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Brickwall Security joined the Leawood Chamber of Commerce in late 2011. Our team felt is the was the "biggest bang for our buck". In fact our membership was practically paid for by the time we wrote the check. Joining a Chamber these days seems to be a hit or miss as far as the ROI, as there are so many. However, if you feel comfortable in the Chamber functions you attend, while getting a feel for the type of clientele within the prospective Chamber, that is half the battle. The more comfortable you are at the networking events, you more you will network and regularly attend.

The long awaited Xbox dashboard update is here. All I have to say is "wow". Not only has Microsoft doubled down on it's use of the MetroUI and the motion based Kinect, but they filled this update with more features than we could have hoped for. From a features perspective; they have added a search for content that is of course powered by "bing". They have also added cloud storage for games...it's not full SkyDrive capable yet and only boasts a whopping 512 Mb but it is a step in the right direction.

Well with Microsoft numbers out for this quarter, it is no surprise that Bing (Microsofts' search engine) is loosing the company fistfull after fistfull of money, with no sign of stopping. Even with Yahoo teaming up this year, it has done little to over through Googles place at the top of the search engine list. So why is Microsoft still pooring money into this sinking ship?

Now a days you can’t look at any new system without hearing about “the cloud”. What is this magical cloud that will fix all there technology problems? Well in its simplest terms the “cloud” has always referred to the internet. So what’s all the hype about? Well more and more software manufacturers and programmers are designing programs that run completely on the internet.

HTC & Sprint have done it again! Sprint has 2 new fabulous new products due to launch this summer; EVO 3D and EVO VIEW Tablet.
The EVO 3D is very similar to the HTC EVO 4G in both size, weight and function. The EVO 3D runs a newer operating system, is going to be much faster. The EVO 3D’s biggest accomplishment though is its dual 5 megapixel cameras and awesome glasses free 3D screen.
The EVO VIEW is set to be the fastest tablet on the market in 2011. The 1.5 GHz processor and 1GB RAM will make any task a breeze. The new Android 3.0 honeycomb also has a many new features.

So it was confirmed yesterday that AT&T will put a cap on both DSL and AT&T U-Verse customers. The cap is reported to be 150 GB for DSL customers and 250 GB for U-Verse. How is this going to affect the average home user? AT&T reports that it will affect less than 2 % of total customers.

Over the New Year Brickwall had the opportunity to help with the office move of a prominent local Kansas City business. When they moved they also decided they were going to upgrade there phone systems. I wanted to highlight a few items that will always help in the transition.

For the past couple of months we have been awaiting an "industry first" from sprint. During that time there have been many rumors as to what the latest gadget would be. I heard of a glasses free 3D phone from LG, or an iPhone for Sprint network. Well, Monday came and Dan Hesse got on stage to announce the new Kyocera Echo. A phone that has two screens and that can act as a tablet. FANTASTIC! Now I don’t have to spend $600 for a galaxy tab! Think again!

It appears that our website has been the focus of a couple of attacks. We have remedied the situation and apologize to everyone. We hope you continue to rely on Brickwall for your IT Service needs.

Brickwall is a relaxed, fun, supportive environment. We are active members of the Greater Kansas City Chamber as well as several other local networking functions. Since we are a small company each team member works very closely with each other.

Brickwall Security sales territory is the entire Kansas City Metropolitan area. We run a virtual office environment. Most work will be done from home or place of sales person’s choosing.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
1. Generate sales leads
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