Towne Lake Business Association
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Quantum Computer Consulting

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Towne Lake Business Association

The Towne Lake Business Association (TLBA) welcomes you to "Towne Lake, the friendliest little town in Georgia." Beginning this month, we are updating our column to reflect not only what is happening at the TLBA, but what will be happening over the next few months.

The TLBA is conducting our annual Entrepreneurial Scholarship contest. In May, we will announce the winners of two $1,000 scholarships at Awards Night at Etowah and Woodstock High Schools. To apply, contact a counselor at your school.

The topic of our March Lunch 'N' Workshop was "Marketing: Magic or Madness?" We want to thank Gina Carr-Kyle of Georgia Business Group, who led this workshop on how to create an effective marketing plan.

Please take a look at our calendar of upcoming events that are designed to help you increase your bottom line.

Lunch 'N' Learn Workshops (Featherstone's at Towne Lake Hills)

Tuesday, April 20, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.

Creating More Business, presented by Claude Beaudry of Action International, Inc.

Tuesday, May 18, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.

Collecting from Your Customers, presented by Chief Magistrate Judge Charles T. Robertson.

Tuesday, June 15, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.

Developing Your Brand, presented by Gina Carr-Kyle of Georgia Business Group.

All Workshops are held at Feathertone's at Towne Lake Hills.

Please RSVP to (770) 517-8210, ext. 550.

Business After Hours

Monday, April 27, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Featherstone's at Towne Lake Hills

All members, guests, and anyone interested in the TLBA are invited. This will be a great opportunity to get to know your fellow TLBA members and members of our business community on an informal basis.

Reservations required. Please RSVP to (770) 517-8210, ext. 550 by April 20.

Welcome New Members:
Robert Christmas - World of Gymnastics
Laura Mikszan - World of Gymnastics

We thank you for supporting our community and our local businesses, and "Keeping Towne Lake Dollars in Cherokee."

Visit us at www.tlba.org.

Co-founders Lon Vetula and Laurie Maeder.

Dr. Phil advises that, "Even if you haven't made the right decision, you can make your decision right." That good advice applies not only on a personal level, but also on a technological level.

Laurie Maeder, co-founder of Quantum Computer Consulting (QCC) sees this scenario in small and mid-size businesses all the time. "Business owners start up their businesses with whatever equipment might be at hand," Maeder explains. "As they grow, they add more computers and pretty soon they have an office full of different equipment loaded with different software. The computers cannot communicate together, and aren't protected from the Internet, resulting in a communication shut down."

Laurie has been an independent computer consultant since 1993. Co-founder Lon Vetula has worked on computers for 23 years and took college level programming courses at age 10. They are technology experts who specialize in helping correct technology decisions. "We go into our clients' offices and look at what hardware and software they are using. We learn their business, objectives and distinctive needs. Based on this information, we provide the best advice and service available for small business," Vetula says.

All service calls performed by QCC result in savings. Recently, QCC was called to uncover the cause of a drastic slow-down in a client's DSL connection. Upon inspection, files of bootlegged movies were discovered to be stored on his hard drive. People were downloading movies from his computer, reducing his DSL connection to a crawl. QCC quickly solved the problem and the client was back in business.

In addition to troubleshooting, QCC provides preventative maintenance, many software services, and custom-built personal computers, work stations and servers, and it maintains business networks and security.

QCC has been a member of the TLBA since 2003. Laurie and Lon have lived in Wyngate for the past two years. In their spare time, Laurie and Lon both enjoy playing ALTA tennis.

Quantum Computer Consulting can be reached at (770) 384-8585 or www.quantumcc.net.