Monthly Archives: September 2009

Great week for Autotask!

Posted: 9:22 am
September 30, 2009
Friends
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It’s a good week to be an Autotask User! Tomorrow at noon eastern the ExchangeDefender team officially kicks off the Autotask integration showcase, starting with the Autotask webcast event.. Click here to register Thursday, October 1, 2009: 12:00 pm Autotask … Continue reading →

Shockey Philosophy

Posted: 5:24 am
September 25, 2009
IT Culture
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Recently I was chatting with someone on Facebook about the whole concept behind naming and the cynical way we deal with failure in the workplace. This all started with Dave Sobel from Evolve who once said this to his burning … Continue reading →

Let’s do it tomorrow…

Posted: 12:23 am
September 22, 2009
IT Business
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I read a lot of self help books. Not because I really need help, mostly because deep down inside I’m pretty sure I’m an idiot. Just not quite sure about the extent of it. So it’s nice to have it … Continue reading →

A few things…

Posted: 11:59 pm
September 17, 2009
Vladville
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I spoke to a partner today; he was concerned about my health: Is the blog dead? First, there are far more ways you can get your daily dose of Vlad these days and it’s not all limited to the blog … Continue reading →

The Karl Principle

Posted: 2:24 pm
September 16, 2009
IT Business
1 Comment

As my buddy Alex Rogers from Chartec would say, you’ll need to turn down your sensitivity meter. “You shouldn’t do business with assholes. You are in business to make money, not take abuse.” Sign of business maturity is when you … Continue reading →

Patience, Patience…

Posted: 5:27 pm
September 11, 2009
IT Business
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My last few points have raised a lot of interest. In the past week I’ve received more mail and direct contacts than I’ve received in all of 2009. At first I thought someone had broken my captcha and just slammed … Continue reading →

Before the Mushroom Cloud

Posted: 10:37 pm
September 8, 2009
IT Business
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Welcome to Vladville. This is typically when I’d get on a long-winded, insult-laced, grammatically-abusive explanation of something very obvious and basic. Really, common sense that is apparent to anyone that took more than 5 minutes to think about things. But … Continue reading →

Cry Me A River…

Posted: 3:15 pm
September 2, 2009
IT Business
2 Comments

And now… Mr. Justin Timberlake sings to the MSP industry: About a year and a half ago my company took an amazing risk to go into the cloud services head first. We took a ton of partners with us. Scary … Continue reading →

On the road again… with Karl

Posted: 12:05 pm
September 2, 2009
Pimpin
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Ok, so first… if it’s before 1 PM EST on Wednesday, go here. Now! Free stuff!!!! If it’s past 1PM you’ve missed it but Karl does a good job of archiving a posting these free podcasts on his web site. … Continue reading →

Which MSP’s are most successful in this economy?

Posted: 2:21 pm
September 1, 2009
IT Business
2 Comments

I have to hand it to this guy, I never thought to use my employees identities to secure business loans: WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A prominent Westchester County businessman has admitted that he stole his employees’ identities to secure … Continue reading →