In reality, it mostly comes down to the contract working itself.

I'm the same. GFI is essentially a tool that I use to monitor, remotely manage, provide anti virus, etc. I do not bill for GFI, but the services I supply due to the monitoring and accessibility provided by MaxFocus

@JaredBusch said:

@Minion-Queen I made use of the Veeam announcement today too. One of their questions was would Veeam backup their desktops too. MY answer now was 1st Quarter 2015 it will!

The community wins again!

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@Hubtech said:

did I just hire creative?! b/c of a motion?

Don't you hate it when you're the last to know...:P

How about a bidding war? I'll do $50k remote from Houston. Signed, sealed, delivered. 😜

I'll match that! But from Dallas!

Haha you can have it, I'll stick to procurement; rather not throw away 7yrs of experience moving into an IT admin position in all reality.

EDIT: If you need a remote supply chain guy... 😛

"I hear your a man who knows how to get things"
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Haha I am, that's why I get paid the big bucks holmes.

@scottalanmiller said:

Sad that they charge extra for that.

Not worth it. The Monday pre-event training is on a product that isn't worth it.

@scottalanmiller said:

@Carnival-Boy said:

Looks really good. I'd like to see a few stock photos of some beautiful people.

Always a big plus.

I think its a little cheesy, but that's just me

Getting a client-base built up is the hard part, and it takes a long time. You'll need something else for work for probably at least the first 2-4 years. Just my 2¢.

@JaredBusch said:

I am open to that choice, but I am leaning against it for the moment simply because** I am optimistic that we will be able to convert this to full time.** We really just need to lighten my workload for now and get one more solid quality client to make this a permanent position.

I am really on the fence at this point.

I got ya. put out an add for a temp position with possibility of full time. people gobble that up round here.

@JaredBusch that Windows license thing is a huge deal. Everyone always blows it off with a "SMBs only run Windows" but that's so not true, especially in this day and age with virtualization. And any technical MSP knows to use the right tool for the right job. Sure 99% of SMBs run Windows but 100% of SMBs don't want to waste money for no reason. Running Windows doesn't mean you have spare, otherwise useless licenses sitting around. The cost of SW is actually quite high when you consider the licensing headaches. And since you either need a VDI license, a server license or to run it on a physical desktop it is far more costly than people really admit.

Running SW "right" means a Server 2012 R2 license virtualized with some serious disk subsystem to keep it running smoothly. That's far from trivial if you are an SMB. That's more cost than many put into their entire IT infrastructure!

Welcome to the party!

@scottalanmiller said:

@IRJ You are using one of those freelance service sites like Odesk or whatever?

yes.

It was a cute idea but it was never clear which one was supposed to be the one that they were recommending.

@alexntg you are listing where it IS used, not where it made sense to use. I don't dispute that horrible decisions are made or that people don't just keep doing things that they know.

But that's not the discussion. It's about good design and what you should do when you get to do the design and make the decisions.

Doing bad things just because other people also do bad things is not good logic. It might help to justify mediocrity but it doesn't promote excellence. Making bad software is relatively easy, that's why so many companies do that.

@scottalanmiller said:

@IRJ said:

I pulled the trigger on LANTech.co

I am very surprised that was still available

Because customers don't know what LANs are 😉

Lol

I dont know all the details yet, but I understand that the pricing could be low, fair, or high.

So many free viewers. We used to use Solidworks eDrawings, which was great, but they don't currently support the lastest Autodesk Inventor file formats. So now we use Autodesk Inventor View. However, this software is a bit too limited for many of our users. We're trying to do away with printed drawings on the factory floor, but this means the factor floor workers need to be able to do some basic manipulation on the model in order to get a view of what they need. Inventor View is more of a simple printing tool.

Hopefully, Adobe might come to the rescue.

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@Katie said:

Aaannnd.... I'm registered. Boom!
It's being held at one of the Sea World Resorts 🐳 🐋

Awesome. Let us know how it is.

Will-do! 🙂

I've never been to a conf like this. what should I expect? why would I go. is anybody out there reading this?

Why would you go to a vendor conference?

There are many reasons to do so, most notably the business networking that takes place at events like these. Because this one is vendor-specific, you could expect to attend sessions focused on issues relating to use of the product or use-cases. It's an excellent opportunity to get out of the office.
After the daytime hours, it's not uncommon for there to be a vendor-sponsored happy hour or party. Also good for more relaxed networking and socialisation.
Bring a fistful of business cards, because you will want to exchange with others you meet.
Bring something with which to take notes. Sometimes you'll be given a notebook sponsored by some vendor, but sometimes not.
Wear comfortable shoes. Lots of walking around.

I hope that helps a little.

see ya there!

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

All software on a Pertino PC is on the Pertino VPN. So any soft phone will work with Pertino.

OK. so the softphone had no clue about Pertino specifically - it just gets the benefits from being on a PC with Pertino installed... gotcha!

Exactly Pertino is just a transparent IP network layer.

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

All software on a Pertino PC is on the Pertino VPN. So any soft phone will work with Pertino.

OK. so the softphone had no clue about Pertino specifically - it just gets the benefits from being on a PC with Pertino installed... gotcha!

@scottalanmiller said:

I'm not sure that utility and value are competing ideas.

Not that it's competing but more along the lines of how to make them equal out. Like when you have more value wrapped up in IT staff, but that staff's utility isn't being realized. Or when utility of a piece of equipment is being maximized, but the value isn't there anymore. I'm trying to think of a better way to convey what my mind is thinking right now. Stay tuned.