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Signing off for a wee while…

That’s right folks, I’m off to distant shores for a few weeks as I embark on a new adventure. I’m off to climb to Base Camp on Mount Everest and 18,000ft high!
I know it will be hard to go on without me and some of you will struggle to deal with my absence on MSN […]

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Keeping it simple?

The New York Times recently posted an article (by Eric Sylvers) about mobile phone companies reducing the number of mobile Operating Systems that they choose to support technically.
“Two operating systems run more than 95 percent of the world’s computers, but dozens of systems are behind the 2.5 billion mobile phones in circulation”
One of things I […]

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Microsoft Small Business Summit 2007

One of the benefits of being a Microsoft Small Business Partner is that when you have something on your mind, there is at least one person you can talk to; and I don’t just mean a moan but it’s nice to be able to come up with ideas and suggestions to help shape what the […]

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Vista Business N and no media player

If you didn’t know already, Microsoft Windows Vista Business N edition (Europe only) does not come loaded with Windows Media Player 11 (thanks to an EU ruling).
If you get stuck in a situation where a client with this version wants Media Player 11, then you have to download the media connector. But there’s a problem; the connector […]

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Barriers to entry with Office 2007 and Vista?

Has anyone been overwhelmed with the coverage of Microsoft Windows Vista or the 2007 Microsoft Office system?
I notice them on retail websites and of course through internal partner communication but since the commercial Vista launch at the end of January I haven’t seen enough activity to hear people rushing for it…
David has posted recently a […]

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Common mistakes in email security

Jason Langridge highlighted this web article which I thought I would draw to your attention to. It is useful for you, for your staff, and more importantly for your clients (and prospects).
As Jason says:
·  You have not won the Irish Lotto, the Yahoo Lottery, or any other big cash prize.
·  There is no actual Nigerian […]

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Distribution Dilemma

It’s only mid-week and I’ve had my fill of problems with distribution (more than one channel partner). As with all business relationships, you have your ups and downs but in the last few weeks I’ve had so many problems because of their poor account management that my job has been made significantly harder and less […]

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When blogging becomes an addiction…

Hands up all those who get the same feeling about not blogging when they haven’t been to the gym in a while? For me, I spend time thinking about what I should post about and am careful not to repeat what many others post about. As a blogger, I like to talk about all things marketing/IT with a dash […]

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How are you backing up?

An interesting article was published today on SearchSMB.com which I thought you might want to read about. You can access the article by clicking here. The article talks about the changing choices of SMBs with regards to how they choose to backup their business data and looks about ways in which you can get a good […]

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