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August 2, 2018, Apple has become the world’s first publicly traded company valued at $1 trillion, that is $1,000,000,000,000.00. See the photo below taken in 1984 at the Apple roll out of the Apple IIc and our founder Dave Smith was at that roll out in San Francisco. This article was published in the QCTIMES 08/03/18 qctimes.com.
BUSINESS MILESTONE FOR APPLE
In this April 24, 1984, file photo, Steve Jobs, left, chairman of Apple Computers, John Sculley, center, president and CEO, and Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, unveil the new Apple lie computer in San Francisco, Calif.
Apple first publicly traded trillion-dollar company
MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO – Apple has become the world’s first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion, the financial fruit of stylish technology that has redefined what we expect from our gadgets.
The milestone reached Thursday marks the latest triumph of a trend-setting company that two mavericks named Steve started in a Silicon Valley garage 42 years ago.
The achievement seemed unimaginable in 1997 when Apple teetered on the edge of bankruptcy, with its stock trading for less than $1, on a split-adjusted basis., and its market value dropping below $2 billion.
To survive, Apple brought back its once-exiledco-founder, Steve Jobs, as interim CEO and turned to its archrival Microsoft for a $150 million cash infusion to help pay its bills.
If someone had dared to buy $10,000 worth of stock at that point of desperation, the investment would now be worth about $2.6 million.
Jobs eventually introduced popular products such as the iPod and iPhone that subsequently drove Apple’s rise. The stock has been surging this week as anticipation mounts for the next generation of iPhone, expected to be released in September.
Apple hit the $1 trillion mark when its shares reached $207.04 around midday in New York. Apple shares closed with a gain of 2.9 percent to $207.39. The shares are up 23 percent so far this year.
Another company, Saudi Arabian Oil Co. could eclipse Apple if it goes through with plans for an initial public offering. Saudi officials have said the IPO would value Saudi Aramco, as the company is often called, at about $2 trillion. But until the IPO is completed, Saudi Aram-co’s actual value remains murky.
Jobs’ vision, showmanship, and sense of style propelled Apple’s comeback. But it might not have happened if he hadn’t evolved into a more mature leader after his exit from the company in 1985. His ignominious departure came after losing a power struggle with John Sculley, a former Pepsico executive whom he recruited to become Apple’s CEO in 1983 — seven years after he and his geeky friend Steve Wozniak teamed up to start the company with the administrative help of Ronald Wayne.
Happy 30th Birthday to Computer Team!
July 1, 2017, Computer Team turned 30 years old. It really doesn’t feel much older than 29 though. My staff and wife surprised me with a party at lunch today. I am very grateful for these relationships. Our long-lost programmer from Minneapolis and his lovely girlfriend even came down to help celebrate. Below you will see from left to right Wayne Swank Maintenance, Mike Belville Programming, Dave Belville Systems Engineer, Kyle Knott Support Specialist, Bev Smith Office Manager, Dennis Mote Systems Engineer, Dave Smith President, and Aimee Fagan Administrative Assistant. Our best team ever!
Staff at 30 year party
Posted 12/09/2016 9:10 am
Then there is my award for being here the whole 30 years!
30 Years of Service Dave Smith
Our Road is Finally Opened!
You can now get to Computer Team, Inc. the same you have done it for the past 29 years. As many of you know our road to our offices were closed the day after Labor Day. Please get to our office the same way as in the past. Thank you to everyone that made the effort to get here during the construction in preparation for the new I-74 bridge. Thank you to all the construction workers for trying to speed this process along as fast as possible.
Directions from Grant Street:
Stay in the left most lane and proceed to 10th Street, turn left onto 10th Street proceed to State Street, turn left on State Street and keep to the right and proceed to our new driveway.
Directions from State Street:
Stay in the right lane and veer off to State Street just after 10th Street to our new driveway.
We are looking forward to seeing our customers soon.
Posted 10/03/2016 10:50 am
Avast Antivirus has acquired AVG Technologies!:
Hello everyone;
In July, Avast signed and announced an agreement to acquire AVG Technologies. We are excited to inform you of the closing of the acquisition. We are now formally part of the ‘Avast family’.
By combining the strengths of AVG and Avast under one company, we are even better positioned to address SMB (Small and Medium Business) security needs moving forward. We are taking the combined product capabilities of both companies, developing an even more powerful, integrated security portfolio.
Avast is fully committed to our AVG Partners and customers towards our mutual success. Whether you use an AVG or an Avast product, you can be reassured of our continued support to help you achieve addressing the security needs.
We will keep you updated on any changes as they occur. We see this as a great move because both companies have always been highly rated.
Posted 09/26/2016 10:15 am
Windows 10 upgrade might remove your preferred start menu!:
Hello everyone;
There is a windows 10 upgrade going around that removes the Classic Start menu that we have provided to most of our clients. The Classic Start menu makes your computer look like Windows 7 or Windows XP which makes it easier for you to use it. If you have had this issue just use the link provided here to update your system back to Classic Start.
If you need further assistance with other issues after this update, please contact our helpdesk.
Posted 06/07/2016 11:00 am
Critical Virus Warning!!!!:
Hello everyone, this one is important.
There is a new rransomwarevirus hitting now that may be harder than ever to recover from. We have produced a PDF that documents the steps you should take to protect yourself and your companies from attack.
What happens when infected with Jigsaw?
Jigsaw Ransom Ware Survival Guide:
Posted 09/21/2015 09:00 am
Remote Support Upgrade:
Hello everyone, we are updating our remote connection solution.
OK, so what is a remote connection solution for and why should I care? Our clients and we use remote connectivity solutions to connect to their computers, laptops, tablets, and mobile phones from remote locations. This allows access to files, programs, and the complete desktops from anywhere you have an Internet connection. This allows us to offer remote support in a quick an efficient manner. This saves all of us time and money. For years now, we have been able to save clients thousands of dollars in support cost by not having to travel to each location to provide support.
For some years, we now we used LOGMEIN to provide this solution. While not completely satisfied with this solution the cost was reasonable. Because of the past pricing, we were able to offer our clients the remote access program without additional cost to them. Unfortunately, LOGMEIN has made changes to their program this year and raised the prices by a factor of about 10 thus forcing us to charge our clients a large fee to stay with LOGMEIN. We then started our search for another solution that would at help control price increases for both our clients and us.
We found that our reseller association The ASCII Group had made a deal with a new product coming to the US from Canada and Europe called BeAnywhere. As it turns out BeAnywhere offers many more features than LOGEMIN at about ¼ of the price. It is still more expensive than the old LOGMEIN program but still a lot most cost effective. We will have to charge clients for access to their computers remotely if they need that type of access. However, it is only going to cost $10.00 Per Year per User. If we stayed with LOGMEIN, it would have cost about $100.00 per year.
If you have any questions or need remote access to your systems please let us know in case we may have missed someone.
Posted 07/31/2014 11:45 am
Mail Server Upgrade:
Today we upgraded the mail server with the latest version of the server software. There are many new features that have been added:
Email Exchange Services Outlook Conector (Share Email, Contacts, Calenders, Folders, and Documents with other users) **Now Included in your Annual Email Fee**
End users who want to use Microsoft Outlook as their preferred email client can do so when Outlook Connector for MDaemon is deployed. Outlook Connector provides groupware and collaboration functionality by connecting the MDaemon email server with the Outlook client to use Outlook’s email, calendar with free/busy scheduling, address book, distribution lists, tasks, and notes.
Many MDaemon deployments utilize a mix of MDaemon’s WorldClient for web-based email access and Outlook, depending on user preference. To ensure that Outlook Connector for MDaemon has optimal performance, please review and consider these guidelines before deployment.
Now supports Outlook 2013
Powerful Mail List Engine
Create and manage bulletins, discussions, and distribution lists easily to effectively communicate on multiple levels. Custom scheduling and mail queuing allow for more flexible outbound mail management.
Posted 07/31/2014 11:45 am
Internet Services Interruption
This morning between 7:30 AM and 8:15 AM, Computer Team suffered an internet service outage as a result of a fiber-optic line getting damaged between our facility and our internet provider. We applogize for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you are still having trouble utilizing our services, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our help desk at 563-355-0426 or 800-355-0450.
Posted 04/03/2014 2:47 pm
Changing Phone Systems
We are currently in the process of switching to a new phone system. Our main phone number (563-355-0426) and our Toll-Free number (800-355-0450) will continue to work with out any problems.
If you are dialing any of our other phone numbers, we ask that you update our contact number to be one of the above numbers so that you get in touch with us when you need to.
Posted 03/12/2014 10:30 am
Still Using Windows XP? Need to upgrade to Windows 7?
Is your place of business still using computers with Windows XP? If so, you should think about getting those computers upgraded before April 8th, 2014. Why? Well, on that date, Microsoft will end all support for XP & it will not be receiving any more updates… ever.
This means that the computer will be more prone to getting viruses or infections. Also, if your business is required to hold any form of compliance, you will be in violation come April 8th.
Here are some supporting articles
It’s not too late to take a pro-active approach to getting your business upgraded! Here at Computer Team, we have done some of the work for you. We have an abundant supply of Windows 7 desktop computers for only $199 you can get a refurbished desktop computer with a 12-month warranty. Need quite a few? No problem, get in touch with us for bulk pricing!
Posted 02/20/2014 1:45 pm
Cougar Mountain is getting ready to release Denali Payroll! I can’t believe it either.
Denali Payroll Built for Speed
Denali Payroll is built for speed. You’ll probably notice this speed the most when you process payroll. For example, consider a normal bi-weekly payroll run for a business with 10 employees.
As illustrated below, the CMS Professional process requires over 60 individual steps, while the same payroll process requires only 3 steps in Denali. That means more than 57 individual steps are eliminated, and the number of steps is reduced by over 90%.
From a time perspective, the CMS Professional process takes 13 minutes, which is nearly 4 times as long as the 3 minutes it takes to complete the same process in Denali.
57 fewer steps. 10 fewer minutes. 90% fewer chances to make errors.
That’s the speed of Denali Payroll processing. Quicker payroll processing means less stress. Click the images for a closer view the process comparisons…
Posted 10/30/2013 10:45 am
Computer Team Email Server Attacked by Spammers
We apologize for the short outage of the email server this morning. We were under attack from a spammer and had to shut down and block the attack to prevent it from taking the server down completely. All statuses are normal now and well continue to monitor in case they attempt another attack. If you have any questions please contact Dave Smith or Dave Belville.
Posted 07/15/2013 10:00 am
New Computer Team Integrated Scales Systems for Cougar Mountain & Others!
We completed a project that now allows our clients to have integrated scales for weighing, products, shipments, or just about anything else into their accounting solutions and beyond. For More information click here…
Posted 06/25/2013 8:43 am
New Computer Team Email Server Features!
Last Thursday we upgraded the mail server to version 13.5. There are a number of new features provided by this version of the mail server. For a complete list click here. One the most important features is the attachment feature. Improved Attachment Linking
MDaemon – Mail Server – Attachment Linking:
Attachment Linking is a feature that makes it possible for MDaemon to remove all attachments from incoming email messages, store them in a designated location, and then place URL links to the files in each message from which they are extracted. The recipients can then click those links to download the files.
Beginning with MDaemon 13.5, attachment linking is now supported for outbound messages.
Attachment Linking enabled on a per-user or domain basis on client-by-client request. When the user sends an email, Attachment Linking will extract the file, store it, and replace it with a URL that you can customize.
Another new option allows you to specify a minimum size extraction. Using this, you can configure MDaemon to ignore small attachments and only pull out larger ones.
I have already configured groups and rules to add this feature to any of clients email accounts. Currently the rule states that any attachment that 5MB or large will be linked rather than sent with the email. This avoids the attachment limits of most email servers. This new feature is now active for the following clients: QCA Spas, Inc. and Petersen Plumbing.
Posted 05/01/2013 2:46 pm
Cougar Mountain Releases Denali Service Pack 12!
Cougar Mountain released an update to Denali version 3.2 with it’s service pack 12 today. This should be installed as soon as possible to take advantage of all of the updates. More Information…
Posted 03/01/2013 6:10 pm
Cougar Mountain Releases Denali Service Pack 11!
Cougar Mountain released an update to Denali version 3.2 with it’s service pack 11 today. This should be installed as soon as possible to take advantage of all of the updates. More Information…
Posted 02/05/2013 12:30 pm
Email Server Back to Full Power!
COMPUTER TEAM, INC. has corrected the partial email server failure from this morning.We are reviewing changes to the mail servers to see if we can improve the response time to any future issues like the ones that occurred today. Again we apologize and any inconvenience this caused.
Posted 02/05/2013 09:30 am
Email Server Hard Drive Sub System Failure 6:14 am Today!
COMPUTER TEAM, INC. has had a partial email server failure this morning at 6:14 am. While the server is running this error has caused the server to slow down. Currently it is having issues keeping up with the normal volume of email. We are going to bring it down to fix the problem. No email will be lost because outside servers configure properly will continue to retry sending. We hope to have it back up and running with the hour. We apologize for any inconvenience this will cause.
Posted: 10/10/12
Email Spam Filter Changing
COMPUTER TEAM, INC. is about to make some major changes to the way we handle spam email. For years now, COMPUTER TEAM, INC. has filtered your e-mail for spam messages. As some of you may know, we sometimes get false positives. A false positive is an e-mail marked as spam but is not spam. We then spend considerable time searching through our logs and history to find those false positives to ensure our clients get the e-mail they are expecting.
Going forward we are going to mark the spam messages as spam and deliver them to you in case of false positives. This will give you the opportunity to review spam messages. This will help to ensure that you are getting messages even though they may look like spam to our leading edge spam filters. The spam messages will be available for review for 14 days. We will then delete spam messages that are 14 days or older on an ongoing basis. Read more…
