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May 2007
In this issue...
√ VoIP RIght for You
√ Filemaker
Event
√ Success Story
√
Tech Tip
√ Employee
Spotlight
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Tech Tip
RSS
Feeds
RSS Feeds provide easy,
up-to-date information, delivered to you straight from the Internet.
Learn the essentials here so that you can find, add, and read the
articles or blogs in an RSS Feed right in Microsoft Outlook 2007, as
conveniently as you receive and read your e-mail.
The Internet contains a
lot of information on just about any topic. For example, you might
use the Internet to read the newspaper or check stock reports. But
finding what you need can be time-consuming.
Wouldn't it be nice if,
instead of surfing and searching, you could simply have information
delivered to you?
Help is here! Take this
course and learn how, with Outlook 2007, your Web browser, and an
Internet connection, you can get the news and information that you
choose, delivered to your own Outlook Mailbox.
After completing this
course you will be able to:
•Identify Web pages that contain RSS Feeds.
•Subscribe to an RSS Feed and set up Outlook
for delivery.
•Read
RSS articles and blogs in Outlook.
•Remove an RSS Feed from Outlook.
•Choose where RSS Feed articles are delivered
in Outlook.
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Is VoIP
Right for Your Business?
 More and more businesses
tired of racking up high telecommunications bills are turning
to the Internet for their phone service.
Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) services enable businesses to conduct calls
across the same network to access the Internet and get email –
and at a fraction of the cost of traditional voice networks.
However, VoIP developers have been focused on quality and
reliability versus security. Therefore, if you choose to adopt
VoIP, it is up to you to take the proper steps to secure
it.
Background and
benefits
The technology behind VoIP has been around
for a few years; early incarnations of VoIP were plagued by
spotty service, muddled and dropped calls. Only in the last
few years has VoIP service improved enough to make it
sufficiently reliable and stable for business use. In fact,
businesses are finding that a well-planned and implemented
VoIP system can provide call quality and reliability that
rivals mobile phone or landline calls.
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Join Us for
an Exciting Event about the
 Future of
FileMaker
IT
Solutions is proud to sponsor
and host monthly meetings of the Philadelphia FileMaker
Developer Group. Our next meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, June 6, at 6 pm and will feature special
FileMaker, Inc., guests Tony Miller, Senior Systems
Engineer, and Jason Fiske, Territory Manager for
NY/NJ/PA, who will be sharing some very exciting news
including future product demonstrations. If you have
interest in what’s around the corner with FileMaker, you
won't want to miss this gathering!
The meeting will be held at
the Jenkintown headquarters of IT Solutions – 1653 The
Fairway, Suite 209, Jenkintown, PA 19046. Food and drink
will be served. For complete details visit the
group web site http://www.phillyfilemaker.org/
or contact ITS FileMaker Consultant Jason Mundok at jmundok@fmpug.com. | |
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Success
Story:
Longtime National
Educator Gives High Marks to New Single Source for Student
Data
 Background
Founded in 1826,
The Glen Mills Schools is the oldest residential school for
court-referred young men in the country. Located on a 756-acre
campus, 20 miles southwest of Philadelphia, PA, Glen Mills
Schools accepts young men 15 to 18 years old from all over the
United States. With an enrollment of about 1,000 students, the
environment is a hub of constant activity, as students,
teachers, and administrators stay busy with classes, sports,
and various activities.
Since 2001, IT
Solutions has been providing application development services
to the Glen Mills Education department on a regular basis. ITS
originally built a system in FileMaker Pro to track students,
classes and test scores. With the flexibility and rapid
development capabilities of FileMaker, significant
enhancements and add-on modules were easy to integrate.
The
Challenge
While the Education
department was tracking critical information in FileMaker,
since the early 1990s the Glen Mills Admissions department had
been separately managing all student intake, medical records,
travel and progress report data in an Oracle-based solution.
In addition to other administrative responsibilities for the
Admissions Department, Technology Coordinator Sandi Dainty was
responsible for the management and maintenance of the Oracle
solution.
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Employee
Spotlight
Winnie Cheung
Name:
Winnie Cheung
Title:
Client Service
Coordinator
Education:
B.S. in Information Technology,
Temple University
First job:
Computer Lab
Tutor
Little Known fact about you:
I love to
bowl
Home:
Philadelphia
Word that best describes
you:
Grateful
Like best about your job:
Gain
exposure to a wide range of technologies and industries
Like least about your
job:
Lunch is not provided
The most important lesson
you've learned:
It is better to be prepared for the worst
when things are going well rather than when they're not.
Life
motto:
See the positive, Be the positive. Laugh at
everything else.
Greatest fear:
Bugs
Person most
interested in meeting: Product Designer Tord Boontje
Most
influential book:
Jin Yong Martial Fictions
(Chinese)
Favorite movie:
The Sixth
Sense
Favorite restaurant:
Dmitri's
Favorite
vacation spot:
Thailand
Favorite way to spend free
time:
Shopping
Please forward this newsletter to anyone else in your
organization who might be interested!
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