While most of our fellow CXtec-ers were enjoying the beautiful Central New York spring weather (aka April snow storm), some of us were able to make the trip to sunny Tampa, Florida for a customer event. We spent the afternoon at the Tampa Bay Times Forum, where we held half-day educational sessions on IT topics including “Stretching Your Budget and IT Asset Disposition” and “The Value in Exceeding the Standards for TIA-942 Optical Cabling Infrastructure.”

Afterward, we held a networking reception where we watched the Tampa Bay Lightning play the Florida Panthers from the North Party Suite. After an intense game resulting in overtime and a final shootout, we feel that everyone walked away winning (despite the Lightning loss). We were happy to be able to spend some time with our customers and discuss some of the IT topics and issues they are dealing with on a daily basis.

Some photos from the event can be found below.

CXtec Vice President, Frank Kobuszewski, presenting on Stretching Your Budget & IT Asset Disposition

View of the ice from the North Party Suite

Thank you to all who came out to join us!

Hooray – it’s Friday and it’s contest time! We know how much IT pros love contests…especially when there’s an opportunity to win free stuff.

Here are the rules:

• Take a look around our website (www.cxtec.com) and check out all the wonderful and useful information you can find.
• Pay careful attention and look for an Easter bunny that will be hidden on one of the pages.
• When you find the bunny, simply fill out this form to win one of our awesome CABLExpress Respect Layer One Super Heroes!
• The contest will run from 10 a.m. Friday through 10 a.m. Easter Sunday.*
  *While supplies last.

CABLExpress Super Hero

This contest may seem pretty easy, but if you don’t pay close attention – you just might miss it!

Once you’ve found our Easter bunny, check out some other fun digital Easter eggs by Googling “do a barrel roll” or “tilt” – pretty cool stuff.

Ready, set…SEARCH! Good luck!

This week we had the opportunity to leave our snowy home in Syracuse, NY and head down to Atlanta, GA to meet with some of our customers for some learning and fun. We held afternoon educational sessions on a number of topics, including “Stretching Your Budget and IT Asset Disposition,” “The Value in Exceeding the Standards for TIA-942 Optical Cabling Infrastructure,” and “The Brocade Difference.”

After our afternoon of learning, we headed to the Heineken Lounge in Philips Arena, where we watched the Atlanta Hawks vs. Toronto Raptors NBA game! It was great hearing from our customers about the IT and data center issues and trends they are experiencing in their organizations. The Hawks were also able to come out with a nail-biting 93-92 win over the Raptors!

Some photos from our event are included below. Thank you to all our customers who braved the weather (tornado warnings!) to join us on Wednesday.

View of the court from the Heineken Lounge

The CXtec Team

Our data center infrastructure architects, Dave and Rick, with the Atlanta Hawks cheerleaders

 Be sure teep in touch with us to see if CXtec is coming to a city near you soon!

On Thursday, the CXtec and TERACAI teams joined together at our Technology Certification and Distribution Center (TCDC) for the 2013 annual meeting. We spent some time reflecting on our successes in 2012, but focused on where we are heading this coming year. Each member of our leadership team talked about the goals for 2013 and outlined how we, as a team, are going to achieve them.

It is safe to say we all left the meeting feeling inspired to start the new year, and are ready to continue to find ways to make life a little easier for our customers – to keep their networks up and costs down.

Some photos from our 2013 Kickoff Meeting are included below.

CXtec and TERACAI president, Pete Belyea, kicking off the meeting

2012 President’s Club with Bill and Sandra Pomeroy

CXtec and TERACAI marketing manager, Jenn Cline

CXtec vice president of sales, Jenny Champeau

Director of CXtec’s CABLExpress division, Matthew Graham

Every year, the CXtec and TERACAI teams identify and adopt a platoon that is serving overseas. In correspondence with their family members, we have learned how important it is for these soldiers to feel support from all of us back home – to remind them that we are truly thankful for the sacrifices they are making for our country.

This year, we have adopted a platoon based out of Fort Riley, Kansas, that is currently serving in Afghanistan.

We will be sending a shipment of various items to our platoon just in time for the holiday season, in the hopes that in some small way we can lift their spirits during this difficult time away from their loved ones.

Our team members donated magazines, DVDs, woodworking tools (for use in their wood shop), and everyday basic necessities that we all likely take for granted.

Thank you to all our servicemen and women for all that you do. We appreciate you!