Here is an article from Eric Jackson from Forbes that I thought was inspiring...  Enjoy.

Just Lin, Baby! 10 Lessons Jeremy Lin Can Teach Us Before We Go To Work Monday Morning

by Eric Jackson, Forbes.com, Contributor

Lin-sanity has swept up the NBA over the last week.

Friday’s 38 point performance by Harvard grad Jeremy Lin for the New York Knicks against the LA Lakers was his greatest performance yet as a starter, since he burst on to the scene and propelled the team to 4 straight wins.

But what can all of us learn from this story of this incredible young man — and how can we apply the same lessons to our own lives when we go back to work on Monday morning?

1. Believe in yourself when no one else does. Lin’s only the 3rd graduate from Harvard to make it to the NBA.  He’s also one of only a handful of Asian-Americans to make it. He was sent by the Knicks to play for their D-League team 3 weeks ago in Erie, PA.  He’d already been cut by two other NBA teams before joining the Knicks this year.  You’ve got to believe in yourself, even when no one else does.

2. Seize the opportunity when it comes up. Lin got to start for the Knicks because they had to start him.  They had too many injuries.  Baron Davis was gone.  The other point guards were out.  Carmello Anthony was injured.  Amare Stoudemire had to leave the team because of a family death.  Lin could have squandered the opportunity and we would have never have noticed.  But he made the most of it.  You never know when opportunities are going to arise in life.  Often, they’re when you least expect them.  Make the most of them. Don’t fritter them away.

3. Your family will always be there for you, so be there for them. It wasn’t until a few days ago that Lin got his contract guaranteed by the Knicks for the rest of the season.  Before that, he could have been cut at any time.  He had to sleep on his brother’s couch on the Lower East Side to get by.  His family always believed in him and picked him up when he could have gotten down on himself.  That made him continue to believe.  If you want your family to believe in you like that, you’ve got to be there for them too when they need it.

4. Find the system that works for your style. Lin isn’t Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant.  He’s not a pure scorer.  He’s a passer and distributor – who can also score very well.  It didn’t work for him in Golden State or Houston – where he was before landing at the Knicks.  But Mike D’Antoni’s system at the Knicks has been perfect for him to show off his strengths.  You’ve got to do your best to understand what your strengths are and then ensure that you’re in a system (a job or organization or industry) that is a good fit for those strengths.  Otherwise, people overlook the talents you bring to the table.

5. Don’t overlook talent that might exist around you today on your team. You probably manage people at your own company today.  Are you sure you don’t have a Jeremy Lin living among you now?  How do you know that “Mike” couldn’t do amazing things if you gave him a new project to run with?  How do you know “Sarah” isn’t the right person to take the open job in London that you’ve been talking over with your colleagues?  We put people around us in boxes.  He’s from Harvard.  He’s Asian-American.  Not sure he can play.  How many assumptions have you made about talent around you?  Don’t be like the General Managers in Golden State and Houston, and let talent slip through your fingers.

6. People will love you for being an original, not trying to be someone else. You’ve got to be you.  You can’t be some 2nd rate copy of Michael Jordan.  There will never be another Michael Jordan.  Just be Jeremy Lin — yourself.  Whatever that is.  That doesn’t mean you don’t work hard — it just means you find what you’re good at and do it.  Fans will love you for being you, just like they love Jeremy Lin.

7. Stay humble. If you one day are lucky enough to have newspapers want to put you on the cover in order to sell more, don’t let it get to your head.  It’s been remarkable watching how humble Lin remains through all this media frenzy.  It makes his teammates and fans love him that much more.

8. When you make others around you look good, they will love you forever. I didn’t know how good Tyson Chandler was, until I saw him playing with Jeremy Lin.  Lin has set Chandler up many times over the last week for easy dunks because he drew the defense and then passed the ball.  That’s partly why the Knicks are playing so well.  They are all working harder to share the ball with others.  And it’s beautiful to watch.  And when the media swarms Lin, he tells them how good his teammates are.  Do the same with your peers and reports.

9. Never forget about the importance of luck or fate in life. Some people believe in God, some in destiny, some in luck.  Whatever you believe in it, be grateful for it.

10. Work your butt off. Lin couldn’t have seized his opportunity if he hadn’t worked like crazy for years perfecting his skills.  There are no short cuts to hard work.  Success is a by product of that.

I hope the Lin-sanity continues.  And I hope we all can apply these lessons to our own work and family life.

Go team.

Eric Jackson, Forbes.com, Contributor

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/02/11/9-lessons-jeremy-lin-can-teach-us-before-we-go-to-work-monday-morning/

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Sage has released their newest version of their popular Contact Management software, ACT! 

Sage ACT! 2012 has many new features that will help increase productivity and efficiency.

Here are some of the new features available in Sage ACT! 2012:

• Sage ACT! Scratchpad - A convenient, virtual notepad where you can quickly capture impromptu notes, phone numbers, and personal reminders, with or without opening Sage ACT!. 
• Google Integration - Now seamlessly integrate Sage ACT! with your Gmail, Google Contacts and Google Calendar.
• Universal Search Option - Search your contacts, groups, companies, opportunities, notes and history (even attachments for that term). Further those searches with date and time filters.
• Sage ACT! Connect - Now take your business everywhere you go! When you subscribe to Sage ACT! Connect, you can conveniently access the details you need from anywhere. Access your contact and calendar data stored in the Cloud using your Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices, plus access va web browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari (even on your iPad). 
• Sage Business Info Servers for ACT! - Subscribe to sales and marketing services to easily create and send impactful email marketing campaigns, and track the results from within Sage ACT!.

Download  What's New in Sage ACT! 2012

It has been warned by from Symantec that anyone still using pcAnywhere to remote into their computers should disable the product and stop using it. It was revealed that several years ago a theft of its source code puts their customers at risk of an attack.

from www.smh.com.au -

Security firm Symantec took the rare step of advising customers to stop using one of its products, saying its pcAnywhere software for accessing remote PCs is at increased risk of getting hacked after blueprints of that software were stolen.

The announcement is the company's most direct acknowledgement to date that a 2006 theft of its source code put customers at risk of attack.

Symantec said it was only asking customers to temporarily stop using the product, until it releases an update to the software that will mitigate the risk of an attack.

It acknowledged that some customers would need to continue using the software for "business critical purposes", saying they should make sure they were using the most recent version of the product and "understand the current risks", which include the possibility that hackers could steal data or credentials.

Still, it is highly unusual for a software maker to advise customers to disable a product completely while engineers develop an update to fix bugs. Companies typically recommend mitigating factors that will reduce the risk of an attack.

"That's crazy. That's pretty much unheard of to just say 'Stop using it'. Especially a vendor as large as Symantec," said H.D. Moore, chief architect of Metasploit, a platform that security experts use to test whether computer systems are vulnerable to attack.

PcAnywhere is a software program that is also bundled with some titles in Symantec's Altiris line of software for managing corporate PCs, Symantec said in a white paper and note to customers released on its website overnight where it disclosed the warning.

Company spokesman Cris Paden said that Symantec has fewer than 50,000 customers using the stand-alone version of pcAnywhere, which was available for sale on its website for $US100 and $US200 as of early Wednesday afternoon in the US.

The company last week warned customers of the 2006 theft of the source code, or blueprints, to pcAnywhere and several other titles: Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, Norton Internet Security, Norton Utilities and Norton GoBack.

It made the announcement after a hacker who goes by the name YamaTough released the source code to its Norton Utilities PC software and had threatened to publish its widely used anti-virus programs. Authorities have yet to apprehend that hacker.

At the time, Paden said that the theft of the code posed no threat as long as customers were using the most recent versions of Symantec's software, with one exception: users of pcAnywhere might face "a slightly increased security risk".

In the white paper published early on Wednesday morning in the US, the company indicated the situation was more serious.

"At this time, Symantec recommends disabling the product until Symantec releases a final set of software updates that resolve currently known vulnerability risks," it said in the white paper.

The company also reiterated its previous guidance that users of its other software titles were not at heightened risk because of the breach in 2006.

"The code that has been exposed is so old that current out-of-the-box security settings will suffice against any possible threats that might materialise as a result of this incident," it said on its website.

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Time clocks will help you track employee time in nearly any business environment.  Time Clocks also utilize Time and Attendance software which make payroll easy and accurate.

http://acutedata.com/Solutions/Payroll-and-Timekeeping/Payroll-Time-and-Attendance

Have you ever wanted to create a new company in Sage ERP MAS 90 or MAS 200 and copy the customers, vendors and items from one of your existing companies without the transactions attached to them? This is great for starting a new company in MAS, or even creating a test company with no existing transactions to train with.

For as far back as I can remember of MAS90/200, there has been a hidden utility in Sage ERP MAS 90/200 to accomplish just that.

• First off, make sure that you have your new company setup already with desired modules activated. You then need to make sure that the modules options are already set up as well. Just make sure that your setup options are setup similar to your company you are copying from.
• From within MAS 90/200's File Menu option, select RUN and type in SVTRNA. From here you can select the company you are copying data from and which module you want to copy.

For more instructions on using the utility, use the help button in the lower right hand of the screen when you are in the Copy Masterfile Utility. 

One of the biggest hold backs for us upgrading our customers to Sage ERP MAS 90/200 v4.5 is an issue where invoice amounts double in the posting of the Daily Transaction Register.

About a month ago, it was found that Sage 100 (also known as ERP MAS 90/200) was duplicating postings in the Daily Transaction Register from Sales Order Invoices. The Daily Transaction Register was always in balance so it wasn't always noticed but when looked at closely, it showed that the amounts were doubled.

At the time, the only workaround was to preview the Daily Sales Reports/Updates prior to updating the Daily Sales Report.

As of yesterday, Sage released Hot Fix SO4081-T.

This resolves the double posting issues.

You can download the fix here.

StarShip version 12.0.2 now supports USPS rate changes effective Jan. 22, 2012. StarShip v12.0.2 supports 2012 rate and service updates as well as the following Endicia enhancements:
• Support for the 2976A form to print on a 4x6" thermal label
• Expanded support of free Delivery Confirmation to First-Class parcel
• New First-Class Package Service
• New Express Mail Flat Rate box
• New Priority Mail - Regional Rate Box C
• More on StarShip's enhancements for the latest USPS rate change!

StarShip 12.0.2 Upgrade
You are eligible to receive the v12.0.2 upgrade FREE of charge as part of your StarShip Subscription Plan (valid thru: 10/16/2012)
This will available on 1-20-12. Although you may not be affected by the USPS update, we strongly recommend upgrading to version 12.0.2 because we will not be releasing web updates or enhancements to previous versions.

DOWNLOAD INFORMATION:
StarShip 12.0 has 2 components: Server and Client.
After end-of-day close January 20th download the upgrade from:
StarShip 12.0 Server: http://updates.vtechnologies.com/ssfiles/12.0.2/serversetup.exe
StarShip 12.0 Client: http://updates.vtechnologies.com/ssfiles/12.0.2/clientsetup.exe

UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS: http://www.vtechnologies.com/Docs/SS/ss_upgrade.pdf

Important notes for Starship v9 customers

• FedEx will retire all API transactions on May 31, 2012. This means you can no longer ship FedEx packages in StarShip v9 after this date.
• Effective June 1, 2011, FedEx has retired the API subscription transaction. This means that you are now unable to add or re-subscribe FedEx accounts in StarShip v9.
• Support for StarShip version 9.9.92 was discontinued on 12-31-11 (version support matrix).
• StarShip v12 includes support for FedEx Web Services. This will give you uninterrupted FedEx shipping with added features such as FedEx SmartPost and Electronic Trade Documents.
• StarShip v12 has exclusive support for USPS Endicia giving you commercial discount pricing, expanded flat rate boxes and more. We have discontinued USPS Manifest and Metered Mail in v10 and higher.
• We understand that this is going to be a transition and that's why we strongly recommend planning your v12 migration now to avoid frustrating shipping delays when the May deadline arrives and FedEx no longer allows you to ship packages using your current method.

Sage has released Service Pack 2 for Sage ERP  MAS 90 and MAS 200 for Version 4.5 on 12-23-11

See the release notes:

Sage ERP MAS 90 and MAS 200 4.5.0.2