We are happy to announce the addition of Mike Ruis, Ken Aud, Alec Vredenburg, Liam Bryant, and Neil Cunningham to the ever-expanding Vista IT Group team! Liam joins us as our newest part-time Warehouse Specialist while Mike, Ken, Alec and Neil will be helping customers with their infrastructure and technology needs as Account Managers.

Cisco Systems has announced the “End of New Service Attachment Date” for the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) B-Series Blade Servers which includes the B200 M4, B420 M4, B260 M4 and B460 M4. February 14, 2020 will be the last day to attach support to a new or existing SMARTnet contract on the affected products from Cisco.

In a matter of just three short weeks, the Vista family was able to collect more than 100 toys for the U.S Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots Drive. Our goal was to collect 50 toys.  It’s safe to say we’ll have to set our sights a bit higher in 2020!  Thank you everyone who helped make an impact in the lives of those in need.

Vista IT is now offering Dell’s laptop and desktop product lines: Latitude, Precision, OptiPlex, and XPS. Each offering comes with the latest generation Intel Core or Xeon series processors, three years next business day warranty, and customizability. You can choose to purchase from pre-configured models or send us a quote request for more personalized configurations. For everyday office workloads we recommend the OptiPlex and Latitude series systems, and for heavier and more critical workloads we recommend the Precision series systems. When design or graphics computing is necessary, we recommend the XPS series as an addition to your work environment. All of our desktops and laptops are sourced are directly from the Dell Certified Refurbished Program.

Vista’s newest Account Manager, Jake Dessinger has successfully graduated from our new and improved training Boot Camp. We have always been proud of our training programs, but we recently updated our content and milestones to be consistent with our ISO certifications.

vi·sion·ar·y· noun · (from Latin “one who see”) someone who is able to imagine how a thing should be and strives to make it so.

The Visionary is appointed by Vista each month as recognition for seeing a need in the organization and taking initiative to satisfy it without being prompted.  This team member goes above and beyond their daily responsibilities and does so with an outstanding attitude. This month, Jolene Paauwe our Executive Office Administrator was nominated Jeff Stevens, our President.  

We are proud to announce Vista has been promoted to Gold Distributor status within HPE Replacement Parts Distribution Program.  As one of only a handful of replacement parts distributors in the country, Vista is honored to receive this designation and pass along all the cost and efficiency benefits to our customers.

vi·sion·ar·y· noun · (from Latin “one who see”) someone who is able to imagine how a thing should be and strives to make it so.

The Visionary is appointed by Vista each month as recognition for seeing a need in the organization and taking initiative to satisfy it without being prompted.  This team member goes above and beyond their daily responsibilities and does so with an outstanding attitude. This month, Ben Nitz one of our Warehouse Specialists was nominated by Jay Serna, a Sales Team Lead and Jeff Stevens, our President.  

We are happy to announce the addition of Susan Krywicki, Alex Kellogg, and Eric Smith to the ever-expanding Vista IT Group team! Susan joins us as our Magento Manager where she will be responsible for our e-commerce platforms. As an Accounting Clerk, Alex is the newest member of our accounting team and will be helping in both Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable. Eric joins us as our Managed Services Sales Director to support our expanding managed services practice.

Attention all HPE blade customers, MSPs & service providers!  Are you ready for one of the most disruptive product end-of-life announcements to come along in decades?  That’s right, after more than 15 years of market share dominance, HPE is officially discontinuing its c7000 blade architecture.  There’s no need to panic.  Yet.  End-of-Sale for the blades and enclosures isn’t until January 1, 2020.  But that’s only a few months away, so if you haven’t started working on a strategy, attend our up-coming webinar to better understand your options.