Yearly Archives: 2013

What is the value of on-premise mail server?

Posted: 1:30 pm
July 22, 2013
Cloud, IT Business
5 Comments

I’d honestly like to know. If you’d like to see why and what we’re doing (disclaimer: this is a vendor event skewed towards ExchangeDefender and what we do)  feel free to join us. In particular, when dealing with small business … Continue reading →

The Demise Of The American Small Business Employee

Posted: 7:52 pm
July 20, 2013
Boss, IT Business
on The Demise Of The American Small Business Employee

It’s been a busy week at ExchangeDefender so I’ve slacked off on Vladville. Gonna make it up right now: Many of you are new to Vladville (readership keeps on growing or the botnet keeps on spreading, not sure which) so … Continue reading →

Windows 8 Tablets: Premature Consumerization

Posted: 2:00 pm
July 17, 2013
Gadgets, Microsoft
on Windows 8 Tablets: Premature Consumerization

People love their iPads. So much so that Apple is selling more tablets than the entire PC industry is “shipping” personal computers. While Microsoft’s attempt at Windows 8 both in software (Metro) and hardware (Surface RT, Pro) is aimed at … Continue reading →

Message to the old SBS guard

Posted: 3:59 pm
July 16, 2013
IT Business, SMB
2 Comments

As Eminem said: It’s over. Let go. Nobody wants to build servers no mo. At least not in the SMB space. Those are facts, like them or not. Unsurprisingly, The League of Extraordinarily Unreasonable IT Gentlemen begs to differ. (you’ll … Continue reading →

Food for Thought

Posted: 1:34 pm
July 10, 2013
IT Business
on Food for Thought

Interesting times in the MSP industry. If you’re paying attention it seems that the MSP industry these days is more about the mismanaged MSP vendors than the MSP companies that make up their rapidly disgruntled client base. I had a … Continue reading →

Biggest Failure, Biggest Success

Posted: 1:05 pm
July 5, 2013
Boss, IT Business
on Biggest Failure, Biggest Success

I was chatting with a friend the other day about the typical regrets, wishes, hopes and so on when it comes to work satisfaction. I kind of approach this from a different angle because I mostly see my value / … Continue reading →

Career in IT? Part 1

Posted: 2:37 pm
July 1, 2013
Boss, IT Business, IT Culture
on Career in IT? Part 1

No, not talking about Microsoft killing the TechNet subscription service – and ultimately signaling the end of life for IT Professionals who aren’t Developers – but the career in technology that involves managing servers, services, switches, hardware, software and so … Continue reading →

Validating MSP Business Model

Posted: 2:03 pm
June 27, 2013
IT Business, IT Culture
on Validating MSP Business Model

Every now and then I write a blog post that just digs me further into the ground. While I generally tend to ignore the negative nastygrams that come as a result of it (perception is perception, if you misread something … Continue reading →

Know why you’re in business

Posted: 10:07 am
June 25, 2013
IT Business
on Know why you’re in business

May we live in interesting times. It’s important to know what the mission of the business happens to be. Yes, the purpose of every business at it’s core is to generate the profits and act in the best interest of … Continue reading →

No, we’re not selling anything

Posted: 5:27 am
June 17, 2013
IT Business
on No, we’re not selling anything

Briefly interrupting the vacation to say this out loud.. half because everyone has been nagging and asking, half because I’m waiting for my laundry cycle to finish. The recent takeovers of LPI and nAble have sent a virtual frenzy of … Continue reading →