Monthly Archives: December 2006

Microsoft Small Business Specialist Community Quarterly Webcast

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What she said. Do yourself a favor and register for the SBSC Quarterly webcast right now. It’s tomorrow at noon and the last one we sat in on was more valuable than most conference sessions targeted at SMB last year. … Continue reading

Finding Network Connections in Vista

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One of the most shameful things you can do in IT (short of locking your boss in a data center cage) is having someone show you a really simple solution to your collosal problem… especially if you’ve spent days doing … Continue reading

Shuttle Discovery takes off

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Shuttle Discovery took off roughly an hour ago. This was a spectacular event for two reasons: it is the first time I saw a night shuttle launch live and it is the first time a human being has ever seen a … Continue reading

Exchange 2007 Signed Off

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Exchange 2007 has been signed off on. This means almost everyone has agreed that the product is ready to ship, the pricing is known, etc, etc, etc. This has been quite a journey. Unfortunately, I am still under an NDA … Continue reading

Is Google Still Around?

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I think its a fair question to ponder: is Google still around? Last year around this time Google was really in the eye of many techies wishful for a free, on-demand collaborative suite that was readilly available. Google was rolling, … Continue reading

Got Slots? Vista driving motherboard feature set

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Like it or not we are entering the age of Vista and with it comes the inevidable 64bit age. I’ve discussed this in some detail perviously but nearly every processor you can get on the market is 64bit. The only … Continue reading

Microsoft Small Business Value Program

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I mentioned the Jimmy Joe Bob launch that CompUSA had. The following is the flyer they had on the promotion that I figured might be helpful to some of you trying to position the marketing materials for the coming year … Continue reading

Adding Software Assurance to Gifts

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‘Tis the season for giving and donating and one thing every Microsoft Partner is sure to have on hands is a bulk of software that they are not going to be using. I have a few copies of SBS, Small … Continue reading

CompUSA “launches” Vista for Business

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Last month Microsoft and CompUSA announced a joint effort to launch Vista under Volume Licensing. A misleading headline “CompUSA to Offer Early Sales of Vista” drew a lot of heat from VARs and consultants that went into the traditional anticompetitive manpile … Continue reading

Overheating for Dummies

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Untitled document You can consider this a public service announcement or at the very least an attempt to introduce you to the wonderful world of thermal compounds. I am writing this because I had a talk with my wife earlier … Continue reading