In a recent post to a blog, a writer, Guy Creese, writes that the key to saving money in IT is ‘granularity’. In short- he suggests that the IT cost-saving key is to figure out what the basic use experiences are for people and match them to the cheapest software that suits those needs. I respect...

The more I talk about SharePoint to customers, the more I end up talking about Office 2007 and, inevitably, The Ribbon. While I enthusiastically show Office 2007 and explain The Ribbon as one of my favorite features (yes I really do love the Ribbon), I have also come to anticipate at least one perso...

In today's sad story, a 14-year old boy in China allegedly bled to death after the compressed gas canister used to raise and lower his office chair exploded, launching a barrage of shrapnel into his b-hole. Now I hate to start wildly speculating who's at fault here, but it's obviously Microsoft. BCO...

I have been dumbfounded by this issue for a few weeks now. Roughly a month ago, I emailed ThinkFree to inquire why in the heck it would be foolish enough to ask people to purchase its office products on an UNSECURED page. That is right kids, the company has its customers entering in credit card info...

I have been dumbfounded by this issue for a few weeks now. Roughly a month ago, I emailed ThinkFree to inquire why in the heck it would be foolish enough to ask people to purchase its office products on an UNSECURED page. That is right kids, the company has its customers entering in credit card info...

I have been dumbfounded by this issue for a few weeks now. Roughly a month ago, I emailed ThinkFree to inquire why in the heck it would be foolish enough to ask people to purchase its office products on an UNSECURED page. That is right kids, the company has its customers entering in credit card info...

I have been dumbfounded by this issue for a few weeks now. Roughly a month ago, I emailed ThinkFree to inquire why in the heck it would be foolish enough to ask people to purchase its office products on an UNSECURED page. That is right kids, the company has its customers entering in credit card info...

It’s hard to believe that we’re in 2009 and 32 bit Microsoft Windows is still the dominant version of the operating system used in desktops and laptops everywhere. Almost 14 years ago have passed since Microsoft released its first consumer version of a 32 bit operating system in Windows ’95. S...

As described by Microsoft: When you try to perform a backup in the Central Admin page, the backup disk space requirements are not calculated correctly. Even though you have sufficient disk space, you may receive the following error message: The URL ‘url to uploaded doc’ is invalid. It ma...

I’ve realized that my last Tech Channel Roundup was nearly a month ago and I’m guilty of it. So, bear with me as I overload you with a number of interesting links that I found in some of the sister blogs. Milo discovered a product especially useful for enterprises of all sizes called Nightwatchm...