Author Archives: Vlad

Help Wanted

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Looking for a job in IT? I need to fill six roles, quick, in the beautiful downtown Los Angeles, at 600 W 7th Street 90017. Two Sr. system admin gigs, four Jr. system admin gigs, all include absolutely zero (0) … Continue reading

And I’m proud to be an American…

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… because at least the bad food is free … Today, McDonald’s is offering a Free Southern-Style Chicken Biscuit w/ purchase of a medium or large drink, or a free Southern-Style Chicken sandwich in the evening or afternoon. For my … Continue reading

More Microsoft MESH – Windows Home Server loses client backup

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Fantastic news from Redmond, just when you thought Windows Home Server could not suck any worse, they find a way to do it. Yes, ladies and gentleman, the product designed to be the central point of backup and storage, previously … Continue reading

Want to help Windows Mobile in SMB?

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Chris went to NOLA this weekend. Made a presentation. People liked it a lot, one of my guys even texted me about it being the best presentation of the weekend. Turns out you can make quite a business if you … Continue reading

Eric taking preorders for SBS/EBS 2008

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Eric is taking down payments on SBS/EBS orders, get in the line: Examples of licensing improvements over the current Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 product include these: Customers will be able to purchase single client access licenses (CALs), so … Continue reading

Attractive Nuisance

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Can you be held liable for damaging personal property of asshole lawyers who are asking for it? In case the pic is too blurry, that is a proud (proud as in “fabuloooussss”) Florida plate: “I SOO 4U”

Please whitelist me

Thieving Weasel
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If you’ve volunteered to help with the SMB Buddy site, please whitelist my email addresses (vlad@ ownwebnow.com and vladville.com) as I will be sending you an invitation tomorrow. I would like to build an advisory council of sorts of actual … Continue reading

Giving up the desktop…

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I just approved a few PO’s to get Own Web Now off the desktop. We will now be a cloud-in-the-cloud organization, with all business critical applications deployed on Windows 2008 Terminal Server infrastructure split between two geographically redundant data centers, … Continue reading

The "Karl Palachuk" Feature

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One thing nearly all small businesses suck at is documentation of their inventory and processes. Unless they are a major chain managed and operated retail outfit, their documentation consists of postits and invoices kept somewhere by someone. So what is … Continue reading

It’s good to be missed, but…

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Getting a lot of mail (and guilt) about not being in New Orleans this weekend for the awesome Swing Migration NOLA conference. I spoke at the event last year and really enjoyed the parties, believe me, I wish I could … Continue reading