Friday, April 14, 2017

UCG Technologies Awarded 2016 ELDY Business Partner of the Year!



UCG is pleased and honored to have been awarded the ELDY award for 2016 Business Partner of the Year.

"Thanks for attending the 10th annual ELDY Awards and congratulations to you and the entire UCG team on winning the Business Partner of the Year award for 2016--the first company to have won a second such award. UCG was chosen from over 60 IT related business partners. 

We appreciate the many years of partnering with you and that your organization continues to look for ways to add value for Austin as evidenced with the KnowBe4 cyber security training. Thanks again for your sponsorship of the ELDYs. I look forward to seeing you again at next years’ event.”   
Larry Domzalski, IT Director, Austin Powder Company

Thank you, Larry Domzalski and Austin Powder Company!

Thursday, April 06, 2017

Meet Mary Borkman, Client Success Manager, UCG Technologies

In 2016 UCG Technologies announced our Enterprise Security Training partnership with KnowBe4. It quickly became obvious that this program was key to the safety and security of our clients' data and indeed, their entire organization. Our clients' data is protected by UCG's Enterprise Cloud Backup, DR, and H/A

But when it comes to cyber security, human error is the number one cause of security breach. It’s imperative to ensure that all employees are educated and up to speed on how to spot ransomware attacks BEFORE they click on a dangerous link.

As you know, cyber security attacks are an epidemic; the hackers have a plethora of nefarious methods to steal your data. That is why we made the decision to hire a dedicated Client Success Manager to focus solely on Enterprise Security Training


Mary Borkman, Client Success Manager
UCG Technologies


We are pleased to introduce Mary Borkman, Client Success Manager for UCG Technologies.

Please join us in welcoming Mary to the UCG Technologies team! Give her a call or drop her an email for details on how to take advantage of this no-charge added value for existing and new UCG clients. She can be reached at 216.520.1333 #145 or mborkman@ucgtechnologies.com.










In the meantime, watch our 90 second video!



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Friday, February 17, 2017

Jim Kandrac to "go jump in the lake" tomorrow for a great cause!


Portage Lakes Polar Bear Jump 2017 

Less than 1 week ago, I was asked and agreed to raise money for The Akron-Canton Food Bank by participating in the Portage Lakes Polar Bear Jump 2017 event which is tomorrow - Saturday February 18th. A personal goal was set of $2,500.00 - I jump started the fund raising by donating $250.00.

I have been overwhelmed by family, friends and business associates who have contributed and brought my total to $3,595.00 as of this morning. Please tune into WKYC-TV Cleveland on Saturday morning at 7:00 am for a live interview with "yours truly" as the #1 individual fundraiser for the event. 

I will be live on TV - interviewed by WKYC's Jasmine Monroe. In total this years' event has raised over $100,000 for The Akron-Canton Food Bank and since it's inception of the event in 2004, the event has raised over $700,000.

If you have sponsored my cause, I truly appreciate it. Please click on my donation page to make sure your donation has been credited to my specific jump. If you do not see your name, please email me at jkandrac@ucgtechnologies.com so I can get it credited.

While we are at it .. why not raise the goal to $5,000.00?!

Please share with family, friends and encourage them to sponsor this great cause. Click on my fundraising page to donate!  

Thank you!

Jim Kandrac

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

IBM POWER8 S812 Announcement

IBM Valentine's Day Announcement
 
Roses are red, violets are blue, IBM i got some new stuff, 
will you love it too?

IBM i S812 - 1 Core & 1 Partition - 2U for small clients
Maximum of 25 Users
64GB of Memory, 8 disk drives, RDX drive
Pricing not released yet - Expected to be 15 to 20% less
Perfect for small locations or a designated CBU server

IBM Power System S812 Specs

Available starting March 17, 2017
Pricing available by the end of February


IBM i 7.3 TR2 and 7.2 TR6

IBM i Future - 2017 Update


upgrade to IBM Power8.



Contact:
UCG Technologies 
(formerly United Computer Group, Inc. and VAULT400)

Independence, OH
ucgtechnologies.com
800.211.8798 - 216.520.1333

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

UCG Technologies Accelerates Geographic Expansion with Acquisition of Pittsburgh-based Integrator

We are very pleased to announce that UCG Technologies has acquired the IBM i Series Solutions business of E-Safe Technologies LLC (formerly Premier Technologies, Inc.) a Pittsburgh-based IT service provider.
The acquisition will accelerate UCG’s growth in the Midwest as it continues its transition and expansion from a regional integrator into a full-service provider of backup, disaster recovery (DR), enterprise applications and security training with a focus on the IBM POWER8 Systems platform. UCG now has customers in 31 states, Canada, Caribbean and Europe.

We have long been impressed by E-Safe’s (Premier) strength in the Pittsburgh market for POWER8 solutions. Frankly, they owned the Pittsburgh market. This acquisition not only opens the door to hundreds of accounts, but gives those customers access to a broader range of software and services. It’s a win for UCG, a win for E-safe and a win for their customers.

E-Safe’s customer base includes more than 250 companies in the greater Pittsburgh market and four other states in the Great Lakes area.

Rob Wise, Technical Engineer
UCG Technologies
E-Safe will focus its resources on the burgeoning computer network maintenance and IT managed services market. Rob Wise, who was previously IBM Practice Manager for E-Safe, has joined UCG as Technical Engineer where he will work with UCG Vice President Mike Powall and Operations Manager Gina Creager to ensure a smooth and successful migration for E-Safe customers. All current consulting, service and maintenance agreements will be honored by E-Safe and fulfilled by UCG Technologies.

“Success in the IT services business is all about focus,” said Tim Steinour, President and Owner of E-Safe Technologies. “We foresee tremendous growth in our new lines of business, so we’re doubling down on those opportunities. In UCG we’ve found a partner who can not only ensure our customers world-class support but can bring additional products to the table.”

Read full press release              Meet Rob Wise

Please join us in welcoming Rob to the UCG Technologies team!

Thank you,

Jim Kandrac, President