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New LinkedIn group
Folks, As of last night, I started a new LinkedIn group to share standout enterprise technology marketing. When I say "standout", I mean amazing, terrible, simply odd, or just unusual. After all, much enterprise technology marketing is a a bit...dull. Speeds and...
Public cloud, partners, and IT vendors
Everyone knows that public cloud is a disruptive force in the world of enterprise IT. Amazon showed us (and Google, and Microsoft, and others) that it's possible, desirable, and cost-effective. Moving basic services, processes, and workloads to a public cloud provider...
Small Business IT Reliability– Part 3
I had a strong hunch other solopreneurs and small business owners had problems keeping IT up and running, and that hunch is being confirmed. I've had several nice emails appreciating the series, so thanks for that. Last week I wrote about the importance of having two...
“Why do families have more than one kid?” — Hardware Reliability
This is Part 2 of a series about making sure IT catastrophe doesn't ruin your small business. -------------------------------- Working on a project last week, I was struck by the use of the word "redundant" in IT. The normal meaning, according to Google, is "no longer...
“If I don’t think about it, it won’t happen” — Part 1
Talking to solopreneurs and small businesses lately, IT catastrophes seem to fall into this category: out of mind, out of sight. They pay lip service to avoiding IT catastrophes, but often don't take the time and effort to build in redundancy and reliability....
Microsoft Acquiring Dell for the Enterprise?
Today the news of Dell's foray into private ownership took an interesting turn. Seems that Microsoft is considering an equity stake in Dell and I'm cautiously optimistic about it. There's a lot of buzz around this but most of it focuses on Microsoft's interest in...