Welcome to the N-Tech Solutions Customer Newsletter for December 2008 (and Merry Christmas!)
by Nathan Woodcock
As part of our commitment to providing an IT service that is professional, straight-talking and enjoyable we publish this newsletter every month or so to keep in touch, have some fun and maybe even point out a few handy computer related things. If you'd prefer not to receive this email simply click the unsubscribe link at the bottom on this newsletter. This month we're doing our bit for the economy by attempting to stimulate your spending in the lead up to Christmas. Haha! See our Christmas specials later in the newsletter and do your bit for the country and buy some stuff :) But seriously, our heartfelt thanks go to all our customers for their support over the first year or so of N-Tech Solution's life. It is you who have ensured we will be here for the long term and have made the job so enjoyable and rewarding. On behalf of the N-Tech family we wish you and your families a wonderful Christmas and prosperous New Year. 
Noah Woodcock pondering N-Tech's future and hoping for another Wiggles concert!
Sort Out Your Online Marketing!
by Nathan Woodcock
In conjunction with our business partner iEnhance, we are now able to provide you with full email and website marketing services including website building, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) to get your new or existing site ranked better on Google, Yahoo etc, website structure advice, targeted online advertising (various Adwords campaigns), automated bulk newsletter/information emails to clients and leads and more. If you've ever tried to use Outlook to send a newsletter or information to over one hundred people at once and run into trouble we can help! iEnhance's mailout system creates great looking email templates (like this newsletter), tracks the emails sent for you, tracks who opened the email and what they clicked on, easily manages email addresses and bounced messages and more. Call us to discuss your requirements.
If you've been thinking about optimising your website to help people find you and get you ranked better on the search engines, iEnhance have created some spectacular results for local businesses in some of the most competitive online advertising areas, like Noosa accommodation. Call us to arrange a chat with Mark about your requirements. Scheduled Onsite Backup Service...
by Nathan Woodcock
Are you one of the many businesses who know they should have an offsite backup schedule and procedure, and maybe even had one set up, but just keep forgetting to do it or to take the backup drive offsite with you? I can name three of my business clients off the top of my head who fall into this category - having had no problems in years they are lulled into a false sense of security, despite me prompting them every time I go onsite. Could your business recover if you lost all of your client documents and data in a fire or theft? We will, on a weekly or monthly basis, come into your office, perform the backup onto a hard drive of ours, and store it securely at our premises. Priced from $50 per month it's cheap peace of mind. Alternatively as mentioned last newsletter if you just have a relatively small amount of data you want to backup offsite (such as Quickbooks or MYOB) we can arrange an automatic upload of the data every week or month to our secure servers.
Storm Season...
by Nathan Woodcock
On Wednesday and Thursday of this week work was very quiet, allowing me to catch up on some remote jobs and paperwork. Thursday evening we had a good old summer storm with some spectacular lightening. Friday morning the phone was ringing red hot with people whose computers, broadband modems or monitors were no longer working. By midday I had been to six businesses, every one affected by the storm. Some of these places didn't even have blackouts, they just had power fluctuations, lights dimming etc. This variation in voltage is bad news for your computer and electrical equipment - you don't need a surge to cause delicate electronics to play up or fail. The best way to protect your equipment is to invest in a UPS (uninterruptible power supply, basically a big battery) that also has voltage regulation. This means the UPS can always provide a steady power feed to equipment connected to it in the event of outages or fluctuations or surges. Priced from just $140 they quickly pay for themselves. Christmas Deals and Specials!
by Nathan Woodcock N-Tech Computers - from $495
Our custom built systems start at just $495 for dual core power, Gigabyte mainboard, 2GB RAM and 160GB hard drive. No generic brand components in these babies. Our three year Australia-wide onsite hardware warranty is only $100 making these systems some of the safest purchases you can make. 
BenQ E2200HD 21.5" Full HD Widescreen LCD Monitor - $310
Glossy black with leather backing these are beauties.
5ms Response (2ms GTG), Res; 1920x1080, Dynamic Contrast Ratio 10,000:1, Speakers, HDMI 
Asus Eeepc Mini-Notebook $450
Runout price! This tiny smart notebook weighs only 1kg and has a solid state hard drive (no moving parts!) for increased speed and reliability. With an 8.9” widescreen, Bluetooth, XP Home, 1GB RAM and a long lasting 6 cell battery it will cope with all your mobile office needs and is small enough to slip into a handbag! Ask us about cheap external DVDRW options.
Specs:
INTEL ATOM 1.6 GHZ CPU
12GB SSD DRIVE
1024M DDR2 RAM
8.9" Widescreen
Wireless, Bluetooth, 10/100 network
Built in Webcam
XP Home
Black
Samsung CLP-300N Colour Network Laser Printer $195
A networked colour laser for under $200, and it’s a Samsung so it’s rugged and reliable. Up to 17PPM black and 5PPM colour. Perfect for the home office. 
| Christmas / New Year Operating Hours:
Nathan will be personally available over the Christmas and New Year period except for the following days:
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 27th December. New Years Eve, New Years Day.
On the above days we will still be able to provide you with onsite support, please call us as normal and we will arrange. Usual Weekend / Public Holiday rates apply. New Credit Terms:
All N-Tech invoices issued from today are now strictly Net 7 ie. payment due seven days from invoice date, unless you have made a previous arrangement with Nathan already. Credit Card Payment Accepted:
Did you know you can now pay us by credit card and Paypal? We accept Mastercard and VISA via Paypal, although there is a 2.5% transaction fee attached to CC payments. If you wish to pay your bill via credit card let us know and we will email you a link that enables you to pay quickly and securely, without even signing up for a Paypal account.
Managed IT / Computer Monitoring
Our Managed IT service looks after your servers (and workstations if required) with 24x7 monitoring and alerts for the cheapest rate in town. Read more on our website.
Recycle your old products with Netgear
Netgear have a recycling program where you can send in any brand of old product free of charge to be recycled when you purchase a new Netgear product. Details at http://www.netgear.net.au/recycle
Best Excuses When Caught Sleeping On the Job... - I was working smarter, not harder.
- I wasn’t sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement.
- This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people!
- This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dreamed about work.
- I wasn’t sleeping. I was trying to pick up my contact lenses without using my hands.
- Frank went psycho and took out a gun so I was playing dead to avoid getting shot.
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