At X-BAR, we’re here to help you plan changes to your IT infrastructure and you may not know that we’re at your disposal for questions or pricing inquiries related to hardware upgrades, software licensing, warranty renewals—you name it.
We have access to licensing experts from dozens of companies including Microsoft and Adobe, as well as hardware [...]

If you’re considering making a change to your voice or data services, please contact us.
We’ve had a number of clients get suckered into working with ineffective (and in some cases, less than competent) sales reps at nearly all of the local telecom and data companies. The good news is that we’ve identified a number of [...]

For the past year, we’ve been quietly working with Comcast Business to bring their cable internet service to Pioneer Square. It always felt like a long shot – the cost of ripping up streets to lay cable is extraordinarily expensive, and often more than what a company like Comcast could ever hope to recoup in [...]

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Auburn Mountainview High School DECA students to host Entrepreneurship Exposition
November 10, 2009
On Saturday, November 21, Auburn Mountainview High School DECA students Heather Odell and Nichola Usher are hosting the first annual Entrepreneurship Exposition from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Auburn Mountainview High School, 28900 124th Avenue SE, Auburn. The event is free [...]

Want to know what all the buzz is about? Be the first to see how Windows 7 can simplify your PC and your life. After years in the making Microsoft is proud to launch their new operating system, Windows 7.
Come get a firsthand look at Windows 7 at October’s Technology Thursdays. Join X-BAR, the Greater [...]

Join the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Microsoft to explore Smart and Simple Strategies for Small Business. Increase your knowledge, rekindle your passion and learn proven strategies that will help you take your business to the next level. Choose from two outstanding tracks: Go to Market and/or Start Up or Rev Up.
Presenting speakers include [...]

Recorded Thursday, April 16, 2009, as part of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Technology Thursday series.
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More than ever before, small businesses need their investments in technology to yield the rewards that are promised. The most important first step to making this happen is partnering with the right company, yet every day companies form sub-optimal partnerships [...]

Thinking about starting a new business or interested in sharpening your skills? Come to the 13th annual Washington Small Business Fair (Biz Fair) on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at Renton Technical College.
It’s a free event for new and existing business owners and features over 50 non-profit and government agencies that support small enterprise and over [...]

You can use this form to download the PowerPoint slide deck from the How to effectively hire an IT company presentation I gave as part of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce’s Technology Thursday series, in partnership with Microsoft, on Thursday, April 16, 2009.

Stop by our booth on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm, at the Chamber’s annual tradeshow, an evening networking event where Chamber members provide detailed displays of their products and services. Learn more and register>>

Win more than $35,000 in products and services for your small business or organization!
Inspired by the popular show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Microsoft and Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce members have teamed up to present an Extreme Office Makeover!
One lucky small business or organization will win over $35,000 worth of products and services from: Microsoft, [...]

We’ve teamed up with Jessica Vreeswijk, founder of Terrabytes Consulting and GreenITTools.com, to bring you two 1-hour webinars on the importance of Green IT, how it can transform your organization’s sustainability practice, and how to conduct your own Green IT audit. May 7 & 14, 11:00am – 12:00pm.
Introduction to Green IT
Thursday, May 7, 2009, 11:00 [...]

Thursday, April 16, 2009, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
More than ever before, small businesses need their investments in technology to yield the rewards that are promised. The most important first step to making this happen is partnering with the right company, yet every day companies form sub-optimal partnerships that undermine the long-term success of their [...]

The recent snow storms here in Seattle will undoubtedly serve as a wake-up call for this region and its residents. By national standards, we didn’t get that much now, but the streets remained mostly impassable, bus service virtually non-existent, and even walking the ice-covered streets became a feat of balance and perseverance.
Our lack of grace [...]

The next version of Microsoft’s Small Business Server platform launched this past week. Overall, SBS 2008 is more of an evolutionary improvement on a great product than a radical redesign, and it offers several key improvements that will benefit our clients using Small Business Server:

Built upon a new underlying operating system, Windows Server 2008 is [...]