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Comment on About by Scott Alan Miller

Scott Alan Miller — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:41:15 +0000

@Lindsay Absolutely.

Comment on About by Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:21:53 +0000

Hi Scott,
Do you consider guest blog writers depending on their relevance?

Comment on Do You Really Need Redundancy: The Real Cost of Downtime by Sheep Guarding Llama » Blog Archive » August 3, 2011: The Hottest Day So Far

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 02:25:41 +0000

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Comment on About by Scott Alan Miller

Scott Alan Miller — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:18:03 +0000

The best was to tell that is to look at the address bar in your browser. Are you on Microsoft’s website? If not, then don’t download Microsoft software. Microsoft makes sure that their sites are very easy to identify as being their own.

You can further protect yourself from bad downloads by using a service like OpenDNS which can be configured to block malware websites. This can act as a second layer of protection (after you yourself being the first layer by only downloading directly from the websites of companies that you trust.)

Comment on About by David W. Weber

David W. Weber — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:06:34 +0000

I read your article ” Why IT Pro’s Home Computers are Different”

One question: I have always had a fear down loading anything off line. How do I know that it is who they say they are. For example Microsoft how do I know it is Microsoft and not someone else trying to get me to down load something I do not want.

It is a very interesting information you have presented.

Dave

Comment on Never Get Advice from a Reseller (or Vendor) by Article: Never Get Advice from a Reseller (or Vendor) | Joshua Pyle

Article: Never Get Advice from a Reseller (or Vendor) | Joshua Pyle — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:24:53 +0000

[...] New article up today on SMB IT Journal: Why You Should Never Get Advice from a Reseller or Vendor. [...]

Comment on Never Get Advice from a Reseller (or Vendor) by Sheep Guarding Llama » Blog Archive » July 6, 2011: Joe’s Bachelor Party

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:46:05 +0000

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Comment on IT Roles: Productivity and Availability by Scott Alan Miller

Scott Alan Miller — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:19:37 +0000

I think that you’ve missed the entire point of the article. First, there is no gripe, the point is to educate people as to two different types of IT roles. One is about availability, the second is about productivity. Many IT jobs are not about being available or reactive, only support jobs, but there are many, many engineering style IT jobs (the bulk of development, platform engineering, architecture, design, etc.) where availability is not important but productivity is.

The goal of this article is to help IT managers and business people understand the critical differences between these two types of workers and not mistake one for the other.

Comment on Why IT Pro’s Home Computers Are Different by Steve Sheetz

Steve Sheetz — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:25:10 +0000

Thanks Scott! This article is a breath of fresh air. I can’t mention how many times I’ve tried to teach a friend or family member each of these items to cut down on the “Facebook isn’t working right, come quick!” calls I’ve received over the last decade or two.

Keep it up, mate!

Comment on Why IT Pro’s Home Computers Are Different by Why not to buy consumer grade for business? Follow on to SAM | Joshua Pyle

Why not to buy consumer grade for business? Follow on to SAM | Joshua Pyle — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:10:03 +0000

[...] Just really a follow on to SAMs post earlier. Link below see point 11. Why IT Pro’s Home Computers Are Different [...]

Comment on Why IT Pro’s Home Computers Are Different by AeonFlame

AeonFlame — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:51:35 +0000

“Go directly to the big vendors (don’t even think about buying something made by the guy down the street) and stick exclusively to their commercial or business lines.”

I have built every machine Ive ever owned except the first, which was an At&t globalyst 515. I know every bit of hardware I use and what it can do. They were all meticulously chosen.

I will never buy a computer from a commercial or business line, and yes, I do consider myself an IT pro.

Comment on Why IT Pro’s Home Computers Are Different by Tony

Tony — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:33:17 +0000

Brilliant!
If you don’t mind I’m going to link to this from my web page in the hope that I can point clients and other users to it. It will save me some breath!

Comment on Why IT Pro’s Home Computers Are Different by it guy

it guy — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:10:40 +0000

Great article, I’m an IT guy writing a FAQ for my company and this is going under the Tips and Tricks section, thanks!

Comment on Why IT Pro’s Home Computers Are Different by aristotle jones

aristotle jones — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:10:36 +0000

Good article but the whole thing can be summed up like this: An It pro versus an average Joe is no different than a pro Mechanic versus an average Joe, or a pro golfer versus a casual player. Intimate knowledge and subject mastery will always have better perfomance than someone who’s knowledge is so shallow the don’t know the keyboard shortcut for cut and paste.

Comment on IT Roles: Productivity and Availability by SMBSupport

SMBSupport — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:30:45 +0000

what is your gripe here?

if you have chosen IT services you need to be availalbe and reactive at all times and the pizza analogy is simply not suited for getting a fast efficient service

Comment on Buying Printers for Small Business by Inks and Toners

Inks and Toners — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:29:58 +0000

Printer supplies are very vital when buying a printer for small home office because it is an ongoing expense. So when you are making buying decision, you should consider the price of the ink and toner cartridges.

Comment on IT in a Bubble by Kevin K

Kevin K — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:08:03 +0000

wow this describes me. I”m a lonely IT guy at a small/midsize company that has a tiny IT budget… Someone talk nerdy to me!

Comment on Virtualization for Small Business by Server Virtualization

Server Virtualization — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:01:25 +0000

It’s easy for small businesses to find virtualization solutions that fit their needs, if they know where to look!

Comment on The SMB IT and Vendor Relationship Dilema by Paul DeBernardi

Paul DeBernardi — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:13:47 +0000

I have been looking for an afrticle on this very speccific topic. happy to have found this.

Comment on In House Email for Small Businesses by Tino

Tino — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:44:26 +0000

Hi Scott

Enjoyed reading your article. How do you think the VMWare acquisition of Zimbra is going to affect the product? I already think since you wrote this article that Zimbra is now offered as a Virtual Appliance on VMware. Will it become a proprietary system and move to a “cost + support” based model or retain it’s open source roots and stay within reach of the SMB ?

best regards

Tino

Comment on Virtualization for Small Business by DeidraJow

DeidraJow — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:23:14 +0000

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the excellent post on virtualization and the SMB marketplace. I thought you did a good job of providing the background and IT justification for virtualization.

I thought I’d chime in with some resource links from Microsoft. They’re trying to tailor help to the SMB community and they have a couple of tools / links below that might be worth checking out for those who want further resources.

Best,

Deidra
The Microsoft SMB Outreach Team
v-dejow@microsoft.com

Links:
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/hub.mspx
Microsoft Small Business Center
http://www.pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/
Pinpoint tool to help you find technology experts and special applications
http://www.microsoft.com/business/mycenter/default.aspx?CR_CC=
Microsoft Business Resource Center

Comment on Virtualization for Small Business by Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:53:46 +0000

You may want to update the MacOS X section. Mac OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard can run as a guest on Parallels Server for Mac (http://www.parallels.com/products/server/mac/sr/).

No affiliation with Parallels. On the contrary, I’m running VMware Fusion at home.

Comment on In House Email for Small Businesses by Sheep Guarding Llama » Blog Archive » February 25, 2010: Birthday #34

Sheep Guarding Llama » Blog Archive » February 25, 2010: Birthday #34 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:09:59 +0000

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Comment on RAID Revisited by Will Bradley

Will Bradley — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:52:05 +0000

I can’t imagine that any tech who’s ever experienced a hard drive (or array) failure would think that RAID was any sort of backup solution (aside from maybe a RAID 1 in which you take one of the drives out– quick n simple mirror, but still not a “backup solution.”)

Good article though! I still haven’t jumped into RAID10 but it’s almost inevitable with how cheap drives are now. Big RAID5′s scare me.

Comment on Virtualization for Small Business by Will Bradley

Will Bradley — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:49:40 +0000

Thanks for this. I’ve known most of this for awhile now but it’s good to see it clarified in terms of SMB since the biggest fear is “improper planning” — i.e. using the hardware I’m already comfortable with instead of splurging on SANs or blades — leading to catastrophe or just horrible ROI.

Comment on Virtualization for Small Business by Jay

Jay — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:32:21 +0000

Great article Scott! Thumbs up!
Do you have any real implementation / case study of implementing virtualization on SMB? I haven’t poke around your website yet

Comment on Using a Wiki for Quick Documentation by Lawrie Dalman

Lawrie Dalman — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:31:48 +0000

Thanks Scott, Andy gave me a link to this page and as usual it’s a great read and super informative.
Do you take subscriptions to the SMB IT Journal? If you do please add me.

As always, with gratitude, Lawrie.

Comment on The SMB IT and Vendor Relationship Dilema by Alex Reiss

Alex Reiss — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:43:05 +0000

Well said, Scott. Funny part is that every tech company acknowledges that the SMB space, and not Enterprise, will be where future revenue growth is found, yet when it’s suggested they become involved with a community such as Spiceworks the usual answer is “we don’t have the resources”. That comment is followed by “so, what kind of banner click-thru rates can we expect”.

Comment on Considering NetBooks for Small Business by Abraham Narvaez

Abraham Narvaez — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:49:55 +0000

We came across your website and we are reaching out to inquire if your firms enters into any IT Service Provider Partnerships/relationships.

Please reach out via BINCOMMUNICATIONS@Yahoo.com

Thanks

Comment on MicroBlogging for Business by Sheep Guarding Llama » Blog Archive » April 20, 2009: New Car

Sheep Guarding Llama » Blog Archive » April 20, 2009: New Car — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:50:58 +0000

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