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We’re proud to be a Gold Sponsor for Red Carpet of South Georgia! 🏅

Thank you to CCB Tech Group for being a Gold Sponsor for the Red Carpet of South Georgia in 2023! This support helps fund events and opportunities for Moody Air Force Base military personnel.
Learn more about becoming a sponsor at https://www.redcarpetofsga.org/sponsorship

Speaking of luck, we feel lucky to have committed team members with us on our journey. Chris Wall just celebrated his 17th year with CCB and shines in his role as a Senior Technical Engineer! 🍀

We pride ourselves on being active members and participants in our city, county, and region. Supporting small businesses each week as the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce's Leading Business of the Week sponsor (for the second year!) is one of our favorite ways to connect with our community. Congrats again to Ella's Top Corral!

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Home of the free. Happy Fourth of July from CCB Tech Group!

Today is ! Did you know we have been installing and monitoring camera systems for over 10 years? Security cameras and video surveillance are very beneficial for businesses. They help deter theft and crime, allow you to monitor activity, help reduce insurance costs, and create a safer workplace for employees. By keeping a constant eye on your business, you can help secure and protect your employees and business.

We offer server-based systems when expansion and growth are a requirement and network video recorder appliances for smaller implementations with systems for every budget. Give us a call today at 229-259-0104 to schedule a security camera installation consult.

WE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

Many of our customers have never visited our offices on Inner Perimeter Road. We purchased and moved to our current building in 2009, and it is hard to believe it has been 11 years. After we moved in, we renovated the front part of the warehouse to create workspaces for our technical staff. SC Barker Construction (a long-term customer) did the work for us, and it has served us well. Fast forward, and the space was showing its age, and so we turned to Barker Construction again for a renovation and to make the space more efficient for repair and support work. They did the design work and assisted us with the layout and are now overseeing the actual demolition and construction.

We cannot wait to show you some more of the progress, and of course, the before and after pictures!

Happy Father's Day from CCB Tech Group!

For the second installment of the “Meet Our Team” series, we want to introduce you to Chris Wall. Chris just recently celebrated his 14th year with CCB! He is our Senior Systems Engineer. Chris works closely with customer deployments utilizing Microsoft Server products and advanced firewall and unified threat management systems from Sonicwall and Calyptix.

Chris loves spending time with his family, watching his son play baseball, monitoring the stock market, and watching sports. We are so thankful for Chris’ hard work and dedication to CCB!

Welcome to the first installment of the “Meet Our Team” series! Today, we want to introduce you to Freddy Blalock. Many of you already know Freddy and have spoken with him many times over the years. Prior to his current role, Freddy was the first voice on the phone for our Help Desk for many years.

Freddy has been with CCB for almost eight years and has had multiple roles over the years. He is currently serving as our Support Systems Manager and is responsible for managing support tickets and our service engineers. Freddy is the “go-to” person for email and hosted Exchange issues and has a vast knowledge of Microsoft 365 setup and technical support.

When he is not solving IT problems, he can be found watching the Atlanta Braves or Florida State Seminoles, playing golf, or grilling out. Freddy is an asset to our team, and we are grateful to have him!

Today is ! CCB is proud to say we have recycled thousands of pounds of old business electronic equipment over the years. Recycling your old computers keeps toxic waste out of landfills, and it provides numerous benefits to the environment as well as our community. When one chooses to recycle rather than throw out their old computer, they help to limit the number of resources that it requires to produce new electronic items.

Have an old business computer you would like to recycle? Just stop by our office and we will be happy to take care of it for you. *If HIPPA Certification of Destruction is required, a fee may apply.

Super proud of our involvement in Red Carpet of South Georgia and always excited about serving Moody AFB personnel. - Lee at Ocean Pond Fishing Club.

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Congratulations! “It’s a big deal to be a five-star chamber. Thank you very much to the staff. They work so very hard to get to that,” said Lee McArthur, chairman of the chamber.

What a great night at the Valdosta-Lowndes Chamber of Commerce 2019 Annual Awards & Dinner. So thankful to be nominated for the 2019 Members' Choice Award and congratulations to the winners. Congratulations also to the winner of the A.L. Girardin Award for 2019. Lee McArthur was a recipient of this prestigious honor in 2015 and it is great to have an alumni of that honor on our team. Speaking of honors, we are also super proud that Lee McArthur will be taking the reigns as the 2019 Chamber Chairman of the Board. It is an honor to be able to make a contribution to such an important organization. (Sorry about image quality!)

Congratulations to Advanced Dental Care on their new location on Greystone Way! CCB Tech Group was proud to be selected as the data and telephone vendor for their new location being served by Dr. Hardy Gray. We are excited to help them grow and look forward to serving them and their patients.

We are having a retirement party this year! Saying goodbye to Windows 7 and Server '08 will be hard, but they have served their purpose and it is time to move on. See more info here:https://www.ccbtg.com/supportend

Security and protections against intrustion and digital theft have become one of the main focuses of technology providers. Being able to assess your risk and taking appropriate precautions and counter-measures before and after are critical. An ounce of prevention is still worth a pound of cure so having great anti-virus and anti-malware agents in use is a great start. A firewall with an active subscription that is continously updated, an email vendor that filters spam and virus messages, staff training on best practices, and DNS filtering of your internet to prevent website spoofing and misdirection. Whew! Yes, it is harder than it has even been, but the steps are worth it. We can help. Call today 229-259-0104.

We were super proud and honored to have been selected as the prime data vendor (server, workstations, digital radiology, and network infrastructure) for the new practice opening for Carly Thomas, DDS and her staff here in Valdosta on North Valdosta Road. Dr. Thomas is a gifted and compassionate pediatric dentist and Valdosta and Lowndes County residents are thrilled to have her in practice once again. Congratulations Dr. Thomas on your office opening and we wish you much success!

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No Free Lunches In Software: Understanding Open Source Code Use In Your Business The benefits of open source code can be so alluring that businesses can forget about the risks involved with using public, unvetted chunks of software throughout their applications.

Thankful that we can contribute to the Chamber in so many ways, but especially thankful for Lee contributing his time and leadership to make our Chamber the best it can be!

Congratulations to Dr. Griner and his staff on the successful relocation of his medical practice to their new facility. What a beautiful, modern and efficient building! CCB was honored to be chosen as the data and telecom vendor on this project.

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Letters to Santa are just not what they used to be . . .

Happy Thanksgiving! Take the time to really enjoy what matters this Thanksgiving. Invest in and think about those who are hungry or need a friend. We love to work and never back away from a challenge, but there is a time to focus on your family and show gratitude for all of God's blessings in our lives.

Proud to be a member of Valdosta Chamber, but even prouder to be an active member. We are thankful to have Lee MacArthur on several committees and helping to make a difference in our city and county.

1956: 5 MB IBM hard drive. The pace of technology can make anyone a little dizzy, but sure glad they made these rascals a little smaller since we have to install one almost every day of the year. Have a great weekend!

"Who" not "what"

https://leadershipfreak.blog/2013/06/30/who-not-what/

We spend a lot of time on "soft skills" at CCB. Yes, we are technically inclined and we thoroughly understand technology, computers and the cloud. We remind our team daily that it is in listening, not talking, that we really learn to understand what each customer is trying to achieve. This concept is at the core of why we started CCB and did not just "go to work" somewhere else. This "secret sauce" was missing from technology consulting and we saw it as our competitive advantage. When you need help with a thorny tech problem, think "who" you will rely on and how good they are at communication, not just "what" they will do.

Who Not What Stop teaching leaders what to do. Teach them who to be. Four steps toward character based leadership First, determine who you want to be as an organization. Forget about what you do. That comes lat…