Archive for July 2009

X-BAR client spotlight

For a long time we’ve said that we have some of the best and most interesting clients of any IT services company around. That’s why we’d like to spotlight the positive work our clients are doing. If you have a particular project, promotion, or noteworthy accomplishment you’d like to share, please email # so we [...]

X-BAR new client referral offer

It’s true – we’re looking to grow our business and we’ve found that our best new clients almost always come from our best existing clients. So, for every client you refer to X-BAR that either signs a one-year support agreement or hires us to provide IT consulting or technology implementation services, we’ll send you $250 [...]

Upgrading to Windows 7

Microsoft has not officially announced pricing for Windows 7, but if you’ve purchased a desktop or laptop in the past 180 days, there’s still time to add Software Assurance for $109, which would entitle you to a free upgrade when it is released (compared to the anticipated $199 retail upgrade cost for Windows 7 Professional). [...]

Save the Date! Joyeux Anniversaire Fête 7.0

Please join us on Thursday, August 20 to celebrate the completion of our 7th year in business. We’re working on the celebration details and plan to send them out next week.

X-BAR turns 7

This summer marks our 7th year of business!
We started way back in 2002 when there wasn’t even a ‘we’ in sight, subletting a desk from an interior design firm at the Northwest Work Lofts. The design company would close just nine months later, which provided a gentle nudge towards establishing our first office across the [...]

SonicWALL introduces new TZ-series firewalls

SonicWALL recently announced two new firewalls, the TZ 100 and TZ 200, based on their fifth-generation processing technology. These new devices dramatically increase the level of protection for small to medium-sized businesses.
The problem we had faced in recent years is that more economically priced firewalls weren’t keeping up with the increasing amount of bandwidth that [...]

Windows 7 released to manufacturing

Microsoft announced today that the next version of its desktop operating system, Windows 7, had been released to manufacturing. Windows 7 will be available to customers with volume licensing agreements on September 1, and to the general public starting on October 22.
We’ve been running a release candidate of Windows 7 in our office for several [...]