In March 2006 MTC welcomed its new co-owner and president Brett W. Littrell. After spending many years in Europe where he started his technology career, Brett never forgot his roots - Kansas City!

After his transition back to the United States it didn't take him long to also established himself in the American world of data. Now he's wearing MTC's captain's hat, dedicated to honor the company's 88 year old history and committed to lead MTC and its outstanding crew into an exciting and challenging future.

Brett is eager to serve you and your company, ready to provide you with the best possible service that he and his dedicated team have to offer!

Midwest Technology Connection provides cost effective and efficient technology solutions for small and mid-sized businesses. We offer Network Services Security Services, Print Solutions and Telephony.

Our reliable services allow you to improve your business processes and accelerate your business results.
Current clients include government agencies, financial institutions professional service firms and educational institutions, just to name a few.
Whether you have and experienced IT team on your staff or you need help to manage your technological needs, MTC has a solution for you that is powerful and effective, saving you time and money.

Did you know that you are completely, 100% dependent on your computer network?
If you don't believe it, just turn off your network and see what happens...

• Your business has total reliance on the network for e-mail and enterprise software.
• When your network is down, the company is not productive.
• The greatest expense in IT is not what you pay to keep running, but rather, lost productivity.

In today's environment, IT infrastructure and connectivity are at the very core of business operations. Yet many companies are ill-equipped to effectively manage the security and efficiency of their networks.
The average company experiences 2 hours of downtime per week - or 14 days per year.
Bottom line...Downtime is not an option!

With MTC's turn-key RID (Remote Information Technology Department) services, our team of IT experts can provide your company with a flexible, end-to-end IT administration solution so you can dedicate internal resources to higher priority projects.

Give us a try without risk! We are ready to show you a clear and measurable ROI and demonstrate the huge advantages that current clients are realizing through this new powerful service offering. We are prepared to offer you one month of our Advanced Network Management Services, FREE OF CHARGE and without any obligation. You will be able to see and feel the incredible power of this service, learn facts about your system you may not know, and then make up your own mind about how it will benefit your company's bottom line.

Many small business owners believe that they do not need to worry much about computer and online security. “After all,” they reason, “who would want to target my business when there are so many bigger targets out there?” While it’s true that small businesses are not directly attacked as often as larger organizations, there are three reasons why small businesses should be concerned:

• Small businesses often end up affected by larger attacks, such as mass worm outbreaks or efforts to harvest credit card numbers.
• Security is becoming tighter than ever at larger companies, so small business networks look increasingly tempting to attackers.
• Not all security threats come from outside your organization.

Regardless of how or why your business is attacked, recovery usually takes significant time and effort. Imagine if your computer systems were unavailable for a week. Imagine if you lost all the data stored on all the computers in your company. Imagine if your biggest competitor was able to obtain a list of your customers along with sales figures and sales notes. How long would it take before you noticed? What would these breaches cost your company? Could you afford these losses? It seems like common sense. You wouldn’t leave your building unlocked at night. The same is true with information security, and a few simple steps can make you a lot less vulnerable.

Luckily, securing your business is easier than you might think. Of course, there is no way to guarantee 100 percent security. However, you can achieve a high level of security and be prepared in case breaches happen. Properly weighing risks and consequences against the cost of prevention is a good place to start.

At Midwest Technology Connection we are 100% devoted to all of your security needs. MTC employs the most advanced technologies in securing your enterprise from internal and external attacks.
We offer:

• Complete Vulnerability Scanning
• Infrastructure Security Implementation and Testing
• Highly Accredited Security Audits
• Ethical Hacking

So give us a call today and let us help you move towards a safer business environment.

What you DO KNOW:
Common printer problems such as paper jams, out of paper or toner/ink running low.

What you DON'T KNOW:
Your cost to fix these problems? How many printers in your company regularly fail or run out of ink or toner? How is this affecting user productivity and satisfaction? How much paper is being consumed? The cost of color printing?

Does this sound familiar?
You might have too many printing devices, maybe even from multiple vendors, which are often underutilized and many of these devices are old and expensive to run due to maintenance and supply costs.

Did you know that document distribution and output is one of the last unaudited expenses in an organization today? Yet its expense is 1 to 3% of an organization’s total revenue? What if you could reduce your document costs by up to 30%, while also increasing your document productivity?

With the ever-present focus on cost savings, many small to mid sized organizations have a tight budget and are under pressure to optimize their IT infrastructure to reduce cost.

There is no question that there are real cost savings to be achieved from better managing print.

Let MTC guide your organization on the way to POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS and PRODUCTIVITY GAINS associated with managing your print environment. Any IT investment should ultimately add value to your company—investing in a more efficient and productive print environment is undoubtedly a SMART STEP in the right direction. Let us evaluate your print environment and make you an offer you won't be able to resist!
Learn about our Lease/ Print Management Plan or our Zero Cost Lease Program today and let us find the right solution for your business needs!

If you use the telephone just for talking, then your business is not taking advantage of one of the most important new tools for productivity and customer satisfaction.
IP Phone Applications

"The important dividing line will be between those who see VoIP as just a new way to do the same old things and those who use it to rethink their entire business." - That's what the prestigious Harvard Business Review said recently. And they were right.
Because now, IP Telephony not only helps you do the old things faster, easier and more cost efficiently, but it also allows you to do business in a whole new way:

• Your employees can be more productive-
  Access web-based applications, quickly look up information, utilize click-to-call components, send and receive text messages and much more - all from the screen of the IP telephone.
• Your customers can get better service and their questions can be answered faster-
  Leverage presence capabilities and find-me messaging, your staff will have access to better information and to individual specialists throughout your business who can be most responsive to individual customer needs.
• Your business can be more competitive because you can reduce latency by embedding communications right into your business processes-
  For example, Intelligent Communications enables automated customer notification when an order or service is complete. Or it can help you automate real-time communications during sudden market condition changes or emergencies.

MTC and our new Business Partner Avaya, the world leader in IP Telephony, can help you rethink your business. We can provide avenues to make it more productive and more profitable in ways that were never before possible.

Do you ever wonder about the following:

• Why is it important to create a regulatory framework and how can it be done?
• What are new security threats for my business in the current environment?
• How can I utilize my business data infrastructure effectively and efficiently?
• How to approach and manage transmission of voice - What are converged services?

Amongst some of our vendors we are proud to have a guest speaker of the FBI with us who will answer these questions for you.

If you want to learn and educate yourself about these topics and much more, then make sure to secure the date in your calendar and call us today to find out how to receive more info and how to register!