Monthly Archives: September 2008

SBS 2008 PSS Training

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So I’m up here in Redmond with a bunch of SBS MVPs taking part in the SBS training. Apparently this is the PSS deep dive, the type of training the Microsoft PSS reps get on the product. So technically, at … Continue reading

Understanding Panic

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You know we are in trouble when even Bush can’t dumb it down just how messed up the financial systems are. When I explain to people the business of banking I get a range of epiphanies from “oh, so this … Continue reading

The Cost of Free

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Let’s face it, times are hard. Depending on where you are geographically, times are really hard to depressing. We’re doing incredibly well (September on course to be the biggest month on record ever) but we saw this thing coming and … Continue reading

Cloud Computing is like women’s fashion

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Or so says Larry Ellison. (here is a shorter summary): “The interesting thing about cloud computing is that we’ve redefined cloud computing to include everything that we already do. I can’t think of anything that isn’t cloud computing with all … Continue reading

It is illegal to be homeless

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Took the (out of town) team out to lunch today and they really enjoyed this lovely sign, on behalf of Orlando, the city beautiful: Don’t be homeless. If you are homeless, remain in state of perpetual motion or sleep on … Continue reading

Move over Eric: Slimy Vendor Showcase

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Aaron Booker from Hardlines caught up with me at the recent Connectwise Summit. I’ve blogged about VarVid video blog that Aaron and Pat Dolan put together to give you the street-vibe around WPC. Now it was my turn, but first … Continue reading

Coping With Failure

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It’s been a tough few weeks at OWN as I think we have become the “it girl” at the same time as the new product releases and upgrades are hitting the market. Although we are turning the corner and things … Continue reading

Do they know that we know that they know that we can’t find the server they are looking at us from?

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At times it’s not the big complex problems that make you rip your hair out, it’s the tiny little mistakes which compounded by complexity create a catastrophic failure on a magnificent scale and make you feel no better than a … Continue reading

Blogache

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Some of you have an unhealthy addiction to Vladville 🙂 I’ll leave it at that.I have been suffering from a severe case of Blogache, my head is stuffed with stuff I want to talk about, my sinuses are filled with … Continue reading

We’ve been featured at Dilbert.com

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Ok, I guess it’s time to quit this biz. When you’ve made it into Dilbert you’re pretty much done Oh dear lord….