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Grudi Associates is hosting the Lancaster Chamber Mixer on November 14, 2018, from 5:00 – 7:00 pm at Lancaster Chamber Offices, 115 E King St, Lancaster, PA.

Network – meet, mingle & find out what’s new and exciting in telecom & IT. Chat will colleagues and network with new connections. Meet the Grudi Associates team.

Refresh – There will be beer, wine, soft drink and delicious hor d’oeuvres by Thyme & Seasons Catering.

Great Prizes – with drawings every 15 minutes! Check back to learn more.

Free Admittance. Register online – www.lancasterchamber.com.

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Grudi Associates is joining with Neema Hospitality to support brain cancer research. Neema Hospitality, a leading hospitality group with properties in Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia, is donating $5 per night per occupied room between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Grudi Associates is an ongoing provider of telecom and IT services to Neema Hospitality.

Funds raised in this campaign will go to ABC² (Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure), a non-profit research organization. ABC² is focused on speeding the discovery of a cure for brain cancer by applying an aggressive, venture funding approach not typically seen in the nonprofit sector. ABC² has awarded more than 100 grants totaling $21 million in brain tumor research funding to highly qualified investigators and physician-scientists from 54 institutions and companies. Since its founding in 2001, ABC² has helped bring 30 different treatments into the clinic.

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Grudi Associates is pleased to announce that Frank Potter has joined the company as Vice President, Solutions Consultant. In his role, Frank will assist business clients with voice, data, internet, cloud, hosting, security, backup, disaster recovery and other technologies and services. Frank has partnered with customers to deliver innovative approaches and bottom-line results in a variety of leading technology companies in Central PA and beyond.

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Opportunities & Strategies for Your Business

IT Professionals . . . Learn from the experts how to make the business case for powerful cloud-based technologies and optimize their utilization.

Business Leaders . . . Learn how today’s valuable cloud-based technologies can enhance business operations and financial success.

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This is a half-day educational seminar for IT professionals and business leaders on how key cloud capabilities and applications are also good business. It is a Lancaster Chamber educational program in collaboration with Grudi Associates. It is not sales-based.

Presenters will include:

How to Make the Cloud Work for Your Business

• Discover how exciting new and proven cloud capabilities can improve performance, increase efficiency, enhance security and save cost.
• Understand new and evolving technologies that make sense for your IT environment and your business.
• Develop strategies for budget justification and monetizing IT enhancements to deliver real ROI.
• Plan implementation strategies for key cloud-based capabilities, applications and services that work for you and your IT department.
• Achieve greater business success, while optimizing your IT assets.

14 Key Concepts

Are these capabilities working for your business? Do you want to know more about them and others? Then this educational seminar is for you:

1. Managed Cloud Platform
2. Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud
3. Multi-Cloud Strategy
4. XaaS
5. Secure Cloud Connections
6. CSPs
7. Virtual Desktop/DaaS
8. Hosted Backup/DR
9. Hosted PBX/Hosted VoIP
10. SD-WAN
11. Broadband Aggregation
12. Application Prioritization
13. Dynamic Bandwidth
14. Network Firewall Virtualization/NFV

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May 30, 2018 – 1 to 6 p.m.

Lancaster Chamber, 115 East King Street, Lancaster, PA 17602
Lancaster Chamber Fee – $50

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Check out our article “How SD-WAN Can Help Businesses Achieve 100% Network Uptime, Gain More Control and Save Cost.”

Would you like to create a high-performance, reliable, secure connection between your network and cloud storage? Grudi Associates’ network experts can help you choose from the excellent Dedicated Cloud Connection options that are available, including Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute. View the video now.

Beginning this summer, a new area code will be issued in the geographic area that is now covered by the 717 area code. This “area code overlay” is being implemented because carriers are running out of 717 numbers. Moving forward, 717 and 223 area codes will both reside in this Central PA area.

Here is what you need to know:

1. If you already have a 717 number, it will NOT change.
2. Starting August 26, everyone in the 717 geographic area will be required to dial the full 10-digit number. Example: 717-123-4567. If you do not dial the area code the call will not go through.
3. Beginning September 26, 2017, new customers/numbers in the 717 geographic area may be issued a 223 area code. All 223 and 717 phone number will require the area code to connect.
4. Before these dates, you should change your business’s dial procedures and reprogram all affected phones and devices to dial the full 10-digit numbers. You should NOT wait until this change takes effect to do so. 10-digit numbers will go through now.
5. Customers who currently have 717 area code numbers, and need to add additional new phone numbers after this change, could have both 717 and 223 numbers depending on availability.
6. This will not affect the existing rates of calls within the 717 and 223 area codes.
7. **SPECIAL NOTE FOR CELL PHONE USERS** Remind your mobile/cell phone end users to update any contacts/speed dials to reflect this change if they currently have only 7 digits stored for a contact.

Mobile security has become a critically important consideration for businesses. Failing to do enough could put your enterprise in jeopardy. Read more in our new article, Mobile Security for Businesses.

Call 717.838.5022 or email if we can help.