Yearly Archives: 2005

The first official day of the SMB Nation is almost over and I’m skipping out on the drinking party to give all you lazy bums an update on what went down (okay, thats mostly a joke, I realize a lot … Continue reading →

So I woke up bright and early this morning (around 10am east coast time) to a few hndred messages, one from Brian: I have to tell you I’m bummed you’re not posting from Seattle. You’re messing with my morning routine; … Continue reading →

This should be a relatively slow week coming up considering most of us will be attending the SMB Nation conference in Redmond, WA. I’ll make it a point to bring a ton of “stuff” back for the group and we … Continue reading →

One of my buddies, and a close friend of our Orlando IT Pro group, always opened his seminars with a story about how one of his friends never bothered upgrading his Office 97 because it was “just good enough”. His … Continue reading →

It was nice to see a handful of our members made the trek to Tampa last Wednesday to see what’s new with the SQL Server 2005. Thank you for stopping by and saying hello and I hope you had the … Continue reading →

Douglas Crumpler, member of our South Florida sister group, has been working with the Florida EOC and FEMA to render assistance to the IT Professionals affected by the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Katrina. Doug has sent out invitations to IT … Continue reading →

We’ll be at the Windows IT PRO (SQL Server Magazine) SQL 2005 roadshow in Tampa today. I know a lot of our members will be out there so take a minute and stop by. Culminis was kind enough to provide … Continue reading →

There are many (many, many, many) rumors that the Vista Beta2 will be feature-complete in a few weeks and Microsoft has already put the Beta 1 in front of enough eyes to get some feedback. If you weren’t part of … Continue reading →

In a true “as seen on TV” move, Microsoft has purchased Teleo, the startup provider of VoIP services common in nearly every VoIP provider, IM and even cable package. I know I’m not alone in asking this but have you … Continue reading →

Windows Server R2 RC0 has been released. Talk about a cryptic title! The R2 is an upgrade to Windows Server 2003 SP1 that adds a ton of enterprise features (thus the “rev 2” title) and the first CTP has been … Continue reading →