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Could it be the consumer that actually wins the office productivity software war?

Could it be the consumer that actually wins the office productivity software war?

Google has a new ad campaign that is directly taking on Microsoft’s baby, Office. Google has been doing very well head-to-head against Microsoft’s Internet service offerings; however, office productivity is one area where they may just be out of their league.  This is a serious revenue source for Microsoft, and they will play for keeps. Microsoft has recognized the threat of Google Apps and has started to move in its lumbering pace towards a confrontation. Look at the deployment options…

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Solved. . . The end of an iSCSI irritation

Solved. . . The end of an iSCSI irritation

We had an issue with our SAN and a couple of Windows servers.  When these servers were rebooted from a script, we would lose the network shares that were homed on the SAN volume.  The volumes (drives) were mounted correctly; it was just the network shares that were gone. This was bugging the heck out of us for several weeks, and I am so pleased we finally have a solution.  A few darn registry entries and a lot of back-and-forth effort was all it took… A big “thank you” to Robb who…

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Microsoft and Apple Mixing It Up A Bit…About time.

Microsoft and Apple Mixing It Up A Bit…About time.

Microsoft verses Apple in battle for consumers all mighty dollars…and it’s about time. Extreme views attract extreme people, and dumb things get said and done.  I live and work on the Microsoft side of the world, and I make no apologies for the support I give the company.  I am not an Apple or Mac hater, just a realist. Microsoft is the dominate OS provider in business and will remain so for the many years to come.  I need to work and…

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Finding what can be found

Finding what can be found

Is all information cataloged at this point?  How many major search providers are left and do they have all the information of the world cataloged?  I have no clue, but another search engine is hitting the net.  This one says they are different, but then again, so did Cuil.com.  And needless to say, I was not overly impressed with Cuil.com offering. Enter Wolfram Alpha (http://www.wolframalpha.com) Is it different from the rest?  From what I can tell so far – Yes! How is…

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