Author Archives: Vlad

Article on tar-pitting and back-scatter

Exchange
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I just finished writing a slightly longer article about the principles of tar-pitting and back-scatter over on the Own Web Now Blog. As mentioned earlier, more of the serious business related stuff will be happening over there. Here is a … Continue reading

No Outlook for you! Exchange 2007 Licensing Change

Exchange
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Nothing ruins a great product launch like brilliant Microsoft licensing. Exchange 2007 will be no different, take a look at whats raising the blood pressure around Exchange communities: Outlook 2007 grant for Exchange Server 2003 CAL customers Unlike prior versions, … Continue reading

Microsoft Small Business Specialist Community Quarterly Webcast

IT Business, Microsoft
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What she said. Do yourself a favor and register for the SBSC Quarterly webcast right now. It’s tomorrow at noon and the last one we sat in on was more valuable than most conference sessions targeted at SMB last year. … Continue reading

Finding Network Connections in Vista

Vista
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One of the most shameful things you can do in IT (short of locking your boss in a data center cage) is having someone show you a really simple solution to your collosal problem… especially if you’ve spent days doing … Continue reading

Shuttle Discovery takes off

Misc
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Shuttle Discovery took off roughly an hour ago. This was a spectacular event for two reasons: it is the first time I saw a night shuttle launch live and it is the first time a human being has ever seen a … Continue reading

Exchange 2007 Signed Off

Exchange
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Exchange 2007 has been signed off on. This means almost everyone has agreed that the product is ready to ship, the pricing is known, etc, etc, etc. This has been quite a journey. Unfortunately, I am still under an NDA … Continue reading

Is Google Still Around?

Google, Microsoft
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I think its a fair question to ponder: is Google still around? Last year around this time Google was really in the eye of many techies wishful for a free, on-demand collaborative suite that was readilly available. Google was rolling, … Continue reading

Got Slots? Vista driving motherboard feature set

Vista
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Like it or not we are entering the age of Vista and with it comes the inevidable 64bit age. I’ve discussed this in some detail perviously but nearly every processor you can get on the market is 64bit. The only … Continue reading

Microsoft Small Business Value Program

IT Business, Microsoft, SMB
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I mentioned the Jimmy Joe Bob launch that CompUSA had. The following is the flyer they had on the promotion that I figured might be helpful to some of you trying to position the marketing materials for the coming year … Continue reading

Adding Software Assurance to Gifts

Microsoft
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‘Tis the season for giving and donating and one thing every Microsoft Partner is sure to have on hands is a bulk of software that they are not going to be using. I have a few copies of SBS, Small … Continue reading