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Dr. Dan wants to buy Real Estate (Phishing)

We're paid to be paranoid here at Managed Solutions. When this message arrived in my inbox today it was a rarity. Rare because it is one of very few phishing Emails that have bypassed my anti-spam mechanisms. Phishing is a process by which a criminal pretends to be a legitimate entity in an effort to gain passwords, identity, bank account or other private data. Here is the text of the message: I am interested in purchasing a private residence in your country or in any country you are well-acq...

DNS Made Easy targeted by DoS attack

One of our DNS partners - DNS Made Easy sent us this Email today about a large denial of service (DoS) attack that occurred on 8/7/2010. The attack started at 8:00UTC and was mitigated by 14:00UTC. While we received no complaints but since this outage may have affected the dns resolution for a small number of our clients we wanted to make this information available in a timely manner to all of our clients via our Service Status category here on Managedsolutions.com. If you have any questions abo...

Countdown to Zero Leasing Offer

Our business partner Lenovo is launching Lenovo Financial Services (LFS) and as a part of that launch they are offering special promotional leasing. This may be just the opportunity for your business to obtain equipment that is needed today while preserving cash flow.  This Countdown to Zero offer consists of a 0% financing, Fair Market Value lease over 39 months with no payments for the first three months. 0% Financing Plus 3 Months of Zero Payments LFS Promotion Transactions may be as sma...

Speakeasy and Covad to seek merger

  We received information today that Speakeasy is seeking to merge with Covad. As we are a Speakeasy partner we wanted to share this information with our customers immediately. Here is the Email from the Speakeasy CEO Bruce Chatterley: I want to personally contact you regarding an important announcement that Speakeasy is making today and explain how this announcement benefits our partners. Speakeasy has decided to join with Covad Communications Company, a leading national provider of IP...

Speakeasy Business Voice Enchancements

Managed Solutions is a Speakeasy VOIP Certified partner, and we provide these services to many of our customers. Speakeasy notified us today of some significant improvements going into effect in May. We are pleased to announce starting May 5th customers will have the ability to make the following changes to their Business Voice account: o Edit a user’s - Phone number - Extension - Directory name - User name o Reset - User’s voice mail pass code - User’s voice web portal passwo...

Saving 80% on Wages and Payroll Taxes for New Hires

Re-post from Joe's Personal Blog: An incredible opportunity exists for businesses to hire new employees and get a large percentage of their wages and payroll taxes paid for through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Here are some important points about the program: It applies to any business and job seeker anywhere in the US. Some localities have resources that screen the job seekers to qualify their eligibility. Businesses that receive federal funding do not qualify f...

An Easy way to get Free Support, Enter to Win Prizes and Earn Money for Charity

We want to be big on Facebook, and with your help we can get there and help others who are less fortunate at the same time. The benefits of being a fan on our Facebook page are numerous: You can get tech support for free, just post your questions on the wall. You can meet new interesting people who are friends, vendors and clients of Managed Solutions. You can access a condensed feed of our content and pick the posts you're most interested in. By joining us as a fan you can earn money ...

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Livermore Valley (California) designated iHub

Livermore Valley has won designation as one of first 6 Innovation Hubs by the California Business Transportation and Housing Agency. The iHub program is designed to spur economic recovery and growth by showcasing and supporting California's most promising hubs of innovation. Over the next few weeks local representatives will be meeting with the state to determine an action plan. This will benefit existing businesses and agencies as well as encourage new investment in the Tri-Valley area which wi...

Managed Solutions selects Connectwise Professional Services Automation PSA

Today Managed Solutions entered into a 3 year agreement with Connectwise to provide us with Professional Service Automation (PSA) software. ConnectWise PSA combines help desk, dispatching, service level management, project management and CRM into a single, web based application, with integrated time-tracking, billing and reporting. Designed based on 27 years of experience as an IT solution provider and used by over 36,000 IT professionals, ConnectWise enables IT services companies to streaml...