CAP5 - Newest Cloud Offerings!

In our CAP5 BLOG series of "Live In the Now! Power over IT!" CAP5 Technology Solutions presents 3 New Service Offerings to our customers and prospects -

• CAP5 OneCloud© Monitoring
• CAP5 OneCloud© Remote Support
• CAP5 OneCloud© Backups/Restore

As defined by Wikipedia, Cloud Computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and virtualized... services are provided over the Internet... This means pro-activeness, efficiency and fixed price rather than the traditional "Reactive Slow Time and Material (T&M) Services".

CAP5 OneCloud© Monitoring - CAP5 adds a secure robot on Windows-based Servers and Workstations that reports back to CAP5 Standard, Critical and Emergency system information. This allows CAP5 service personnel to understand real-time (rather than after-the fact) to proactively resolve computing problems before they occur.

CAP5 OneCloud© Remote Support - One of the tools that is installed in the above CAP5 OneCloud© Monitoring package is instant access to systems to provide proactive Standard, Critical and Emergency service. Depending on the nature of the service required, CAP5 personnel will resolve problems before they occur in a stealth, non-intrusive manner or by logging into the customers systems and taking control of the users system session.

CAP5 OneCloud© Backup/Restore - Data Protection means everything! CAP5 OneCloud© Backup/Restore provides safe and secure off site data backups to ensure that MS Window-based and Mac-based Servers and Workstations have a redundant repository of ALL your system's important data. In the event of hardware loss or damage, simply replace or fix the hardware and restore the data to its original state.

Our Motto: Power over IT!

CAP5 Technology Solutions
www.capfive.com
(713) 979-5280

CAP5 - Live in the Now! Power over IT!

CAP5 Managed Services - Stop paying Hourly Rates~!

CAP5 provides fixed price (no more hourly pricing) for IT services. Get Monitoring, Help Desk and OnSite IT services for a monthly price!

CAP5 Datacenter Services - Get Out of the Storm~!

Get you servers in to the CAP5 Datacenter. Our facility has multiple internet links, power on 2 city grids, diesel generators w/ 2 weeks of fuel and is as secure as a bomb shelter!

CAP5 Hosted Services - Need a solid cheap website~?

Do it yourself! Go play with our "create your own website" tool. If you like the functionality let us know and we will set up an account for you and let you go live.

go to http://sitebuilder.capfive.com - Don't get too carried away... this is just a playground. We have to set you up the real thing. Give us a call!

Our Motto: Power over IT!

CAP5 Technology Solutions
www.capfive.com
(713) 979-5280

Bad times... Lay Off Your IT Geeks! Should you?

Here's an executives discussion with the head of HR... "Let's reduce our staff... Everything seems to be going OK in IT but every time I go in their office, it seems that they are just hanging out waiting for something to happen." The truth is, they are! That's what they do! And they are damn good at it! or should I say they are damn good at I.T.!

You might wanna think twice about letting your IT people go... or... you could have a contigency plan by separating the responsibility of internal staff and a outside organization (sounds familiar... inside/outside controls like in accounting maybe). Consider this... who knows how to 'get in to' your accounting systems? Who knows how to 'get in to' you customer records? Who has 'get in to' your employee records? Who can 'get in to' every desktop in your organization? Your IT staff! Now exchange the words "get in to with 'destroy' or 'spy on'

Feeling a little nervous? Check out this article in Forbes (Click Here)

Ever heard, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket?" Call CAP5 Technology Solutions and

1) Reduce Cost
2) Disperse I.T. Control
3) Broaden Knowledge
4) Augment Skills
5) Feel Comfortable!

Written by:
Lance Griffith, CEO of CAP5 Technology Solutions LLC in Houston TX
CAP5 Technology Solutions---www.capfive.com--713-979-5280

PodTech Media - Web 2.0 from Cap5

PodTech Media - Web 2.0 from Cap5

07:45 | James Gaskin | May 24th, 2007 8:00am | download

Cap5 President Tony Hodgson discusses the services his company offers in the Houston area, and the surprising results his customers receive from basic Web 2.0 features on the Web sites he builds.

Wanna Blog?

CAP5's Blog is still alive and well! Go to cap5.blogspot.com

Lance Griffith, CEO
CAP5 Technology Solutions

HURRICANE IKE - CAP5 CUSTOMERS 100% UPTIME

CAP5 Technology Solutions Post 6 Customers stories explaining how they made it through Hurricane IKE with little or no service interruption.

The CAP5 Datacenter had 100% uptime with no loss to power or internet connectivity.

CLICK HERE to read the recently posted stories.

Silver Sponsor for NSTA Mayorial Luncheon

CAP5 will be the Silver Sponsor October 6th 2008 @ 10 AM at the National Space and Technology Association (NSTA) Luncheon. The distinguished Mayor Bill White will deliver Houston's State-of-the-City Technology Report. Find out more information at www.nstaworld.org.

NOTE: CAP5 is an NSTA annual sponsor and has been a proud member for over 2 years. NSTA monthly breakfasts, lunches, dinners and mixers are where the Houston Technology community gets together to learns more about of what is going on in the Houston Metro area.

Evaluating Your Website's Impact

CAP5 Technology Solutions - Tony Hodgson introduces Jerry Hobby who is launching ANYTHINGINTERNET.COM.

CLICK HERE to listen to the playback of Tony and Jerry on the Steven Kay - Life, Business and Money show on 650 AM

This is an interesting show where Tony and Jerry take callers and reviews their websites. Some of the main points that they cover with callers is:

• Have a meaningful domain name
• Make sure that you marketing message stands out
• Make sure that your first page is clean and descriptive
• Don't add too many words. Get your point across fast!

If you would like us to take a look at your site off the air, get a hold of CAP5 Technology Solutions at 713-979-5280 or sales@capfive.com. You can also post a question to this BLOG and we will answer so that many will learn with you!

MESH NETWORKS - Great Presentation!

CAP5 Sponsored Don Kelley's Mesh Networks presentation at the NSTA Luncheon today (11/15/07) and it was a great success! Companies from across Houston came for the presentation that included a demonstration of Free Space Optics. Mesh Networks demonstrated how optics are used for high speed data transfer (100MBps and higher) from point-to-point. The demonstration included how even with a block in line-of-site for brief periods of time, bits and bytes and buffered and the signal is restored from the point where it was stopped. The practical application of free space optics is that it can be used as a primary high speed data source in dispese areas, but most assuredly it can be used as a redundant and diverse path link when primary traffic is at risk.

CAP5 will be meeting with Mesh Networks in the future to establish a working partnership. Please look for great things to come!

VISTA - Microsoft Has Software Inspection Package!

Don't know if your software is compatable to run Vista? One of the caller on the LBM show today asked AFTER buying a computer and finding out Vista wouldn't work for her needs.

Here is the link that will inspect your computer to make sure you software is ready for Microsoft Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx
Let us know if it works for you!

Listen to the Radio 650 Houston Show Podcast from 10/2/2007 and see what CAP5 had to say about the goods and bads, what to do and not to do regarding Vista
CLICK HERE FOR PODCAST

NOTE: Remember - Don't install Vista for your old computer or buy a computer with Vista on it until you have made 100% sure that you can do everything that you need to do both from a business and personal perspective first. That means... check all your hardware, components and software first. If one thing fails the test, you aren't ready!

Don't know what to do? For professional advice, post to this CAP5 Blog and we'll answer your question!

CAP5 Tech Tuesdays! - Life Business and Money - Radio AM650

CAP5 was on Houston Radio AM650 on the Life Business and Money Show today (11/13/2007) hosted by Steven Kay. Listen live on the radio . If you miss the show this week, the archive will be posted on the show site (http://www.stevenkaylive.com/) and on the CAP5 BLOG site (http://cap5.blogspot.com/) on the 15th or 16th of November.

Here are the show articles that inspired the show:

Rackspace Dallas Datacenter hit by a Truck--TWICE! Outage for major web providers!
http://www.texastechpulse.com/story/0012275.html

7 Deadly Startup Mistakes
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/10/7_deadly_startu.html;jsessionid=KQ0TDJGSXXRI2QSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN?queryText=data+center

Microsoft Spending $1 Billion On Datacenters - SaaS
http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=RQ0MTIOL4YRF4QSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=202803957&queryText=data+center

Please post your show questions here or give us your thoughts regarding information that you heard on this weeks show.

Does Blogging Help?

Tell us a bit more about your blogging experiences. Do you think that this is a good forum for CAP5 to communicate information one-on-one to audience questions and then give the masses the ability read, gain knowledge and then post responses based on their opinions of information? Do you think this gives credit to a company and it's audience or discredits... Please explain!

Post (BLOG) your thoughts here!

CAP5 Offers FREE SonicWall Products thru Dec 31st 2007

As of Nov 1st, 07, we (CAP5 - www.capfive.com) are announcing that we are going to give a new Sonicwall (www.sonicwall.com) TZ Series Firewalls (wired and wireless) to our Customers that sign up for a Annual Managed Support Agreement in Q4/07. We are also going to have up to 50% discounts on the new SonicWall E-Series product line as well for the Mid to Large Market!

CEO, Lance Griffith, says "we are so confident in the SonicWall products that we know that it will position CAP5 for the premier as the Houston leader in Managed Service.

Our managed services offering is a full service it helpdesk, server and network management offering. It includes unlimited helpdesk and remote support calls and 2 monthly onsite visits.

For all other needs, we also have a Master Services Infrastructure Support, Data Center and Colocation offerings in our Level 3 Managed Facility and Development Services provided by our local staff (no offshore resources).

Please add comments regarding your needs and we'll get back with you. You can also reach us directly at 713-979-5280 or sales@capfive.com.

Who is CAP5?

CAP5 is a full service Technology Company that provides IT Infrastructure, Web Application Development and Data Center Hosting Services in the Greater Houston Area.