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Are you looking to reduce IT costs?  

Consider Future Link to manage your system, and save you money.  We can reduce your IT expenses while increasing your system uptime!   Are you paying TOO MUCH to have IT personnel on payroll?  Consider this … our clients typically save over 20% annually and cut their downtime in half by replacing their IT staff with a Future Link plan!  Click here for detail (go to existing Managed plan) 

Ø  Reduce Cost Fixed IT Cost

Ø  No Benefits Cost

Ø  Broad knowledgebase of experience

Ø  Not core to your business. Distracts you from your core business

Ø  State-Of-The-Art and up-to-date IT expertise

Ø  Business knowledge

Ø  Pay for only what your business requires

Ø  Accountability

Ø  Plans Available for any sized business

For more information on outsourcing your it department Click here (link to http://www.futurelinkit.com/tech-mgmt-outsource.htm)

For a case study on the cost comparison of outsourcing Vs. Internal IT department Click here (link to http://www.futurelinkit.com/tech-mgmt-outsource_case.htm)

A BBB Accredited Business Since Dec 2006 Received A+ Rating?   

Based on BBB files, this business has a BBB Rating of A+. BBB processed a total of 0 complaints about this company in the last 36 months, our standard reporting period

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Future Link is a new Intermec Partner
Get all your WLAN and handhelds from Future Link

Call Chris Higgins for More Information  630-315-7788

Future Link Offers Outlook Training
Take Back Your Life!: Using Outlook® to Get Organized - OUTLOOK 101

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager. Although primarily used as
an e-mail application, Outlook also includes a calendar, task and contact management
and note taking. Outlook enables users to organize their work, keep track of information
and communications and share it with others, all in one single program.

Course Description
This Outlook course will provide you with the skills you need to get started using
Microsoft Outlook to get both your business and personal life organized.
If you have a laptop feel free to bring it and follow along!

Target Audience
This course is ideal for both the beginner as well as current outlook users. No
Prior Outlook experience is required. For this training class the instructor will
be using Outlook 2007. Other versions of outlook are welcome but not all features
will be available in previous versions.

The Where and When
DATE: Friday April 3rd, 2009
TIME: 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Cost: $49 paid in advance*
Feel free to come early for open networking.
LOCATION:
Colonial Café in Algonquin
2555 Bunker Hill Dr.
Algonquin, IL 60102

Call Chris Higgins for More Information  630-315-7788

Future Link goes to the 2009 ILEAS Show!
THE ILLINOIS LAW ENFORCEMENT ALARM SYSTEM Show

The Tracer is a mobile data computer built for the extreme conditions of a police patrol vehicle or fire truck, with a day-light viewable touch screen display. The Tracer is easy to install and airbag-safe with a custom vehicle mount for most common public safety vehicles and backlit keyboard, and it is Made in the USA.

The Datalux Tracer features an Intel® Core2 Duo™ mobile processor and a 12.1 inch, high resolution Touch Screen viewable in direct sunlight and easily dimmable for night-time use. Because the Tracer was designed for public safety, complete mounting solutions are available for all makes and models of police, fire and EMS vehicles.

The Tracer supports all wireless connectivity options and can also be equipped with built-in Intel 802.11a/b/g/n wireless communications. An Express Card slot and a PCMCIA/CardBus slot are both conveniently located on the top of the Tracer for cellular wireless cards, providing easy installation and positioning the internal antenna near the windshield and above the dashboard.

For information on plans and options, click here.

VISUAL SCHEDULER
Future link created a visual tool that helps customers manage production orders in the plant without cumbersome routers.

• Paperless order routing
• Full Screen Display
• Client/Server design
• View Live data at all times - Changes to schedule automatically update other users' view
• Allows for true visual scheduling - login and watch the schedule change
• Build to Order "PP Pull" order tracking through plant
• Workcenter Scheduling as order moves
• Workcenter Manager see only his/her orders
• Move an order from Workcenter to Workcenter
• History viewable in Track View
• Add Notes to Order
• Link artwork to order

MANAGED IT SERVICES
Sega Amusements USA chooses Managed IT from Future Link to handle their IT needs.

Hiram Gonzalez, Director of Finance for SEGA, when faced with the task of replacing their IT manager upon his resignation, evaluated outsourced solutions as well as new hires. After comparing and contrasting the cost/benefits of both options, Hiram signed on with Future Link’s Managed IT plan.

For information on plans and options, click here.

PUBLIC SAFETY
Algonquin Police Department Switches to Datalux Tracer from Future Link.

Recently Algonquin Police Department has purchased Datalux tracers to go in their new 2009 Dodge Chargers. The Algonquin Police Department found that the Datalux tracer and its unique mounting solution were perfect for the Charger. The Dodge Charge does not have as much room in the cabin as the Impala’s. All of the other in car mobile solutions blocked the passenger mirror, were mounted in front of the airbag or took up most of the passenger seat. Most of the officers preferred the compact and rugged tracer solution over the competition. The Tracer mounts feature a backlit keyboard with unique custom mounting system. The keyboard can be removed and mounted to the steering wheel so the user can avoid twisting and turning to reach the keyboard when typing reports and the tracer can easily be moved out of the way so the officers can have access to the radio and other controls.

The Datalux tracer has custom mounting solutions for most of the common patrol cars including Chevy Impala, Chevy Malibu, Dodge Charger, Dodge Ram, many of the SUV’s as well as ambulances and fire trucks. The Tracer is the perfect in car computing system for any police or fire department, public works department or commercial contractor with a need for in car reporting, GPS, or anything else.

Ask for a demo today. Future Link offers a FREE 30 day in car trial.

INTERNET BACKUP
Future Link launches new Internet Backup Service. New Internet Backup Server has over 1.5TB (1,500 Gigabyte) of data storage capabilities. The server sits in a secure data center with a redundant 50GB internet backbone and 128bit encryption. Internet Backup provides an automated disaster recovery options for clients.

• Support Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Lotus Notes and MySQL backup.¹
• Support individual mail backup for Microsoft Exchange.¹
• Run on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, NetWare and Unix.²
• Backing up changes within a file (In-file delta).
• Support backup of "opened files".³
• Real-time offsite data replication.
• Protect all desktops and notebooks easily.
• Restoring files anytime, anywhere.
• Support seed loading which allow backing up to a local removable hard disk.¹
• Will run on any always on broadband internet access.

DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
BMC implements powerful Synergy system that brings business data to upper management.

Robert Zurek, Executive VP of Manufacturing at Bulk Molding Compounds, was looking for a way to bring together all of their organization’s procedures and data. Teaming with his staff and Future Link and utilizing Synergy’s Web-based collaboration platform, success was found.

Today, information that was once trapped in their customized ERP system, is now easily available to non-users of that system. Future Link’s application developers were able to utilize the SDK capabilities of Synergy and bring ERP data to Synergy users. Also, business processes, that were once a combination of Excel spreadsheets and Access databases stored on users workstations, are now on a single platform. This provides security enabled availability for any employees that require access.

With a business mantra of “Customer Satisfaction and Continued Improvement” BMC has found a platform with Synergy and Future link to facilitate just that.