Archive for May, 2008

This is a test blog…

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

This is a test blog posting about Jott, a cool new program. Roger from San Diego showed me that allowed me to transcribed voice mail to text or email to blog postings. I created my account at www.Jott.com and was able to add a word plus plug in immediately ...

Who Says Animation is Yesterday?

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Stumbled across this animated GIF on MSPmentor today and thought it was worth sharing.  While I'm not a believe in the Untangle solution yet, they get props from me for some creative advertising.  Sorry SonicWall but until you make up your mind as to which market you want to serve ...

SBS Client Backup Removed from Planned RTM Build

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Just announced by Microsoft’s Chris Almida at SBS Migration’s IT Pro 2008 Conference in New Orleans is that the little known but highly speculated client backup feature will not be included in the RTM build of SBS 2008.  While we have seen the magic of the Windows Home Server client backup, we will ...

MSAM on facebook

Friday, May 9th, 2008

The amazing MSAM folks have established a facebook page to provide us yet another modern medium for interaction with one of Microsoft's most socially proficient alpha geeks team.   Check out the latest MSAM videos, events and publications web 2.0 style.  (facebook account required)Thanks for keeping it modern Indy and team! ...

15 Microsoft Myths Get Debunked

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Kudo's to Kevin McLaughlin for consolidating 15 potentially full articles into one fun escapade of short stories with ChannelWeb’s ‘Debunking 15 Microsoft Myths’.  Vista sucks, too late to Virtualization and Home Server data loss issues are just a few of the myths he tackles.  Enjoy!

SBSC Discount for Worldwide Partner Conference

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

While the WPC is not cheap, the experience is something worth to money for those that can justify it - and now MS has shaved $400 off the price for SBSC Partners.  Check out Charles Blog on this for more details about the event and the offer.  I went last year ...

Xobni Now Open to Public

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Email from Xobni, the software add-in I mentioned last week: Dear Xobni Beta User, Today is an exciting day for Xobni. After seven months of invite-only beta, we're proud to announce that Xobni is now publicly available for anyone to download. Your feedback has been essential in helping us improve the performance ...

Canadian SBSC Website

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

For our SBSC friends to the North, you now have a new community resource with checking out.    This site is for Canadian Small Business IT Professionals that are looking for material that impacts them.  There is also good info for worldwide partners.  Thanks Stuart!

Congrats to Katie and Vlad!

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

My most sincere and heartfelt congratulations go out to the Mazeks for the birth of their new son.  Can't wait to read Vladville tomorrow as the fun has only begun: "I am a father now. It feels somewhere between crying, vomiting and fainting. I am not sure which or in which ...