Category Archives: Microsoft

To WPC or Not?

Posted: 9:59 am
June 16, 2011
Microsoft
on To WPC or Not?

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference is the defacto number one ticket in the business software world – has been for nearly a decade. If there is a high profile meeting you need to have or want to get your message across, … Continue reading →

Microsoft Tablet vs. Apple Office: Which idea is worse?

Posted: 11:52 am
June 8, 2011
Apple, Microsoft
on Microsoft Tablet vs. Apple Office: Which idea is worse?

One of the biggest signs of success and opulence is losing respect for money. If you have trust-fund-baby friends out there that have never had to work for a dollar (or euro or pound to be fair to my readers), … Continue reading →

And now something a little different

Posted: 1:09 am
May 18, 2011
Cloud, ExchangeDefender, Microsoft
10 Comments

Nearly three years ago I wrote series of articles that I called Lucy’s Sail (Google), about the change of OWN’s business direction and our focus and commitment to the cloud. It almost instantly made me the SMB community public enemy … Continue reading →

SBS 2011 Integration

Posted: 10:52 pm
April 13, 2011
IT Business, Microsoft
on SBS 2011 Integration

Some of you that work closely with my team have heard that we have a beta of ExchangeDefender hooked up with SBS 2011 Essentials (server formerly known as Aurora). In effect, the software is designed to give microbusiness clients a … Continue reading →

When will Microsoft hand over account control in the cloud?

Posted: 9:24 pm
January 10, 2011
Microsoft
8 Comments

I have written many stories on the Microsoft cloud control, dating back to the big WPC announcement and the infamous “coownership” tag Microsoft originally put on the idea of working without a VAR in the middle. Few talking points in … Continue reading →

Importance of continuity, and why it doesn’t exist

Posted: 6:16 am
December 17, 2010
Microsoft, Web 2.0, Work Ethic
on Importance of continuity, and why it doesn’t exist

I’ve been reading a massive amount of coverage about Yahoo shutting down Buzz (competition to digg.com), AltaVista / AllTheWeb (competition to google.com) and del.icio.us. There is far, far more coverage and opinions presented over at www.techmeme.com I don’t really want … Continue reading →

Competing on Price

Posted: 11:57 am
October 8, 2010
Exchange, IT Business, Microsoft
on Competing on Price

In the recent months I have been talking to several of our close partners about the competition, specifically with regard to Microsoft’s BPOS product. Currently, Microsoft has the single biggest advantage in the marketplace for Hosted Exchange and that advantage … Continue reading →

What would you say you do around here?

Posted: 10:32 pm
August 19, 2010
Exchange, ExchangeDefender, Microsoft
1 Comment

Earlier today I got a question that I feared answering for a long time. I have to be completely honest and admit that I didn’t think it would take this long for someone to ask it, especially considering that most … Continue reading →

WPC Day 3 – Signs of Hope

Posted: 1:49 pm
July 14, 2010
Microsoft
2 Comments

Microsoft WPC is a fun event, lot’s of information comes out and in typical Microsoft fashion, it’s always about the hope and potential of mostly unfinished or half baked ideas. That’s not necessarily a negative thing, as it provides for … Continue reading →

Microsoft WPC Day 2: Mixed bag of copies..

Posted: 10:01 am
July 13, 2010
Microsoft
2 Comments

Today was a mixed bag for Microsoft – in the areas in which Microsoft leads (Xbox, Messenger) it looks amazing. In the areas in which it’s following (virtually everything else in the consumer space) the future for Microsoft looks like … Continue reading →