Monthly Archives: May 2006

Social Networks attract half of the web users

IT Culture
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Untitled document Found this interesting stat over on digg about how social networks are attracting nearly a half of all the web users. Not a big surprise, I tend to find out most of what I need to know from … Continue reading

Meet Bob, Licensing consultant

Legal
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Untitled document Recently I asked our local IT Pro group about Microsoft sales folks getting more and more desperate. I can't blame them, with their options wasting away through product delays they have to move more product. I brought this … Continue reading

When Stupid Persists

Misc
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Untitled document We all have our "moron for a day" events every now and then. Today belonged to me. You see, we recently started allowing customers to pick hostnames for their $99 hosted SBS plans at Own Web Now. We … Continue reading

The Joy of Patching

Security
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Untitled document Sometimes I find myself living in the future while the problems of the present still flood my desk. Case and point, last nights patch cycle. I have a lot of servers I'm responsible for pretty much everywhere from … Continue reading

Microsoft Patchday: Exchange Troubles

Exchange, Security
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Untitled document Second Tuesday of the month and yup, you've got patches to deploy. It's a pretty nasty month in patchville with real products getting exploited instead of the usual IE problems. This month it's Exchange on the chopping block: … Continue reading

Welcome back: Postconference Followup Tips

IT Business
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Untitled document So you just attended a large conference where you met a ton of people that can help you grow your business or connect you to future opportunities. Awesome, but wait.. wait.. wait.. Do not cold call them yet … Continue reading

SMB Nation Day 3: The Wrap

Events
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Untitled document So here I am at JFK getting ready to head home and I wanted to update you on everything that went down at SMB Nation yesterday and a nice look back at the great event that it was. … Continue reading

SMB Nation Day 2: Back to Business

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Untitled document SMB Nation NY wrapped up a few hours ago and today was a return to business related subjects. The value of consulting. The value of SLAs, twice. The value of respecting your time and your business. It's way … Continue reading

SMB Nation Day 1: NYC Schraged

Events
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Untitled document Day two in New York and the SMB Nation East conference finally started. As I wrote earlier today, I don't want to give you the wrong impression that SMB Nation is all about drinking and partying because it … Continue reading

SMB Nation Day 0: SBSers and Free Alcohol

Events
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Untitled document SMB Nation East  pre-conference kicked off today with much fanfare and even more alcohol. We're all currently in the Hyatt directly opposite Computer Associates in New York (Islandia). I was lucky enough to catch a ride with Levent … Continue reading