June, 2012
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Tiny Bits: 60 Second Catch-up for the Week of June 25-29
Karl Palachuk Hosts first Completely Online Channel Conference with Managing for Success 2012- A new wave in events and shows has hit the channel and has proven the model without travel or high expense. (check out the day1, day2, and day3 keynote coverage) Bob Godgart Announces Channeleyes mobile App Launch Date- App to be released [...]
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Tales from the Cloud- Episode 4
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Google Brings Some Shine to iPhone and iPad, Announces Chrome for iOS
The Google I/O (Input/Output) 2012 Developer event is currently underway in San Francisco, CA. The event has been the showcase for some high profile announcements from the Internet giant. Mobility and cross platform compatibility seems to be a big theme coming out of the event. Google announced that the Google Chrome Browser would be available [...]
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Tales from the Cloud- Episode 3
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LiveBlog from Managing for Success 2012 Keynote – Day 3
Twitter Feed #SMBOC Keynote Speaker: Karl Palachuk Topic: Keynote “Consistency and Lasting Success” Conference Starts@9:00am PST Hi everyone gonna try liveblog from the road completely from my iOS device. Currently on a shuttle bus headed to LAX @Frank Gurnee 9:00 Karl comes on overview of first 2 days. Company culture is the theme for day [...]
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Tales from the Cloud- Episode 2
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Are MSP’s Looking for a Way Out? High Interest in Mergers and Acquisitions Apparent
Yesterday kicked off day 1 of Karl Palachuck’s Managing for Success 2012 online conference. The discussions covered, seemed to resonate a definite change in the industry and a potential rocky road ahead for MSP’s and IT solution providers unwilling to embrace the coming changes. The impact of mobile users, the new millennial tech savvy generation [...]
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LiveBlog from Managing for Success 2012 Keynote – Day 2
Twitter Feed #SMBOC Keynote Speaker: Karl Palachuk Topic: Keynote “Only the excellent will survive” Conference Starts@9:00am PST 9:00 Karl comes on and discusses recap of day 1, Bob Godgart gave a great overview of the future ahead and changes in the industry. Len DiCostanza and Dave Sobel provided pricing information importance of measuring and metrics, [...]
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Tales from the Cloud- Episode 1
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Godgart Announces Channeleyes Mobile App
Channeleyes Managing Partner and Chairman of CompTia Bob Godgart, announced today the launch date for the Channeleyes Mobile app for users, at Karl Palachuk’s Managing for Success 2012. The mobile app which is being touted as a communication delivery platform for businesses will bring together social media, news, blogs, and vendor communication into one easy, [...]
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LiveBlog from Managing for Success 2012 – Keynote
Twitter Feed #SMBOC Keynote Speaker: Karl Palachuk Topic: Organize or Die Conference Starts@9:00am PST @8:57 logged into teleconference awaiting arrival of Karl @9:00 Karl Palachuk arrives @9:02 over 120 participants and 16 speakers at the conference @9:03 shout out to Connectwise and Autotask for sponsoring @9:04 why is conference different, virtual, participants from around the [...]
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Microsoft is having Some Month, Announces Acquisition of Yammer for $1.2B
Continuing the big announcements for the month of June, Microsoft Corp. has announced its acquisition of business social media network Yammer Inc. see (Press Release) below. The move comes on the heels of the announcements of the new Microsoft Surface Tablet, and Windows 8 Phone. The three recent announcements, tie together what would seem is [...]
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Is Best Buy the Next Circuit City, Will Internet e-tailers Demolish Modern Day Retailers?
Modern day retail shops and chain stores have continued to feel the impact from the success of Internet e-tailers. The latest in the growing list of impacted companies is Best Buy Inc.; who’s recent announcement of resignation of founder and chairman Richard Schulze, has sent a long list of questions and speculation into the corporation’s [...]
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Tiny Bits: 60 Second Catch-up for the Week of June 18-22
Microsoft announces Surface Tablet –New tablet will run Windows 8, has a larger screen than iPad, includes usb port, keyboard built into the cover, and HDMI port. No set price as of yet and early reports are wifi only at launch. “On the Surface Microsoft Just Might Have a Winner” Microsoft Announces Windows Phone 8 [...]
