http://sbsc.techcareteam.com Perspectives and echoes of the latest news in the SBSC and MSP channels. Take it for what it's worth - marginally accurate second hand opinions. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:15:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If I'm reading Andy's blog correctly, Uncle Bill has decided they know what service provider (formally know as Partner) is best for the customers we have brought them.  I could write a very long blog on this but I'm sure Vlad will cover it for us (hopefully not with imagery) ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/314 I rarely get political on my blog but it is a blog after all and not written to appease the readers but more for me so...  I've seen many changes in the past year resulting from the combination of economic uncertainty and election year politics that have left me speachless.  I'm ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/313 Shopping malls are empty, businesses are stretching out IT projects and many small business are feeling the pinch of the economic conditions in today’s world.  Is the press adding fuel to the economic bonfire?  How is your business planning to ride out the economic storm?  Many IT Professionals are very ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/312 In a Press Release this morning from LPI they announced full support and compatibility with regards to Managed Workplace's ability to provide remote monitoring and management (RMM) of Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 and soon full RMM for EBS 2008.  As far as I'm aware N-Able and Kaseya have nothing ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/311 Don't miss this! Let’s Get Down to BUSINESS… Partner Mixer Better Connections…  Better Business…  Better Together! Getting in front of the right customers to share your solutions for Small and Medium sized business problems is important for taking your business where you want to go!  Especially in these challenging economic times, customers NEED ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/310 Since many of my readers are MS Partners that either use or should be using the BTAT I thought I would relay the following in case your filters caught the original message. Important information: As of Thursday, November 6th, 2008 the new version of BTAT will not update from your current ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/309 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 ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/308 This just came in my inbox from my TPAM so I'm sharing it with you. Free Exam The Back to School campaign is designed to help you enhance the skills and capabilities of your team, while giving you the assets you need to meet Microsoft Partner Program requirements. Engage with one of ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/307 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 ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/306 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 ... http://sbsc.techcareteam.com/archives/305