to their comfort zone of bludgeoning Microsoft over claims that Windows 8 has worse adoption than Vista in the first 5 months. It certainly has...
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IT Spring Cleaning
If you look professional, you’ll tend to act more professional and achieve more. This is the time of year when we work with clients on spring cleaning: Pull out dead equipment, obsolete books, and...
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Avoid Office 365 P1
Since 2008, Matrixforce has helped customers move to the cloud with Office 365. We’ve helped organizations with as few as 5 users and organizations with over a thousand users with a la cart and...
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Microsoft Buys Matrixforce
Matrixforce and Microsoft today announce a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Matrixforce, one of the leading U.S. Microsoft Cloud Accelerate Partners for $17.6 million....
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Office 365 Upgrade 2013
One of the big selling points of Office 365 is escaping the backend maintenance and upgrades. While there are regular updates monthly and quarterly, customers will benefit from a significant upgrade...
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Windows Server 2012 Licensing Explained
The more things change the more confused people seem to get. Here is a quick run down of what you need to know about Windows Server 2012 Licensing: 32 and 64 bit. Yes, there are both 32 and 64 bit...
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Matrixforce Named One of Tulsa’s Best Places to Work 2013
The previous three weeks had been a whirlwind: managed services training in Las Vegas, a board meeting in Denver, and the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston. With my first day back in...
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Outlook 2013 Folder Pane Blank Fix
If you came to work today and your Outlook folder pane is blank, then Microsoft Updates have been applied from the standard first Tuesday of the month schedule. You can click on the folder pane to...
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Tax Deductible Managed Services
We’re not accountants, but medium business clients we support often fall into the dreaded 39% corporate tax rate with taxable income of $100,000 to $335,000. Just like middle-class individuals,...
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Office 365 Q3 2013 Bulletin
One of the great things about Office 365 is that you escape back-end server upgrades and maintenance. You just have to worry about keeping reasonably current on the desktop. Office 365 customers also...
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Tinkel Retires from Tulsa Chamber
Linda Tinkel’s last day of a 35 year career at the Tulsa Regional Chamber was Monday September 30, 2013. Matrixforce started working with Linda at the Chamber in 1997, implementing a 16 line fax modem...
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Remove Dreaded CRM Customer Portal
To prevent upgrade failure and postponement with the CRM Online Fall 2013 upgrade, you must remove any old JavaScript code from CRM Online 2011. One of the biggest offenders is the much maligned...
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Windows 8.1 Straight Scoop
Forget the hype and varying opinions. We’ve already upgraded internally and with a few key customers. The following is the straight scoop on Windows 8.1: It’s an upgrade. You won’t get Windows 8.1 like...
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