Category Archives: The Weather Report
Are the Trucks Still Rolling? (Guest Post by Brian Sherman)
When managed services were first introduced to the IT industry, several pundits suggested that this new technology would eventually put onsite support companies out of business. Of course, that prediction required that devices and network components would never fail, and … Read More
Google Has Been “Bypassing” Apple Browser Privacy Settings to Track Web Browsing But Stopped Once Someone Figured It Out (?!?)
Yes, we all want to believe that when we “opt out” of things like having our web browsing activities tracked, our wishes are respected. However, the reality of this actually happening, at least with Google, may be in question today. … Read More
2012 Is Being Called the Year of Mobility. Does This Mean it’s Also the Year of Apple?
Business Insider reported yesterday, and credited Farhad Manjoo with, the following note: Apple earned $13.1 billion in income in the quarter ending December 31 last year — higher than Google’s $10.6 billion in revenue in the same quarter. (Apple’s total … Read More
Varvid and Sorensons Taking Aim at Video Platform Market
On the Varvid blog today, the company makes a big announcement. The Sorensen brothers, Heartland Technology founder and CEO Arlin along with his brother Brad, are making a “sizeable financial commitment” to Varvid in an effort to deliver “business-changing educational … Read More
One Easy Way to Make Your Communications Twice As Compelling
There are two kinds of words: concrete and abstract. We use a combination of both to communicate. The abstract category covers most everything – every word that is open to interpretation in any way. Even “abstract” itself is an abstract … Read More
Computer Troubleshooters CEO and Co-Founder Announces Resignation, Shares Insights on the Future of IT Service
After co-founding the successful IT business franchise over thirteen years ago, and managing its growth successfully as CEO, industry veteran Chip Reaves announced his resignation from Computer Troubleshooters on his blog yesterday. Mr. Reaves calls the move a “leap of … Read More
“When ‘It Just Works’ Just Isn’t Enough: Managing Man Hours Per Gigabyte” with Ted Roller, VP of Channel Development, Intronis
There are hours and costs associated with every successful client backup, every new client set up, and every hour spent managing backups each month. Intronis refers to this as Manhours per Gigabyte™ (MPG). MPG is a quick calculation of what … Read More
iPad and Kindle Fire: Do They Compete, Or Not?
A couple of months ago we wrote about the rumored release of Amazon’s new tablet and why we believed it stood a chance of taking on Apple’s iPad in the tablet space. None of the others – Motorola, BlackBerry, HP, … Read More
Looks Cloudy Turns One Year Old Today! And What’s in Store for 2012?
Looks Cloudy went live on December 6, 2010. Our first post was written by Vlad Mazek, the CEO of ExchangeDefender. Here’s a flashback, to quote Mazek in our inaugural post from one year ago today: While nearly the entire IT … Read More
Apple Getting Set to Storm the Small Business Market: Is This 2011’s Top Story?
It just hit me today that it’s December already. 2011 will be over before we know it. And as I reviewed this morning’s news with that thought in the back of my mind, I also noticed that we in the … Read More
