by Theresa Miller | Dec 20, 2016 | Sonia Cuff, Windows
My friends think that it’s easy choosing new tech gear when you’re a geek. We scan rows of specifications like a fluent second language, easily removing options at a glance. Surely we end up with the best gear and no buyer’s remorse? In reality, it’s a little more...
by Theresa Miller | Nov 15, 2016 | Exchange Online, Sonia Cuff
Over the past weekend, we’ve completed an Office 365 migration for a small client. It’s not our first migration, but to date it’s been the trickiest, despite the absence of any Active Directory integration. This article is a post-mortem analysis, covering the expected...
by Theresa Miller | Oct 18, 2016 | Sonia Cuff
On 25-28 October 2016, Auckland will be hosting Microsoft Ignite New Zealand 2016. With 2,500 attendees, you would be wrong to write this off as an insignificant, local event. Even being so far away from Redmond, it’s well supported by the Microsoft team in the USA....
by Theresa Miller | Sep 20, 2016 | Cloud, Security, Sonia Cuff
The need to back up files you’re storing in the Cloud is a contentious topic. Some would argue that the resilience and redundancy built into services like Office 365 mean that paying for any additional backup solution is overkill and unnecessary. Others would argue...
by Theresa Miller | Aug 16, 2016 | Platforms, Sonia Cuff, Windows
IT projects are established because of a need, and can be led by IT, the business or both. Mind the gap and the reality of technology use. Generally, the IT drivers are pretty easy to quantify. Aging hardware is more likely to fail, and it is more challenging to...
by Theresa Miller | Jul 19, 2016 | Monitoring Tools, Sonia Cuff
The Small and Medium Business (SMB) market has been such a big part of my life for the past 12 years that sometimes I forget the stark contrast between it and the enterprise world. Desktop monitoring is one of those topics where opinions differ. Desktop Monitoring? I...
