Archive for the ‘Rants’ Category
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
I don't usually vent via my blog but why not, it is a blog after all...
Had a customer that wanted to upgrade from QuickBooks 2007 to 2009 so I sent them to Quickbooks.Intuit.com where they can easily order online. As you all know you get free 30 days of tech ...
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
In reading my morning email from Arlin Sorensen (I'm sure he won't mind me sharing this) I want to share the following quote that really sums up how I feel about the election results. He wrote, "Today we have a new president. No surprise to me who was elected. And ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
In yet another demonstration of where some in the SMB space believe that IT Managed Services can be commoditized, Staples has jumped into the game. Staples publicly announced their new Staples Network Services by Thrive, a three tier offering that includes an assortment of SaaS, remote support desk and onsite ...
Posted in Managing Your Business, Microsoft, Rants, SBSC, Managed Services | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
So in planning an upcoming blog I was fishing for opinions from various community leaders. My favorite response was from Vlad Mazek whom suggested:
Admit defeat and start writing books or throw a conference or peer group?
-Vlad (mobile)
Since I'm not the most creative guy in the world he proceeded to share ...
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Day 3 at SMB Summit and something is seriously missing. The SBS and EBS labs are awesome! The quality and quantity of content is beyond exceptional. I’ve seen 2 solid 10 hour days of SBS and EBS content and opportunity presentations by some of the actual product team leaders. I’ve ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
...if you don't do the right thing for your customers. In reading a dear friend's blog today about being sticky, Andy mentioned repeatedly that the key to success in small business is actually about putting the client's interest first. Check out this wisdom where Andy writes:
Well you don’t become a ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Why does Dell keep going to channel events and embarrassing themselves? Last year they went before the same channel VARS and asked if we trusted them (see Spelled Dell or Duh!).
Karl Palachuk reports live from XCHANGE in SoCal that Dell's basic message (only 6 months after asking if we trust ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Thanks Karl for making the declaration. I'm not sure how something that never existed can be over but I couldn't agree more either way. I may have slept through economics but I do know what my peers and customers are telling me. Between the news and the fear manipulation being ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Got a giggle our of this this morning's CompUSA ad.
I especially liked the "1 Year Limited Warranty" part. Man, I feel sorry for anybody that falls for this one.
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
I'm sorry you may not find this as funny as I did. Maybe it's that I'm back at the office at 9:30 PM on a Friday night pretending I can actually get caught up from all my time out of the office this past month but I found this the ...
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