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January 2008

KPE announces our new FREE Webinar series. While the live events at the Microsoft office have been good over the last few years, several people have asked us to make the seminars more widely available. With that in mind, we have moved seminar announcements over to www.SacBizTech.com.

 

We have also moved them to the virtual world, so you can attend live during your lunch hour. Catch a live webinar on the Third Thursday of each month at Noon.

 

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October 2007

Dan McGlade becomes Certified Small Business Specialist. KPE now has FIVE Small Business Specialists on staff.

 

And, once again, that means that 100% of our technical staff are Certified Small Business Specialists.

 

We've always been 100% certifiable because we only hire Microsoft Certified and Microsoft Trained technicians.

 

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September 2007

Manuel Palachuk named President of KPEnterprises.

 

We are pleased to announce that Manuel Palachuk has moved into position as President of KPEnterprises! Manuel will also fill the roles of Service Manager and Project Manager.

 

The result is: You won’t see him as much, but he’ll be working a lot harder! Our company is still small enough that everyone does whatever needs to be done. Over the last three years, Manuel has done it all.

 

Congratulate him at manuelp@kpenterprises.com.

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Karl Launches fifth book: The Super-Good Project Planner for Technical Consultants at sell-out seminar in Redmond.

 

At a major launch event in Redmond, WA, Karl announced his latest book to a sold-out crowd. The first 100 copies were sold in the first hour!

 

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Karl Palachuk named SBSer of the Year. At the annual SMB Nation conference, on the Microsoft campus in Red-mond, WA, our own Karl Palachuk was awarded the SBSer of the Year award for his work in the SMB (Small and Medium Business) consulting community. The award is given each year to someone who has supported and advanced the SMB community.

 

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Josh Parker becomes Certified Small Business Specialist. KPE now has four Small Business Specialists on staff. Dan's Next!.

 

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July 2007

Worldwide Conference a great success.

 

Microsoft's The Small Business Specialist Advisory Council met face to face for the first time in July at the Worldwide Partner Conference.

 

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Karl Services on Microsoft's Small Business Specialist Advisory Panel

 

June 2007

 

Our President, Karl Palachuk, was appointed to Microsoft's Small Business Specialist Advisory Panel in June. The first meeting tool place via telephone conference in June. The first face-to-face meeting will be at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver in July.

 

Karl was one of the first Microsoft Partners to pass the Small Business Specialist exams. KPEnterprises is proud to be a Small Business Specialist. Karl is a Microsoft Hands-On Lab Instructor and has taught many consultant what they need to know to become a Small Business Specialist -- include a class in Prague, Czech Republic!

 

Here's how important this certification is: Every one of our technicians must pass these exams in their first three months with KPE. As a result, every one of our technicians is a Microsoft Certified Professional and a Small Business Specialist!

 

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New Orleans is Alive and Well!

 

May 2007

 

Karl was honored to serve on the Managed Services panel at the national Small Business Disaster Recovery conference sponsored by SBS Migration and I.T. Pros.

 

For more information, please visit http://www.conference2007.sbsmigration.com/.

 

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Karl Addresses California Foundation for Independent Living Centers

 

Sacramento, May 2007

 

In May our President, Karl Palachuk, addressed the statewide meeting of the Independent Living Centers of California. The topic was What's New in Technologies with an emphasis on issues related to non-profit agencies and specialty devices.

 

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Book Launch: Relax Focus Succeed®

 

New York, May 2007

 

Book Launch Party! Karl's latest book - Relax Focus Succeed® - was released in New York in early May.

 

Here's Karl with a couple of friends. On the left is Matt Makowicz, a small business owner from New Jersey.

On the right is Beatrice Mulzer, editor of the SMB Partner Community magazine.

SMBPC magazine published a very nice centerpiece spread on the Relax Focus Succeed® book this month.

For more information, please visit http://www.relaxfocussucceed.com/RFS_The_Book.htm.

 

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Karl Featured Speaker at SMBTN Annual Conference

 

March 2007

 

The Small and Medium Business Technology Network is an organization dedicated to helping small technology consultants to become better consultants -- Better at business and better technologists. Karl Palachuk of KPEnterprises held his popular "Good Form Consulting" seminar at their annual meeting in Annaheim.

 

For more info on SMBTN, please visit http://www.smbtn.org.

 

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KPEnterprises is an Official Sponsor of the Sacramento Launch

of

Windows Vista and Office 2007

 

February 2007

 

On February 13th we joined 2,000 of our closest friends at the Sheraton Grand Hotel for the official Launch Event in Sacramento. Attendees received free copies of Office 2007, as well as demonstrations and excellent information on being more productive right away with the new products.

 

For more info on Vista and the new Office, give us a call at 916-928-0888 x101.

 

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"Sent Five Copies to My Mother" -- We're on the Cover

 

Not quite the Rolling Stone . . .

 

The December 2006 issue of SMB Partner Community magazine featured a cover story on Mergers and Acquisition in the Small and Medium Business consulting community. And the cover was -- KPEnterprises!

 

We took this shot while setting up our new offices in October. Notice the Novell box in the garbage can. Not sure how that got in the picture (or the office).

 

We're hanging our Microsoft Certified Partner banner. Behind Nicko you can see a Small Business Specialist banner waiting to be hung.

 

For more info on the magazine, visit www.smbnation.com.

 

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Great Little Book Publishing Co. (our sister company) Sponsors Vista Load-a-Thon

 

As Sacramento prepares for the widespread release of Windows Vista, we're sponsoring an event to help everyone learn the ins and outs of getting this new operating system installed, working properly, and connected to a Small Business Server network.

 

More details on the user group page at

 

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/sacsbug/message/566

 

and the registration page at http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=113637

 

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Karl's Off to Kick-Start the Redding SBS User Group

 

On December 14, 2006, the brand new Redding SBS User Group will put on a major shin-dig to get their user group up and going. The Microsoft Bus will be there and Karl will put on a free seminar for business consultants in the evening.

 

All in all, it looks like about nine hours of fun!

 

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KPEnterprises in Business Solutions Magazine

 

The October 2006 issue of Business Solutions magazine includes an interview with our president, Karl Palachuk, on the topic of disk defragmentation. Very spicy stuff. Intended for the nerd audience, but our clients may be interested as well.

 

See http://www.businesssolutionsmag.com/index.php?option=com_jambozine&layout=article&view=page&aid=2755&Itemid=99999999

 

If you have questions about how file fragmentation is slowing down your network, give us a call.

 

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First Sacramento Meeting of the Northern California IAMCP October 10th

 

October 10, 2006. Our President, Karl Palachuk, is a founding member and sits on the board of the NorCal International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners. This business-focused group is for Microsoft partners who are interested in improving their businesses, working more effectively with Microsoft, and finding opportunities to work together with other partners. Partners may visit www.i5pc.com/iamcp.htm.

 

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Karl to Speak at the California Writers Club

 

October 6, 2006. Karl spoke to the "Non-Fiction Network" sub-chapter of the the California Writers Club. The topic was "Using technology to improve your books and your marketing."

 

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Karl Speaks to the Society of Technical Communications

 

September 20. Karl made a presentation to the Sacramento chapter of the Society of Technical Communications. The topic was "From Writing to Writing a Book" and provided some insights from Karl's three book-writing experiences. With luck, picture to follow. Stay tuned.

 

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Microsoft Visits Sacramento SBS Technology Users Group

 

Microsoft sent some people from the Small Business Server development team around the country to meet with local user groups in September 2006.

 

Once again, thanks to the efforts of the local group, this "road trip" came to Sacramento as it's only Northern California stop.

 

That means we beat out San Francisco/San Jose/ Oakland -- again.

 

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Big News

KPEnterprises Announces Merger with Rack Networks

 

KPEnterprises is very pleased to announce that we are merging with Rack Networks, formerly of Gold River, CA.

 

The merged companies will operate under the name KPEnterprises Business Consulting, Inc. Nicko Demeter, CEO and founder of Rack Networks, will immediately assume the roll of Director of Operations at KPEnterprises.

 

The entire press release regarding this merger is available here.

 

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KPEnterprises joins with New Horizons Learning Center to bring a major all-day training event to Sacramento

 

October 25th, 2006

at the Courtyard Marriott

4422 "Y" Street

Sacramento, CA

 

We start with a light Breakfast and have non-technical technical training seminars all day.

 

We'll have lunch together with author and business consultant Stephanie Chandler. Stephanie is the author of The Business Startup Checklist and Planning Guide. Her new book, From Entrepreneur to Infopreneur: Make Money with Books, E-books and Information Products will be released in December.

 

The day will feature local experts, Microsoft representatives, and best of all, the other attendees -- successful business owners and managers interested in improving their business.

 

For more information, please visit www.sacbiztech.com.

 

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Karl Presents "Good Form Consulting" Seminar at SMB Nation conference in Redmond

 

September 7, 2006 - The largest SMB Nation conference ever -- 800 people in one little town.

 

In addition to serving on panels for Managed Services, Karl presented a free 3-hour seminar for technical consultants called "Good Form Consulting." It was a round-up of best practices for our profession.

 

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Karl's third book goes to the printers: Service Agreements for SMB Consultants--A Quick-Start Guide to Managed Services

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