1.) Server virtualization may reduce the number of physical systems for more efficient CPU utilization. But think about it: consolidating five servers into one means you'll have 5X the traffic and 5X the levels of fragmentation now taking place on a single server. So to keep that virtual machine from joining the Titanic, routine defragging is essential to optimum performance and uptime.

2.) Defragging provides more "up time" by saving your machines from excessive drive head activity. This extends hardware life another 1- 2 years.

3.) Savvy IT Pro's have defragmenters on their servers because they can't afford not to. Those on service contracts lose money each and every time they take a Support call. And many of those calls are from fragmentation related issues like system slows or even drive failures. Defragging eliminates those calls altogether.

4.) One file = one scan. One thousand fragmented files = one thousand scans. Thus defragging cuts long anti-virus scans nearly in half. The same applies to back up times. It's a simple numbers game: the more fragmentation you have, the more you suffer.

5.) Load times for Office docs like Word, Excel and Outlook show a hefty return in speed after defragging. Boot times can also be sped up by defragging the MFT file. And even web browsing is sped up 2 - 3X from a good defrag of the Internet cache. Remember, the more fragmentation you have, the more you suffer.

6.) Defragging busy file/SQL/Exchange servers increases network traffic speeds by freeing up I/O bottlenecks.

7.) A defragmenter is the most inexpensive performance enhancement you can make-far cheaper than memory or hardware upgrades.

8.) Even when you have the fastest CPU and memory available-a machine's performance is negatively affected by fragmentation. Why? Because the disk drive is still the slowest component in a computer. And as the saying goes, "A computer is only as fast as its slowest component." Defragging the drive is thus essential to all computers, old and new.

9.) Automatic defraggers make your job easier by taking the guesswork out of scheduling.

10.) The tenth and possibly best reason to defrag is your time. Your free time, your family time and your work time. So to spend your time on better things, embrace an automatic defragger.

Caps / Numbers & Symbols (Option Lock) / Menu (Right-Click) - Treo 650

CAPS - While you are in any text field, press the up- pointing arrow on the bottom left (or bottom right) of the keypad once to enter one capital letter - you will see the same up-pointing arrow on the bottom right corner of the screen display; press it twice to turn on the Caps Lock - you will see a smaller underlined arrow on the display; press it again to turn off the Caps feature - nothing appears on the display.

NUMBERS / SYMBOLS - The Option Lock button is the button to the left of the letter 'Z' on the keypad (to me it looks like a small ink blot). While you are in any text field, press the Option key once to enter one number or special character - you will see the same Option icon on the bottom right corner of the screen display; press it twice to turn on the Option Lock - you will see an underlined Option icon on the display; press it again to turn off the Option Lock - nothing appears on the display.

MENU (Right-click) - If you press the Menu button (above and to the right of the 5-way navigator), you will see a list of menus with various items specific to the module you are currently using. You can use the up, down, left and right buttons around the 5-way navigator to move between the menus, or press the Center button to select a menu item.

For example, if you are in a Contact record, and have just highlighted text in the Work Phone field, pressing the Menu button will pull down the Edit menu - you can then select 'Cut' or 'Copy'. Then you can move to another record, or another field (or just open the Notes field by selecting Notes at the bottom of the display - to the right of the 'Details' button) - press Menu again and select 'Paste'.

Any time you are in any typing area and press the Menu button, you can select 'Edit' - 'Keyboard' to see all of the available characters. You can select abc to enter text from the keyboard; select 123 to enter numbers or special characters; select Int'l to enter various international characters.

NOTE: In some areas, you may be able to use your finger to select items on the display - in some areas, it may be difficult, so you will have to (or want to) use the stylus.

One of the greatest time-saving Palm features is the Favorites buttons, which allows you to setup one- button access to Palm applications, and program Quick Keys to quickly dial your often-used contacts.

Just below my dial pad, I have 4 Favorite buttons displayed - Contacts, Call Log, SplashID, and SMS. And if I scroll down, I can quickly select the Camera and Voice Mail. Almost all of the other Favorites have Speed Dial numbers stored. Keep in mind that you can change any of the Favorite buttons any time to suit your needs.

Here's how to add a Speed Dial to a Favorite button:

1. Press the green Dial button, and then press the Down navigator button to highlight any of the blank favorites (you may have to press Down and/or Right a few times to locate a blank Favorite button).
NOTE: If you wish to change a speed dial associated with a Favorite button, press Menu and select Edit Favorites Button.

2. Once you locate the blank button, press the Center button and select Speed Dial as the Type.

3. Select Lookup next to Label, and locate the contact you wish to add. (You can begin typing the first name or last name - whichever works best to locate the name). You will see a list of phone numbers that can be used for speed-dialing. (You can assign speed dials to 'Work', 'Home', or 'Other', as well as 'Main', 'Pager' or 'Mobile' - however, if you are linking to Amicus, we encourage you to stick to Work, Home, or Other.)

4. Select the number you wish to use and select Add - you will see the contact's name (with a designation of W, H or O) in the Label field, and the phone number listed below.

5. Then we want to assign a Quick Key - this is what makes the Favorite button so great. Enter any letter a- z in the Quick Key field.
(NOTE: you only have 26 letters, so try to assign letters that you will easily remember. If you select a letter that is already assigned, you will see a warning when you select OK.)

NOTE: One other thing you can add to specific Favorite buttons is to assign Ringtones for that contact. (If you do not select a different Ringtone, then the default will take affect.) Specifying a Ringtone means that when that person calls you - you will hear the Ringtone that you selected. So for someone special, you will be able to know without looking at the phone when that person is calling.

6. Select OK to complete the Favorites assignment.

Now when you are ready to call one of your Favorites, the easiest way is to press and hold the assigned letter from the dial pad. If you don't remember the letter, while viewing the dial pad, scroll down until you see the desired Favorite name. Before you dial, look to the right of the name, and you'll see the Quick Key assigned to that number - you will definitely want to use that next time! Press the Center button to dial the number.

If you are an Amicus user (Versions 5.5 and Small Firm), and you are considering synchronizing your data with your Palm, or you are having trouble with the sync process, please read the tips below. If you or your users are not entering data properly, or if your Hot Sync conduits are not set up properly, it can be a frustrating experience, and there is a possibility that you may 1) enter duplicate data in Amicus or in your Palm, or 2) lose data on either side.

Entering communication information for contacts in Amicus - While Amicus has more than 15 communication fields (i.e., 2 Home Phones, 2 Bus Phones, Cell, Mobile, 3 fax numbers, 3 email addresses, etc.), the Palm only has 5 static communication fields, and 3 custom fields.

Entering data into the Palm - If you are the only Amicus user, and you get into a pattern of running the Hot Sync on a regular basis, you should be fine entering data into the Palm and synchronizing it with Amicus. However, if you have more than 1 Amicus team member, there are some issues that all users need to be aware of - so that data synchronizes properly, and to ensure that the appropriate data will appear on your Palm.

Fields that synchronize between Amicus & Palm
 

• Name (First & Last)
• Address on the Primary Card
• Company Name, Job Title
• Home Phone / Office Phone / Other Phone
• Email address (Home or Business)*
• Fax phone (Home or Business)*
• Custom 1, 2 and 3 (only if text fields)
• Notes

*The synchronization of the email and fax phone depends on how the Palm conduits are set, and has nothing to do with the Primary Card. If the conduit is set to synchronize Home email, then the Home email on all contacts will sync to the Palm.

So what about all of the other information that is stored in Amicus; i.e., Cell Phone, Home Address (if you have both Home and Office addresses); email addresses and fax phones.

1. Be consist in the way the information is entered into Amicus - always enter data in Amicus in the correct fields, no matter how it syncs to Palm
2. Use the Notes field - list any extra information with labels in the 'Notes' field in Amicus (in addition to the appropriate Amicus field) for any field that isn't fixed (or doesn't exist) in the Palm

• Address - if you have 2 addresses that you want to see in the Palm, enter them both in the appropriate Amicus 'Home' or 'Office' card, and enter the one that is not on the primary card in the Notes field. Be sure to label everything in the Notes field; e.g., Home - 8591 Goldfinch Way, West Chester, OH 45069.
• Cell phone - enter it in the Cell Phone field in Amicus, and then copy it into the Notes field - 'Cell - 513-312-8381.
• Email addresses / Fax phones - if you want to see any of them in the Palm, it is best to enter them in the appropriate fields in Amicus, and also in the Notes.

Amicus Attorney 2008 Premium Edition is the upgrade that you have been waiting for. Combining the Standard Edition and the Premium Edition into a single application, Amicus 2008 is our most robust, comprehensive and top-of-the-line product!

 

• New Tasks Module - manage all of your To Do's all in one place
• Superior Email Integration - see saved and unsaved emails in a single view; auto save email from selected Firm Members
• Enhanced Workflow - enter and edit contact information with ease
• Edit-in-Place - edit task lists, contact details and more without having to open a details dialogue and resave
• Email Signature - automatically include a signature in new emails directly from Amicus
• Quick Match - select persons or file names from a drop down list of matching Files or People
• Third Party Accounting Links - Integration with the latest third party accounting systems
• Seamless Integration with Amicus Accounting 2008
• And More

Pricing for Premium Edition is as follows:
New Licenses

• First License $699
• Additional Licenses $599

Upgrades from version 7

• First License $249
• Additional Licenses $199

Upgrades from Amicus 2008 - SFE

• First License $349
• Additional Licenses $299

Upgrades from V+ or Amicus Small Firm

• First License $349
• Additional Licenses $299

Upgrades from V or earlier

• First License $449
• Additional Licenses $399

 

The NOTES module of both Amicus V+ and Amicus 7 is the natural evolution of what most of us have come to know and love; the "sticky."

Stickies were (and are) efficient ways of sending non critical data around the office as an instant message. Now, with Notes, the sticky has evolved into a more useful method of not only sending non critical messages throughout the office (i.e. "Shirley, could you bring me the 'Smith v Jones' file, please"), but now the NOTE can be saved, printed or even better, converted to another record. So now NOTES can act more as an electronic legal pad of sorts.

To use NOTES effectively, go to your notes module and simply start typing. Type anything: reminders, notes to a file, thoughts, instant messages, etc. When you have finished your thought, either hit SAVE to do something with the note later (causing your note to stay on your UNSAVED NOTES list), or click Details to save the note to a file, send the note as a Sticky or convert the note (and its entire contents) to an appointment, to-do, phone call, phone message, email, or time entry. Thus, NOTES provides a fast and easy way to get data into Amicus Attorney when your day proves to be quite hectic (as they all do), and you can go back and redistribute your thoughts later.

So, now you can discard your legal pad and get your data into Amicus Attorney faster and more efficiently with the NOTES module.

 

 

Amicus Accounting 2008 is the new version of our Accounting product. It has many enhancements over the original Amicus Accounting, including easier navigation, the ability to change the Client on an existing matter, enhancements to Accounts Receivable interest, billing and reminder statements, a new payroll add-on option and a more powerful receipt function.

Pricing for Accounting will be $349.00 for the first license and $249.00 each additional license.

Upgrading from Amicus Accounting to Amicus Accounting 2008 $99 / license

 

Amicus Attorney 2008 Small Firm Edition is the latest version of Amicus Attorney built on the popular V+ (C++) platform. It is specifically designed for the solo and small firm market. It has significant enhancements over its predecessors.
These include:
a new navigation pane similar to Amicus 7,
a new Tasks module for managing To Do's all in one place,
real time spell check,
text expansion,
email signatures,
Outlook®
email integration enhancements
and the ability to run in Client/Server mode.

This product is for firms with 10 users or less only. It is a superb upgrade for all V and V+ Advanced and Client/Server customers with 10 licenses or less.

Pricing for the Small Firm Edition will be $499 for the first license and $399 for additional licenses.

Please note that these two products are no longer bundled together.

They need to be purchased separately. Of course they still work together wonderfully.

However, it is important to understand that if you are upgrading from the old Amicus Small Firm, you will need to upgrade both the Amicus Attorney side and the Amicus Accounting side if you want to continue using both products.

Pricing for upgrades is as follows

• Upgrading to Amicus Attorney 2008 Small Firm Edition: 1st user / add'l users
• From Amicus Small Firm $249 / $199
• From Amicus Attorney V+ (Advanced or Client/Server) $249 / $199
• From Amicus Attorney V or below (Advanced of Client/Server) $299 / $249

 

Below is a list of the current versions of important law office software supported by Cooperative Network Integrators, Inc..

Amicus Attorney: Downloads

• Amicus Attorney 7: build 7.1.0.8)
• Amicus Attorney 2008 Small Firm Edition
• Amicus Attorney Advanced V+: v. 5.9.1
• Amicus Attorney C/S V+: v. 5.8.1
• Amicus Small Firm: v. 5.9.0
• Amicus Attorney V: v 5.1.1
• Amicus Attorney X: v. SP1.1

Amicus Accounting:

• Amicus Accounting 2008
• Amicus Accounting Small Firm Edition: v 5.9.0

Amicus Accounting 2008: Update from the Internet via the Check For Updates function available from your Help menu or Maintenance module. Please refer to your Amicus Accounting Online Help for details.

Microsoft Office:

• Click here and select Check for Updates.

Corel Word Perfect:

• Click here then select your version.

 

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