Category Archives: IT Business

Dead On

IT Business, Work Ethic
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Reading over Arlin’s thoughts on VAR sales. If you’re a VAR, you need to read it. This is where the title has a double meaning. Not only is he right, but the VARs and IT Solution Providers that don’t move … Continue reading

Orangutime resurgence at Autotask Live?

IT Business
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About a year ago we wrote a piece of software for the Autotask platform called Orangutime. It had a simple premise: Help staff better track their time and post it back to the ticket. It consisted of a Windows system … Continue reading

Staffing, Foxconn & Henry Ford

IT Business, SMB, Work Ethic
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(this is not a motivational post that will be featured at monster / careerbuilder) We’re at the start of the biggest hiring spree we’ve ever had. OWN is launching upgrades to all the existing product lines next quarter and introducing … Continue reading

Brilliant Marketing

IT Business
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By now you certainly know that iPhone 4 has arrived on Verizon’s network. Their marketing for it is simply brilliant. Brilliant (adj) is a word British people use a lot. It basically means: “I wouldn’t imagine something so intelligent would … Continue reading

Dashboards

Beta, IT Business, Shockey Monkey
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Key to a successful IT business is communication. At times, marketing does a better job than technical support does in communicating technical events – mostly because marketing has a heads up and technical support is our version of FEMA. At … Continue reading

Basic Math & Bad Business Decisions

IT Business, WordPress
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Being bad at math and making bad business decisions goes hand in hand. Sometimes we make bad decisions because we don’t know all the cost factors, replacement costs, unforeseen expenses and so on. Can’t do much about that. But sometimes … Continue reading

The Importance of Vendor Relationships

IT Business, OwnWebNow
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It’s important to work closely with the people to deliver a solution end to end. Most people only show initiative in a destructive way: posting negative feedback to Twitter, groups and anyone that will listen to their hardships. Few people … Continue reading

The Weather Report Podcast

Cloud, IT Business, Podcast
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Yesterday I mentioned the latest episode of The Weather Report covered the discussion about how VARs can survive in the cloud and the controversy over cloud billing. Well, you’ve flooded my inbox: What is The Weather Report? Well, a few … Continue reading

Are you the best?

GTD, IT Business, IT Culture
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Continued as a part of the New Year review blog posts. Out with the old, in with the new? Well, a year is a loooong time and there is a lot of old stuff that needs to be cleared off … Continue reading

What does this have to do with anything?

GTD, IT Business
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Can you tell the difference between a detail and the big picture? It depends on perspective. I’ve gotten a lot of email over the past few days thanking me about writing the GTD stuff that’s helped transform my own performance … Continue reading