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Quote
of the
Month
WINSTON CHURCHILL:
The
pessimist sees difficulty
in every opportunity.
The optimist sees the
opportunity in every difficulty
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doing in 10 years? |
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Considering the amount of change we have all seen over
the past 10 years, is it possible to really outline our
next moves? Those of us in the technology fields are all
scratching our heads trying to make the next play,
trying to visualize what clients will value from us,
what markets will develop. We know that our futures will
probably not look like our past, our business
structures, our core competency, our actual product or
services will differ in more ways than we can imagine
today. By putting no limits on what will be we are in
some ways more likely to succeed than ever before. Open
minds and options with no limits allow each of us to
really tinker with our dreams and start down paths in
with no restraint. Could it be that all the complexity
of today’s life has really given us freedom to
re-engineer, rebuild and re-ignite our passions? I think
so. Even the very last of the institutions that defined
American life are beginning to die off and re-build. The
present state of affairs that has put us in a vise such
as energy, debt, health care, education and trade
deficits all have a single starting point for rebirth.
American engineering and technology. It is only with the
massive meltdown and financial impact we are now
experiencing that the “New America” can emerge.
When our
government realizes that what we are up against is
nothing like the past, that all methods and fixes that
we thought could pull us through this period will not
work, then the really hard but needed decisions will
take place. No different than our response to other
attacks against our nation, we will begin to meet the
worldwide competition head on and real progress will
begin.
The
true capability of our people has been held down by the
ease of life for too long. What we all took for granted,
the economic freedom (driven by cheap money and
irresponsible credit control) and a unrealistic
lifestyle will come to an end and the adrenaline surge
of wanting to regain our “stuff” will extract everything
the American spirit can produce. The starting point for
the real beginning will occur for each person at a
different time. The government will not be able to drive
it, buy it, tax it or preach it. We (the people) will
come alive as if by some magic, as each look forward to
make sure our lives and that of our children are once
again safe, productive and full of all the good things
we have seen stripped away during these troubling times.
Has your moment come yet?
Larry
Shulman
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Shortcuts
in Word |
 Use these character formatting shortcuts to save retyping in Word.
Take the shortcut! Whether
you need to change the case or switch formats, it's easy with these
Word shortcuts.
When preparing a Word
document for publication, you want to spend as little time retyping
as possible. Here are some shortcuts for reducing time spent editing
text.
As you edit your
document, you notice that all your headers are lowercase, when they
should be initial caps. To make that change, follow these steps:
- Hold down [Ctrl]
while selecting the headers to be changed.
- Press [Shift][F3].
Pressing [Shift][F3]
twice converts the headers to all uppercase; pressing [F3] again
brings it back to lowercase. Alternatively, you can press [Ctrl][Shift]A
to convert a block of text to all caps, or press [Ctrl][Shift]K to
convert it to small caps.
Then, you spot that the
author has used the Underline button to underline selected text.
While the Underline button is convenient to use, it underlines an
entire selection, including the spaces between the words. If you
don't want the spaces underlined, follow these steps:
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Get
Back In the Driver's Seat |
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 Do you remember when owning a car used to be
simple? 20 years ago we felt competent enough to do a lot more with our cars
than just fill them up with gas. It wasn't even uncommon for the average guy to
carry out some solid repairs without ever calling a mechanic. Today, it is rare
to see anyone opening the hood at all. The complexity of automotive technology
has grown so much that it is now easier and more cost effective to just let
experts handle it and focus on enjoying the drive.
Business computing is heading in the same
direction.
The convergence of information and communications
is leading to the demand for availability “any time, any place, any where”. At
the same time the competitive nature of almost every modern market is being
transformed by escalating demand and unrelenting margin pressure. Add to this
the increasing complexity and variety of computing technologies, and the task of
successfully managing the information infrastructure can prove to be almost
overwhelming, particularly for the small business owner.
As businesses tighten their belts and shed
functions that aren't directly related to the core business, the demand for the
outsourcing of key technological services continues to increase. Managed
services used to be the domain of only the largest of enterprises, however, the
ever increasing rate of technological innovation and product complexity is now
driving companies of reducing sizes to seek out service providers that can meet
their technological needs.
The transition of a company's IT infrastructure
from a back office support system to the source of sustainable competitive
advantage has resulted in managed services quickly moving front and center in
service provider offerings. As such, the goal of a managed services provider
today is to allow companies to focus on their core competencies, the things that
they do best, while helping them to reduce or consolidate capital expenditures.
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