Author Archives: Vlad

Vision Deconstructed

Posted: 11:48 pm
October 19, 2011
IT Business
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My inbox is flooded, my cell has 3% battery life and the housekeepers organized all the charging cables… somewhere. So instead of doing something useful to make up for taking a 2 hour nap at work today – hey it’s … Continue reading →

ConnectWise IT Nation, State of Vlad, Cheap Xerox

Posted: 9:40 am
October 9, 2011
Boss, Cloud, ExchangeDefender, IT Business
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It’s been almost a week since the last blog post. I’m ashamed not only because it’s been a week since the last post but because I’ve written dozens of them in that time but just haven’t hit publish… yet. On … Continue reading →

Allow me to introduce you to Arnie

Posted: 8:43 pm
October 3, 2011
Shockey Monkey
4 Comments

As I have mentioned before, Shockey Monkey Pro is going away, as is Shockey Monkey Free and Fro. With Shockey Monkey just over a year old, we’re stepping up our game – as a matter of fact today we got … Continue reading →

Don’t buy the Monkey

Posted: 2:26 am
September 28, 2011
Shockey Monkey
12 Comments

Greetings from France! Things have been crazy at work over the past two months and to be honest, I’m just not one of those people that can unplug. IT is very much who I am and it’s far more than … Continue reading →

Investments

Posted: 4:48 am
September 19, 2011
Boss, SMB, Work Ethic
6 Comments

Over the years my company has managed to keep it’s most gifted, albeit at times difficult, talent while most of the bad hires fell off the bus rather easily without too much pushing. I firmly believe that it’s employees that … Continue reading →

Vlad’n’the’Cloud

Posted: 11:19 pm
September 9, 2011
Uncategorized
1 Comment

The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. So yes, I’m alive. I’ve been buried in financials and project planning as we both have some huge announcements this fall as well as stuff that will come down early next year. … Continue reading →

September, Finally.

Posted: 6:14 am
September 2, 2011
Boss, ExchangeDefender
5 Comments

Boy am I happy to see September! Oh, and check this out: www.exchangedefender.com There are still a few bits and pieces along with the documentation / training collateral coming together slowly. But it’s a step in a new direction leaving … Continue reading →

VAR for thought

Posted: 2:50 am
August 22, 2011
IT Business
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For a moment let’s ignore the looming global financial crisis and European Union debt refinancing, ignore the fact that Apple is now worth more than Exxon Mobil or more than the 32 largest banks in Europe (combined!), ignore the terrible … Continue reading →

There are times I wish I didn’t care

Posted: 1:19 am
August 16, 2011
Boss, IT Culture
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Last Wednesday, our main data center in Dallas suffered a catastrophic power failure. While the inbound ExchangeDefender service went on as expected without skipping a beat, the less redundant services didn’t fare so well – Exchange 2010 was out for … Continue reading →

ALWAYS be pimping?

Posted: 3:12 pm
August 4, 2011
IT Culture
1 Comment

As a firm believer in the ABP methodology it pains me to even ask if you should always be pimping or whether there is perhaps a time that it’s not appropriate. So consider this as a part of public service. … Continue reading →