Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

The Future of WAPs

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

As many of you know I attend a fair amount of conferences and am privileged to see the latest and greatest in products, technologies and service offerings.  One that I saw recently that really "got my geek on" was by Bandspeed.  If you want to see how good it can ...

SMB Nation 2008 Fall Conference News

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

This just in on the wire (OK, it's not a wire but it sounds cool!) PRESS RELEASE SMB Nation 2008 Fall Conference to Hold Launch Party: Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008. MarketPlace Expo SOLD OUT! Seattle, WA – August 22, 2008 - Boasting a completely sold out tradeshow hall ...

Online Windows Small Business Server 2008 Training Webcasts

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Online Windows Small Business Server 2008 Training Webcasts Some great, free SBS2008 webcasts coming soon, a series of 8! WES02PAL:  Windows SBS 2008 Core Technical Training, Part 1 of 8: Introduction Presented by David Fabritius, Nicholas King and Michael Toot Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:00-11:00am Pacific Time (US & Canada) (GMT-07:00) PLC Registration Link Live Meeting ...

Autotask on a Mac?

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

I can assure you that multi-browser compatibility has been the hottest topic on the Autotask User CommunITy feature request forum.  Leave it to the brainyacks at Calyptix Security to find a possible solution using a third party software that allows you to run IE on a Mac or Linux.  While ...

SBS 2008 Partner Group Tour Registration Now Open

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

  The creators of Small Business Server 2008 are coming to a city near you! The engineering team that built Small Business Server 2008 is traveling to 15 cities across the United States, showcasing the new technology in the latest version of the award-winning product. Hear first-hand from the creators and ask those ...

Virtualization For the Masses

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

That seems to be VMware's message today in an announcement that their ESXi will be FREE starting next week.  ESXi is a hypervisor similar to ESX and Hyper-V except that it has a very small footprint and runs as an embedded hypervisor.  This seems to be a direct response to ...

Get Your Mesh On!

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

US residents with a Live ID can now see what all the buzz is about by creating their own Live Mesh account.  It will only take a few minutes and explain more to you about Mesh than a hundred blogs. 

My Migration to Hyper-V - Who stole my mouse?

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

So I spent the better part of 11 hours last night migrating my production SBS virtual machine from VMware Server on Server 2003 to Hyper-V.  Why?  Because I can of course!  Actually I've heard much about the Hyper-V performance gains (as I would with ESX) but needed to experience ...

Dell’s Dilemma is our Dilemma Too

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

After attending a boardroom meeting with several newly acquired Dell Direct Reseller employees at the Gartner IT Channel  Vision event I walked away with more questions than answers.   I understand the priority for Dell is shareholders first, customers second and partners third.  Clearly there is mixed opinion among us in ...

Virtualization in SMB

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

While participating in Dave Sobel's SMB Community Comment request endeavor is optional, understanding virtualization is NOT.  If you plan to survive you need to stay current in technology and virtualization is not just another fad, it's the both now and the future.  Check out Dave's blog posting for just a ...