Microsoft’s Exchange Online Outage

Just a day after the Lync instant messaging service suffered a global outage, Microsoft is now also experiencing problems with Exchange Online. The cloud email service outage started a little after 8 a.m. this morning. Customers are unable to send and receive emails, and many report long hold times when trying to contact customer service…

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Microsoft Windows Vista To Hit Stores Tomorrow

There are four main versions of Vista.  They include two Home versions, a Business version, and an Ultimate version.  For business, ditch the Homer versions.  Although cheaper, they will not provide the features necessary to run a business class machine in an office enviroment including networking and remote access. Upgrading an exsiting machine may be…

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Microsoft-acquires-Acompli

Microsoft and Mobile

Microsoft recently acquired Acompli, a young email start-up company, for around $200 million. Acompli, an 18-month old company, makes an email application for iOS and Android mobile devices. The company was founded with the “vision of making the best mobile email application on any platform and across all services”. Though Microsoft hasn’t released many details…

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Meet the PanaCast 2 Camera

PanaCast by Altia Systems looks to bring the natural human perspective to video conferencing. Altia Systems is a ventured-backed company, based in California, and creator of the PanaCast Experience. The original solution is a video and desktop collaboration system enabling anyone with a desktop or mobile device to communicate interactively and in real time with…

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MCG Welcomes National Defense University

Graduate students from the National Defense University in Washington, DC visited MCG offices in New York City as part of their trip to investigate and discuss the role of CIO in government and the military.

MCG To Sponsor Midwest Regional EDUCAUSE Conference

MCG, makers of U-Vault, will be sponsoring the cocktail party at the Midwest Regional Conference of EDUCAUSE.  Stop by for an opportunity to win an iPod Nano. U-Vault is the university branded option of redBoomerang, the best solution available to students, faculty, and administrators for off site data protection.  Find out what Villanova University knows…

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MCG To Sponsor EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional

MCG, makers of U-Vault, will be sponsoring the cocktail party at the Southwest Regional Conference of EDUCAUSE.  Stop by for an opportunity to win an iPod Nano. U-Vault is the university branded option of redBoomerang, the best solution available to students, faculty, and administrators for off site data protection.  Find out what Villanova University knows…

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MCG To Participate In NERCOMP Conference

MCG, makers of U-Vault, will be participating in the NERCOMP Regional Conference of EDUCAUSE.  Stop by for an opportunity to win an iPod Nano. U-Vault is the university branded option of redBoomerang, the best solution available to students, faculty, and administrators for off site data protection.  Find out what Villanova University knows – data protection…

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MCG Starts 30th Anniversary Celebration

It is hard to believe but 30 years ago, when Cisco was getting started, so was a company called Microcomputer Consulting Group.  Along with Dell, Bain Capital and a host of others.  Join us as we begin our celebration of the last 30 years.  Look for promotions, customer recognitions, and other special notes throughout the…

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MCG Joins EDUCAUSE

MCG Joins EDUCAUSE In an effort to further promote its higher education offering of its popular off site backup software called U-Vault, MCG has joined EDUCAUSE.  EDUCAUSE is the primary non-profit organization dedicated to serving universities and colleges across the nation.  By becoming a corporate sponsor, MCG hopes to expose U-Vault to member institutions and…

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