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Intermedia Office in the Cloud vs. Office 365
A local Indianapolis dental office has decided not to update their local Exchange software and asked me to review hosted Exchange providers and online office productivity suites from Intermedia and Microsoft. They both are cloud-based and use Microsoft Office products, but each has slightly different features and benefits. Intermedia’s “Office in the Cloud” boasts migration…
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Nowadays
Zac Parsons, a friend of mine who writes about the arts, culture, and sports, recently asked me what Watershawl was up to nowadays. Here is my reply: With due diligence and a lack of self sabotage things will continue to get better. They are good right now, but there’s room for improvement. I’m expanding my…
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A New Logo for a New Direction
I realize we just updated our logo a couple of months ago, but consider that an iteration on the way to the final product, which you can see here. The last logo was a circle of blue around an empty center, with a cutout at the bottom. It was meant to symbolize a ring of…
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What is Cloud Computing?
Is Google Docs Cloud Computing? Google Docs is a free (with paid service options): Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, form, and data storage service offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. Google Docs is Google’s “software as a service” office suite. Documents, spreadsheets,…
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5 Ways to Compute Cloud Computing ROI
The future of IT is in cloud computing, but how do you explain that to the “C” level executives? This model uses two specific business metrics and 5 ways that you can explain the ROI of cloud computing to your boss or to the board: • IT capacity – storage (GB or TB), CPU cycles…
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What Can SugarCRM Do for You?
SugarCRM is a great customer relationship manager with pipeline management and email marketing capability. The core Sugar modules are as follows: Home – The Home module provides a quick view of the relevant data and activities that you select for display. Accounts – Manage customer companies, entities, or even individuals if’s it’s a small business. You can track a…
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Is Google Docs Cloud Computing?
Ether Fleet’s Cloud Computing recently answered a couple of the most asked questions about cloud computing. A lot of people ask, “Is Google Docs Cloud Computing?” and they do a good job of answering that while Google Docs runs web-based apps such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, and forms Google Docs itself is not could computing. The…
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Don’t Change. Profit.
Why are people so interested in the new(s)? Because they hate change. Here’s how to capitalize on that fear: I recently wrote about how people don’t like to change and it got me thinking, “What if I created products or services based on the premise that people hate change?” Tablet computers are revolutionary partly because…