Presented by: Arterian & the Seattle Chamber of Commerce

You’ve been hearing a lot about the newest version of Microsoft Office, but what does it mean for your business? Join us for this “lunch and learn” event to hear about Office’s latest features, what value can be gained by upgrading and which edition is best for you. Whether your organization is small with limited IT resources and knowledge or is a larger company with advanced IT needs, we’ll share how the new Office can help solve your business challenges.

Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013
Time: Noon – 1:30 p.m. (lunch included)
Location: Chamber’s office (in the Microsoft Conference Center)
1301 5th Ave., Ste. 1500, Seattle 98101

Excel 2013 gives you intuitive ways to explore your data with added and enhanced features, inspiring you to get to new insights. In one click, discover new ways to visualize your data, and see your information in new depths. Enjoy working with and analyzing your data – Excel guides you with charts and tables based on your data, and helps you get the job done faster. A new, clean view made as much for the tap, touch, and turn of your fingers as the click of your mouse or keyboard means you can move naturally through your information. With Excel, explore your data at new depths in less time.

Join Arterian CEO, Jamison West, and Microsoft’s Devesh Satyavolu on Wednesday, April 24th, for this free lunch and learn event where you’ll learn how Excel 2013 enhances the way you work with financial data and allows you to see your information in new depths.

Date: Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 (Check in begins at 11:30)
Cost: Free Pre-registration required
Location: Civica Office Building (205 108th Ave NE #400, Bellevue, WA 98004)
Parking: Free parking validation

Register today!

Microsoft Small Business Server is no more. Join us at one of our events in November, and learn what’s next in technology for your business. Our Hybrid Cloud solution blends all the features of on-premise infrastructure with all the benefits of the cloud. Space is limited, register now!.

We are proud to announce that on July 11, 2012 we received the Microsoft West Region Northwest Area Partner of the Year Award. Every year Microsoft presents awards in multiple categories at its Worldwide Partner Conference, with recipients selected for specific awards in alignment with Microsoft competencies and solutions as well as awards that recognize exceptional performance across the board by geographical region.

The West Region Partner of the Year Award recognizes a partner that has exceptional accomplishments in FY12 within the Small to Medium Sized Business space and has delivered best-in-class solutions across various Microsoft technology platforms addressing customer challenges and business needs. This award also recognizes an exceptional level of service above the competition throughout the delivery of those solutions. Arterian’s CEO, Jamison West, was in attendance in Toronto to receive the award and bring it home to our Seattle office. We’d like to extend a huge thank you to all of our clients and staff that helped make it possible for us to receive this recognition.

We are proud to announce that in May 2012 Arterian merged with Seattle Computing, another prominent IT services company equally committed to helping small and mid-sized businesses leverage IT as a strategic business asset. The combined company, continuing under the name Arterian, will provide expanded resources to better serve the evolving needs of our clients. Additionally, a significantly larger staff will allow us to increase the depth and breadth of technical expertise as well as the high-touch personalized service we aspire to consistently provide.

We’re a locally owned and operated company founded in 1995 by Jamison West, who will continue to serve as CEO of the combined firm. Seattle Computing was founded in 2008 by Tait Covert, who now serves as the Vice President of Business Development. It’s a pretty exciting time here and we’re glad to have everyone onboard. And instead of 24 folks working together to serve our clients’ needs before the merger, we now have 34. Welcome, Seattle Computing!

I recently had a chance to interview Jamison West of Arterian. Jamison, who founded the company that is now Arterian in 1995, envisions a future where every small to mid-sized company will have an IT partner become a vital part of its core operations team keeping them free from disaster and flourishing.

SoftwareDisastersBlog: How do you help your customers prevent and prepare for IT disasters?

Jamison West: We see with our customers that reliance on connectivity is higher than it’s ever been for businesses to execute and support their customers. People now expect email to work like instant messaging, sent and received as fast as they type it. We try to prevent IT issues by adding redundancy to make sure that if there are problems — natural disasters or bad weather like we had recently in Seattle — our customers are still up and running at least for critical operations.

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Here in Seattle, we are grateful to see clear blue skies today, but a couple of weeks ago it was a different story. We would like to share how all of us at Arterian survived Snowmegeddon 2012 and how your company can lean on us to ensure business doesn’t stop when a storm starts. Please take a look and contact us for more details specific to your environment’s remote capabilities.

2011 Companies Honored and Rankings Announced

Accepting the award for Arterian at the October 12, 2011 event, L to R: Kim West, Jamison West, Amanda Rankin, Curt Brady

SEATTLE, WA – Oct. 14, 2011 – Puget Sound Business Journal announced that Arterian ranked number 46 on the 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies list at an awards event at The Washington State Convention Center on Oct. 12. The event, which drew nearly 500 people, announced and honored all 100 companies on the list and revealed each company’s ranking. The 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies are listed, with select companies profiled, in a special publication of the Business Journal on Oct. 14.

The Fastest-Growing Private Companies program was launched 17 years ago by the Puget Sound Business Journal to identify and recognize companies speeding to the top of their industries. To be eligible, companies must: be privately held and headquartered in Washington; have at least $500,000 in net revenue in 2008; show an overall growth from 2008 to 2010 fiscal years; and agree to have their net operating revenues with Puget Sound Business Journal.

“The companies that make this list are, by definition, among the most dynamic in our region,” said Business Journal Publisher Gordon Prouty. “Especially this year, they have beaten the odds imposed by the Great Recession, making membership on this elite list all the more impressive. These companies are showing all of us what qualities it takes to grow in challenging times.”

The 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies program is presented by the Puget Sound Business Journal and sponsored by Lane Powell, Robert Half International, BDO, Comcast Business Class, and Sound Mental Health.

Puget Sound Business Journal is the region’s premier source of business information, serving an unparalleled audience of business and community leaders. In addition to the weekly newspaper, the Business Journal provides daily updates via its web site and email alerts. The company also plays a vital role in bringing the area’s leadership community together by hosting a wide variety of events throughout the year, from the Women of Influence awards event to the Washington’s Best Workplaces event at Safeco Field. Puget Sound Business Journal is a unit of American City Business Journals, which operates 40 local business newspapers throughout the United States. Visit Puget Sound Business Journal on the web, facebook, and twitter.

One of the best ways to network with area professionals and move your business forward is coming up on Wednesday, October 26th, 8am to 6pm, as the Puget Sound Business Journal will be hosting its 2011 Grow Your Business Expo at the WA State Convention Center.

Where can you find Arterian?
Meet Sarah, Lyle, Marshall, and Dominica at
Booth #516!

We’ll be raffling off a copy of Microsoft Office 2010 and other cool prizes!

Schedule of Events includes:

• Exhibitor booths open: 8 AM – 6 PM
• Continental Breakfast (served in tradeshow room): 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
• Breakout Seminars: Hourly throughout the day starting at 8:30 AM
• Luncheon featuring panel discussion: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
• BizMix Networking Cocktail Reception: 4:00 – 6:00 PM

When: Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 8:00am-6:00pm
Where: WA State Convention Center, 800 Convention Place, 6th Floor – Downtown Seattle
More info: www.psbjexpo.com
Contact us: info@arterian.com

Admission is $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Since Arterian is a featured exhibitor, we have coupons for you below:

How can you win a FREE Starbucks Gift Card?

Jamison West will be out and about on the Expo exhibitor floor, meeting people and talking about Arterian’s fantastic IT service offerings. The first person to find him and mention this newsletter article gets a FREE Starbucks card.

Arterian is excited to be #46 on the 2011 PSBJ WA 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies list. Visit our website at www.arterian.com, or check out our company video for more info on Arterian’s growth over the past couple of years.

WE’LL SEE YOU AT THE EXPO!

On September 8th, the Puget Sound Business Journal revealed its annual list of the WA 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies, and Arterian is honored to be a part of that list.

Every year, PSBJ carefully surveys, researches, and ranks the Puget Sound region’s top companies, and includes them in its annual Book of Lists alongside honorees in various prestigious categories. In order to make the WA 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for 2011, local private businesses had to recognize year-over-year revenue growth between 2008 and 2010, which has been especially challenging given the sobering economic climate of the past three years.

Part of our excitement here at Arterian is not just the acknowledgement of our growth, but also the success of our valued clients who made the list along with us. For the 16 years we have been in business, our commitment to client care has always meant aligning our goals with those of our clients. So as we humbly celebrate our successes this year, we continue to be grateful for our community of clients who have made their own commitment to the value of their technology in trusting us with their IT solutions.

The alphabetical list can be found on Puget Sound Business Journal’s website.

To find out our ranking on the list, there will be a 100 Fastest-Growing Private Company reception and award ceremony on Wednesday, October 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, or read about the companies and view the list in the October 14 issue of the Business Journal.