With all the warm weather, it almost seems as though winter is passing us by. The BBC had a headline saying that "Winter is cancelled in Europe this year". But never fear, many of the traditional joys of winter are with us!

Most of our clients have year end accounting decisions to make, deadlines to hit for reporting of financial numbers, tax and government filings to be made and the implementation of the budgets which were so painfully put together in late 2006. So we have the old jokes about the CFO's car being the last to leave a deserted car park ...

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Collaborate with your Peers today

Net@Work will host and facilitate our PeerView™ workshops throughout the year, providing an informal forum for leading IT decision makers (CIOs, IT Directors, etc.) to review and validate technologies and discuss methodologies/best practices toward making sound purchasing decisions. The workshops will take place at Net@Work's offices, located in midtown Manhattan (575 Eighth Avenue, New York).

The first workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, January 23rd from 12:00pm - 2:00pm (lunch will be served).

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Ron Guidry of the New York Yankees

On February 8, 2007, Net@Work is cosponsoring the Signature Bank Luncheon Executive Series at the 101 Club on Park Avenue. This lunch will be hosted by current NY Yankees Pitching coach and legendary pitcher Ron Guidry

This intimate luncheon series is a great opportunity to network with business owners from the Tri-State area and a chance to learn about the career of world famous athletes. Net@Work has limited seats to this event. If you'd like more information on attending please call 646-293-1714.

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Net@Work has been confirmed as a sponsor of this all-day event focused on growth strategies that work. Join other small business owners and hear from those who've succeeded, as well as those who track and set trends in the thriving small business community.

Plus: Don't miss Danny Estrada, CRM Practice Director who is scheduled as keynote Speaker along side Ramon Ray, Technology Evangelist and founder of Smallbiztechnology.com. They will lead a discussion on emerging technology trends and on how you can use tools such as CRM to grow your business.

For more info on the Summit: .

Visit the Net@Work booth and receive a Complimentary Gift.

For complimentary tickets please email info@netatwork.com and include SBS Ticket Request in the subject.

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The December STiFS meeting featured some of the best and brightest in the industry.

In early December Net@Work welcomed STiFS, a series of 2-day participatory meetings of software testers and other QA professionals who work in financial services firms. This 2 day meeting which dealt with Testing Real-Time Distributed Financial Systems was moderated by Lee Mesnekoff, our Director of Development Services.

Participation is by invitation only, and is usually limited to 15 people. Participants are typically a mix of experienced QA or Test Directors, Managers, Leads, Senior Testers and Consultants who have worked in financial firms or have a strong interest in the quality of financial software. Attendees typically walk away from the workshop with fresh ideas and approaches, valuable hints and tricks, and contact names of leading industry colleagues to network and share ideas.

The next STiFS workshop is scheduled for June 2007, details to follow.

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Sage Accpac 500 ERP and Sage MAS 500 ERP business management systems won The CPA Technology Advisor annual Review of High-End Accounting Systems for 2006. In the December issue, editors awarded perfect 5-Star ratings in the Overall Assessments of both Sage Accpac 500 and Sage MAS 500. Sage Software's premiere ERP offerings beat all other competitors in a field that included Microsoft® Dynamics GP, as well as offerings from Intacct Corporation and SouthWare Innovations.

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In addition to our quarterly Net@Work newsletter, we launched our first product specific newsletter. The MAS 90/200 Info Newsletter issued in December included several year end specific articles and specific items related to MAS 90/200.
Click here to view the MAS90/200 Newsletter

During 2007 we will launch quarterly product newsletters for MAS 500, ACCPAC, Saleslogix and Sage CRM. Keep an eye on your inbox.

To ensure you are on the distribution for a particular product newsletter please email sage@netatwork.com and include Product Newsletter Request in the Subject

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Imagine an Executive Dashboard with business analytics over the web with a new intuitive desktop interface, an all new module Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA), an all new Request For Quote (RFQ)functionality, in addition to enhancements to its existing wide array of manufacturing-specific modules. The core accounting applications offer lots of new time-saving features like the ability to transfer inventory intercompany, refund customers and much, much more.

Sage Pro ERP 7.4 also offers an enhanced fiscal calendar that provides 365 periods, new Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) capability for payments, and other features to improve overall performance and functionality.

Sage Pro ERP 7.4 Full Feature List.

Call our new SAGE Pro Practice Manager, Lesley Slepian at 646-293-1744 to find out more about all the product can do now!

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Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is designed to deliver increased protection for your business and give anywhere access for your employees, while being operationally efficient to deploy, manage and maintain.

Should you upgrade? Here are ten reasons for you to consider.

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In the Forrester Wave™ SSL VPN Appliances report for the fourth quarter 2006 (December 2006), Forrester Research placed Citrix Access Gateway solidly in the Leader category, giving the highest score for Citrix's strengths in reliability, performance, monitoring and reporting, as well as revenue growth and channel partner depth. Forrester provides an overview of the evolution of the SSL VPN market, from a onetime means to provide e-mail to remote workers to today's sophisticated access method to applications for traveling employees, partners, suppliers and vendors. SSL VPNs offer a valuable remote access alternative to protect against natural and man-made workforce disruptions. Forrester evaluated Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Edition across 57 criteria and against 7 other SSL VPN vendors.

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There used to be two certainties in life; death and taxes. In the business environment there are two certainties as well; taxes and software upgrades. When small and medium size business began to deploy technology in the early 1990's some of the biggest worries were related to operating systems and applications. There was no internet or email to deal with and database strategy was the last thing on the mind of business owners and executives.

Fast forward to the environment we all live in today and there is an entire suite of technologies to consider in the technology used in your business. We now have to be cognizant of operating systems, applications, integrations, databases, network devices, phone systems, web sites and email. If you do any kind of analysis of your technology spend throughout the year you will certainly appreciate the magnitude of what you are actually spending and why it is important to deploy a strategy for controlling your costs and optimizing your business technology capabilities.

One of the first things you should do if you plan to deploy a strategy...

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In most mid-size companies IT executives are focused on day to day operations, and do not have a budget for support staff or long term strategic thinking. They therefore "pick" at due diligence over time, creating inefficiencies in documentation and process flow.

In an effort to create more "strategic time", many IT Executives are considering "multisourcing". This approach is dramatically different from outsourcing, which most executives tend to think about only in binary terms: Either we outsource a function (accounting, marketing, R&D) or we don't. Multisourcing is what Gartner defines as "the disciplined provisioning and blending of business and IT services from the optimal set of internal and external providers in the pursuit of business goals."

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Net@Work has again been named a Technology Pacesetter in the annual listing published by Accounting Today, Accounting Technology and Practical Accountant magazines. This is the eighth consecutive year that Net@Work has been recognized as one of the nation's most distinguished accounting and business management software resellers. Selection factors include leadership, industry reputation, growth and awards won by the organization.

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We are very proud to once again have received the Sage Software President's Club award, joining an elite group of business partners recognized by Sage Software as top performers during the previous fiscal year.

Additionally, Net@Work was named to the Sage Software Chairman's Club for 2007, a distinguished group of business partners who are among the most successful in North America in helping small and medium-sized businesses with the software and services they need to succeed.

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Net@Work's Ten Year Celebration at Club Sol in Manhattan

Our 2006 Holiday Party and celebration of 10 years since Net@Work was incorporated took place at the extravagant Club Sol in Manhattan. The spirits were flowing, the food was plenty and the DJ (and Alex Solomon, Net@Work Co- founder) kept Net@Work and spouses dancing into the night.

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Left to Right: Sylwia Koleda, Alecia Graham, Austin Petersen, Lesley Slepian, John Verducci, Tania Forrester, Ronan Sheridan, Edgar Molina.
Not Shown: Lisa Orezzoli, Igal Rabinovich, Brandon Goldstein, Nate Mesics, Mike Wydro, Brandon Goldstein, Diane Kuenstler, Raylyn Hendrix, Joshua Cohen

Our continued growth has brought on 17 new team members over the last quarter. We've added great talent in all areas of service to our clients; from consulting, tech support to client care. Welcome to Net@Work!

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