We are very excited to welcome 4 new Nerds to our worldwide team!

We proudly welcome Mauricio Duarte and Jonathan Lyons to our Halifax, Canada Team. Mauricio presented his business plan to the Canadian Youth Business Foundation this week and received a loan to get his entrepreNerd enterprise kick-started! Can’t wait to see our 4th NerdMobile on the streets of Chester! Congrats to Jonathan Lyons on getting his decals on his NerdMobile tomorrow!

“Here are two new Nerds who have fresh ideas, passion, determination, and the skills to walk the walk,” said Halifax Team Leader Ben Wiper. “I’m so fortunate to have two new partners like Mauricio and Jonathan – I can’t wait for the inevitable exponential growth of Nerds business conducted in Nova Scotia.”

We are also proud to welcome Johan Reichel to our Johannesburg, South Africa Team! He has been with us for three months, and is well on his way to building a successful business serving small business!

We’re also thrilled to welcome Peter Carpenter to our Lethbridge, Canada Team!

Finally, Dian Smit, formerly a Nerd in Comox Valley, Canada, has relocated to become part of our Calgary, Canada Team!

Every Nerd on the team has the full support of a 24/7 client call centre, a dedicated admin team, solution and product champions, the Nerds On Site leadership team, and the rest of our global team (10 countries), all working towards providing excellent service and support for our clients!

This story is in regards to a client of ours in Pretoria, South Africa.

With the help of several Nerds including David Redekop, Francois Rossouw, Jonathan Arnoldussen, Dennis Houseknecht, Glen Schafer, Werdus Pretorious, and Lourens Dormehl, who spent several hours of hard work and head scratching was done right into the very early morning. Solutions were tried, and workarounds found. That morning, when the client arrived at work, he could not help but smile when he saw us waiting for him at his office.

The 10am meeting was held just after 7am, and the client made the decision to stay with Nerds On Site, even though he already had a far cheaper quote in hand from another IT company. The reason he gave for this decision? “We’re going with Nerds On Site – they have a better team!” So lessons were learned, and fingers burnt, but with the help of our dedicated team, we have WOWed another client!

We are making this Twitter chat a weekly event. Since we’re in the beginning stage, we’re tweaking it as we go, and are always open to suggestions.

We fully encourage anyone on Twitter to join the conversation, or jump in with questions about technology topics or about Nerds On Site itself, or just to say hello!

Here’s how to participate in NerdChat:

• NerdChat is from 9pm-10pm EST.

• using search.twitter.com, search for the hashtag #NerdChat (with the “#” sign), or use a website like tweetchat to follow the tweets. Be sure to click the ‘sign in’ button to log into the Twitter website and start tweeting from Tweetchat.
• Alternatively, you can use a desktop program like Tweetdeck, or a web-based service like Hootsuite.
• You can then send a tweet from you account, but be sure to include #NerdChat so your tweet is seen.

If you have any questions about how to participate, please email socialmedia@nerdsonsite.com.

Many governments around the world offer support programs to businesses, especially ones in manufacturing and export, since those industries can have a larger economic impact.

For example, in Ontario, Canada, in combination with the Federal Government, the SMART program is offered, see:
http://www.cme-smart.ca/

Your regional or federal government may offer similar programs. If your organization is in need of Information Technology, Cloud Computing, Software Development, please ask your nerd for support in your application process for government funding.

We’re here to help!

While starting my own business, I was struggling for weeks setting up our new IT system. Eventually, on Christmas Eve 2003, I gave in and Googled those guys who drive around in red VWs. Much to my relief (and surprise), I received a response the same day and my problem was sorted out in minutes!
Since then, the business has grown, as has our ICT needs.
It has been gratifying to have Nerds On Site with us every step of the way. Werdus (Our Nerd), has introduced many improvements over this time and provided unparalleled support – even when he’s been away on leave, we’ve always had competent Nerds to fill the gap.
Possibly the greatest benefit to joining the Nerds On Site family has been the assurance I have (day and night) that our ICT systems are ticking away perfectly, thereby allowing us to maximize the leverage we have enjoyed with competitive systems compared to that of our competition.
We would wholeheartedly recommend Nerds On Site to anyone who has an ICT need – from their home PC through to virtualized servers, VOIP solutions and the like … ask us, we’ve experienced it all – they Know Stuff!

TREVOR WILLIAMS
for Trevor Williams Consulting Engineers

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Today we have Rob Wolf interviewing one of our clients in Perth, Australia. PGSR. PGSR specializes in labour services.

Our unique approach to labour for projects, derives from our absolute commitment to our customers’ needs. PGSR personnel integrate seamlessly into your project by applying our company policy of promoting our customer.

Once again we talk about what they do and how technology works for them!