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Tricks to Get More Done Every

Day

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Meet the RMS Family!

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Gadget of the

Month

Google Alerts

Issue # 2312

Dec 2012

What’s

Inside

4 Solid Reasons Why You Should Throw Away Your Tape Backup

and Switch to RMSCare Total Backup & Disaster Recovery Solution

1.) Because It’s FREE!!! I’m hoping this offer will get you motivated to upgrade your current tape

backup to RMSCare BDR. There’s a mountain of evidence and several smart reasons why you should upgrade your backup this month, such as:

2.) You’ll be able to be back up and running MUCH faster in the event of a disaster; and a “disaster” doesn’t always have to be a flood or tornado; data can also become corrupt or get erased due to hardware failures and software “glitches.” With RMSCare BDR you can literally be back up and working within 24 hours or LESS, where your current tape system could have you down for days—possibly even weeks—while we relocate all your software, re-build the server, re-install and configure the software, and retrieve your data. That’s just crazy! Sure, tape backups are better than nothing, but now there IS a better alternative!

3.) Tape drives have an average failure rate of 100% - yep, that means all tape drives will fail at some point, often without any signs or warnings! Tapes are very sensitive to heat and moisture; so if you are taking your tapes home with you in your car, there is a very good chance the data is useless. And the worst part is that tape failure often gives no warning whatsoever—the only way to know if your data is actually in a format that can be restored, is to perform regular, monthly (even weekly) test restores. When is the last time you did that with one of your tapes?

4.) If your office gets broken into, is destroyed by a fire or flood, or gets hit by a tornado, EVERY-THING is going down with the ship, including your tape backups and software disks. You just cannot afford to ignore the importance of having an offsite copy of your data!

That’s Why I’m Pulling Out All The Stops To Give You A FREE Month Of Service!

Why would I do this? Couple of reasons…

First, it’s Christmastime and I’m in a giving sort of mood. So if you call me before January 15th,

I’ll give you the first month of service absolutely free!

Second, I know you are just busy and probably not thinking about your backups. After all, if it’s not broken, why fix it, right? Wrong! If your seat belt in your car was broken, you’d have it fixed ASAP even if you weren’t planning on crashing anytime soon. Same goes with your data backup.

We hope you NEVER have to resort to an emergency backup, but if you do, you can have com-plete peace of mind knowing your data will be there if a disaster was to happen. To secure your first month of FREE service, call NOW: 770–988-9640 or e-mail me at rrowe@rmsatl.com.

Claudia and I have just returned from a long weekend in New

York City. It had been years since we were there and never during the

Christmas season. We decided our Christmas present to ourselves this

year was this trip. The photo shows us in front of the Rockefeller Center

Christmas Tree (and a GRAND tree it is!) We did as much sightseeing as

possible including the 911 Memorial and seeing the Rockettes in their

85th annual Christmas Extravaganza. After packing as much as we could

into the few days we were there, we were happy to get back to the reality

of home and RMS.

Enjoy the holiday season and I wish you a great New Year – full

of happiness and success!

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Q: If athletes get athletes foot, what do astronauts get?

A: Missile-toe!

Q: What do you get when you cross a snowman with a

vampire?

A: Frostbite.

Q: Why was Santa's little helper depressed?

A: Because he had low elf-esteem.

Q: Where do polar bears vote?

A: The North Poll.

Q: What do you get when you cross an archer with a

gift-wrapper?

A: Ribbon hood.

Q: Why does Santa's sled get such good mileage?

A: Because it has long-distance runners on each side.

Q: What do you call a bunch of grandmasters of chess

bragging about their games in a hotel lobby?

A: Chess nuts boasting in an open foyer!

Q: What do you call a cat on the beach at Christmas

time?

A: Sandy Claus!

Q: How do sheep in Mexico say Merry Christmas?

A: Fleece Navidad!

Q: What did Santa shout to his toys on Christmas Eve?

A: Okay everyone, hit the sack!!

Q: What do snowmen eat for breakfast?

A: Frosted Snowflakes.

Q: What do you call people who are afraid of Santa

Claus?

A: Claustrophobic.

Merry Christmas from RMS!

Tom & Sandy

Carla & Randy

Carol & Marty

Happy Ha-Ha-Holidays

Debbie & Bob

Wheeler & Michelle

Ho! Ho! H

o! Happy New Year!

Bob & Charlene

Claudia & Randy

3 Simple Tricks To Get More Done Every Day In today’s crazy-busy world, who

doesn’t want to cram more “done” into

your day? We’ve got 3 really simple things

you can do to get more work done for the

hours you’re putting in.

1. Use dual monitors. According to a University of Utah study,

you can increase your efficiency by 25% just by adding a second

monitor. Performance measures included task time, editing

time, number of edits completed, number of errors made, as

well as usability measures evaluating effectiveness, comfort,

learning ease, time to productivity, quickness of recovery from

mistakes, ease of task tracking, ability to maintain task focus,

and ease of movement among sources. All of these factors

combined show truly increased productivity.

2. Block social media sites and/or other non-work related content

online. THIS one won’t be popular for a lot of people, but if you

want to get more done, then take the distractions out of your

day. Of course if your job is “social media director” for your

company, this doesn’t apply; for all the other workers in your

office who don’t NEED to go on Facebook, Twitter and

YouTube to do their job, this will remove the temptation to

“snack” on social media sites throughout the day, which add up

to hours wasted on entertainment surfing. Content filtering

software can easily manage which sites you can and cannot go

online to view, also keeping employees from gambling,

searching for jobs, reading the news or visiting sex sites.

3. Set up remote access. It’s incredibly easy to access

files, e-mail and programs from home (or while on the

road) these days using cloud technologies or other

remote access applications. Not only does this allow

people to keep working when forced to stay home with sick

kids or to wait for the plumber to show up, but employees

would also put in several more hours of work on their own

initiative if they could easily jump on their home PC and put in

a few hours.

Each of these is an EASY fix for us to implement. If you

want more details on how to get these implemented into

your business, just give us a call at 770-988-9640 or send

me an e-mail at rrowe@rmsatl.com.

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Shiny New Gadget

Of The Month

Google Alerts http://www.google.com/alerts

If you’re not familiar with Google Alerts (or

if you’re not using them) this article may be

one of the best tips we give you all year!

Google Alerts is a free service offered by

Google that will e-mail you whenever new

content is posted online on a particular sub-

ject. While some people use them to keep

up to date on their favorite celebrities or

sports stars, there is a far more practical rea-

son to use this in business.

First off, everyone should have a Google

Alert set up for their name for obvious rea-

sons; if you are in business, this goes double,

including your company’s name, as well as

the names of your key employees. After all, if

someone posts a negative comment about

your services or names one of your employ-

ees, you probably want to know about it so

you can make it right. You might also consid-

er setting up Google Alerts on:

Your biggest competitors.

Your key clients or prospects you’re trying to win business from.

Industry alerts or trends.

An important news story in your industry.

We Would Love To Hear From YOU!

If you have noticed an RMS associate going above and beyond the

ordinary for you either on-site or over the phone, please let us know

so we may reward them! Please e-mail

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