Evron Participates in Earth Day Activities

Evron's staff celebrated Earth Day on April 22nd with a clean-up of our surrounding office area by staff members. Clean-up supplies were provided by the Town of Markham and we thank the Town for its support!

Ontario Budget 2009

What Ontario's New Financial Plan Means For You

Attached is an overview of the 2009 Ontario Budget. Although consumer aspects are getting a lot of negative press, there are a number of positive aspects for companies. These include:

* The tax harmonization will be of great benefit for a number of reasons: PST now becomes a tax credit like the GST is now. This reduces corporate costs.
* Tax rules become simpler. Debates over whether PST must be charged for some service are eliminated.
* One less government audit to deal with.
* Small businesses get a credit of $1,000 to ease accounting transition.
* A new CCA rule allowing 100% write-off for new computers (this matches the Federal initiatve: see our February newsletter here for more information.
* Small business tax rate is down one percentage point from 5.5% to 4.5%.
If you want to know more, visit this link for a download of a TD Bank analysis of the Ontario budget.

- Larry Noble, P.Eng, MBA
- President, Evron Computer Systems Corp.

Conficker Virus Alert

Evron wishes to make you aware of a possible security threat to your network. Late last year, an Internet worm called Conficker began to infect Windows-based computers across the Web.

This worm -- estimated to have infected 10 million Windows-based computers worldwide so far -- is considered one of the most sophisticated forms of malware ever devised.

In layman's terms, it's a virus that has the potential to be of great risk to your network.

The reason? Nobody knows what the Conficker worm is designed to do. But we're going to find out on Wednesday, April 1st -- the day the worm is scheduled to activate across network-connected Windows machines.

While Conficker may turn out to be nothing more than a simple practical joke, it's best to be safe than sorry.

Evron urges you to update your Windows operating software across your entire business network before April 1st. Further to this, it's important for you to run a good security suite and be smart with your passwords.

Along with our Vendor Security Partners, we work hard to keep Evron's Managed Services clients protected. This involves first designing a multi-layered security system and then monitoring and keeping security software updated. These clients are armed to defend against malware like the latest Conficker worm.

If you need help with your security concerns in lieu of the Conficker worm or any other potential threats, call us and we'll be happy to assist you.

- Amit (Sunny) Sahni, CCNA, CCEA, MCSE, VSP.
- Vice-President of Technical Services at Evron Computer Systems Corp.

Evron Achieves Cisco SMB Specialization

This November, Evron became one of the few Canadian companies named as a Cisco SMB (Small and Medium Business) specialist.

The SMB Specialization is the first Cisco Partner Specialization that addresses high-level skills required to successfully design and deploy Cisco SMB (fewer than 250 employees) solutions. The SMB Specialization indicates Evron's skills in identifying customers' routing, switching, security, and wireless network needs and recommending and implementing proven solutions.

Evron Wins 2007 Client Care Award From Sage BusinessVision

Evron's Paul Belzycki and Irwin Pinsky receive the Client Care Award from Sage's Michael Bongiovanni.

Evron has been awarded the 2007 Sage BusinessVision Client Care Award, in recognition of the company's success in generating the highest level of customer loyalty of any Sage BusinessVision reseller in North America.

Evron President Larry Noble was proud of the company's achievement:

"The Client Care Award is the best kind of honour that a company can receive, because it shows that we are doing our most important job - satisfying our customers."

Evron is a Sage BusinessVision Vertical Solution Provider, providing implementation, support and custom development of add-in products.

Evron President Discusses Field Service In ITBusiness Magazine

In a recent article for IT Business magazine, Evron President Larry Noble discussed the value of integrated technologies in supporting a strong field service team.

In the article "Bring your field agents in from the cold", Mr. Noble noted that keeping field agents plugged into business systems at all times improves the quality of their work and gives others in the organization the vital information that they need to be effective. One example of the value of such a system is that it can save sales people and technicians from suprises on the road;

"One of the biggest troubles technicians and sales people can experience on the road is a lack of
information. If your sales people arrive at a prospect or customer office but do not know that an
open service call already exists that might influence a buying decision, it can blow the deal."

Read Article >

Evron Security Advice In Toronto Star

On Devember 7th, 2006, the Business section of Canada's largest daily newspaper again featured security advice from Amit Sahni, Evron's Vice President of Technical Services.

The article, "How to protect yourself from the hackers" by Naomi Carniol, included advice on how companies can protect themselves from account break-ins, including information on firewalls, patches and wise password managment:

"As hackers grow more sophisticated and find more ways to invade PCs, online investors need a multi-layered approach to ensure that private information stays private, says Amit Sahni, vice-president of technical services at Markham's Evron Computer Systems Corp."

Read Article >

A True Solution Provider Must Give More Than Lip Service
Evron President Tells eChannelLine

On August 14, 2006, Evron President Larry Noble participated in a panel discussion about the state of the IT industry on eChannelLine, the industry's leading publication for Value Added Resellers (VARs) of network infrastructure products. The discussion was prompted by recent news that Canada's largest VAR - NexInnovations Inc. - has filed for court protection from its' creditors. A similar fate recently befell The RAM Group, another large industry leader.

Mr. Noble, a member of the national ChannelLine Advisory Council, discussed the changes that have occured in the industry since the year 2000, and the importance of going beyond technology to truly understand a client's business and ones own:

"...the strongest players in the IT industry will be those who can pay more than lip service to the idea of being a "solution provider" The industry pundits have been talking up this strategy for a couple of years, and everyone is quick to adopt the idea without embracing it's principles. A true solution provider must do more than change it's Mission Statement, as a means of using the phrase "solution provider" to move more hardware and software. A true solution provider must take the time to understand their clients business and to provide valued solutions to real problems, while understanding the real costs, both to themselves and their clients."

Read the Full Article >

Evron Vice-President Addresses University of Toronto Students

On Wednesday March 22nd, Evron's Amit Sahni and Michael Noble were invited to speak to students in the Telecommunications For Information Systems class at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information Studies. The students had recently completed a major assignment on a network design problem involving international collaboration and information gathering from thousands of individuals.

Mr. Sahni, Evron's Vice President of Technical Services, described to the class how Evron would approach the problem and presented a sample solution that came in under the class' budget challenge.

Instructors David Kingsland and Keith Thomas thanked Evron for its work;

"Your presentation made the importance of understanding the business needs behind a network design problem both clear and compelling.

We were gratified that you would take the time to develop a solution to that problem, and the students were impressed that your solution came in under the 'budget challenge' - few of them managed that!

Please accept our sincere thanks for a superb job. We hope that you might be willing to present again next year."

Read The Full Letter >

Evron Security Experts In Metroland Newspapers


On March 18th, security advice from Evron was featured in the Thornhill Liberal, Markham Economist & Sun, Vaughn Citizen and other York Region newspapers published by the Metroland chain.

The article "Hackers Terrorize Business Thieves: Cyber Crime Becoming Bigger Threat Than Robbery" by Matin Derbyshire included a report on how one York region business lost hundreds of thousands of dollars from one attack. The article also included advice from the police department, and Evron's Amit Sahni and Michael Noble on how companies can protect themselves

Evron In CDN

Evron Featured in Computer Dealer News Magazine

In a profile entitled "Creating Thoughtful Strategy", Computer Dealer News, Canada's leading IT industry magazine, talks to Evron President Larry Noble about the company's past, present and future.

Read The Article > | CDN Web Site >

Evron Featured In The Toronto Star

On October 27th, 2005, the Business section of Canada's largest daily newspaper featured security advice from the experts at Evron in the story "Guarding Against Internet Attacks" by Naomi Carniol.

The article highlighted Evron's expertise in defending small businesses in era where almost everyone is a target for Internet attacks, but not everyone knows how to protect themselves.

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Evron Technology Showcase 2005 A Success

On September 15th, close to 100 of you joined us for our technology showcase, where you completed months of work, enjoyed some great food and even won a few prizes. Quotes and Photos >

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National Survey Recognizes Evron As Canadian Leader

Evron Computer Systems has been named as one of Canada's elite IT companies by Computer Dealer News, Canada's leading IT industry magazine. CDN's annual Solution Provider Survey analyzed over 11,000 businessess across Canada and named Evron to their coveted Top 100 list, placing the company in the top 1% of the nation.

"Everyone at Evron should be proud." said Evron President Larry Noble. "It is the skill, creativity and hard work of every person here that has made us one of Canada's elite IT companies."

Canada's national newspaper featured security advice from Evron recently in a special section on IP Communications. Read Article > | View Clipping >

Evron Technology Showcase 2004 Draws Raves

Over 100 attendees and 17 top industry vendors raved about the annual event, where they completed months of work in just one day. Details On This and Future Events >

Evron President Interviewed In ITBusiness

Larry Noble was part of an expert panel on July 16/04, speaking about the HP Compaq merger on its two year anniversary. Read The Article >