Category: Services

I had to create a support ticket at Dreamhost. I like their style. Here are a couple of the questions they ask, along with the options available in the pop-down menu:

I’m not sure how well these responses work for people whose first language is not English, but I definitely appreciated the effort.

I was quoted in a ChannelWeb article about the launch of Adobe’s new on-line application suite, which is going to compete with similar offerings from Microsoft and Google. I’m not sure if it comes through in my one-sentence write-bite, so let me amplify here just a bit.
When you schedule an event through an on-line service [...]

JungleDisk, which uses Amazon S3’s storage space for backup, looks like a promising competitor to Mozy and Carbonite. But it appears not to be targeted for server use — except for Windows Home Server, that is.

See Mary Jo Foley’s write-up of Microsoft Office Live Workspace. Why Microsoft insists on calling multiple different products with the same name, I’ll never understand. I’ve signed up for the MOLW beta waiting list. I’ll let you know what I think if and when I’m allowed in.

WebHost4Life’s SharePoint hosting architecture seems to mirror that of Mail2Web. Both of these companies allow me to create a SharePoint site in a subdomain of a domain hosted elsewhere, unlike 1&1. Both WebHost4Life and Mail2Web allow me to access my site at a fixed IP address prior to creating an A record in my authoritative [...]

Still waiting for WebHost4Life to set up my SharePoint hosting site, so in the meantime I set up an account at Mail2Web.com instead. Setup wasn’t instant, but at least it didn’t require me to contact support. I just had to wait 23 minutes after placing the order until an e-mail arrived with further instructions. Mail2web [...]

One of the attractive SharePoint hosting packages I found was WebHost4Life. I had previous experience with them building a DotNetNuke site so I decided to try them for SharePoint. Creating a new hosting account took just minutes. However, I was led to believe that I was then going to be able to create my SharePoint site [...]

When MozyPro starts its online backup process, it cycles through a few different messages, including this one:

Until now, I’ve never taken the time to learn what a spline is or exactly how one would reticulate it. As I understand it, the phrase means “forming a network of special functions.” What that has to do [...]

A few clients of mine are seeking to build extranets — collaborative online environments that cross corporate boundaries. These sites will be used for password-protected sharing of documents, discussions, calendars, and other types of information. Although it’s possible for a small company to host its own extranet on Small Business Server, it’s not advisable. There [...]

Here’s a good explanation of how the components of Microsoft Groove fit together.
Although after reading this, I still have a question: Can people who buy Office Groove 2007 (retail box) or Office Enterprise (volume licensing) share data via the Internet as soon as they install Groove, or do they have to purchase GES? I [...]