Past Issues:

Citynet Customer Newsletter: The Top 10 Reasons You Need CityVault by Citynet for Your Servers
Summary: Why Your Servers Need CityVault; 2009 Core Value Award Winners
Date: 06/01/2009

Citynet Customer Newsletter: Citynet CEO Jim Martin Wins SBA Award
Summary: Citynet CEO Jim Martin Wins SBA Award; Meet the Newest Member of the Citynet Team; Recession Proof Your IT Spending
Date: 05/01/2009

Citynet Customer Newsletter: Learn How to Thrive in this Economy!
Summary: Coming Up Next Week: Learn How to Thrive in this Economy!; What Computer Viruses Teach Us; Easily Back-Up ALL of Your Important Data; Citynet VP Craig Behr Receives Special Recognition
Date: 04/01/2009

Citynet Customer Newsletter: Be Prepared for Spring Storms
Summary: Be Prepared for Spring Storms; Top 10 Reasons to Backup Your Data with CityVault; CityVault Customer Testimonial
Date: 03/01/2009

Citynet Customer Newsletter: WV Customers New Dial-Up Account Procedures
Summary: How to Modify Your Citynet Dial-Up Account for 10-Digit Dialing
Date: 02/01/2009

Citynet Customer Newsletter: Happy New Year!
Summary: Happy New Year!; Make 2009 the Year to Conquer SPAM; Anti-Spam Email Tips; Be On the Alert for New Phishing Schemes; Citynet's Ben Randolph Promoted to Vice-President
Date: 01/01/2009

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June 2007

Inside this issue: Citynet purchases Veritech Consulting of Morgantown, Business of The Year! Harrison County Chamber Recipient, Summer Blues: Child Safety on the internet, Our Finest Asset

Citynet Grows!

Jim Martin, President/CEO of Citynet announced that a formal agreement has been reached for Citynet’s purchase of Veritech Consulting Group of Morgantown!

Veritech and its current owner, Craig Behr, are not strangers to the Citynet family. "Craig and his group have partnered with us on a number of projects in the past and it became clear to both of us that working as one, we could accomplish much more" Mr. Martin said. "In the past, Citynet had all the support a company would need on "our" side of the network. In the future, we'll be able to offer customers full service support. Now, Citynet is truly a one-stop-shop, from circuit to desktop…connectivity, voice, data, internet, network safety and monitoring, network managed services, web design and hosting, and computer support for the office desktop, we can do it all" said Frank Boscarillo, Chief Operating Officer of Citynet’s Retail Division.

Veritech will become Citynet and will continue to be based in Morgantown as a self-standing organization within Citynet's Retail Division. Craig and his staff will join the Citynet team and work to expand our customer opportunities in all markets served by Citynet.

"This will allow my group to strengthen our desire to expand beyond northern West Virginia. Now we can serve customers in all of West Virginia and Eastern Ohio - along with Citynet. This is a perfect compliment to Citynet and will greatly improve our mutual support of our customers" according to Craig. Veritech Consulting Group specializes in providing state-of-the-art network monitoring and a complete suite of managed services products for today’s business owner. Their main focus is IT and Network Consulting. Veritech Consulting Group strives to be a total solution provider for information technology. Their services include: Computer Hardware and Software Sales, Computer Repair and Maintenance, LAN/WAN Design and Implementation, Network Security, Remote Access and IP Telephony. Veritech Consulting Group is SBA HUBZone Certified.

The acquisition of Veritech Consulting will accelerate Citynet to a new level of customer support and allow us to fulfill our long stated mission of being THE niche communications company in the markets that we serve and will allow us to continue to expand our customer products and services throughout West Virginia.

"Together, the new Citynet will also be able to support all Cisco products and services in a more efficient manner. Citynet has long standing and advanced Cisco Certifications and is ranked as a Cisco Premier Partner. Products supported include Cisco’s VoIP (Advanced Unified Communications specialization), products and services, and network security (including Cisco Self-Defending Network®). Citynet can provide a much broader base of services to the small business as well our large enterprise clients from the desktop to the types of circuits they need", said Luther Toney, CTO of Citynet’s Retail Division.

Toney further says, "Also, with security on everyone’s mind we can provide a complete array of services to not only provide security for their LAN and WAN, but we can also provide the many flavors of phone service (tradition Key system, PBX to a VoIP enabled PBX, Digital Phone service or a hosted VoIP PBX). Citynet can now offer the type of service that best meets the client’s needs, including aggressive financing options for our customers interested in Cisco products and services."

Business of the Year

Each year, various Chambers of Commerce organizations hold their annual dinner for their membership. All Chambers have award presentations at their respective dinners and present awards that represent the very best that their community offers. Many include awards highlighting specific achievements by businesses, individuals, volunteers and those that help their community.

Last Thursday evening, The Harrison County Chamber of Commerce held its annual dinner and presented awards to various recipients. Citynet was named Business of Year! President and CEO, Jim Martin, received the award from Chamber of Commerce - Chairman of the Board, Clayton Rice and Congresswoman Shelly Moore Capito.

Previous Business of the Year recipients:

• 2007      Citynet
• 2006      Petroleum Development Corp
• 2005      Dominion
• 2004      Thrasher Engineering
• 2003      Valley Supply Company
• 2002      Toothman Rice
• 2000      Bombardier
• 1999      Steptoe & Johnson
• 1998      United Hospital Center
• 1997      Clarksburg Publishing
• 1996      Hartland Planing Mill
• 1995      Hope Gas

"To be recognized alongside such fine Harrison County institutions is an accomplishment all Citynet employees should be proud of. I would like to offer my thanks and admiration to Jim Martin and those who have been with Citynet since day one, including Jonathan Ayoob, Jerry Barber, Chad Clayton, Wayne Dick, Bruce Hardesty, Kenny Heck, Greg Kramer, Spider Morgan, Steve Peters, Josh Pickens, Drew Pomeroy, Deneen Rogers, Melissa Sleeth, Tim Spradling, Luther Toney, Ray Toney, and Rick Weaver". - Frank Boscarillo, COO, Citynet Retail Division.

"It’s a testament to the hard work and dedication by the Citynet employees and their commitment to making the Citynet the best it can be. It is a honor and privilege to be working alongside so many dedicated people. This is something we all can be proud of "- Luther Toney, CTO, Citynet Retail Division.

"Awards are always nice to receive, but when you receive an award voted on by your peers they are extra special. I would like to personally thank my many colleagues and friends that voted us one of the most thought of businesses in Harrison County." - Drew Pomeroy, SVP, Citynet Retail Division.

The Harrison County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner was the largest in the chamber's history with more that 330 members in attendance.

Summer Blues (2)

Last June, we featured an article that received a lot of comments from our readers on our story regarding children's safety while surfing on the internet. It begs repeating with some new information included:

Summer blues? Well not for the school kids, but parents have a different set of problems when the kids are home from school for the summer. It is difficult to supervise a child’s usage of the internet when everyone is at home, but more and more frequently, both parents are in the work force now; making the internet a large concern to many.

To help overcome this situation, Citynet strongly advises parents to educate themselves and your children about the very real dangers lurking on the internet. We’ve all read about child stalkers and smut peddlers. Everyone with young children at home needs to have some form of internet site blocking! Also, there are some excellent websites dealing with child internet safety. SafeKids.com is an excellent source for information. You can find them at: http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm Also, here’s a great site funded by a U.S. Department of Justice grant to keep children safe while using the internet. http://www.isafe.org/

What many do not realize is that information sharing is equally dangerous. Children do not understand that they should limit the amount of information that is available about them on the internet. It’s nice to share pictures, birthday’s, and other harmless information with real friends and family, but parents need to take heed to avoid this information from being posted on general chat rooms or meet and greet sites. This can lead to problems for the entire family.

With summer here, we at Citynet wish everyone a very happy and safe summer. Just as a parent would protect their children with sun block…you have to protect them online, too.

Our People

This month we are profiling two more superb employees of Citynet. The first is a well deserved promotion in our Development Department and the second is a new member of our accounting team.

Matthew Thornton was recently promoted to Vice President – Systems and Development. In his announcement of Matthew's promotion, Retail Division COO, Frank Boscarillo said "Matthew will continue to lead the development of Citynet’s best-in-class Back Office Systems, including the Intranet, iTraxx billing system, Customer Account Manager, Subscriber and Inter-carrier Compensation Billing, and our VoIP Administration".

Matthew is a graduate of Marshall University with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in Management and Management Information Systems (MIS). Following graduation, Matthew worked for a consulting firm in Charlotte, NC, and then in Columbus, OH, before joining the Citynet team in 2002." Matthew is based in Bridgeport, WV.
matthew.thornton@citynet.net

Brian Pancoast - Senior Accountant.
Brian is a native of Morgantown, West Virginia with a degree in accounting from West Virginia University. He has had a distinguished career in the accounting field since graduation with work experience at Gensis Elder Care, Capin Crouse, LLC, and later as Senior Internal Auditor/IT Auditor at First Indiana Bank.

Brian’s desire to return to the Mountain State attracted him to join Citynet as Senior Accountant. Brian is married with two children and is based in Morgantown, WV.
brian.pancoast@citynet.net



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