Archive for October, 2008
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
One of the things I hear most often from my resident PMP is lectures on how we can't manage expectations if we don't set them. Too much truth in that for MSPs to be covered in the time I have left to blog today but I do want to point ...
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
I often start emails introducing various community peers to each other with the same type of title as this blog. This morning I read Steve Ballmer's Executive Email (below) and while the word Google doesn't appear once in the entire message you can actually print out the email, hold it ...
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
All you folks that spent $2k on a laptop just so you can run Vista faster in Parallels can now get codeweavers' CrossOver for free today and today only. While the demand for this offer has brought down codeweavers main site, you can still download the software and get a ...
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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 »
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
I'll have to admit, for somebody that has never been to a race before, it was an amazing experience going to the Bank of America 500 this past Saturday. Of course, I don't think everyone has quite the same experience that my customers and I did thanks to Microsoft's LET ...
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
Thank you Satish for announcing what I was not allowed to discuss
Windows Essential Business Server 2008 exam (70-654) available October 9th
Windows Small Business Server 2008 exam (70-653) available November 7th
Come on folks, get ready for these! I would suggest you start by reading the TechNet Library and either deploying SBS ...
Posted in SBS, MS Partners | 5 Comments »
Friday, October 10th, 2008
The only man to be able to truly understand and explain Microsoft licensing methods and nuances to the masses in an manner that even I can understand is making a move to the big stage. He is going from working with US Partners to working with perhaps the hardest ...
Posted in Microsoft, MS Partners, SBS Community | 1 Comment »
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
So for those of you were in fret about Microsoft's change to a call back support model let's hope misery truly loves company because rumor has it that this will be the support method for all Microsoft platforms. While many have raised valid concerns over the plans for to have ...
Posted in SBS, Microsoft, Managed Services | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 Free Download released today and it's time we all got on board this train. Especially since it's now affordable for everyone.
In case you can't make the presentation Dave Sobel I will be be doing in Seattle this weekend there is always Microsoft's new Virtualization - Learning ...
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