√  Website SEO Introduction
√  Webinars
√  Upgrading to V5R4
√  i3 Adds Oracle
√  Be Productive Anywhere
√  Holiday Greetings from i3
 

On behalf of the entire i3 team, I would like to extend holiday greetings to all of you. We are very thankful to our clients and associates for all of the business opportunities that we’ve been blessed with over the year. The Michigan economy remains challenging but the opportunities to help client accelerate their business results through the use of information technology investments remain constant.

Over the past year we’ve invested heavily in the following areas of our business to keep up with the constant changes and demands of our customers, industry and marketplace:

• Developing a New i3 ReliabilITy managed service program to more efficiently deliver remote support to clients and minimize their IT risk

• Representing new Voice Over IP Integrated Messaging, Phone and Conferencing Systems

• Improving our Customer Service through the roll out and new resources for a new Customer Support Center

• Growing our i3 Web Services & Integration Team

• Growing our network of staffing partners to deliver the best IT staff augmentation and placement candidates to our clients

• New representation of both Oracle & HP

We hope we’ve exceeded your expectations for us this year with either these new offerings or with i3’s other leading edge consulting services or technology solutions.

We’ll be moving our Grand Rapids office to the following location effective January 1, 2008:

945 Forest Hill Avenue, S.E.,
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
on the SW corner of Cascade Road
and Forest Hill Avenue
just a ½ mile West of our Cascade Road office today
Our business phone numbers will remain the same.

We appreciate your business and contribution to i3’s success this year. We look forward to making a difference for your business by delivering valuable information technology and business solutions in the New Year.

Best wishes to each of you for a safe and blessed Christmas and New Years holiday season.

Kathy Labozzetta,
Partner

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Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. For nearly three decades, Oracle has provided the software and services that enable organizations to get the most up-to-date and accurate information from their business systems. Oracle's partner ecosystem, managed by Oracle PartnerNetwork, is fundamental to Oracle's success. Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global network of more than 19,500 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle's leading products.

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