synergy

behavior of a system that cannot be predicted by the behavior of its parts.

Virtualization – are you on the bandwagon?

A few weeks back I posted about the Future of IT. The mention was mostly based around SaaS and the cloud concepts, however an article I read today prompted me get my thoughts flowing on virtualization. Scott Allen Miller, a frequent flyer in the Spiceworks Community, published an article on Considering Virtualization for Small Business. [...]

Adobe hit the fan today, time to jump ship

The Law of Unintended Consequence – I’m going to steal this perfect description of the outcome of events caused by an implementation from my company’s corporate blog about health care reform. The law so perfectly puts what happens much to often in the IT world in a nutshell. “The “law of unintended consequences” (also called [...]

BlackBerry Duplicates, Spiceworks 4.1, Printer HELL

With a forecast of near 100 degrees and humid today, I am very thankful I work inside. However, what a Monday it has been. We recently finished our trial of BlackBerry Enterprise and have since implemented the BB Professional Server. Two of our users, one of which is an Admin, experience duplicate adderss book and [...]