Opening (or in this case, expanding) a bookstore in this day and age is kind of like opening a new music store focusing on CD and Cassette sales. It doesn’t sound like a tech savvy idea, does it? But where would we be in a world without bookstores? And how can you make one survive?… Read more

My how things have changed! I remember having a war-games-type modem in 7th grade that I set the telephone handset down into, then dialed bulletin board systems, or BBS’s. It was before the internet, if you can believe that. Instead of email, we dialed into different BBS’s and left messages for friends there. Now, between… Read more

We used to bill just like lawyers, by the hour. There were several drawbacks to this method of charging for your IT support. For starters, our goals were not aligned with our client’s goals. Although we (as technology support providers) wanted our client’s networks to be up, however, we benefited when this was not the… Read more

Great Article on CNN this morning.

All Mountain Technologies is currently hiring experienced, service-oriented individuals. We are looking for a Level 2 Technician and a Level 3 Network Engineer. Contact us at Jobs@allmtntech.com or at 970-748-8880.

All Mountain Technologies is moving!! The staff at All Mountain Technologies is excited to announce that we are moving our office to Riverwalk at Edwards on July 15th, 2011. At All Mountain Technologies, we constantly endeavor to provide you with best-in-class services at all times. To ensure that we continue to offer valued services to… Read more

All Mountain Technologies partnered with the Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability for last week’s recycling event. Thank you to the Alliance for putting on this great event! Big thanks specifically to Jennifer Schenk, John Ryan, and Debbie from the Eagle Valley Alliance. Also thank you Michelle Cawood at All Mountain for helping with the event…. Read more

All Mountain Technologies is excited to be one of the sponsor for the Battery Recycle Challenge at Red Sandstone Elementary school. There’s no excuse to pitch your old batteries in the trash can. Instead send them off with your favorite Red Sandstone student who will be sure to recycle them. And these old batteries just… Read more

All of us at All Mountain Technologies love to talk about technology, from personal to business.  It’s in our blood over here! We encourage you to “like us” on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We provide a variety of information for those people who like technology, just like we do.  It’s amazing what you… Read more

Chris is the Marketing Director/Web Services Manager for All Mountain Technologies. Chris became a full-time Vail Valley Resident in 1995, after graduating from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Chris is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, and enjoys technical planning. Outside of consulting and providing technical direction, Chris loves fly-fishing, kayaking… Read more

Party for the Planet Vail Honeywagon presents the 4th annual Party for the Planet at Brush Creek Park & Pavilion in Eagle. The event will feature an all new eco Marketplace showcasing vendors with a green thumb, nonprofit vendors, FREE live music, Crazy Mountain brews, and plenty of educational opportunities throughout. Stay tuned for updates!… Read more

This months featured Non-profit is Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability. The Alliance is a community organization promoting sustainable practices in recycling, energy & renewable power, and green building. One of the programs they offer is the- Energy Smart Business Program This is a new  FREE program for Eagle County businesses to start saving energy and… Read more

The “Cloud” simply means the Internet.  Cloud computing or Cloud services are simply services that are delivered over the internet. Well known examples of how many people use the cloud are the services like Google Documents, Gmail, HotMail and Yahoo.  The beauty of the “Cloud” is that users can access personal or professional files from… Read more

An Answer to Your Question Alan emailed us last month to ask the question. Does All Mountain Technologies offer VoIP solutions and can you explain what it is? YES we do offer VoIP! VoIP stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol.  Basically, its a transmission technology for the delivery of voice & multi-media communications over Internet… Read more

How Did All Mountain Technologies save Electricity? The first thing any business can do to save electricity is to upgrade old equipment. It’s an investment worth making. Ever say to your self- “why did I wait so long for a new computer? This new one is faster and more efficient than my old one. Now,… Read more

What is Flat Rate? The old way was to pay a lot of money for IT professionals to come and fix your problems, costing your business time and unforeseen expenses to the business. Flat Rate allows you to budget for computer and technological advancements without unexpected gaps between the IT budget and Actual IT Expenses…. Read more

What is Outsourcing? Outsourcing is using a specialized business to handle a specific area of a company, outside of the business itself. Essentially you contract an outside company for its expertise. The benefits to outsourcing are the amount of savings in both time and money.  The specialized business like All Mountain Technologies can handle the… Read more

We are excited to announce changes to our Facebook, Twitter and Youtube sites. This will give you the opportunity to stay informed on all the Upgrades in the Tech world, have first hand knowledge on what is happening with All Mountain Technologies and participate in our contests for gift certificates and prizes. So fan us… Read more

  We are passionate about technology- we love it. Many people find technology overwhelming and frightening.  It changes frequently, everything from computer equipment, to phones, to your TV.  Upgrades, more memory, more updates, the newest version- it goes on and on.  It is a challenge to keep on top of new developments and changes. Technology… Read more

Security Breach Opens Possibility for Phishing Attacks A recent security breach at Epsilon, one of the largest permission-based marketing companies, has led to the compromise of a significant number of email addresses and personal names. Epsilon’s services are used by corporations to manage and distribute email communications to customers. http://www.npr.org/2011/04/05/135135556/business-news Those responsible for the attack… Read more

Make the Call! Many businesses hesitate to make a call to All Mountain Technologies when they have an issue. They think that a phone call will cost them a lot of money. PLEASE CALL US FIRST: 970-748-8880 We want to have a quick conversation with you, Before you, try to fix the problem. Why is… Read more

Chief Executive Officer for All Mountain Technologies Robert has lived in the Vail Valley for about 20 years and has a heartfelt appreciation of the unique and wonderful aspects of living in the mountains of Colorado. Robert, a Certified Professional, is focused on helping All Mountain Technologies become the primary IT provider for businesses in… Read more

Tech Tips and Tricks How can you help protect your data from loss, theft, or hackers? The answer: BitLocker. If you’ve got information on your PC that you need to protect, you can help prevent theft or loss by using BitLocker data encryption to put a virtual lock on your files. Improved for Windows 7… Read more

Dear Valued Always-On Client, In our effort to constantly improve our service to our Always-On clients we are making some improvements! We are in the process of upgrading our Always-On Managed Services Offering to better serve you and your businesses. There should be no interruption of service or function, but we’d like to let you… Read more

Walking Mountains Science Center is a nonprofit organization that provides natural science and environmental education programs to school children, families, adults, residents and visitors alike on public lands throughout Eagle County. The science center provides programs for Eagle County schools, summer science day camps, overnight camps, and adult/family excursions. Students are immersed in outdoor learning… Read more

Tech Tips and Tricks Windows 7 OS- Useful Keyboard Shortcuts * Alt+P – Display/ hide the Explorer preview pane * Windows Logo+G – Display gadgets in front of other windows * Windows Logo++ (plus key) -Zoom in, where appropriate * Windows Logo+- (minus key) – Zoom out, where appropriate * Windows Logo+Up – Maximise the… Read more

The Economic Sense of a Flat Rate Technology Agreement. If you depend on computers and access to data, to conduct your business, a Flat Rate Technology Agreement is crucial for your business. If you have been relying on the “If it breaks- they will come” way of managing your Technology, please continue reading. Yes, we… Read more

Greener than the rest Eagle, Colorado—All Mountain Technologies is excited to team with Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability in the electronics recycling event. The event will take place at the Lionshead Parking structure in Vail, Friday from 10 am to 5 pm and on Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. If you have old… Read more

All Mountain Tech teamed up with Paperwise and Electronics Recycling International to sponsor the Electronics Recycling Event organized and put on by the Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability. Thank you Matt Scherr of the Alliance for the opportunity, and a special thanks to Matt McLaughlin of ERI. Also the local green team of Maurie Nottingham… Read more

Greener than the rest Eagle, Colorado—All Mountain Technologies is excited to team with Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability in the electronics recycling event. The event, just in time for Earth Day, will take place at the Eagle County Fairgrounds Saturday, April 24 from 10 am to 5 pm and on Sunday from 10 am to… Read more

All Mountain Technologies is proud to introduce our newest team members! Megan Hawkins is our new office manager. Originally from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Megan has a BS in Finance. She has been in the Valley since 2004, and just joined All Mountain Technologies in March. We are excited to bring her administrative background… Read more

Check out All Mountain Tech’s affordable web services. Hosted Exchange. Gain the functionality of an Exchange Server for only 50 cents per day. Make sure your Calendar’s, Contacts, Tasks and Notes are synchronized to your Iphone, Blackberry, laptop and desktop. (Mac-compatible and fully functional). Never worry about mail function or backups, and synchronization again, all… Read more

Always-On is All Mountain Technologies’ Managed Services Offering. We are proud of our premier service which can meet your needs from managing a 100 person company, to taking advantage of Desktop Assurance for your 3 person company. Always-On has several coverage plans, and we will discuss server coverage and plans in a later Blog post…. Read more

This blog will specifically be aimed toward the AMT Online Vault, and next week we’ll begin an introduction of our premier product, Always-On. The Online Vault is a secure, online backup program from any pc. Generally this will be ideal for the 1-2 user networks, 2-3 pc’s to backup. A step up: The Always-On Backup… Read more

AMT’s Relexion Spam filter is the best available Spam filter you can find. It is very fast, works very well, and uses new technologies like Radar and grey listing. I’m going to take a minute and describe the difference between a spam filter service and a spam filter program running on your pc. A program… Read more

Microsoft Exchange is a powerful tool. For those of you who are not familiar with it, it offers all kinds of advantages over pop mail. It functions as a web based Mailbox that synchronizes with Outlook or Entourage on the mac. · No backup of email data is necessary. By nature of the product, your… Read more

That indeed is the question? The next question is: What do you need to host? Which servers and services do you wish to “webify”? Hosted Exchange is $15/month. Sharepont hosting is $20 So calculate how many users you’ve got, then calculate how much your exchange server will be to replace. If you have bulk data… Read more

Email is dynamic. Your mailbox changes every second of every day. In many ways email flows like a river. It is impossible to stop the flow, even for a little bit. I came back from 5 days without my phone or computer to 400 new emails. (And that doesn’t include Spam, either). Because email is… Read more

Is your computer moving too slowly? Does your computer seem to be performing worse than it used to? AMT can help. Often slow machine performance is an issue that can be solved by maintenance or a tune-up.  ’Computer slowness’ does NOT necessarily mean that it is time to replace your computer – especially if it is less than 3… Read more

Back to school and the importance of knowing how to maintain your new computer.   It’s that time of year again, back to school and back to school shopping. Many of you may have noticed all the great deals out there for shiny new laptops.  All Mountain Technologies in Eagle-Vail is always available if you’re looking for… Read more

All Mountain Technologies  has more professional certifications and professional channel partners than any of our competitors in our market here in Eagle County, Colorado (and surroundings areas).  We have invested resources in our channel partners such as Microsoft, Dell, and Cisco so let’s briefly examine the benefits this effort confers on us for our customers vs. less qualified and less… Read more

All Mountain Technologies, LLC, is a fully-insured, unaffiliated, owner-operated computer support company comprised of experienced, certified network engineers and technicians who believe in quality personal service to our customers. We understand that your computer systems are an essential component of your business. Efficiency, productivity and your bottom line are as important to us as they… Read more