Client Spotlight
May 2009
In this issue. . .
Samet Corporation is in our Client Spotlight for May: Would
you like to be in the spotlight? Contact
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Client Spotlight
Virtualization Overview
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Create Strong Passwords
Create Strong Passwords
If you've ever lost your wallet, you know the
sense of vulnerability that comes with it.
Someone might be walking around with your
identification, pretending to be you. If
someone stole your passwords, they could
do the same thing online. A hacker could be
opening new credit card accounts, applying
for mortgages, or chatting online disguised
as you-and you wouldn't know it until it was
too late. Read on to learn how you can help
protect your identity online by creating
stronger passwords.
Are you using weak passwords?
You probably already know not to create
passwords using any combination of
consecutive numbers or letters such as
"12345678", "lmnopqrs", or adjacent letters
on your keyboard such as "qwerty." And
you've probably heard that using your login
name, your spouse's name, or your birthday
as your password are also big no-nos. But
did you know that you should never use a
word that can be found in the dictionary, in
any language? That's right. Hackers use
sophisticated tools that can rapidly guess
passwords based on words in the dictionary
in different languages, even common words
spelled backwards.
Q: Samet has seen considerable growth over the past 10-15 years. What is it that has
enabled you to experience this growth?
A: Samet has been successful over the last 10-15 years because the company is very
adaptive to change with an unwavering dedication to our to our core corporate values. Arthur
Samet, son of our founder Norman Samet, became President of the organization in 2002 and
continues to drive the same client and employee focused values and vision throughout the
organization – Service to Customers and Employees, Quality, Innovation, and Value. As an
example of our willingness and adaptability to change, within the last year, Samet has moved
to a market based structure, creating strategic business units that focus on the specific needs
of each market – Commercial/Industrial, Medical, Education, Housing, Technology, and
Special Projects. Each business unit has dedicated personnel with specific experience in each
field in order to provide the best value to our customer's. We change with our client's and their
markets!
Q: Why would somebody choose Samet for their next project rather than one of your
competitors?
A: Based on a recent third party evaluation, our customer's say that they had “a better
building experience with Samet Corporation than on any other construction project they had
been involved with.” Our proven processes are designed to promote teamwork, honesty and
open communication, which are mission critical to the success of any project. Further, our
market based corporate structure insures that each client is provided with a project team of
experts in their respective fields in order to provide value and reduce owner risk.
Q: Why do you continue to do business with TCS when there have to be numerous
companies calling on you trying to win your business?
A: We feel TCS shares the same business philosophy we do, treat your customers honestly
and fairly and they will continue to do business with you. From an IT perspective, we cannot
offer the breadth of services internally that TCS offers on an outsourced basis.
Virtualization Overview
by Jane Cage, COO, HTS
We live in a world that constantly forces us to “do
more with less”. Employees are expected to be more
efficient. Multi-function devices are becoming the
standard on many desktops. We multi-task by
answering email, talking on the phone and reviewing a
spreadsheet – all at the same time.
We shouldn't be surprised then that IT departments
are asking the same of their fileservers. When server utilization gets measured, we find that
many servers have much more capacity than they actually use for the majority of the time.
If you use a common word as your
With so much excess capacity – why not run more than one server on a single machine?
password, you might think you're protected if That's what virtualization is all about -- one physical machine running more than one server
you replace letters of that word with
operating system.
numbers or symbols that look like the letters
such as M1cr0$0ft or P@ssw0rd.
Virtualization is a “hot” technology right now and here are some of the reasons why:
Unfortunately, hackers know these tricks
too.
Step 1: Create strong passwords that you Seeing Double By Jane Cage, HTS COO
can remember
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"Buy land.
They've stopped making it."
-- Mark Twain
Laugh a Little
Practical Productivity
Do you have the luxury of doing only one task
at a time? If you're like me, I would guess the
answer is probably “No”. I find myself
answering email, working on a spreadsheet,
looking at an accounting issue and searching
for info on the internet all at the same time.
It's just become part of the way that we all
work. Most computer users, however, are
forced into single-tasking because of the way
they see their work – on a single monitor.
Windows XP and VISTA provide desktop
users with the ability to “spread” their desktop
across multiple monitors.
Having two monitors has changed and improved the way I work. I've seen several study
results that state two monitors can improve productivity from 20-50%. I agree. I can cut and
paste from one application to another without having to change applications on screen. I can
look at the info that I need on the internet and type that information directly into a spreadsheet
at the same time. With two monitors, I can read the email with an accounting question and
look at the accounting screen at the same time to understand the problem a user is having. I
have become so dependent on two monitors that you could never get me to go back to a
single screen.
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