Yearly Archives: 2013

NYE Resolutions

Posted: 7:32 pm
December 31, 2013
IT Culture
1 Comment

Making resolutions is not as easy as finding friends that will keep you motivated and pointed in the right direction 365 days of the year. Everyone is entitled to wishful thinking – reaching your goal takes a little more. So … Continue reading →

SMB beef with VC

Posted: 3:41 pm
December 22, 2013
IT Business
on SMB beef with VC

My head is spinning from all the amazing conversations I’ve had this week and I wanted to offer a bit of an explanation regarding my animosity towards VC involvement in the SMB space. As I hinted previously I am working … Continue reading →

To thine own self be true

Posted: 9:01 am
December 13, 2013
Rant
on To thine own self be true

It’s not a big surprise to many of my long time readers that I am a huge fan of Shakespeare and British/imperial/colonial history. I owe most of that to the copious (meaning: shitload) amount of reading, theatre, history and other … Continue reading →

“Vlad’s been quiet. Wonder what’s wrong?”

Posted: 2:38 am
December 8, 2013
IT Business
1 Comment

Thanks for your concern, I appreciate it. Pretty misplaced though. Things have been going so well that it’s hard to believe and I’m one of those folks that doesn’t really get much easy in business: so when everything is going … Continue reading →

Misdirected Optimism

Posted: 12:07 pm
November 19, 2013
IT Business
9 Comments

Before I share some seemingly pessimistic and insensitive commentary, that is written in a hope of helping motivate you, let me say that I understand and I relate: I too am pissed off about not getting stuff I don’t deserve. … Continue reading →

Why I got an iPad Mini Retina 4G

Posted: 11:43 am
November 12, 2013
Apple
7 Comments

In the past I’ve written about my many mobility adventures and with the new wave of devices from Microsoft, Google, Apple, Samsung and so on I figured I’d offer an update on what’s in my bag. First of all, I … Continue reading →

It’s the little things that make me thankful for my team

Posted: 11:23 am
November 10, 2013
IT Business
1 Comment

Diet mountain dew and obsessive attention to detail can be a blessing and a wonderful combination. I recall chatting with someone a few years ago about plans and goals on MSN Messenger a few years ago and talking about how … Continue reading →

If you ignore it, it won’t change

Posted: 9:03 am
November 4, 2013
Boss, Rant
3 Comments

Sort of a followup on the last post, sort of a general truth about life and work: Things that bother you don’t change just because you wish or hope or pray or dream. You actually need to do something for … Continue reading →

Impatience, Shortcuts & Quickies

Posted: 10:55 am
October 28, 2013
Boss, Cloud, IT Business
on Impatience, Shortcuts & Quickies

One of the more annoying themes in IT is the lack of understanding that anything valuable and complex takes time. We recently launched a new service at work and I’ve spent the past month on the phone talking to people … Continue reading →

November

Posted: 5:17 am
October 21, 2013
Events, ExchangeDefender
on November

As you may have heard or read here, we recently launched the ExchangeDefender Migration & Support services for our hosted Exchange, Lync and SharePoint 2013 cloud platform. These services line us up with our most successful and fastest growing partners … Continue reading →