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Would you be brave enough???
Since I have been making the trip up to the SMBIT Professionals Sydney (where I have just been elected to the committee, yes be very afraid!!) monthly meetings I have a revitalised interest in the “Energy Drink” market particularly on the return leg home...
SMB Network Support needs to be one pane of glass or at least no more than two.
I blogged a long time ago about what I thought "Could" be done to make the SCE removal palatable . Gwen Zierdt left a comment saying "Good analysis on pricing. Stay tuned for some potential licensing promos later this year. " and of...
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...
Why do some folk use lame excuses to not deal with "Small Guys"?
I own a small company that does Infrastructure Consulting, we sell time and expertise to various customers. When we are in long term engagements we do not quote product for any reason, this would be a huge conflict of interest, particularly when we often...
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...
Stop Complaining - Resolve to be more positive
Earlier today I wrote .... So today I feel like a bit of a Partner Group Fan-boy but I am hoping to eradicate any negativity this year and this really has helped with the positivity today. So how am I going to eradicate negativity?? With one of these...
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...
Got to love claims some people make to differentiate their products
This afternoon we went out for some frozen custard at GOODBERRY'S now this is a great store and has been around for quite some time, and as far as a treat for the kids pretty damn good. Today I noticed an "all about GoodBerry's" sign...
How not to show heart felt XMAS Wishes
Here is a mistake that I hope to avoid next year. I kind of liked the template that was downloadable by Microsoft Partners. We really did want to thank all the people who have helped us or we have helped over the year, and to let people know we really...
Observations about Community triggered by the Event to recognise ACT Partners
So as I mentioned previously Microsoft had a luncheon to recognise members of the Partner Community for various achievements over the last year. Both Synergistic Network Solutions and DotNet Solutions were recognised for our involvement in the Canberra...
An incentive scheme for Synergistic? Could we borrow this idea from this weeks My Business Episode?
David Koch the finance dude and co-presenter of Sevens Sunrise programe has a weekend show called " My Business " while he can be a zoober head sometimes I quite like him generally. So I watch the show even though Mel and Nat are not there to...