Category Archives: IT Business

Vlad: Managing Failure

Boss, GTD, IT Business
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Note: This is the third in the series of blog posts about stuff that has served me well in the world of business. The success of Own Web Now, ExchangeDefender and Shockey Monkey has been well chronicled, these posts are … Continue reading

Vlad: Quitting and Patience

Boss, IT Business
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Note: This is the second in the series of blog posts about stuff that has served me well in the world of business. The success of Own Web Now, ExchangeDefender and Shockey Monkey has been well chronicled, these posts are … Continue reading

Vlad: On to the next one

Boss, IT Business
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Note: This is the first in the series of blog posts about stuff that has served me well in the world of business. The success of Own Web Now, ExchangeDefender and Shockey Monkey has been well chronicled, these posts are … Continue reading

Strategery

IT Business
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For years I’ve been writing about industry developments and trends on Vladville and I’ve been remarkably correct about what is going on. Not because I’m smart or because I have a crystal ball, but because I actually work in this … Continue reading

Short Term Fads, Long Term Trends, Profit Both Ways

ExchangeDefender, IT Business
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As I’ve mentioned just about every chance I get, we’ve been at this for about 15 years. Every year or so I look at my lines of business and wonder if it’s going to make it around for another year … Continue reading

What if we’re all wrong about the cloud?

Awesome, ExchangeDefender, IT Business
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The cloud fever has finally made Microsoft’s SMB channel too sick to get out of bed with removal of Exchange, joining virtually every other vendor that is only pursuing a cloud strategy. Many consultants, IT Solution Providers and even yours … Continue reading

The wrong concerns everyone has about the cloud

ExchangeDefender, IT Business
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Now some of you clicked on this link accidentally or are probably wondering what kind of insane argument for the cloud I have. After all, your clients don’t want the cloud, don’t trust the cloud, will never want their data … Continue reading

Big changes take some time

Beta, ExchangeDefender, IT Business
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I was reminded over the weekend by a few partners that I haven’t posted many strategic updates over the past few weeks regarding what we’re up to – I beg to differ, we have been rolling out our strategy since … Continue reading

When do you sell?

IT Business
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Own Web Now & ExchangeDefender’s success has been relatively public so most of the conversations I have with the older/larger providers tends to be about the sale of business and next steps. Personally I see most of it being driven … Continue reading

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ExchangeDefender, IT Business
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I rarely ever post internal messages I send to the ExchangeDefender staff on Vladville. I think between the announcements and details I share you have a pretty good idea about the kind of a place we run and why our … Continue reading