ITEX - September 2008 Newsletter
In hard financial times, ITEX - being an independent freelancer - is better able to offer impartial advice and lower cost products, computer hardware, software, repairs and services designed to reduce your ongoing costs and stretch your computer investments further!
 
We proudly specialise in finding and testing low cost / free alternatives to expensive software such as Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 and then making sure our customers know about them!  Sure, we don't make a lot of money out of giving customers access to free software but we make up for it with satisfied, repeat customers and referrals. Before you buy that next expensive Windows operating system, office or antivirus / internet security software upgrade, talk to us - we'll show you options to save money and keep on saving year after year!  For example we can provide professionally printed Windows Essentials compilation disks for just $8 to replace all of the expensive software on your existing MS Windows system, or Linux Operating System install disks from just $4.50 to say goodbye to all of the ongoing costs of Microsoft Windows PCs forever.  Often you can also use this software to give a new lease of life to older computers that simply do not have enough grunt to run the latest Microsoft systems (noting that even the latest machines can have difficulty with Windows Vista!) - and is a great way to 'hand-me-down' old computers to your kids for their schoolwork, my own nine-year-old has a second-hand laptop that's older than him which has been made internet child safe and perfectly adequate for his homework internet research and emails.  
 
The software that we recommend is personally tested and used by ITEX in our business, is reliable, easy to install and use, plus compatible with the expensive proprietary software that it replaces - if required we can also install it for you and if necessary teach you how to use it effectively for a small fee.  While doing this, we can ensure all your computer's powersaving features are enabled, saving yet more - your powerbill and the environment!  Once you make the change, you'll wonder why you didn't start saving your money years ago!

ITEX - Making money for our customers with Hotspot services
ITEX now also has solutions for small businesses and home users to make money! by offering wireless internet hotspot access to your own customers - ideal for small cafes and high density residential areas - now you can offer the convenience of internet access to Wifi laptop users at your home or business (just like at Starbucks), in turn helping to attract more customers, generate more sales and more repeat trade!  Quick to setup by ITEX plus ongoing support.
 
ITEX Wifi hotspot systems
Make Money with wireless hotspot services from your business or home. Generate additional sales by offering internet services.
 
See our website for latest pricing
 
  

One of the easiest ways for your business to increase customer loyalty and generate additional sales is to offer convenient internet access.  For example, cafe's and hotel lobbies that advertise Wireless Internet Access, increase their sales of snacks and coffee - your customers can relax in your premises to do a little work away from the office or just catch up on emails with their laptop or smartphone. Anyone visiting many of the Starbucks outlets around town will have noticed two or three laptop users at any given time sitting in a comfortable seat sipping their Grande Lattes and nibbling cookies while being engrossed in front of their computer screens.  Once a computer user realises that a premises offers internet access they come back time and time again as a place to work AND shop!
 
ITEX have worked hard to find a low cost and easy to setup solution, which is ideal for smaller businesses and those in suburban areas (with no monthly charges from us, no term contract and importantly, no complicated new skills for your staff to learn!) - this is cheaper than any of our competitors and it pays for itself via a 50-50 profit share scheme with ongoing support from ITEX.
 
A lot of businesses already have high speed internet access wired to their premises (or can get it for around $50 per month in NZ via Telecom or TelstraClear etc), we offer a pre-configured wireless router such as the one shown above, which is simply plugged in to piggy-back on your existing (or new) connection.  Laptop customers can then 'see' your wireless hotspot, connect to it and begin web browsing after paying for access (for example 1 hour for $5) using their credit card or online PayPal payment option - Note: there is also an option to make your hotspot complementary for customers if you prefer, for example '15 minutes free with every coffee purchased'.  Contact ITEX or check out our Hotspot product page today for further details with no obligation.

ITEX - Protecting our customers security
In addition to the free antivirus software solutions mentioned in our popular Windows Essentials CD and LiveUSB Products mentioned above and security services offered such as childrens computer safety lockdowns and computer virus removal services, we have also sourced various low-cost security hardware products to protect your home or business.  

With the spate of armed robberies in the news we were determined to find technology solutions that could offer some peace of mind at a much lower cost than some several thousand dollar systems which most homes and small businesses cannot afford.  Check our out surveillance cameras and wireless video recorders to help protect your property.

Swann - Motion Sensor Camera
Swann motion sensor, with a difference, captures images of whatever triggers it onto SD memory card (128MB included)
 
See our website for latest pricing

"The Disillusioned is a surprisingly compulsive read... his story matters and he tells it with the pace and directness of a pro."  Gordon McLauchlan, NZ writer and Herald book critic.  Click to listen to the July 06 BBC Radio review online
 
Purchase online direct from ITEX for a discounted price or at Fishpond NZ or Whitcoulls, etc - RRP $34.95
 
Fishpond NZ Customer Rating:  FIVE STARS
ISBN: 0958233284 EAN: 9780958233286
Dimensions: 24.0 x 17.0 centimetres
Country of Publication: New Zealand

• Available for short term IT Support contracts for project work, experience in various NZ government departments. Contact us today for a quote for your project
• Computer repair, tune up and 'WOF' - Get more out of your existing hardware, rid your machine of viruses and spyware to speed it up, before you go out and upgrade! Click here for details
• Wireless networking, security checkups and wireless hotspot services.  Click here for details
• Hardware Upgrades - looking for a larger hard-drive or faster video card?  Click here for details
• Freelance Writing services, editing, for articles and web content etc. Click here for details
• Childsafe PC Configurations - protect your children's Internet safety with a computer lockdown service to prevent access to inappropriate website content.  Click here for details

Pickup Policy
In 2007 most of our products were available for pickup and payment by cash. However, due to the increasing amounts of external consulting undertaken by ITEX, most of our products are instead now couriered to you direct at low cost, this is to ensure products requested are in our customer's hands quicker more efficiently than waiting for our availability.

May 2008 - New Website Design
Also as a result of increasing demands on ITEX resources, the website has been redesigned by ITEX with an emphasis on ease and speed of updating in future using a templated approach by Xlecom. This will help us to ensure new products and services are brought to you quicker than ever before. Contact us if you would like ITEX to give you a quote on creating similar sites for your own small business.

 • Anti Virus/Spy
 • ChildsafePC
 • HW Upgrades
 • Image Repair
 • Tuneup / WOF
 • Website Design
 • WIFI Networking
 • Writing Services