Monthly Archives: August 2007

People Scare Me

Exchange, System Admin, Vladville
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To this day, Vladville receives most traffic to the technical articles I have written in the past (for the most part in the long, long ago past) and I had to curb it because people would stumble upon them and … Continue reading

Read This Blog Post or Die

Vladville
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The title sounds a little rash but some folks do take blogging, and blog consumption, to addictive levels. Some do it to brag (“I read 3,000 blogs and share 23,000 stories”), some do it to show prestige (“I have posted 320 items … Continue reading

Management Skills: When Even Spinal Tap Can’t Help

Vladville
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I never yell in business. Ever. This is often brought up in conversations with a fellow parnter that is often “yelling at the monkeys” and I can just never bring up my voice in disappointment. Why don’t I yell? (It’s … Continue reading

Selling Out

Vladville
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On August 1st, 2007 I officially sold out. I told Susan that if/when such a moment came I would post it on this blog. So, here it is. I officially become evil on August 17th. By the end of the month … Continue reading

ExchangeDefender v3.1 sneak peak

ExchangeDefender
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Ironically enough, this blog gets more traffic than our corporate web site so I’m very happy to share with you another great accomplishment: ExchangeDefender v3.1. Why happy? Because I feel this release pretty much crushes all of our competition in … Continue reading

Idiots guide to vendor relationships: What does a vendor want?

IT Business
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In the dire contrast to the VAR list which looks like a Christmas wishlist written by a 2 year old, the vendor desire list is far shorter and specific though the delivery varies. Vendors want.. To get to the customers … Continue reading

Why you should look at Response Point

Exchange, Microsoft
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So Response Point has had its most significant marketing to date done by Karl Palachuk who couldn’t stop talking about it since he saw it. I was also quite impressed by what I saw at WWPC and I did sign … Continue reading

Idiots guide to vendor relationships: What does a VAR want?

IT Business
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This will be a brief series of posts describing the relationships that vendors and vars have and how they can effectively use their positions to screw one another. I happen to sit on both of these chairs so I’m offering … Continue reading