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40th Anniversary

We, at Concepte of Illinois have achieved a new milestone in our business – 40 year Anniversary. We are very proud that our customers have given their trust in us to succeed year after year. That is why we continue to provide the same year-upon-year quality and professional Services to our clients. We believe if they win, then we win.

40th Anniversary

If you see one of our service personnel – WISH THEM A HAPPY 40th ANNIVERSARY.

Message from the Director

To our valued clients, customers and friends,

As we continue to navigate through these uncharted waters, I want to share some additional information with you about Concepte of Illinois.

First a little history, we have been around, soon to be, 37 years of providing only high professional technical service and support to you and we are still doing just that. Concepte is providing government, manufacturing, medical, banks and our communities long term success and well-being stories year-after-year.

I will begin in what has not changed for our customers and friends, our attitude to continue to bring you the level of service and support that is right for you and insure that your high tech needs are met to help make sure your future is good and productive. We are humbled by the trust you place in us. It is important you know that whatever the future brings, Concepte is here to help you.

Expert Monitoring: Our experts continue to monitor your servers and networks when you are being distracted by the health and welfare of your employees and customers. We are helping maintain that data security when the bad actors are trying to take advantage of that distraction.

Service Options: We have a variety of channels to help you in ways that make the most sense for you: whether it is data backup and monitoring, data security and service of you tech equipment. We can and will be there for you. Just Call our service professionals to show you the path that is needed in today’s fast change world to help ensure you data is protected.

1:1 Guidance: It is important to try and stick to you technology plan as best you can. If your plan has changed, we can help you review your data protection and disaster preparedness to help keep you on-track to meet tomorrow’s needs today!

In these trying times, please know that our dedicated client service professionals are committed to getting to your questions as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience if it takes us a bit longer than usual to get to your call. But, I promise we will and that we are here to help.

Lastly, in a period as tumultuous as this, it may be natural to wonder about the firm that is helping you stay on track with your high tech needs. If you are, let me assure you that Concepte is in excellent financial health with one of the strongest balance sheets in the area. Despite the volatile situation with the Coronavirus and the Shelter-in-Place orders our company is profitable and we have the resources necessary to ensure we remain strong.

As always, I am ho9nroed that you have placed your trust in us. If there is anything we can do to help meet your needs, please visit us online at CEILLINOIS.com or contact us at 800-267-4052 or find us on Facebook

Sincerely

Larry D Christy

Larry D Christy
Director, Concepte of Illinois, Inc.

How to Clean your workspace

How to Clean your work-spaces to help prevent the spread of viruses.

  •  CLEAN
    • Clean surfaces using soap and water. Practice routine cleaning of frequently touched surfaces.
    • High touch surfaces include:
      • Tables, Doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, desks, phones, keyboards, toilets, faucets, sinks, refrigerator doors, etc.
      • Clothing is a area that is often overlooked, so daily changes of clothing. Washing clothes with laundry soap does work.
    • Many products recommend:
      • Keeping surface wet for a period of time (see product label)
      • Precautions such as wearing gloves and making sure you have good ventilation during use of the product.
    • Diluted household bleach solutions may also be used if appropriate for the surface. Check to ensure the product is not past its expiration date. Unexpired household bleach will be effective against coronaviruses when properly diluted.
      Follow manufacturer’s instructions for application and proper ventilation. Never mix household bleach with ammonia or any other cleanser.
      Leave solution on the surface for at least 1 minute
      To make a bleach solution, mix:

      • 5 tablespoons (1/3rd cup) bleach per gallon of water
        OR
      • 4 teaspoons bleach per quart of water
    • Alcohol solutions with at least 70% alcohol.

Shelter in Place – Shutdown

Effective Date End of Business: March 20, 2020
Shutdown at the direction of the government of Illinois
At 3:00 p.m. CDST Friday March 20, 2020, Illinois’s Governor J.B. Pritzker issued a “Shelter in Place” order requiring residents to shelter in place starting Saturday, March 21, 2020, 5:00 p.m. CDST
Residents can still go to the grocery stores, put gas in their cars, take walks outside and make pharmacy runs. All local roads, including the interstate highways and tollways, will remain open to traffic, as well. The Governor further stated “There is no need to run out and hoard food, gas and medicine,” the governor said Thursday. “Buy what you need within reason. There is enough to go around, as long as you do not hoard.”
It is with great distress, that Concepte is being forced to shutdown for an undetermined period. We will release new information as we get it.
We wish to thank all of our clients and customers for your past support and know we all will get through this also.
At this time we are planning on reopening at the end of this order to “Shelter in Place”
For emergency services contact us at 800-267-4052 and if we can – we will respond.

Should you Outsource your Network Service

Truly a hot topic in every government or corporate boardrooms. Should we outsource our service on the computers and networks.

First let’s examine outsourcing. When you hire a painter to paint your house, or when you hire a mowing company to mow your grass, you are outsourcing. These are tasks that you could perhaps do yourself, but somehow you deemed it more economical or viable to outsource than do the work yourself. Maybe you would rather spend your time on a different or more rewarding activity or come to the conclusion that you simply couldn’t do as good a job given the time to perform the work. I’ll call this type of outsourcing “business process outsourcing” or BPO. You can find a substantial list of companies specializing in BPO in various segments including but not limited to human resource management, accounting and finance, and information technology to name a few. BPOs ideally should do the job they are hired to do better, faster, and cheaper compared to anyone else performing the same job. This is a very strong benefit and one that most companies are coming to realization with. BPOs allow a company to concentrate on its business without losing quality, cost or time.
So in reality of the fast pace business requirements of today, BPOs are, in  general, a necessity to meet today’s competitive environment.

When it is time to consider outsourcing, find a reputable and long lived company and ask a lot of questions. When you are satisfied with your answers. Just do it.