Thanks Summer. An outsider looking in

On February 11, 2012, in Internet, itgroove, Web Litter, by swallbridge

Thanks to our friend Summer.  She summarized a conversation we had a little while back and it was worthy of sharing I think. Combining mastery in Microsoft technologies and a consistent focus on customer services, itgroove professionals deliver straightforward advice and IT solutions to small and mid-sized businesses since 2006. Every new client relationship begins [...]

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What a good looking crew … meet the itgroove team

On February 10, 2012, in Internet, itgroove, Victoria, by swallbridge

Meet the itgroove team circa 2012.  Top, Left to Right: Wendy, Sean, Louis, Jeremy, Luke, Colin, Darren, Keith and Robert

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Captain Dahl–Master and Commander

On February 10, 2012, in Internet, itgroove, SharePoint, SQL Server, Victoria, by swallbridge

I’m looking forward to seeing what master Dahl (Jeremy Dahl, our latest addition) will bring to his technology blog.  It just came online yesterday, so it may take a moment for him to get past the cosmetics and get down to the nitty and the gritty and flourish with content – but I have no [...]

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What Makes an IT Provider Great?

On December 28, 2011, in Internet, itgroove, Victoria, Victoria, Web Litter, by swallbridge

What Makes an IT Provider Great? That’s a question we ask ourselves at itgroove pretty frequently, so that we can live up to those standards and even exceed them. Based on what our clients tell us, here are a few of the traits of a really wonderful outsourced IT partner: They’re always accessible. You probably [...]

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Parents Rule, Children Drool :: Happy Holidays 2011!

On December 25, 2011, in Internet, itgroove, Victoria, Victoria, Web Litter, by swallbridge

Little known Christmas fact, you are allowed to humiliate your children so long as you take them on a trip to any Disney Destination. We had ours do a Scavenger hunt and a portion of it was to add on layers of clothes and conclude it with a dressage of Christmas lights.  The result can [...]

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Give the gift of hockey–Royals Holiday Combo

On November 24, 2011, in Hockey, Internet, itgroove, Victoria, Victoria, Web Litter, by swallbridge

The Victoria Royals have a holiday ticket special Holiday Combo  55 – 4 games plus toque Kids Club 25  – includes tickets, t-shirt, gifts and more for 12 and under Incoming search terms:hockej combos 24hockey ticket design pdfmarty the marmotmarty the marmot victoria royalsthe victoria royals group

4 Things to Look for in a SharePoint Consultant

Where do you first look for an outsourced IT/SharePoint provider? That’s a question a lot of business owners and managers don’t know how to answer, and it’s not their fault. After all, if you don’t know a great deal about technology – and why should you, when you have a company to run? – Then [...]

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I was called by the Computer Department Help Desk Scam–I Recorded it for fun tonight

On October 30, 2011, in Internet, Web Litter, Windows, Windows 7, by swallbridge

We’ve had a number of calls in the last week (probably 4, would swear it is the same woman even).  After yelling at her a few times and/or being outright mean and cruel (she doesn’t get sympathy…), tonight I thought I’d play along and record it. I missed the beginning as I was on the [...]

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Yep, I switched up my blog

On October 22, 2011, in Heart Litter, Internet, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Victoria, WordPress, by swallbridge

Gasp! Your blog isn’t based on SharePoint anymore? Yep. But keep your shirt on. I haven’t found a new lover. I LOVE working with SharePoint. But sometimes, the Internet prefers to work with others. Basically, I made the switch because: SharePoint can be expensive to license for the Internet SharePoint is HUGE and can sometimes [...]

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Shaw Upgrade from Extreme to new 50MB plan and Gateway

On September 11, 2011, in Internet, Shaw, Victoria, by swallbridge

*squeal*. Shaw guy is here installing my new Gateway and 3 portals (1 per TV). I’m also upgrading to their 50MB plan (100mb, pishaw, don’t need THAT yet), from Extreme. (Note, I started this blog post a week ago last Friday and finished it tonight. All this in an effort to match what Telus has [...]

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