Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

Links From SMB Nation

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

The following links take to you to products or solutions that were either talked about or demonstrated at SMB Nation.  They were worth writing down and blogging, so you decide if they are worth clicking.  SMB Nation Files and Videos http://www.autotask.com/go/index.htm MS 5W/50 Training http://www.authanvil.com SBS Community Monthly Chat Session http://www.fortinet.com/products/telesoho.html http://www.asokausa.com http://www.eset.com/partners/index.php http://shop.symantecstore.com/store/symnasmb/en_US/DisplayCategoryProductListSmbPage/ThemeID.106400/categoryID.10832000 http://www.zenithinfotech.com/backupsolutionoverview.asp http://www.cisco.com/go/sbnm/ http://www.microsoft.com/responsepoint/default.mspx

How to Recover a Disaster of a Disaster Recovery Demo

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

I've been told that if you can't dazzle them with your brilliance then baffle them with your your bull$#@!.   While that certainly wasn?t my goal yesterday I quickly found out that it was my talent (I?m sure Susan will show now no mercy in telling you the same).  ...

Live from SBM Nation

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Since too many of my friends and family have to read this blog to keep up with where I'm at in life (yes, sometimes that included my wife) I thought I would check in from SMB Nation here in Redmond (MS Campus). Today is technically Day 1 even though I arrived ...

SBSC Wine and Cheese Party at SMB Nation

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

If you are an SBSC and plan to attend SMB Nation please stop by for wine and cheese immediately following my presentation Saturday (I promise not to run too long).  If you are not an SBSC then shame on you see me and I'll try to sneak you in. ;-) SBSC Wine ...

C stands for Community

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

There has been a lot of chatter about the state of the community lately.  Some positive and some very negative, some constructive, some pointless.  Folks have been talking about the International SBS Group Leaders community, the SBSC community, the MS Community, the SMB Community and the IT Pro community.  So ...

MS Partner Briefings in Greater Southeast

Monday, September 24th, 2007

In case your spam filter caught this.  MS has a lot of products to keep up with.  Don't just know the technology, know the business application and licensing methods too!  Catch up with old friends, meet new potential business partners, and visit with your local Microsoft representatives, including our local executives.   You ...

Zenith Infotech Educational Webinar for MSPs

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

This looks like a good webinar for any of you that are currently running a managed services operation.  I'll be on vacation so somebody please let me know how it goes.  Zenith presents: SMB Managed Services: Benchmarking the Competition Event Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET Speaker: Paul Dippell, ...

Charlotte SBS Group and Gramps Demo WHS

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

If you are in the Southeast and need an excuse to come visit Charlotte well then I have one for you.  Besides the fact we are finally expecting some more autumn like weather, Grey Lancaster in coming to town to demo Windows Home Server to the Charlotte SBS Group.  Seating ...

MS Announces 5W50 SBS Partner Webcast Series

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Need some extra technical or sales training on MS products?  Thanks to Chris Van Wesep and Mike Iem for planning to deliver 5 topics over 50 Webcasts in the next 12 months! This promises to be a great series with 2/3 Technical and 1/3 Business with leading fellow partners doing the ...

SE SMB Event - Home Grown!

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

If you are in the Southeast please consider joining your peers for what promises to be a productive time for those that have to wear many hats in their IT business.  Here are the details of this event in Raleigh. Email from Allen: I Need a Little Help It is no secret that ...