Yearly Archives: 2009

Don’t F with consultants man

Posted: 10:49 am
January 30, 2009
IT Culture, Security
on Don’t F with consultants man

There are many people you can screw over in your company and never really notice it. There are even roles with the responsibility of minimizing the impact angry workers can make. Security personnel, data center guards, lawyers, inhumane resources.. But … Continue reading →

Windows 7 Upgrade Path |

Posted: 2:15 pm
January 29, 2009
Microsoft
2 Comments

Earlier today a fellow blogger from BusinessWeek (awesome magazine btw) cleared up a non-event for us in the IT world that might surprise some that are stuck in their OS comfort zone with XP. Namely: If you want Windows 7, … Continue reading →

New ExchangeDefender engine goes all in

Posted: 10:49 pm
January 28, 2009
ExchangeDefender
on New ExchangeDefender engine goes all in

With the first 72 hours running against delinquent accounts, the new routing engine performed remarkably well. In about an hour we’ll do a wide deployment across the entire network. It will take approximately 3 hours for the upgrades to be … Continue reading →

Gmail, offline?

Posted: 9:19 am
January 28, 2009
Google
2 Comments

Ok, so it is a sneaky subject 😉 But it’s true. In a positive sense too: You can now use Google Gears for full Gmail offline experience. While you are online, all your content is in sync. When you go … Continue reading →

A New Low

Posted: 10:00 pm
January 27, 2009
Beta
on A New Low

There are times at which I amaze myself at the dumbass things I do with my skills. Earlier today I completed a contract and service configuration process driven purely by JavaScript. There is even an entire layered page constructed entirely … Continue reading →

Depression Momentum

Posted: 1:05 am
January 27, 2009
Uncategorized
2 Comments

I promised to myself that I will keep the basic economics posts to a minimum this year so let this one stand for January, in hopes that it can help you understand what is going on. Much of business is … Continue reading →

New ExchangeDefender Router Code

Posted: 10:50 pm
January 25, 2009
ExchangeDefender
2 Comments

I guess we will never learn if the support team could kick developer teams ass. Earlier today we rolled out the new ExchangeDefender code to a select* group of users. This new software is intended to adjust connection timeouts during … Continue reading →

Moving on up to Microsoft

Posted: 4:54 pm
January 25, 2009
Microsoft
3 Comments

No, not really. I doubt they would ever be willing to pay what it would take for me to work there. But it is Sunday, day for giving, so here is my opinion on what Microsoft should do. First, let’s … Continue reading →

Have you changed the world yet?

Posted: 3:47 am
January 25, 2009
Vladville
on Have you changed the world yet?

It’s January 25th, 2009. Remember that big New Years Resolution you made to improve your business? How’s that coming along? Are you at least 10% there? Are you 90% towards meeting your objectives for January? . . . Big goals … Continue reading →

Support Quote of the Day

Posted: 4:53 pm
January 23, 2009
Awesome
on Support Quote of the Day

Welcome to F**k Me Friday. Internal support ticket: Vlad, I attached a spare power supply to your server and noticed after I attempted to power it on smoke rising from one of the components on the motherboard. I quickly disconnected … Continue reading →