If you have an iPhone and travel internationally, keep in mind that international data usage is not covered under your existing U.S. data plan. Accessing email, visual voicemail, and the web can add up quickly. Here are a few tips on how to use your iPhone while outside of the country (similar steps can be [...]
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 [...]
We are excited to announce that we have achieved Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status, which represent the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies.
Becoming a Gold Certified Partner represents an important milestone for our growth as an IT services company and earning this designation required us to demonstrate expertise and success in a [...]
We received an unexpected call last week from the City letting us know we’ve been selected to receive the Mayor’s Small Business award this year.
For the past 25 years, the awards program has recognized businesses for their contribution to the city’s economic vitality and quality of life. Each year, ten companies are selected on the [...]
I love working on a dual monitor system – it allows me to analyze a lot of information side-by-side at the same time. But the application that could most take advantage of two monitors, Excel, always wants to open spreadsheets in the same window, which I find silly.
I found a way to trick Excel into opening a [...]
Powerit Solutions provides intelligent energy management systems for industrial and commercial applications. Their hardware/software technology, Spara EMS, helps customers manage their energy usage, reduce their power demand, and realize significant energy cost savings without compromising production, safety, quality or comfort. Headquartered just down the street from us in Pioneer Square and with offices throughout the [...]
Thank you to all who braved the Pioneer Square traffic to join us for our 7th anniversary party last week. We celebrated with friends, clients, and colleagues in French style – complete with wine and hors d’œuvres, fake mustaches, and a magician-mime. Check out photos from the party on Facebook.
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 [...]
For most small businesses, technology represents a significant investment. Business owners recognize the central role that technology plays in their companies, but often lack confidence that they’ll actually receive the benefits promised – having been burned by a poorly implemented system or an unreliable IT support company that can’t seem to ever “fix” the issue [...]
Recorded Thursday, April 16, 2009, as part of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Technology Thursday series.
Description
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 [...]
One of our very own X-BAR clients was contacted last week through Facebook chat from a “friend” who was stranded in London and needed some money to get home. Tom agreed to share this to raise awareness about the potential for fraud and abuse in these new online communities that many of us use personally [...]
This summer marks another year in the life of X-BAR and we want to celebrate it with all our amazing friends, clients, and colleagues who have helped X-BAR thrive these past seven years.
Stop by our office this Thursday, August 20th, and join us as we celebrate our 7th anniversary in French style. The party will [...]
When performing an upgrade from Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 to SBS 2008 in migration mode the process stops and you receive the following error:
The user account does not have the permissions that it needs to join to the domain. The user account must me a member of the Domain Admins, Enterprise Admins, and Schema [...]
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 [...]
