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OH &^%$, What Just Happened?!?

OH &^%$, What Just Happened?!?

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The morning was just humming along, and we were working quite diligently on our list of maintenance activities. We had scheduled eight hours of system downtime and were progressing with only a few bumps in the plan. It actually looked like we were going to finish our entire maintenance list and get out of the office a little early. Everyone was moving along with focus, so we could get back to enjoying our weekend. Then the computer gods looked down on us mortals and laughed….

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Google and Microsoft Stock Chart from Jan 02, 2009 through Aug 6, 2009
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?

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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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Sometimes you just want a drink after working on a long problem
Solved. . . The end of an iSCSI irritation

Solved. . . The end of an iSCSI irritation

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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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Just How Valuable Are You?

Just How Valuable Are You?

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Building long term value is a topic that can not be quickly covered.  I have been reading about this topic for several years, and I still feel like I am a total amateur.  Even though I am an amateur in this field, I recently had a long conversation with someone that was, more or less, starting out in his career.  The more we spoke the more the thoughts and ideas started to flow. I can not take credit for any new insights in to this area.  These are…

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