Comments for AmbitionMission.com Blog http://www.ambitionmission.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:50:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 Comment on Which “SMB” conference is right for YOUR business? by David Jolley http://www.ambitionmission.com/conferences/which-smb-conference-is-right-for-your-business/#comment-303 David Jolley Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:47:29 +0000 http://www.ambitionmission.com/conferences/which-smb-conference-is-right-for-your-business/#comment-303 Nice info! I had been looking for a resource for SMB IT conferences....damn, I miss COMDEX! Nice info! I had been looking for a resource for SMB IT conferences….damn, I miss COMDEX!

]]> Comment on Microsoft Response Point is “like SBS 4.0″? by admin http://www.ambitionmission.com/industry-trends/microsoft-response-point-is-like-sbs-40/#comment-302 admin Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:55:01 +0000 http://www.ambitionmission.com/industry-trends/microsoft-response-point-is-like-sbs-40/#comment-302 I think it comes down to the clients you serve. There are certainly features we are all hoping will be in version 2 - and hoping that version 2 comes soon. just keep in mind that there are mosre small businesses out there with 5 or less employees than there at 6+ staff. Do I wish SBA was server based and had that integration - sure. But for these smaller companies, what it DOES offer is still better than the alternative. Response Point can be positioned as "your first phone system" as an upgrade from the Small Business' who currently use phones from Costco or Radio Shack or the phone companies voice mail services. I think it comes down to the clients you serve. There are certainly features we are all hoping will be in version 2 - and hoping that version 2 comes soon. just keep in mind that there are mosre small businesses out there with 5 or less employees than there at 6+ staff.

Do I wish SBA was server based and had that integration - sure. But for these smaller companies, what it DOES offer is still better than the alternative.

Response Point can be positioned as “your first phone system” as an upgrade from the Small Business’ who currently use phones from Costco or Radio Shack or the phone companies voice mail services.

]]> Comment on Microsoft Response Point is “like SBS 4.0″? by Fritzly http://www.ambitionmission.com/industry-trends/microsoft-response-point-is-like-sbs-40/#comment-301 Fritzly Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:13:12 +0000 http://www.ambitionmission.com/industry-trends/microsoft-response-point-is-like-sbs-40/#comment-301 Interesting article: We looked at Response point but we decided to pass on it for reasons similar to some of the ones you mentioned: No integration with Exchange ( you mentioned Outlook)and CRM. We use SBS 2003 and we are waiting to move to SBS 2008 Premium; a system that does not integrate and takes advantage of the OS potentialities is, at least for us, a no go. Live Communication Server is a coompletely different system which could fit in an organization that uses Windows Server, not SBS. This is the same problem small business experience with MS accounting programs: either way you use SBA 2008 which does not interact with Exchange, CRM and it is not server based or GreatPlains ($20,000 +) Just my opinion of course. Regards Interesting article: We looked at Response point but we decided to pass on it for reasons similar to some of the ones you mentioned:
No integration with Exchange ( you mentioned Outlook)and CRM.

We use SBS 2003 and we are waiting to move to SBS 2008 Premium; a system that does not integrate and takes advantage of the OS potentialities is, at least for us, a no go.

Live Communication Server is a coompletely different system which could fit in an organization that uses Windows Server, not SBS.

This is the same problem small business experience with MS accounting programs:
either way you use SBA 2008 which does not interact with Exchange, CRM and it is not server based or GreatPlains ($20,000 +)

Just my opinion of course.
Regards

]]> Comment on Want your company logo on NASCAR? by Another Day Ruined » Want your company logo on NASCAR? http://www.ambitionmission.com/news/want-your-company-logo-on-nascar/#comment-281 Another Day Ruined » Want your company logo on NASCAR? Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:29:33 +0000 http://www.ambitionmission.com/news/want-your-company-logo-on-nascar/#comment-281 [...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMicrosoft is partnering with NASCAR to promote the Small Business Specialist Community (SBSC) brand, ie the ‘blue badge’ AND simultaneously giving an opportunity to SBSC partners to promote their business!For under $4000, an SBSC can … [...] […] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMicrosoft is partnering with NASCAR to promote the Small Business Specialist Community (SBSC) brand, ie the ‘blue badge’ AND simultaneously giving an opportunity to SBSC partners to promote their business!For under $4000, an SBSC can … […]

]]> Comment on Which “SMB” conference is right for YOUR business? by Harry Brelsford http://www.ambitionmission.com/conferences/which-smb-conference-is-right-for-your-business/#comment-141 Harry Brelsford Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:58:50 +0000 http://www.ambitionmission.com/conferences/which-smb-conference-is-right-for-your-business/#comment-141 Hi Matt - not only thanks for the kind words but I salute your fair and balanced treatment....this is truly good information here... thanks harrybbbb Hi Matt - not only thanks for the kind words but I salute your fair and balanced treatment….this is truly good information here…

thanks

harrybbbb

]]> Comment on Which “SMB” conference is right for YOUR business? by Erick Simpson http://www.ambitionmission.com/conferences/which-smb-conference-is-right-for-your-business/#comment-137 Erick Simpson Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:16:49 +0000 http://www.ambitionmission.com/conferences/which-smb-conference-is-right-for-your-business/#comment-137 Excellent job describing the options for "must-go" conferences, room mate! I'd also like to expand on Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference networking tool WPC Connect. All registered attendees of Microsoft's WPC can utilize this online socializing tool to share information about themselves, their organizations or products/services, identify other attendees they'd like to meet, communicate and collaborate with other attendees, and schedule meetings with them in a section set aside specifically for that purpose withing WPC. It's an area containing hundreds of tables with numbers, and through WPC Connect you can send a meeting request to any other attendee (and I mean ANY OTHER ATTENDEE, including Microsoft staff - get my meaning?) and book a time and a table. What an awesome way to get focused attention from the folks you would not have the opportunity with anywhere else.... See you in Dallas! Excellent job describing the options for “must-go” conferences, room mate! I’d also like to expand on Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference networking tool WPC Connect. All registered attendees of Microsoft’s WPC can utilize this online socializing tool to share information about themselves, their organizations or products/services, identify other attendees they’d like to meet, communicate and collaborate with other attendees, and schedule meetings with them in a section set aside specifically for that purpose withing WPC. It’s an area containing hundreds of tables with numbers, and through WPC Connect you can send a meeting request to any other attendee (and I mean ANY OTHER ATTENDEE, including Microsoft staff - get my meaning?) and book a time and a table. What an awesome way to get focused attention from the folks you would not have the opportunity with anywhere else….

See you in Dallas!

]]> Comment on Events by AmbitionMission.com Blog » Blog Archive » Which “SMB” conference is right for YOUR business? http://www.ambitionmission.com/events/#comment-133 AmbitionMission.com Blog » Blog Archive » Which “SMB” conference is right for YOUR business? Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:36:40 +0000 http://www.ambitionmission.com/events/#comment-133 [...] I hope it proves helpful:In order of the date the conferences occur (you can also check out the www.AmbitionMission.com/events for more info):SMB Nation (East) - NY/NJ March - SMB Nation is the original.  The 3rd annual East [...] […] I hope it proves helpful:In order of the date the conferences occur (you can also check out the www.AmbitionMission.com/events for more info):SMB Nation (East) - NY/NJ March - SMB Nation is the original.  The 3rd annual East […]

]]> Comment on SMBTN - Orange County by Steven Gold, MS Johns Hopkins University http://www.ambitionmission.com/traveling-seminars/smbtn-orange-county/#comment-80 Steven Gold, MS Johns Hopkins University Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:25:43 +0000 http://www.ambitionmission.com/traveling-seminars/smbtn-orange-county/#comment-80 January 11, 2008 Matt, Just wanted to let you know THAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO ATTEND LAST MONTH AT TYSONS CORNER, VIRGINIA! I learned a lot from you - and, in particular, I saw how much I do not know already, learned about your book, and saw firsthand why I need to purchase your book and read it cover-to-cover at least once per month! Will purchase your book from Amazon this coming week! Thanks Again! Steve Gold Master of Science, Information and Telecommunications Systems [IT Security Major], Johns Hopkins University, May 2005 Baltimore, MD. MBA [Marketing], University of Missouri, Kansas City. CEO Strategic IT Security, LLC www.StrategicITSecurity.com srg@strategicitsecurity.com January 11, 2008

Matt,

Just wanted to let you know THAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO ATTEND LAST MONTH AT TYSONS CORNER, VIRGINIA!

I learned a lot from you - and, in particular, I saw how much I do not know already, learned about your book, and saw firsthand why I need to purchase your book and read it cover-to-cover at least once per month!

Will purchase your book from Amazon this coming week!

Thanks Again!

Steve Gold

Master of Science, Information and Telecommunications Systems [IT Security Major], Johns Hopkins University, May 2005 Baltimore, MD.

MBA [Marketing], University of Missouri, Kansas City.

CEO

Strategic IT Security, LLC

www.StrategicITSecurity.com

srg@strategicitsecurity.com

]]> Comment on Texas TS2 events - here I come! by Steven Gold, MS Johns Hopkins University http://www.ambitionmission.com/traveling-seminars/texas-ts2-events-here-i-come/#comment-79 Steven Gold, MS Johns Hopkins University Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:25:20 +0000 http://www.ambitionmission.com/traveling-seminars/texas-ts2-events-here-i-come/#comment-79 January 11, 2008 Matt, Just wanted to let you know THAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO ATTEND LAST MONTH AT TYSONS CORNER, VIRGINIA! I learned a lot from you - and, in particular, I saw how much I do not know already, learned about your book, and saw firsthand why I need to purchase your book and read it cover-to-cover at least once per month! Will purchase your book from Amazon this coming week! Thanks Again! Steve Gold Master of Science, Information and Telecommunications Systems [IT Security Major], Johns Hopkins University, May 2005 Baltimore, MD. MBA [Marketing], University of Missouri, Kansas City. CEO Strategic IT Security, LLC www.StrategicITSecurity.com srg@strategicitsecurity.com January 11, 2008

Matt,

Just wanted to let you know THAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO ATTEND LAST MONTH AT TYSONS CORNER, VIRGINIA!

I learned a lot from you - and, in particular, I saw how much I do not know already, learned about your book, and saw firsthand why I need to purchase your book and read it cover-to-cover at least once per month!

Will purchase your book from Amazon this coming week!

Thanks Again!

Steve Gold

Master of Science, Information and Telecommunications Systems [IT Security Major], Johns Hopkins University, May 2005 Baltimore, MD.

MBA [Marketing], University of Missouri, Kansas City.

CEO

Strategic IT Security, LLC

www.StrategicITSecurity.com

srg@strategicitsecurity.com

]]> Comment on Some people just don’t get it! by Steven Gold, MS Johns Hopkins University http://www.ambitionmission.com/book-selling-managed-services/some-people-just-dont-get-it/#comment-78 Steven Gold, MS Johns Hopkins University Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:24:59 +0000 http://www.ambitionmission.com/book-selling-managed-services/some-people-just-dont-get-it/#comment-78 January 11, 2008 Matt, Just wanted to let you know THAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO ATTEND LAST MONTH AT TYSONS CORNER, VIRGINIA! I learned a lot from you - and, in particular, I saw how much I do not know already, learned about your book, and saw firsthand why I need to purchase your book and read it cover-to-cover at least once per month! Will purchase your book from Amazon this coming week! Thanks Again! Steve Gold Master of Science, Information and Telecommunications Systems [IT Security Major], Johns Hopkins University, May 2005 Baltimore, MD. MBA [Marketing], University of Missouri, Kansas City. CEO Strategic IT Security, LLC www.StrategicITSecurity.com srg@strategicitsecurity.com January 11, 2008

Matt,

Just wanted to let you know THAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO ATTEND LAST MONTH AT TYSONS CORNER, VIRGINIA!

I learned a lot from you - and, in particular, I saw how much I do not know already, learned about your book, and saw firsthand why I need to purchase your book and read it cover-to-cover at least once per month!

Will purchase your book from Amazon this coming week!

Thanks Again!

Steve Gold

Master of Science, Information and Telecommunications Systems [IT Security Major], Johns Hopkins University, May 2005 Baltimore, MD.

MBA [Marketing], University of Missouri, Kansas City.

CEO

Strategic IT Security, LLC

www.StrategicITSecurity.com

srg@strategicitsecurity.com

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