Yearly Archives: 2009

The SPAM Show

SBS Show
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In the long, long ago, Chris Rue (happy birthday!), Susanne Dansey and myself put on the SBS Show: dedicated to the world of small business technology and technology consulting. The time for the SBS Show had come and gone, with … Continue reading

Happy 4th of July

SBS Show
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Hope you had a wonderful holiday. Earlier tonight I stood in the front yard of my new home and watched the fireworks over Cinderella’s Castle in Magic Kingdom / Walt Disney World. I don’t mean that euphemistically, like being able … Continue reading

The Difference

OwnWebNow, Vladville
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A few weeks ago a buddy of mine asked an open ended question: What makes you different? In a market where change is constant and companies range from deadbeats to broke to $30 billion a quarter, how are you positioning … Continue reading

ConnectWise swallows up HTG

IT Culture
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Congrats to Arnie and the team for taking over HTG Partner Groups; Yeah, yeah, strategic partnership sounds better in a press release but when you force software and invoices down the entire organization it’s pretty obvious what happened. You can … Continue reading

Blogyear in Review

Vladville
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Last week of the quarter, half and fiscal year for Vlad Media, Inc aka Vladville.com. Time for a look back: Financially, vladville.com (the Google ads) made more money than two average crackheads working the McDonalds drivethrough. I don’t want to … Continue reading

Everything you ever wanted to know about Palm Pre and Exchange, so far

Exchange
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Recently Sprint started offering Palm Pre device, touting a revolutionary new WebOS and integration with social networking. Initially, this device was described by it’s funding partners as an iPhone Killer and has certainly attracted it’s fair amount of attention for … Continue reading

Travel Plans this Quarter

Events
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Here is a quickie overview of where we’ll be in case you want to meet us, hang out with us, get the new ExchangeDefender shirts, etc. Tomorrow/Thursday – ASCII Chicago – Nicole 2nd week of July – Microsoft WPC NOLA … Continue reading

When it’s over (seriously, it’s time to let go)

Gaypile
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Folks have been trying to sucker me into this debate that started yesterday with CRN about “the cloud” and how to find a profitable way to it (I believe the title was “Running behind the train you’ve missed and why … Continue reading

Bittersweet WPC

Microsoft
on Bittersweet WPC

Earlier today the team wrapped up our Microsoft WPC plans and agenda. We will be sponsoring the event that I’ve traditionally made my biggest deals at. Microsoft WPC used to be THE event to meet big decision makers, spec out … Continue reading

1-way PSA “Automation”

Shockey Monkey
on 1-way PSA “Automation”

So earlier yesterday we were going over our launch plans for our PSA integrations and one of the API’s just doesn’t have the same level of functionality to create and manage contracts and companies remotely. And as I mentioned here, … Continue reading