Category Archives: IT Business

Why Things Fail

IT Business
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Warning: Adult situations and topics ahead. Have you ever heard these?    Seize the day.    Live each day as if it were your last.    Live life to the fullest. People like to say these things. But when it … Continue reading

Service Provider Hyperbole

IT Business
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Something that has been on my mind as of late, and on the minds of OWN senior management, is the level of difficulty required to obtain our services. Here are the polar issues involved: Our stuff is too difficult to … Continue reading

Full Throttle

IT Business, IT Culture
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With about 47 hours left in January, I wanted to hit the neglected-as-of-recently blog and update everyone about how things are going here. Having wrapped one of the bitchiest weeks I’ve had in a long while I can now look … Continue reading

Be Nice, Be Honest

IT Business
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It’s been a long time since Own Web Now Corp and ExchangeDefender were all about me. We’ve grown tremendously through the years, with a fair amount of pain, that is almost inevitable with success. With February 1st right around the … Continue reading

Is it time to revise 2010 expectations?

IT Business
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This is the question that has been thrown at me time and time again by partners that I’ve talked to in the last week. The euphoria of the new year had passed. The “Windows 7” migrations didn’t materialize. World in … Continue reading

Quiet Before The Storm

IT Business
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Many of you have been emailing and calling to ask what I’m up to and what’s going on – yes, I have been quiet but not on purpose. We’ve been working remarkably hard on ExchangeDefender 5 and a few other … Continue reading

Taking Technology Seriously

IT Business
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Earlier today we launched the OWN University. That is to say, we formalized the process by which we will be creating, distributing, managing and enhancing the way we will aggressively get businesses into the cloud they can trust. Please check … Continue reading

Randomized Services as a Security Precaution

IT Business
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The other day a muslim terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who was on a no fly list failed to blow up a flight to Detroit. He successfully sent the panic and travel standards back to Fall of 2001. This is a … Continue reading

SPAM Show 15: Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive!

IT Business
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Dating back to the good ol’ SBS Show, we’ve always gotten together at the end of the year, poured some eggnog and looked towards the future. 2010 will be no different. This Wednesday, Mr Erick Simpson, Mr Karl Palachuk and … Continue reading

Santa Haas and 9 Cloud Deer bring you: 12 Values for MSPs

IT Business
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Disclaimer: This is going to be filthy. You’ve been warned. 🙂 It’s our final webcast of the year and all four letter words must go! Twas the night before fiscal closing, and all through the MSP facility, not an agreement … Continue reading