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Wanted: Dead or Alive

Parody of tech support set to Bon Jovi's Dead or Alive. ConnectWise is the Professional Services Automation software we use at Network Velocity.

Our Reading List

We recently had the privilege of hearing Verne "the Growth Guy" Harnish speak at the ConnectWise Partner Summit. Thanks to Verne we have a lot of reading to do! Here are a few of his recommendations. Not shown but still on the list is: Reality Marketing Revolution. To this list I would also add Free: The Future of a Radical Price and The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired Magazine. Links to the books in the picture ab...

What is Google Chrome OS?

Google Wave – Read This

In a previous blog post we stated that Google Wave was not yet ready for serious business use (after all it is still beta software). However, that does not mean you shouldn't keep your eye on it! The best article we've read regarding Wave and it's potential was written by Jason Kolb on his blog.  If the technical jargon in Jason's post throws you off at least read this excerpt from the link above: Take CRM and ERP systems for example. Instead of customers emailing you about a sale and the...

Economic Stimulus Act Provides Tax Benefits to Businesses

Back on November 24, 2008 we blogged about Section 179 and the tax advantages available to businesses. These same advantages are still available for 2009! From section170.org: When your business buys certain pieces of equipment, it typically gets to write them off a little at a time through depreciation. In other words, if your company spends $50,000 on a vehicle, it gets to write off (say) $10,000 a year for five years (these numbers are only meant to give you an example.) Now, while it'...

Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy

Funny bit from the Conan O'Brien show puts the advances in technology in perspective. How easily we forget! Next time that webpage takes five seconds to load just remember, "IT'S GOING TO SPACE."  Enjoy.

Don’t Rely on your IT Guy

We could not have said this better ourselves so we are linking to a great blog post by Clayton Moulynox of Evolve IT Australia. Way to knock it out of the park Clayton. Don't Rely on your IT Guy

Choosing the Right Partners

According to this story on CIGear , Microsoft may be abandoning their much hyped Response Point phone system designed for Small to Medium sized Businesses. This is not the first time Microsoft has pushed into a new market and then radically shifted their focus leaving their partners and clients in a lurch. If you'll excuse the expression, Microsoft continually throws 'stuff' on the wall to see what sticks. What happens to those businesses that invested in the product Microsoft abandoned...