Category Archives: IT Business

What is the value of on-premise mail server?

Cloud, IT Business
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I’d honestly like to know. If you’d like to see why and what we’re doing (disclaimer: this is a vendor event skewed towards ExchangeDefender and what we do)  feel free to join us. In particular, when dealing with small business … Continue reading

The Demise Of The American Small Business Employee

Boss, IT Business
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It’s been a busy week at ExchangeDefender so I’ve slacked off on Vladville. Gonna make it up right now: Many of you are new to Vladville (readership keeps on growing or the botnet keeps on spreading, not sure which) so … Continue reading

Message to the old SBS guard

IT Business, SMB
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As Eminem said: It’s over. Let go. Nobody wants to build servers no mo. At least not in the SMB space. Those are facts, like them or not. Unsurprisingly, The League of Extraordinarily Unreasonable IT Gentlemen begs to differ. (you’ll … Continue reading

Food for Thought

IT Business
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Interesting times in the MSP industry. If you’re paying attention it seems that the MSP industry these days is more about the mismanaged MSP vendors than the MSP companies that make up their rapidly disgruntled client base. I had a … Continue reading

Biggest Failure, Biggest Success

Boss, IT Business
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I was chatting with a friend the other day about the typical regrets, wishes, hopes and so on when it comes to work satisfaction. I kind of approach this from a different angle because I mostly see my value / … Continue reading

Career in IT? Part 1

Boss, IT Business, IT Culture
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No, not talking about Microsoft killing the TechNet subscription service – and ultimately signaling the end of life for IT Professionals who aren’t Developers – but the career in technology that involves managing servers, services, switches, hardware, software and so … Continue reading

Validating MSP Business Model

IT Business, IT Culture
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Every now and then I write a blog post that just digs me further into the ground. While I generally tend to ignore the negative nastygrams that come as a result of it (perception is perception, if you misread something … Continue reading

Know why you’re in business

IT Business
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May we live in interesting times. It’s important to know what the mission of the business happens to be. Yes, the purpose of every business at it’s core is to generate the profits and act in the best interest of … Continue reading

No, we’re not selling anything

IT Business
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Briefly interrupting the vacation to say this out loud.. half because everyone has been nagging and asking, half because I’m waiting for my laundry cycle to finish. The recent takeovers of LPI and nAble have sent a virtual frenzy of … Continue reading

Discipline In Management

Boss, GTD, IT Business
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I’m going to make this very simple so you don’t have to read a lot to understand what I’m trying to say: If there are things you don’t like about your business they are your fault. Everything else is just … Continue reading