Mariano DiFabio, the featured speaker for the January Partner meeting, is the President of Avelient, a website company that provides website design and development, and social media consulting. As an integrated AMRCON Partner, Mariano is the force behind the AMRCON website and websites developed for AMRCON clients.

Happy New Year everyone! I waited to get my final note for 2010 until the year was over. January is always a time to reflect, get through the holidays and regroup to stay on track for the new year.
We’re very lucky that even with family that were in and out of hospitals, everyone closed out the year with good spirits and health in their line of site. What is it with the holidays and some of our precious family icons needing to spend time in the hospitals? Do they know …

SCS Commodities, the largest independent floor and OTC energy broker on the NY Mercantile Exchange, has trusted AMRCON to manage its IT support since 2008.  So, when executives at SCS decided to move to a larger space, they called upon AMRCON’s expertise to manage the build-out process of its IT infrastructure and data center solutions.
“There are so many issues that must be thoroughly examined when moving any business from one location to another,” said Dee Rudko, CEO of AMRCON.  “But, when you’re talking about moving the highly technical and sensitive …

Busy month, end of year rounding the corner and projects getting pushed to close before the end of the year have simply left me in a time deficit. My beautiful wife Sunny and I still managed to spend some time together. We were very grateful to be invited to the The Silver Hill Hospital Gala held at Cipriani’s 42nd Street NYC, for a benefit dinner. It was attended by about 200 people to include some celebrities and many other supporters. The event was a huge success and benefited the lives of …

 It seems like everything went into turbo mode this time of year. Not sure what it is, but I’ve hardly had time to sit at my desk. Halloween is always a little busy for the Rudko’s. Before the 31st I think we take part in at least 3 events where costumes are required. The biggest hit is our trip to Hershey PA for trick or treating. If you have children it’s a great little escape and it’s become more and more popular each year. Hershey does quite a bit around …

 
 Large companies typically have significant technology needs, and that is definitely the case with Chilworth Global, a world-renowned chemical safety and testing company.  Employees in its Plainsboro, NJ office and its Chicago office need workstations that run efficiently and a dependable backup system to safely store their data.  But up until six months ago, these needs were simply not being met.
 “We were working with an IT support company that just was not attentive to our needs,” said Norman Ferstenberg, Controller at Chilworth.  “Whenever there was a problem, we would wait …

Some people say I’m a bit nuts for doing this but I’ve always wanted to learn how to fly! So starting in August I began training on the helicopter in the picture. Now I’ve flown small planes before so being up in the air in a small aircraft is nothing new. I will say a helicopter takes a bit more coordination and control. It’s been a lot of fun and hope to continue toward my license through the year when I have time of course. That’s usually the only part that gets in …

When Jennifer Woodruff and her partner first started their Matawan-based Commercial lines insurance agency 20 years ago, they managed their own computer problems.  When computer issues got real complex, they asked a computer-savvy friend to help who could sometimes fix the problem, but not always.  Eventually Woodruff hired a break/fix consultant to come in when her system was down, but it would often take a week or more before he arrived to even diagnose the problem, let alone fix it. 
 Woodruff was at her wit’s end when she met Dee Rudko, …

So far August has been very good to us. The picture to the left was a great  long weekend in Seaside, along with my nephew Anthony and niece Arianna, yes we did see Snooki. I just can’t believe summer is almost over. We still have a few nice weather weekends to go and that should carry into September! AMRCON had a sponsorship at the Matawan Idol night, it was a lot of fun and was amazing to see the amount of people that came out to support it. They had some great talent. We …

July was a busy month. From 1st hair cuts to me getting on a wake-board for the first time in a few years. Gees I’m starting to feel a bit old! I hate it when old TV shows, children’s toys, or other fun things come up in conversations, and I go and mention something no one else remembers! What happened? Didn’t everyone grow up enjoying the same things I did? I guess not. I can’t believe I have people who work with me that were born in the 80’s. My wife even looks …