Identity protection law passed
03/05/2010 Massachusetts put the most rigorous Identity Protection Compliance Law in the US into effect March 1st. This law directly impacts every organization in Mass. and every organization that does business with any (regardless of where they are located) organization in Massachusetts or has personal identity information on any person from or in Massachusetts (i.e. name, phone number, address, etc.) Is your company compliant? If you have any questions contact us for an evaluation

Paul Sullivan Joins Ananke.
01/25/2010 Ananke IT Solutions announces today the expansion of its Southern New England sales team. Paul Sullivan joins the Annake team as Senior VIce President of Sales.
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Ananke IT Solutions is now an AVG Authorized Reseller
11/25/2009 Ananke has been granted the status of AVG Authorized Reseller of security software products.

The Ananke Giving Tree
11/19/2009 Ananke IT Solutions is delighted to partner with Dr. Anait Azarian to provide her patients in need with a round of holiday cheer at Ananke’s Third Annual “Christmas at Richmond Square” Celebration. Last year, Ananke and another local business, donated time, money, and a lot of heart to provide thirty of Dr. Ana’s patients with a buffet, clothes, toys, and stockings filled with goodies. To donate, click here.

Congratulations to Russell Braga
11/10/2009 Congratulations to Russell Braga, Ananke IT Specialist, on the occasion of his marriage to the lovely Kelly Costa. Russell and Kelly were married on November 7th in East Providence and celebrated their nuptials at the Quidnessett Country Club in North Kingstown, RI. All the best to you both!

Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX control could allow remote code execution

7/9/2009 Microsoft has released a Microsoft security advisory about this issue for IT professionals. The security advisory contains additional security-related information. To view the security advisory, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/972890.mspx

To implement the workaround that disables the Microsoft Video ActiveX Control automatically on a computer that is running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, click the Fix this problem link under Enable workaround. To undo the workaround, click the Fix this problem link under Disable workaround. Then click Run in the File Download dialog box, and follow the steps in this wizard.

Enable workaround		Disable workaround
Microsoft Fix 50287		Microsoft Fix 50288

Ananke awarded Governor's Workforce Award
6/19/2009 Ananke IT Solutions has been awarded the "Workforce Innovation Award" by the Governor’s Workforce Board Rhode Island. The award was officially presented to Ananke by Governor Carcieri at the Annual Breakfast Meeting at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet on June 18, 2009.

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T.J Saotome Joins Ananke
5/11/2009 T.J. Saotome joins the Ananke Team as a Senior Systems Engineer. T.J. is an IT professional with over 20 years of hands-on IT operations management and strategy development experience.

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New Interns for Summer 2009
5/11/2009 Ananke welcomes interns Derek Laroche (M.T.T.I), Steven Hazel (Computer Science, JWU), Marisa Glick (Communications, Graphic Design & Art - Simmons College) and Ainsley Gill (Communications - University of Connecticut). Both Marisa and Ainsley are recent graduates.

New England XPO
5/12/2009 Ananke was an exhibitor at the first annual New England XPO for Business, which took place at the Boston Convention & Exposition Center, May 19th. We were at booths 301 & 303 demonstratingf Ananke's ProWatch™ Monitoring Services and the public could meet with an IT Specialist to find out how to cut IT costs by 15-30%.

RI Business Expo 2009
4/14/2009 Ananke will be an exhibitor at the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce 2009 Business Expo, taking place at the Rhode Island Convention Center, May 5 & 6. Visit us at booths 335 & 337 for a demonstration of Ananke's ProWatch™ Monitoring Services and meet with a Web Specialist to find out how your company can increase revenue with an improved web presence.

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Conficker Computer Worm
4/6/2009 Conficker is a remotely-controlled worm spreading rapidly throughout the internet to millions of computers around the world. After it silently infiltrates your system, the worm steals personal information, such as emails and banking transactions from your computer and moves on to your network connections. Conficker takes advantage of vulnerable computers that have not recently had anti-virus updates and possess weak passwords. It then spreads through your network and through removable devices, such as USB drives.
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How do I remove the Conficker worm?
If your computer is infected with the Conficker worm, you may be unable to download certain security products, such as the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool or you may be unable to access certain Web sites, such as Microsoft Update. If you can't access those tools, try using the Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner. For more information, click here.
And for Microsoft support, click here.

New Interns for Spring 2009
3/1/2009 Ananke welcomes Nicole Ayvazyan (URI), Ahmed Brooks (JWU), Mitchell Brown (UMass Amherst), Kara MacIntyre (Bryant), and Mike Tevolini (JWU). Ananke offers internships in technology, marketing, finance, and web design.

Shawn Boyle Joins Ananke
1/2/2009 Shawn Boyle joins the Ananke Team as a Web Specialist. A professional photographer for over ten years, he completed his degree in Multimedia Web Design from NEIT in December 2008.

The Big Easy Offer with Ananke IT Solutions
3/16/2009 Ananke IT Solutions is making available to local businesses, the opportunity to take advantage of The Big Easy Offer 3.0 from Microsoft. The Big Easy Offer allows Ananke's clients, who make a qualifying purchase, to earn potentially thousands of dollars back in the form of software, hardware and services. The subsidy from Microsoft gives organizations the funding they need to implement a comprehensive solution now, rather than buying solution components separately over an extended period of time. This is a limited-time offer which runs until June 26, 2009

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Ananke IT Solutions to join Microsoft Partner Summit
9/16/2008 Ananke IT Solutions announced today that it has been selected by software giant, Microsoft Corporation, as one of the 250 Partners from more than 100,000 Partners in the Americas to attend the Microsoft Executive Partner Summit (EPS) Americas 2008 in Redmond, Washington this fall.

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Ananke IT Solutions is now offering web design.
11/17/2008 Ananke IT Solutions announced today that it will be launching a new website design service to businesses looking to create an affordable quality website or to fine-tune their existing pages. This latest addition to Ananke's full suite of IT services takes a simple approach to web design by offering three packages; clients can choose between a Basic, a Moderate or a Progressive Web Design.

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