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Many companies today have a need to share resources like calendars and contacts across multiple people within the organization.  There might be a need for a CEO to share a personal calendar with an assistant, a public calendar that everyone needs to see or possibly a company-wide group of business contacts.

As an IT consultant, when I’m out in the field many customers ask me about using MobileMe to sync all of their companies contacts and calendars.  For a small business office of one or two people, this might be a viable solution, however, for companies that need more control over their resources, a server based solution is probably a better way to go. More »

Last time, I wrote about our friend, “Joe the IT guy” and Computer Armageddon. I have been thinking a lot about these things lately, and I have noticed that I’m not getting much sleep. Family responsibilities (and a very active 10 month old) are at the top of the list, but I was thinking about when I was an IT Manager for a medium sized company. I didn’t get much sleep then either. More »

Computer Armageddon can start in the little details that don’t seem important.  You’re trying to keep things simple, save a little money, and not think about IT stuff unless you absolutely have to.  That can lead some people to consider hiring “Joe the IT guy.”

I’m going to tell you how “Joe the IT guy” can negatively affect your business. More »