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 | Merry
Christmas!
CyberGuru would like to wish you and
your families every wish over the festive season. Thank you for your
continual support this year. We look forward to working with you for
another successful year in 2010.
Click here for the CyberGuru 2009 Christmas Card
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Microsoft
Windows 7 Review
Similar
to our approach for previous Microsoft operating system launches,
CyberGuru has released this
opinion paper on Windows 7, rather than a full review of the product.
This review will detail our first
impressions with the product, the various flavours of the product and
pricing. A series of screenshots is also available.
Exclusive for
CyberGuru Newsletter subscribers! Not a member?
Sign up today!
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Important
Computer House-Keeping Duties (for Windows 7)
This how-to guide covers the features in Windows 7,
including disk error-checking (formerly Chkdsk),
Disk Defragmenter, Backup and Restore Centre, Disk Cleanup and more.
Exclusive for
CyberGuru Newsletter subscribers! Not a member?
Sign up today!
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Phishing warning over emails received from the "Commonwealth Bank of
Australia"
Some of our clients have reported
unsolicited emails claiming to be from the "Commonwealth Bank of
Australia" similar to the email below. Whilst some emails may appear
genuine in appearance, it is important to realise that it is likely to
be fraudulent email. This scam is also known as phishing.
Should you receive such an email similar to this, it is recommended
that you do not click on any of the links or respond to the email and
immediately permanently delete it by clicking on [SHIFT] and [DELETE]
keys.
If you do feel an email sent could be legitimate,
contact the Bank's to verify the information first. However, do not
use the phone numbers contained within the email if any are provided.
If you confirm that the email
is legitimate, manually enter the address into your website browser,
rather than clicking on a link.
For more information on
phishing and how to avoid being "phished", please visit
Be Wary of Phishing and
Be Wary of Phishing - Part 2. Other
warnings are available form our
Security and Virus Warnings
page.
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New
CyberGuru website coming soon!
Our new website is
going live very shortly which will provide the latest in website
technologies, including an integrated Bing decision search engine
with the ability to easily find, bookmark and share the wide range
of content available.
The new website will feature a web log
(known as a "blog") providing exclusive features for CyberGuru
clients and computer support and advice forum, where you can ask a
question if you need some general advice and assistance, which will
be used for future blog articles. Some of the articles currently in
the works include "Preparing a new computer for the internet" and
"Managing your email effectively".
The website contains
improved navigation and accessibility contains new style and format
based on the feedback provided in recent months by you, our clients,
website visitors and newsletter readers. Several areas will be
ongoing development, including the new myCyberGuru website which has
grown to become a personalised portal. What we are about to release
is a "soft-launch", as we continue work behind the scenes continuing
to work on fine-tuning and the updating of existing content on the
website!
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| Happy Easter
Wishing you an yours an enjoyable and restful Easter season and break.
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Microsoft buys
out Apple, rebrands iPhone
For the full news
article,
click here
(link opens in new window)!
(This is an April Fools' Day joke!)
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Christmas and New Year
Greetings
As another successful
year draws to a close, CyberGuru would like to wish all our clients,
prospective clients family and friends, all the very best wishes for the
season.
Thank you for your ongoing support this year. We look
forward to working with you for another successful year in 2009.
Click here for the CyberGuru 2008 Christmas Card
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Increase in hourly rate charges effective from 1 January 2009
CyberGuru's hourly rate charges will increase to $85/hour
for both online and offsite services. Despite rising costs CyberGuru
has kept this increase as low as possible. This pricing will take
affect from Monday 1 January 2009.
Fixed quote work is still
available upon request. A $20 call out fee for offsite solutions
less than two hours in duration still applies.
All existing
Annual Contracts will remain at the same price until hours are
renewed, or the contract expires, whichever comes first.
Please feel free to
contact us if you have any questions.
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CyberGuru forms new business partnerships with leading organisations
Over the past year, we have continued to develop partnerships
with businesses in order to serve our clients better and provide a
greater breadth of product knowledge to which we are able to consult
and recommend from. These new partnerships will also enable us
assist in better support and service offerings to clients who
already use products and services by these organisations.
We
have recently arranged reseller arrangements with a number of
website domain name and registry organisations, including Melbourne
IT and NetRegistry. Further, we are also a reseller of D-Link
networking hardware.
These partnerships join with our
existing relationships with Microsoft, Symantec and Ilisys Web
hosting. We will continue to look out for like-minded partners with
the best possible computer solutions to enable us to deliver a more
proactive and customer-focused service.
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CyberGuru qualified as a Microsoft Small Business Specialist
Like most small business owners, you'd rather spend more
time on your business, and less time on your technology. A Microsoft Small
Business Specialist, such as CyberGuru, can help your business thrive.
Every Microsoft Small Business Specialist has gone through training to
help them better respond to the special technology needs of small
businesses.
As a Microsoft Small Business Specialist, CyberGuru can
focus on your unique IT needs, and can assist you in making smart
technology decisions for your company. We offer Peace of Mind, so you can
feel confident knowing that we have the technical training and commitment
to support your specific technology challenges. We are experts in small
business technology. We can help you choose and implement the right
solution for your business quickly and easily, saving you time and money.
If we can be of any assistance to you or your small
business, please contact us.
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| Happy Easter from CyberGuru
CyberGuru wishes all our our clients, family and friends a safe,
happy and enjoyable Easter.
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| Christmas Wishes from CyberGuru
CyberGuru would like to thank our clients, family and
friends for their continued support and custom this year, and look
forward to working with you again in 2008. We wish you and your families
a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Click here for the CyberGuru 2007 Christmas Card
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| History
of CyberGuru published
Over the past ten years, CyberGuru has continued to grow and mature
in the computer solutions market. Reflecting on the time within our
chosen industry, the History page provides an timeline of CyberGuru's
business success looking back since our beginnings in 1997.
Our internet presence has also changed considerably, particularly in our
chosen website and email hosting providers, to the names and versions of
the websites and the various range of designs we’ve developed for
ourselves.
The History page is available
here.
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| BEAQ State Conference 2007
CyberGuru was proud to present the "Designing and Maintaining Website
for Beginners" workshop at this year's Business Educators'
Association of Queensland (BEAQ) State Conference and thanks those who attended the workshop.
Register to access the workshop material by visiting this
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CyberGuru Windows
Vista News and Features
Check out CyberGuru's list of news articles
and and features on the website relating to Microsoft's newest operating
system, Windows Vista.
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Important Computer House-Keeping Duties (Using Microsoft Windows Vista)
The new how-to guide on Important Computer House-Keeping Duties is now
available. This how-to guide has been updated to cover the new features
in Windows Vista, covering error-checking (formerly Chkdsk), Disk
Defragmenter, Backup and Restore Centre, Disk Cleanup and more. This
how-to guide is available from our
How-to Guides
page.
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Windows Vista
Screenshots
By popular demand, we have uploaded all of the
screenshots in our Windows Vista Review to larger versions.
Click here to view the screenshots.
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Test drive Windows
Vista and Office 2007
Microsoft is providing a test drive Windows Vista and
Office 2007 online, allowing you to use your web browser and without
having to install the products onto your PC. For more information and details on how to access
the test drive, visit the following links:
Windows Vista Test Drive,
Office 2007 Test Drive.
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Happy Easter
CyberGuru wishes all our clients, prospective clients, family and
friends a safe and happy Easter.
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CyberGuru ready and available to assist your Windows Vista questions
Windows Vista launched on 30 January 2007.
As one of the first in the world to successfully attain official
qualifications as a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in
Microsoft Windows Vista - Configuration, CyberGuru is available to
answer your questions and assist with your Windows Vista issues.
Contact us today
to make an appointment!
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Estimated Retail Pricing for Windows Vista, Office
2007 and other products
To assist you in
getting the best prices for Windows Vista, Office and other
newly released Microsoft products, here is a list
based on
Microsoft's Estimated Retail Pricing
(ERP). However, we suggest you
contact us before
you purchase it so we can recommend the best edition right for you.
Microsoft Windows Vista
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Edition |
Full Version |
Upgrade |
Academic |
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Windows Vista Home Basic |
$385 |
$199 |
N/A |
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Windows Vista Home Premium
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$455 |
$299 |
$179 |
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Windows Vista Business |
$565 |
$379 |
N/A |
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Windows Vista Ultimate |
$749 |
$495 |
N/A |
Microsoft Office 2007
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Edition |
Full Version |
Upgrade |
Academic |
Office Home and Student 2007
(includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote) |
N/A |
N/A |
$249 |
Office Small Business 2007
(includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and
Publisher) |
$749 |
$499 |
N/A |
Office Professional 2007
(includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher
and Access) |
$849 |
$549 |
$299 |
Office Ultimate 2007
(includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook,
Publisher, Access and Groove) |
$1169 |
$939 |
N/A |
Other products
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Edition |
Full Version |
Windows Live OneCare
(one year subscription for three PCs) |
$99 |
N/A - Pricing not available or
applicable for this product.
For CyberGuru's review on Windows
Vista,
click here.
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Microsoft Windows Vista Review
Similar to our approach when Windows 2000 was
released, CyberGuru has released an opinion paper on Windows Vista,
rather than a full review of the product.
CyberGuru’s review takes on a different style to most other literature,
as it takes CyberGuru first impressions, flavours, pricing and
frequently asked questions.
If you would like to ask a question about Windows Vista, we would be
more than willing to assist. We will be answering questions through our
web form and answer the questions as part of the frequently asked
questions within the section of the article and as part of an series of
articles on Windows Vista in the CyberGuru Newsletter.
The Windows Vista review
is available from our
Opinion
page.
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Seasons
Greetings from CyberGuru
CyberGuru would like to thank our
clients, prospective clients, family and friends for their ongoing
support and custom, and pass on our best wishes through Christmas and
the new year. We look forward to working
with you again in 2007.
Click here for the CyberGuru 2006 Christmas Card
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Looking to test Windows Vista, 2007 Microsoft Office System and Exchange
Server 2007?
If you are keen to find out more about
Microsoft will soon be offering CD/DVDs containing the various beta
products for testing purposes. At a recent Microsoft Partner Roadshow we
were informed there will be several ways to receive the product, either
through TechNet or MSDN, or via a special ordering website where you
will just need to pay for the postage.
I found this other way, via the new TechNet Beta Central website, where
"you will be notified first when the Windows Vista, Office 2007 and
Exchange Server 2007 public beta releases become available". I don't
know if it will cost money for postage this way, I presume will find out
in the announcement. To do this, you will need to receive the TechNet
Flash newsletter by registering at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/beta/preregister.mspx.
The links below are the official locations on information on these
products:
Windows Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista.
2007 Microsoft Office System:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview.
Exchange Server 2007:
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/preview/default.mspx.
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Wishing
you and yours a Happy Easter
CyberGuru wishes all clients, prospective clients, family and friends a
Happy Easter and a safe and enjoyable season.
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Seeking your suggestions for improving CyberGuru
As we move towards our first decade of successful operations, CyberGuru
is in the process of writing our business plan to guide us through the
next three years. Our previous business plan led us to develop a revised
corporate image and promotional material, a range of website and
information system improvements and even inspired the newsletter! We are
now looking forward again in our processes and dealings with our clients
and prospective clients.
For the past few years, we have produced annual surveys to identify
aspects which can improve our business and computer solutions for our
clients and to look ahead to where we want to be in the future. Instead
of our survey this year, we are using a different way to receive
suggestions for improvement.
If you have any suggestions on how we can improve, please use the
Contact page on
our website. The three most creative ideas which we decide to implement
will be provided with $20 CyberGuru gift voucher to be used on our
computer solutions. The winners will be decided and emailed individually
by 31 March 2006.
We thank you for your continued support and feedback. Without it, we
would not have been so successful. We look forward to your continued
custom in 2006 and beyond.
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| Changes in Business Operations from 1 January 2005
As advised in our last newsletter, CyberGuru wishes to advise of a series
of changes in how CyberGuru will operate from 1 January 2005. Many of
these requests have come from our last survey and others from operational
requirements.
These changes include:
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| Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year
At the conclusion of another successful year,
CyberGuru would like to thank all clients, prospective clients, family
and friends for their ongoing support. We wish you and your family a
wonderful Christmas and a successful and prosperous new year.
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| CyberGuru Help Desk (Support Online)
For opinion, how-to guides, hints, tips, and
tricks, security and virus warnings and newsletters, visit the CyberGuru
Help Desk, formally known as Support Online. You can access the website
by clicking here.
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| Happy Easter!
Although belated, we hope that all of our clients,
prospective clients, family and friends had a happy Easter and that 2005
continues to be successful.
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| Tsunami
Tragedy Relief Funds
CyberGuru wishes to express our deepest sympathies to those affected by
the Tsunami tragedy in Asia and East Africa. CyberGuru will be providing
a proportion of our income over January to our nominated relief fund. If
you would like to donate to a relief fund, you may find the list below
helpful:
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| CyberGuru
Survey 2004-05
CyberGuru strives to provide professional and affordable computer
solutions that meet the needs of our clients. We would like to know if
we are meeting your expectations and to find out where we can improve.
Our recent announcement of business changes next year was a result of
your feedback! CyberGuru's success is built around our ability to meet
the needs of our clients. Like any other business, we must continually
ask, "how are we progressing?". Our approach is to ask our customers
this question for us, please fill in this survey and let us know what
you think.By completing the survey and the contact details, you will
automatically be entered into a competition for one of four caps from
our prize cupboard! To enable more clients to complete the survey and
have the chance of winning a prize, we have extended the competition
closing date to 14 February 2005.
The survey is available at
http://www.cyberguru.com.au/survey200405.htm.
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| Merry
Christmas from CyberGuru
CyberGuru would like to wish all of our clients, prospective clients,
family and friends a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year. We look
forward to working with you again in 2005.
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Changes in
Business Operations from 1 January 2005
As advised in our last newsletter, CyberGuru wishes to advise of a
series of changes in how CyberGuru will operate from 1 January 2005.
Many of these requests have come from our last survey and others from
operational requirements. These changes include: Price Increase, Annual
Design Contracts, Annual Support Contracts, Website Design Packages and
Business Partnerships. To read the announcement, please click here:
Changes in
Business Operations from 1 January 2005.
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| Windows
XP Service Pack 2 Review
CyberGuru has written a review detailing the new features and
improvements in Windows XP Service Pack 2, including Security Centre,
Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Firewall, Wireless and
Bluetooth. Read it now:
Windows XP Service Pack 2 Review.
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CyberGuru proprietor nominated for entrepreneur award for the second
year running
CyberGuru Proprietor/Chief Guru, Chris Jeffery, has been nominated for the
second year running for the Australasian Student Entrepreneur
Award, a national and international award for "recognition of exceptional
entrepreneurial skill and creativity among undergraduate students
enrolled in universities and technical colleges in Australasia."
Like last year,
Chris was nominated by the Greater Brisbane Area Consultative Committee,
part of a national network of Commonwealth Government funded
organisations (under the auspices of the Deputy Prime Minister’s
portfolio) working to create jobs and boost small business and community
development throughout Brisbane, Logan and Redland Shire who nominated
him because of his "significant entrepreneurial achievements relative to
his youth."The clients who wrote letters of
support of the award said that "Chris has demonstrated enterprise skills
during his educational studies both at high school, as a trainee, as a
small business operator and as an university student. He is able to
accept responsibility, to be flexible, to think creatively and to manage
and organise his time and resources". Further, it was stated that, "in
all business activities he has demonstrated initiative, an ability to
make decisions, to negotiate and to evaluate, review and improve
services. His maturity, motivation and communication skills have earned
him the respect of peers and colleagues."
Another client wrote that they have "...found
Chris to be most diligent, patient and professional. It was
our good fortune to find so young an expert whose honesty and dedication
to his work and studies will prove valuable assets in his future
dealings in the world of business."
Chris and CyberGuru would like to thank the Chris was
nominated by the Greater Brisbane Area Consultative Committee and the
referees who wrote references for this award. We will keep you posted on
the results. STOP PRESS: Chris was unsuccessful on this occasion.
Thank you to all those who supported assisted Chris in the
nomination in this award.
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| NEW
Security and Virus Warnings
CyberGuru is always on the lookout for
security and virus warnings affecting computers. Our new security and
warnings page features security alerts, enabling you to easily read
about the latest and top threats currently and access removal tools and
security advisories to clean and protect your computer from these nasties.
The page can be accessed at
http://www.cyberguru.com.au/helpdesk_securityandviruswarnings.htm.
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| Happy
Easter from CyberGuru
In this season of Easter, we would like to wish all clients, prospective
clients, family and friends an holy and enjoyable season.
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| Seasons
Greetings from CyberGuru
CyberGuru wishes all clients, prospective clients, family and friends a
very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We look forward to working
with you again in 2004. Our office will be closed from 24 December 2003
to 15 January 2004.
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| CyberGuru
Survey 2003-04
CyberGuru strives to provide professional and affordable
computer solutions that meet the needs of our clients. We would like to
know if we are meeting your expectations and to find out where we can
improve. Please fill in our CyberGuru Survey 2003-04 available
here
or at
www.cyberguru.com.au/survey.htm. One
lucky survey respondent could win a copy of Microsoft Office OneNote
2003 valued at over $300!
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| New CyberGuru Portfolio now online!
6 October 2003
CyberGuru's new portfolio of online and offline material is now
accessible to prospective and current clients. If you would like to
check it out, click on in to the Portfolio page. You will need to apply
for a username and password to access the CyberGuru Portfolio.
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CyberGuru
finalist in 2003 Business Achievers Awards
8 September 2003
CyberGuru is proud to announce that it has been accepted as a finalist
in the E-Commerce category of the Quest Newspapers Business Achievers
Awards.
We were nominated for the 2003 Business Achievers Awards by readers of
the Northside Chronicle, a local newspaper, many of whom are clients of
CyberGuru. This is our first year we have participated in these
awards.
Fundamental to our success is our experience and expertise in developing
a business model combined with our experience in developing interactive
and engaging websites for our clients under our design solution has lead
to this award. Our websites,
www.cyberguru.com.au and
www.cyberguru.com.au/mycyberguru allow our current and
prospective clients to interact and explore our business and solutions.
CyberGuru has been, and continues to be at the forefront of the computer
solutions industry, having started in website design over seven years
ago and today having developed over 50 websites. Almost a decade on,
CyberGuru continues to provide award-winning, professional and
affordable computer solutions in the areas of consulting, design,
support and training.
We are not new to the awards arena. In 1998, we won first place in the
Intel Australia Website Design Competition for the Nudgee College
Interactive website. Further, Proprietor/Chief Guru Chris Jeffery was a
semi-finalist in the Brisbane Internet Games the year earlier.
Chris Jeffery would like to thank all clients, prospective clients,
family and friends for their continuing support of CyberGuru and look
forward to continue serving your computer solutions needs into the
future.
For more information, please
contact us.
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| Security and Virus Warning - Blaster
Within 24 hours of its release, the Blaster
virus has taken the world by storm with many reports of businesses and
personal computer users being affected. To ensure you are protected from
this virus, we have posted some important steps and links to protect
your computers.
Read and action it now!
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CyberGuru proprietor nominated for entrepreneur
award
Chris Jeffery, CyberGuru's proprietor, has been nominated for the
Global Student Entrepreneur Awards / Australasian Student Entrepreneur
Award, an international award for "recognition of exceptional
entrepreneurial skill and creativity among undergraduate students
enrolled in universities and technical colleges in Australasia."
Chris was nominated by the Greater Brisbane Area Consultative Committee,
part of a national network of Commonwealth Government funded
organisations (under the auspices of the Deputy Prime Minister’s
portfolio) working to create jobs and boost small business and community
development throughout Brisbane, Logan and Redland Shire who nominated
him because of his "significant entrepreneurial achievements relative to
his youth."The clients who wrote letters of
support of the award said that "Chris has demonstrated enterprise skills
during his educational studies both at high school, as a trainee, as a
small business operator and as an university student. He is able to
accept responsibility, to be flexible, to think creatively and to manage
and organise his time and resources". Further, it was stated that, "in
all business activities he has demonstrated initiative, an ability to
make decisions, to negotiate and to evaluate, review and improve
services. His maturity, motivation and communication skills have earned
him the respect of peers and colleagues."
Another client wrote that "...over the past two years
Chris has proven to be most diligent, patient and professional. It was
our good fortune to find so young an expert whose honesty and dedication
to his work and studies will prove valuable assets in his future
dealings in the world of business."
STOP PRESS: Chris was unsuccessful on this occasion.
However, our entry will also be submitted for further awards during the
year. Thank you to all those who supported assisted Chris in the
nomination in this award. |
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My CyberGuru
scheduled to launch in September 2003
My CyberGuru, our personalised portal for clients is on the
drawing board for September this year. With My CyberGuru, clients can
obtain quotes and get invoices, request bookings for solutions and other
value added services. My CyberGuru uses technology previously
used on its predecessor, Client Entry. Further information on My
CyberGuru is
available here. |
| CyberGuru
launches new site!
Welcome to the new CyberGuru website. The website has been entirely
rebuilt, featuring the new corporate image developed in late 2002 and
early 2003. We are still working on some sections and adding new ones
progressively, so we would appreciate hearing your comments - please
drop us a line! |
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