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August 2010 - Failure to Plan is a Disaster in Itself

Data protection is crucial for protecting your business’s continuity. If your only data backup is on a computer and the hard disk fails or is damaged by a power surge, your business data is gone. And having paper copies of business data isn’t adequate data protection. What if your business premises burn to the ground or experience severe flooding? Once again the data you need to carry on your business could be irretrievably lost.
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July 2010 - ARRC Technology Conference and Training Center

The facility is specifically designed to meet all training, corporate meeting and conference needs. Outfitted with high-end computer equipment, secure networking capabilities, and professional audio/visual systems, the center possesses everything necessary for a high-impact training session or meeting.
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June 2010 - Local Children to Benefit from Sporting Clay Tournament

Each year ARRC Technology sponsors the Bakersfield Breakfast Lions Club Annual Sporting Clay Tournament. With the generous support of local business donations, ARRC and the Lions club made this year’s event memorable. Each shooter was provided a steak lunch, cold drinks and great time.
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May 2010 - Email Archiving

In the last few years email has become an integral part of business workflow. Email has become a primary channel of business communication by providing organizations a fast medium for business correspondence such as purchase orders, quotes, and sales transactions. Studies indicate that 97% of business communication is done via email.
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April 2010 - The Evolution of the Business Telephone

In the late 19th Century Alexander Graham Bell first transmitted this with an order to his assistant Thomas Watson. Since then, the telephone and phone systems have revolutionized the way we live, interact socially and do business.
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March 2010 - A Modern Approach to Network Security

Ensuring a business's network security is important for many reasons, some of which are as simple as making sure you protect against offensive Web sites and potential hackers.
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Febuary 2010 - MSPmentor TOP 100 WORLD LIST

MSPmentor today ranked ARRC Technology/CharTec No.76 on its annual ranking of the world's most progressive managed service providers. www.mspmentor.net. The MSPmentor 100 is an annual survey conducted by MSPmentor and its owner, Nine Lives Media Inc.
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January 2010 - ARRC Technology Awarded Three National Industry Honors

ARRC Technology, a Bakersfield based IT Company, was just awarded three individual Bull’s Eye Awards in the following categories: Master MSP (Managed Service Provider) of the Year, Innovator of the Year, and Channel Account Manager of the Year.
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December 2009 - Hot Tech Gifts for 2009

Finding the right gift for anyone can be difficult, but finding the right gift for the techie in your family can be even more difficult. Be sure to visit ARRC Technology’s showroom to view a full line of laptops, netbooks and desktop systems-- including Apple products.
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November 2009 - ARRC Technology Conference and Training Center

Outfitted with high-end computer equipment, secure networking capabilities, and professional audio/visual systems, the center possesses everything necessary for a high-impact training session or meeting.
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October 2009 - Bakersfield Entrepreneur Alex Rogers Receives Global Industry Honors

Alex Rogers, CEO of Bakersfield based business ARRC Technology, was named to the highly regarded list of the World’s Top Managed Service Provider Entrepreneurs. “It is a great honor to be nominated and associated with the movers and shakers on this list,” said Alex Rogers.
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September 2009 - 19th Annual Business and Techn ology Expo

ARRC Technology invites our valued clients and friends to attend the 19th Annual Bakersfield Business and Technology Expo, Tuesday October 27 at the Rabobank Convention Center. This is the largest business to business showcase in our area with 130 booths and over 1400 attendees. This event is a great place to check out local business as well as stop by and visit the ARRC Technology booth and see what's new.
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August 2009 - Social Networking: ARRC on the Web

Social networking has become the new way to stay in touch, rekindle old friendships and business relationships as well as establish and maintain new and current relationships. With the ability to update your status and follow your contacts with an SMS feed sent directly to your mobile phone it's become easier than ever to keep up whenever you have a spare moment.
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July 2009 - Local Children to Benefit from Sporting Clay Tournament

Each year the Bakersfield Breakfast Lions and their sponsor ARRC Technology do their best to make the event one to remember and this year was no exception. ARRC and the Lions club made sure that each shooter would not be disappointed with a steak lunch, cold drinks and great time for all. This year’s event featured some great donations such as fishing trips to Cabo, Rock Cod fishing in Morro Bay, dinner for 8 in Napa Valley at Madorum Vineyards with a private charter plane, and even and African Safari.
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June 2009 - Stars and Stripes Business After Hours Mixer and Trade Show

ARRC Technology will be sponsoring the Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce Stars and Stripes Business After Hour Tradeshow and Mixer, Thursday June 25th at the Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center.
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May 2009 - ARRC Sponsors Lions Club 8th Annual Sporting Clay Tournament

ARRC Technology proudly sponsors the Bakersfield Breakfast Lion’s Club 8th Annual Sporting Clay Tournament Saturday, June 6th at the Kern County Gun Club. This tournament has been voted #1 clay shoot in Bakersfield for the last six years! Don’t miss it!
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April 2009 - California State and Use Tax Rate Increases

Effective April 1,2009, the state sales and use tax increases by 1%. In addition, if you are in a city or county that has voter approved local district tax rate increase effective on April 1, 2009, your overall tax rate increase will be higher. The 1% tax rate increase will expire on July 1, 2011, or July 1, 2012, if the voters approve the proposed Budget Stabilization constitutional amendment in a statewide election to be held on May 19, 2009.
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March 2009 - ARRC Conference and Training Center

The newly remodeled ARRC Technology Conference and Training Center is a state-of-the-art, purpose-built, flexible venue. The facility is specifically designed to meet all training, corporate meeting and conference needs.
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February 2009 - SPIT the Next Big SPAM Threat

The increase of voice-over-Internet (VoIP) communications has provided the next level of spam threat known as Spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT). The new threat possesses major potential from a spammer’s point of view. SPIT represents a whole new venue with the ability to move from email to telephony, bypassing all existing email spam protections.
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January 2009 - New Laws Affecting Businesses in 2009

(December 5, 2008) The California Chamber of Commerce this week released a list of new laws scheduled to take effect in 2009 or earlier that will impact businesses in California.
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December 2008 - Economic Stimulus Act of 2008

Section 179 of the IRS tax code allows businesses to deduct the full purchase price of qualifying equipment purchased or financed during the tax year. That means that if you buy (or lease) a piece of qualifying equipment, you can deduct the FULL PURCHASE PRICE from your gross income. It's an incentive created by the US Government to encourage businesses to buy equipment and invest in themselves.
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November 2008 - Reflexions Total Control

Reflexion Total Control (RTC) is a hosted email security service that blocks unwanted email before it reaches the corporate network. Reflexion’s unique technology also identifies address-sharing and the sources of spam, and provides concrete tools for preserving the integrity of one’s primary email address.
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October 2008 - Viruses are not Only on your Computer

Influenza, commonly known as the flu, crops up every year during the winter months. This illness typically mutates, with a new strain developing every year. While flu shots are usually a good idea, it is still important to practice careful hygiene and take the best possible care or yourself and your loved ones.
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September 2008 - Extreme Changes are Exciting

In the words of Kyle, LeeAnn and the staff at the Wedding Center, they were “sooooo (yes that's 5 "o’s") excited, honored, and humbled” for winning the Extreme Office Makeover. "This is a life-changing event, just like starting a business, buying a house, or having a baby", LeeAnn said. The Wedding Center is in the business of making dreams reality for couples. So, it is ironic that Extreme Office Makeover offered them the same experience.
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August 2008 - CharTec™ Case Study Highlight

From time to time ARRC Technology highlights a CharTecTM customer by doing a case study and featuring them on our website. This month we would like to share with you Hocking Denton Palmquist, just one of our case studies.
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July 2008 - Get Connected Faster

We would like to take this opportunity to introduce new improvements and procedure changes as well as re-introducing the convenience of the Customer Portal on the ARRC Technology website!
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June 2008 - Extreme Office Makeover

Have you been following Extreme Office Makeover? Would you like to know who the winner is? Would you like to attend a free seminar on "Making Technology Work for You"?
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May 2008 - Extreme Office Makeover

Thank you to all our business partners, vendors and applicants of Extreme Office Makeover! The excitement continuous to build as we enter the judging portion of the contest. Every contestant has received a visit from our technology consultants and we've evaluated each contestant's current technology and needs.
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April 2008 - The ARRC Technology NOC Team

Our Network Operations Center, or NOC (pronounced “knock”), holds the team of highly-skilled technicians ARRC Technology employs to remotely monitor, manage and troubleshoot problems on client networks.
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March 2008 - Beware of "Social Engineering"

Quick. What is the weakest link in your company’s computer security? Is it virus protection? Your network firewall? NO. It’s your people.
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February 2008 - A Letter from the President

It is my great opportunity to send you this newsletter. This is the very first of what we hope will be many Circuit, ARRC Technology’s monthly newsletters. It has been a goal to communicate more news, tips, and information to our clients and friends. We feel a monthly newsletter would be the most efficient way to service you and keep you apprised as to what is going on at ARRC Technology.
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