Are You Talking on the Phone? How Would I Know?Are you tired of hearing someone in the same room with you blurt out, “what did you say?” You look up to repeat yourself only to realize they’re on a Bluetooth headset holding a conversation with someone else. The recent increase in headsets is just amazing. Are some of your business colleagues beginning to look like junior Cyborgs with electronics bolted to the side of their head? Have you mistaken the girl in accounting as a Britney Spears lookalike because she sports a boom microphone poised over her mouth to capture her next exclamation? LEARN MORE > |
Learning Gateway—The “Borg” Goes Open Source for SchoolsMicrosoft is often—unfairly—depicted as being against open source, but in fact they’ve sponsored a thriving community for open source development on their platforms at CodePlex (www.codeplex.com). One of the most useful and exciting open source solutions for SharePoint on CodePlex is the Microsoft Learning Gateway (MLG). LEARN MORE > |
Get Ready to Unplug the PBX
Is this a reality? Are we at the point where communications for businesses, small or large, do not need a PBX? Honestly, I think we’ve all dreamt about that day, a day where we no longer have a line item in our budget just for PBX support. That dream is becoming a reality for many organizations. For all of you who have stretched the 5 year life expectancy of your old PBX to 7, 10, or 15 years, consider what you use for your desktop OS before you look to upgrade your PBX. LEARN MORE > |
Windows XP or Vista? Who Cares? SCCM to the Rescue!!
Have you heard any of this before?
• Windows Vista is not being deployed in corporate America because it lacks real benefit over Windows XP.
• XP became too entrenched during Vista’s slow development.
• Vista sales were damaged by initial disappointment in the Beta.
• Most technical IT users actually loved the Beta.
• Vista is slow.
• Vista is fast.
• Vista is another ‘ME’ version.
• I can’t wait for Windows 7. I wish Microsoft would tell me what’s in it.
I have an opinion on these Vista issues, but rather than discuss that, I have something you should really be interested in.
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