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Free for Resale Copy of SBS 2008 Standard for attending the TechED AU SMB Pre-Day
We have been expecting this announcement for a little while, and I’m sure this will drive numbers like nothing else so you better get in fast. Details over on Robbie’s Blog The post you've been waiting for... I'm very happy to announce that every...
TechEd Australia 2008 SMB Pre-Day
Robbie Upcroft  has posted a bit about the keynote speaker for the SMB Servers Pre-Day @ TechEd Australia this year. Meet Lingan Satkunanathan, our keynote speaker for the TechEd 2008 SMB Servers pre-day on Tuesday, September 2nd. Lingan is the Senior...
NEW Team New Blood – Saturn Alliance
Name: Doug Wilson and Robert Crane Company: Saturn Alliance Pty Limited Location: Sydney NSW Australia Describe your business: Saturn Alliance is a certified Microsoft Partner and Small Business Specialist that provides a wide range of technology solutions...
I am Weasel
After some time wondering if Project Thieving Weasel would get legs I am happy to announce that this morning, I have signed up to SMB Buddy . So I could rabbit on about what SMB Buddy is and not tell you anything that you will find useful or I could just...
Last time I bag the decision to remove SCE 2007 from SBS 2008 on my Blogs
Here we go I was at the SMBIT Professionals Sydney Group last night and had a real holy crap moment. Lets go on that Journey for a little bit. Wayne Small had just finished a demo of SBS 2008 including the reporting and showed what was in a basic report...
Why Travel 6.5 hours round trip to hang out with SBSers
Wow last night I explained separately no less than 5 times why I made the trip to the SMBIT Professionals Sydney group well the Sydney SBS User Group which I find easier to remember, but such is life. So for me it is about 6.5 hours in the Truck for a...
Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend
I've been holding this one for a little while so I could be clear of Alex's wrath before getting this one out there. While at the Sydney SMB IT Pro Group earlier in the month the guys from Bright Point demo'd some HTC Phones, and it got some...
Went to the SMBIT Professionals Sydney Group - Expectations Exceeded
OK now that every group I care about here in Canberra has pretty much folded or changed leadership, I thought I'd refocus on my roots and look at what is happening in the Old Sydney Town SBS Group. Yes the group has re-branded but more of that in...
SMB - SME Infromation Technology Specialists in ANZ?? New Community - Well Yahoo Group anyway
ANZ SMB Information Technology Specialists (ANZ-SMB-ITS) A community for Information Technology service providers specialising in the (SMB) Small and Medium Business space. The aim of the community is to share information, provide peer support, open discussion...
So yet again a the SBS user base gets actually useful features cut.
Now that it has been said in public I can finally say SCE 2007 in SBS 2008 is GONE and yes I am Pissed about it. I like many, feel as though we have been lied to. I have known this for a little while but due to NDA have had to keep choking down the bile...
Looking for System monitoring? It could be SCE 2007
Firstly thanks Susan for the link and if folk want to know lots about SCE 2007 there is lots out there and when I finish letting my business run my life I'll do some more on http://SMEManaged.com too. Plus some other pretty cool tools I have been...
Heros Happen - Well done Partner Team ! ! !
Over time I have been a little more than a bit critical of the commitment to events in Canberra that the Softies in Sydney have shown. Well in the last three days I have been invited to the Hero's Launch Event three times!!! and I am not complaining...
Man am I confused? Charles Van Heusen has left me with many more questions
So I was reading what Charles Van Heusen has had to say about the up coming Windows Small Business Server Codename Cougar What I can share about the versions is outlined in the slide above, the "standard edition" will include Windows Server...
My two favourite publicity hounds interview Wendy Smith
So on Partner TV tonight I saw an interview with Wendy Smith conducted by Ryan Spillane from Correct Solutions and Alexandra Day (Giles) from Phrixus about Small Business; Ryan and Alex seem to be doing great things to raise the profile of their companies...
Thinking about Authentication
So on my way back from the Trend Micro / SBSFAQ Security Summit, I started to think about secure authentication to not just mine but my customers networks. I thought about password change frequency and complexity issues and how I might ensure a suitable...
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