May newsletter - All business should use VoIP

Laptop bag

Need a new laptop bag?

Virtual Technologies Group offers many different types of laptop bags.

Contact us today to order your new bag.

www.vtgus.com

The Lenovo IdeaCentre A600 all-in-one Desktop PC

combines the power of a traditional tower PC

with the style and simplicity of a television.

You can have it all – powerful computing performance,

easy set up, space-saving design and high-definition multimedia.

It's all presented in one very slim, highly attractive

and competitively-priced package.

With a 21.5" Full HD screen, a 640GB hard drive

and an impressive range of digital entertainment features,

it's as much at home in your living room as it is in your home office.

www.vtgus.com

LRITA event

Join us tomorrow at The Lima Regional IT Alliance.
We are excited about this all day event
with an aggressive AGENDA with
multiple break out sessions
allowing you to learn about the latest technologies.

Check out
http://www.lrita.org/Events/annualmeeting.html
for more information.

Another credit card scam

There is another person out there trying to get your credit card number. The call will come from 1-817-688-7853. And at the other end there will be an Interactive Voice Response script.

Whatever you do, do not answer this call.
Or if you do, be sure to not enter any of your credit card info.

An example of this type of call would sound like this:
You: "Hello?"
Caller: "Hello. For security purposes, your Visa debit card has been deactivated for debit and ATM use"

Your first reaction will be "oh, great. Somewhere, someone got my details"
There is no option to speak to a live person.
It willjust keep playing a short prompt menu over and over again.
You must choose option 1, to "re-activate" your card, suspecting a ruse. On cue, it will ask you for your 16-digit card number, followed by #. It will ask if that was correct. Then it will ask for the expiration date (0000) and CVV code (000) as well. Then, it says:

Caller: "Thank you. Your Visa card has been re-activated. Goodbye."


Calling the number back will get you some boilerplate error message.
Be careful out there, folks. Banks will de-activate your card if they suspect it has been compromised, but they will never give you the option to re-activate it over the phone like this, especially with an automated IVR system. Typically, they issue you a new card, sometimes with the exact same account number and expiration date, but with a different CVV code.

Virtual Technologies Group wants all our current & future customers to be safe. For more tips, visit our website at www.vtgus.com

Find the right PC - April Newsletter

Find the right PC for you!

Ever thought.....how do I know if this PC is right for me?
Well, here is an easy way:
Go to http://dellpcadvisor.com/?src=2070543516
Answer a few questions
And your perfect PC will be chosen for you

Try it today!

www.vtgus.com

March newsletter

Netbook craze

Netbooks seem to be taking over the computer world.

Everyone either has a netbook or wants one!

Lucky you, we are having a special on netbooks!Lenovo S10Asus Eee PC 1000HAAcer Aspire OneHP Mini 100 SeriesDell Mini 10v

Contact April today for pricing!
agladieux@vtgus.com

Grow & Reinvent

Be sure to visit us at the
Grow & Reinvent trade show this Thursday in Lima, Ohio!


www.vtgus.com

VoIP

Did you know that Virtual Technologies Group sells VoIP?

Well, we do & we would love to help you save money on your phone bill.
We can cut your bill by 5% - 10% or even more!

Some of our featured products are:Polycom 330



Polycom 550



IP/PBX


Contact us today to start saving money on your phone bill!
sales@vtgus.com or 800.686.4592

February Newsletter

Check out our February Newsletter!

e-Tech show in Columbus

Virtual Technologies Group will be at the e-Tech trade show this week.
Be sure to visit us at booth #624 for great show specials
including education discounts on all netbooks!
You can even register to win a FREE Acer netbook!

Come visit us at e-Tech

Virtual Technologies Group will be participating in this year's e-Tech Ohio Educational Technology Conference at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

We will be there from Monday (Feb. 1) until Wednesday (Feb. 3).

This event is deciated to enhancing learning by developing programs and using best practices to serve learning organizations while acquiring, integrating and sustaining educational technology.

We will be showing off many types of netbooks such as HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus and Acer.

We will also be demonstrating how the mimio board is the new way to teach.

Our booth number is 624. Come visit us and enter for your chance to win a new Acer netbook!

For a schedule of our events, email April at agladieux@vtgus.com

CES: Lenovo takes early lead in 2010 Tablet race
Written by Brier Dudley

LAS VEGAS -- One of the most intriguing new computers at CES this year is Lenovo's IdeaPad U1 "hybrid" laptop with a detachable screen that functions by itself as a wireless, touchscreen Web tablet.

In laptop mode, the system runs Windows 7 on an Intel Core 2 processor and weighs 3.8 pounds.




When the 11.8-inch, LED screen is detached and in tablet mode, it runs a customized version of Linux on Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor (the same hardware powering Google's Nexus One "superphone" and the HTC HD2 Windows phone Steve Ballmer showed in his keynote tonight).
Detached, the tablet weighs 1.6 pounds. In either mode, the system has 3G wireless and more than five hours of battery life.

The tablet software has a four- or six-section display for running multiple Web applications at once.

Lenovo plans to begin selling the U1 on June 1 for under $1,000.

Details are still scarce on the Hewlett-Packard tablet that Ballmer revealed. He and HP CTO Phil McKinney both declined to tell me afterward how much it will cost.

It may be a tough sell if it costs much more than the Lenovo system, even if the U1 isn't a full-powered PC in tablet mode.

But Lenovo is going to need more than groovy hardware.



Presales start today!
Be sure to order your's! Email sales@vtgus.com

Virtual Technologies Group has been selected as a recipient of the Best of Lake Erie West Business recognition program managed by the staff of our Toledo Business Journal. We have been selected for the Computer Dealer category.

During the past several months, nominations have been solicited from readers of each of the business-to-business newspapers and from visitors to the website. Response to the calls for nominations resulted in a strong list of candidates. Votes were cast for companies in 51 separate categories of business. A scoring system was set up to determine the top companies in each category. Two or three companies have been selected for this recognition in each business category. And Virtual Technologies Group is one of them!

Visit us at our Toledo or Lima location!

Merry Christmas

Virtual Technologies Groups wants to wish

all of our customers and vendors a "Merry Christmas!"

Be sure to think of us next year when you need

a helping hand with your broken computer or need some IT advice!

It's not too late....

Christmas is 8 days away and you don't have all your shopping done?

Virtual Technologies Group can help! Anything you order, we will deliver to you for FREE!

We have many different types of gifts:

Netbooks

Laptops

Desktops

LCD screens

Office furniture

Accessories

Be sure to place your order today to take advantage of these great gifts and have them delivered to your house or place of business for FREE!

Call 419.255.9070 or email sales@vtgus.com

Here we go!

Virtual Technologies Group is now blogging! We thought the best way to start off our blogging would be to tell everyone about us.

We are a technology company that sells & services computer equipment, phone systems and networks. We also have an office supply & furniture department that is comparable to Office Max but we have better pricing.

A few of our top brands are:

• Dell
• HP
• Lenovo
• Acer
• Watchguard
• Linksys
• Cisco
• Microsoft
• Mimio
• HON
• Bic
• Sanford
• Avery

Everything we sell, we also sell. We offer on-site assistance or we can remote into your computer to help you online.

We have been in business since 1962. We have two locations in Ohio: Toledo & Lima. But we can travel all over the United States.

You can contact us at anytime at sales@vtgus.com or service@vtgus.com









Virtual Technologies Group...your IT business consultants.