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IP Telephony
Open the Door to Increased Communications through your Phone System

Do you remember the fear that ran through businesses at the end of 1999? What would work on January 1 - and more importantly -- what wouldn`t work? Many of you may have upgraded phone systems during that time. If your phone lease is expiring, now may be the time to move to a VoIP (Voice over IP) system.

Mature Solutions Lead To New Sales
In recent years, manufacturers in the IP telephony and VoIP markets such as Cisco, 3Com and ESI have made huge strides in feature-rich IP communications solutions that are competitively priced against traditional PBX systems. You may already be familiar with the benefits of VoIP -- including cost savings; the simplicity of one network instead of two; rapid deployment of software-based applications; fewer technicians to maintain the network; no monthly charges for phone lines between your sites; and the ability to move, add and change more economically than with PBX. But there are some new facets to this marketplace that are making VoIP hotter than ever:

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Outlook Tips

Send a message to multiple people without revealing other recipients` identities To send a message to someone without other recipients of the message knowing, use the Bcc line in the message. Bcc stands for blind carbon copy. If you add someone`s name to the Bcc line, a copy of the message is sent to that person, but his or her name is not visible to other recipients.

Find related messages To find related messages, right-click the message, and then on the shortcut menu, point to Find All and then click Related Messages. The Advanced Find dialog box appears with a list of related messages.

Jog your memory with a follow-up flag Create a follow-up flag as a reminder to follow up on a message. On the Actions menu, click Follow Up and click the flag color of your choice

Is Your Organization Secure

Is Your Organization Secure?
HBS is now providing in-depth security assessments.

HBS can provide detailed information regarding your organization's threats and vulnerabilities. Some of the areas we can assist you with include:

• Physical Security – Is your server stored in a secure location? Who has access to your server room? Are your systems left logged in while your staff is away?

• Internet Security – How vulnerable is your network from the Internet? Do you understand the risks to your company because you have unneeded services available to the outside world?

• Network Security – What access does your staff have to your critical files? Do you have Virus protection? Spam Protection? What is your password policy?

We can assist you in implementing a security system that will suit your company’s needs. These assessments will give you an indication of how secure your organization really is.

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IP Telephony

Outlook Tips

Is Your Organization Secure

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HBS GOLF TOUR

Heritage Business Systems sponsored the 52 nd Annual Financial Managers Society (FMS) Golf Outing & Pig Roast. Held on July 25 th at the Oak Meadows Country Club in Addison. HBS also sponsored the “longest drive” contest!

On August 24 th, Heritage Business Systems will be a sponsor at the Polish American League for Savings Institutions, with their annual golf outing, to be held at St. Andrews Country Club in West Chicago.

We proudly support the financial community and their organizations.

Featured Manufacturers

Cisco Systems
Take advantage of the resiliency, scalability, flexibility and longevity of Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series modular switches. Or if you're interested in solutions for the core, distribution, or premium wiring closets, consider the Catalyst 6509. Ask your solution provider about cost-saving bundles.

For details, visit www.cisco.com/go/aironet.

HP
HP expands its x86 industry-standard server portfolio by offering new HP ProLiant servers that feature AMD Opteron processors. They run both Windows and Linux and are ideal for applications that need expanded memory capabilities and outstanding performance. These new ProLiant servers include the ProLiant DL145, a dense-optimized, two-processor server and the ProLiant DL585, a four-processor workhorse for compute-intensive applications.

For more information,
visit www.hp.com.

Symantec
Symantec AntiVirus Enterprise Edition: This multi-tiered solution delivers enterprise strength antivirus protection at the gateway, network server and workstation. It provides multi-layered spam prevention by combining blacklists and heuristic detection with whitelists, maximizing detection and minimizing false positives for Internet e-mail traffic.
Anti-spam is included in three products of the suite: Symantec AntiVirus for SMTP Gateways, Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange and Symantec AntiVirus/Filtering for Domino (Win2000/NT).

For more information,
visit www.symantec.com.

Veritas
VERITAS StorageCentral automatically controls Windows storage allocation, reducing backup times and improving service levels. Easily establish real-time quotas on shared Windows storage. Block inappropriate file types such as MP3s, games, scripts and viruses. Identify and recover wasted disk space. Report disk usage to users via active HTML reports and real-time notification when quota thresholds are reached.

For more information, visit www.veritas.com.

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