ZAG Technical Services, Inc. would like to thank the Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) Silicon Valley staff and Microsoft Corporate VP Phil Sorgen for presenting a Day in the Life of a CIO to selected Northern California Enterprise Accounts.  This high powered briefing was well received and went into great depth on Microsoft offerings for Corporate Accounts. 

If you would like to be included in future events, please contact us and we will register you.  If you prefer to call us, we can be reached at 408.383.2000.

 Update:  October 15th 2010

A special thanks to all the presenters and attendees for contributing to our Social Networking Event.   A great turnout coupled with highly informative presentations had made this a successful event.  Please check with us later for postings regarding future events.

Thursday, October 14th 2010 – 8:30AM through 12:00PM

 You are cordially invited to a Social Networking Briefing hosted at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View, California on the morning of Thursday, October 14th.  Register early, space is limited.

Social Networking’s impact on business is something that every leader needs to understand. This briefing will cover four main areas of Social Networking’s impact on business. A leader in each of these areas will be brought in to talk regarding their particular area of expertise:

• Security Impacts of Social Networking: Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Human Resource Impacts of Social Networking: Varian Medical Systems

• Collaboration Capabilities of Social Networking: Microsoft Corporation
• Marketing and Business Development Opportunities with Social Networking: Hoffman Agency

Register here

For more information or assistance, contact Joey Jose: joey@zagtech.com

Citrix Webinar: Tuesday, September 28th @ 10AM (PST)

Whether you are interested in a Windows 7 upgrade, are making Disaster Relief plans or just want to know how to us your iPad for more than email, let Aaron Mowbray, Senior Technical Specialist for Citrix tell you how to do it with Xen Desktop. Mobwbray will demonstrate that with Citrix XenDesktop, IT can manage single instances of each OS, applications and user profiles and simplify desktop management.

Register here

For more information or assistance, contact Joey Jose: joey@zagtech.com

Tuesday, September 21st 2010 - 10:00 AM through 11:00 AM PST

There is a lot of talk about Cloud Computing, but what does it mean to you and your business? Michael McGill, Systems Engineer for Microsoft, will help you understand how moving to Microsoft Online Services can help increase productivity and save your company money in software and hardware upgrades. Michael will cover the four services that make up the BPOS suite; Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OCO and Live Meeting.

Register here

For more information or assistance, contact Joey Jose: joey@zagtech.com

Thursday, May 13th 2010 – 8:30 AM through 11:30 AM PST
Please join the FBI, Microsoft and ZAG in a Cyber Security Briefing hosted in  Building 1 at the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus located at 1065 La Avenida, Mountain View, CA 94043.

Included in this briefing will be:

• A detailed review of various types of real world attacks that have occurred with Bay Area Corporations
• Current top threats seen in the wild
• The role the FBI plays in combating these threats
• How Corporations can best work with the FBI to assist with security
• How Corporations can work with the FBI to protect our National Infrastructure
• How Microsoft Works with the government to ensure security
• An overview of Microsoft’s security initiatives

Sign in will be from 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM. During that time a light breakfast will be served. Speakers will present from 9:00 AM through 11:30 AM. Please register early as seating is limited. 

Register here 

For more information or assistance, contact Joey Jose: joey@zagtech.com

April 2, 2010 –  Microsoft has released a critical cumulative security update for Internet Explorer.  This security update resolves nine privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The more severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

 This security update is rated Critical for all supported releases of Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, Internet Explorer 6 on Windows clients, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows clients. For Internet Explorer 6 on Windows servers, this update is rated Important. And for Internet Explorer 8 on Windows servers, this update is rated Moderate.

 The security update addresses these vulnerabilities by modifying the way that Internet Explorer verifies the origin of scripts and handles objects in memory, content using encoding strings, and long URL.

Recommendation: The majority of customers have automatic updating enabled and will not need to take any action because this security update will be downloaded and installed automatically. Customers who have not enabled automatic updating need to check for updates and install this update manually.

For more detailed information and a link to the security update visit http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-018.mspx

 About ZAG Technical Services, Inc.
ZAG Technical Services, Inc. (ZAG) is an award winning IT consulting firm specializing in network infrastructure, security, communications, disaster recovery and remote access. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a Citrix Silver Solution Advisor ZAG and a ShoreTel Certified Champion Partner, ZAG provides Enterprise class business solutions that help companies reduce IT costs, increase productivity and ensure security.

Located in San Jose and Salinas, California; ZAG serves businesses throughout Northern California. For more information about ZAG, please visit the company website at http://www.zagtech.com.

For additional information about ZAG contact us at +1.408.383.2000, +1.831.422.3100 or via email at info@zagtech.com

Microsoft has released a critical security update for Internet Explorer.  This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The more severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

 This security update is rated Critical for all supported releases of Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 (except Internet Explorer 6 for supported editions of Windows Server 2003).

 The security update addresses these vulnerabilities by modifying the way that Internet Explorer handles objects in memory, validates input parameters, and filters HTML attributes.

 Recommendation: The majority of customers have automatic updating enabled and will not need to take any action because this security update will be downloaded and installed automatically. Customers who have not enabled automatic updating need to check for updates and install this update manually.

For more detailed information and a link to the security update visit http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-002.mspx.

About ZAG Technical Services, Inc.
ZAG Technical Services, Inc. (ZAG) is an award winning IT consulting firm specializing in network infrastructure, security, communications, disaster recovery and remote access. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a Citrix Silver Solution Advisor ZAG and a ShoreTel Certified Champion Partner, ZAG provides Enterprise class business solutions that help companies reduce IT costs, increase productivity and ensure security.

Located in San Jose and Salinas, California; ZAG serves businesses throughout Northern California. For more information about ZAG, please visit the company website at http://www.zagtech.com.

                                        For additional information about ZAG contact us at +1.408.383.2000, +1.831.422.3100 or via email at info@zagtech.com

Microsoft has announced that Windows Server 2003 R2 will be retired from Mainstream Support on Tuesday, July 13^th, 2010.  After that date, the Operating System is scheduled to be moved into Extended Support.  Extended Support will continue until July 14^th, 2015.

Extended Support generically means that “no-charge” support options are no longer available and that Microsoft no longer provides new non-security hotfixes.  Essentially this means that customers will need to open up paid support cases to obtain support for Server 2003 R2 after July 13^th.

ZAG strongly recommends that customers look into upgrading to Server 2008 R2.  Server 2008 R2, the second major release of this offering, has significant benefits over 2003.  It is truly a strong offering that ZAG has deployed to both large enterprises and small businesses.  Please feel free to contact us to discuss the options around Microsoft Server 2003.

About ZAG Technical Services, Inc.
ZAG Technical Services, Inc. (ZAG) is an award winning IT consulting firm specializing in network infrastructure, security, communications, disaster recovery and remote access. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a Citrix Silver Solution Advisor ZAG and a ShoreTel Certified Champion Partner, ZAG provides Enterprise class business solutions that help companies reduce IT costs, increase productivity and ensure security. 

Located in San Jose and Salinas, California; ZAG serves businesses throughout Northern California. For more information about ZAG, please visit the company website at http://www.zagtech.com or contact us at +1.408.383.2000, +1.831.422.3100 or via email at info@zagtech.com.