Comments on: Have a Small Business and need IT help? http://conoroneill.com/2008/03/19/have-a-small-business-and-need-it-help/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:35:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: West Cork Enterprise Board Support | Argolon http://conoroneill.com/2008/03/19/have-a-small-business-and-need-it-help/comment-page-1/#comment-119422 West Cork Enterprise Board Support | Argolon Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:53:39 +0000 http://conoroneill.com/2008/03/19/have-a-small-business-and-need-it-help/#comment-119422 [...] big area of mutual frustration was the lack of take-up on the Tech-Check scheme. I’ve written about it before on my personal blog and in summary, if you are a local biz in Ireland with even one laptop and [...] [...] big area of mutual frustration was the lack of take-up on the Tech-Check scheme. I’ve written about it before on my personal blog and in summary, if you are a local biz in Ireland with even one laptop and [...]

]]> By: Conor O'Neill http://conoroneill.com/2008/03/19/have-a-small-business-and-need-it-help/comment-page-1/#comment-117300 Conor O'Neill Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:47:09 +0000 http://conoroneill.com/2008/03/19/have-a-small-business-and-need-it-help/#comment-117300 So glad it went well for you. I hope they do another big marketing push on it but targeted differently. e.g. "Have a small business?" "Struggling with basic IT like email, security, your web-site?" "Tech-Check can help for only €150" So glad it went well for you. I hope they do another big marketing push on it but targeted differently. e.g. “Have a small business?” “Struggling with basic IT like email, security, your web-site?” “Tech-Check can help for only €150″

]]> By: JD http://conoroneill.com/2008/03/19/have-a-small-business-and-need-it-help/comment-page-1/#comment-117266 JD Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:50:28 +0000 http://conoroneill.com/2008/03/19/have-a-small-business-and-need-it-help/#comment-117266 We had our Tech-Check in the past 10 days. 2 visits. I was out of the office for the 1st visit and there for the 2nd. I expected us to be slated but lo and behold.. he was satisfied with what we had, as an SME! Very impressed and Cork Enterprise really need to 'sell' this out there as I think the practice is important. Thanks again for the heads-up, Conor. We had our Tech-Check in the past 10 days. 2 visits. I was out of the office for the 1st visit and there for the 2nd. I expected us to be slated but lo and behold.. he was satisfied with what we had, as an SME!
Very impressed and Cork Enterprise really need to ’sell’ this out there as I think the practice is important.
Thanks again for the heads-up, Conor.

]]> By: JD http://conoroneill.com/2008/03/19/have-a-small-business-and-need-it-help/comment-page-1/#comment-112007 JD Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:28:22 +0000 http://conoroneill.com/2008/03/19/have-a-small-business-and-need-it-help/#comment-112007 I can wax lyrical about the Blackberry ad nauseum as I find it the singlemost useful piece of technology I have other than the tv remote control. However I will say that I use my Blackberry only for email and keep a separate mobile for tel calls as the separation is important for me. And also battery life is longer and that is of primary importance. The nice people in O2 suggest that I use one device but it's not for me. Those that I need to contact by tel usually are more contactable by Blackberry and that suits me and the work I do. I can wax lyrical about the Blackberry ad nauseum as I find it the singlemost useful piece of technology I have other than the tv remote control. However I will say that I use my Blackberry only for email and keep a separate mobile for tel calls as the separation is important for me. And also battery life is longer and that is of primary importance. The nice people in O2 suggest that I use one device but it’s not for me. Those that I need to contact by tel usually are more contactable by Blackberry and that suits me and the work I do.

]]> By: conor http://conoroneill.com/2008/03/19/have-a-small-business-and-need-it-help/comment-page-1/#comment-111711 conor Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:29:26 +0000 http://conoroneill.com/2008/03/19/have-a-small-business-and-need-it-help/#comment-111711 Thanks for getting the message out. It really is a great scheme and helps people avoid being gouged by unscrupulous vendors too. In every Tech-Check I've done except one, I've recommended GMail. Google Apps for Your Domain gives you GMail but with your own domain and it's free. I use the mobile client on my phone. It's not "Push" like Blackberry but is more than enough for most people. Blackberry is one area I need to bone up on. I've only encountered one Tech-Check client using one so far but those who love them, really love them! Thanks for getting the message out. It really is a great scheme and helps people avoid being gouged by unscrupulous vendors too.

In every Tech-Check I’ve done except one, I’ve recommended GMail. Google Apps for Your Domain gives you GMail but with your own domain and it’s free. I use the mobile client on my phone. It’s not “Push” like Blackberry but is more than enough for most people.

Blackberry is one area I need to bone up on. I’ve only encountered one Tech-Check client using one so far but those who love them, really love them!

]]> By: JD http://conoroneill.com/2008/03/19/have-a-small-business-and-need-it-help/comment-page-1/#comment-111707 JD Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:15:41 +0000 http://conoroneill.com/2008/03/19/have-a-small-business-and-need-it-help/#comment-111707 Great idea. I have forwarded details to my office. We have the world's greatest higgeldy piggeldy set-up in the IT arena. Example: I push-mail my work emails to a Blackberry 7290. Traditionally the mails enter the office NetPilot, swabbed and placed on the Goldmine CRM whilst a copy is sent to my Blackberry email address. My reply-to mail address from the Blackberry is my work address. Fun, eh?? Well about 3 months ago the NetPilot set up kept 'erasing' my remote or Blackberry email address thereby I'm not receiving emails on the move. Back to square one. What I've had to do is set up a work Gmail account and bypass Goldmine altogether (which is defeating the purpose of keeping one) and have the NetPilot send the mail directly to my Gmail account, and by changing the settings in the Gmail a/c I can have a copy sent to my Blackberry address. The reply-to email address from the Gmail account is my work email address. It's a long way around but Gmail has saved my life. The current IT company we use can't 'figure' out why the NetPilot keeps erasing my remote/Blackberry email!! Rant over. Great idea. I have forwarded details to my office. We have the world’s greatest higgeldy piggeldy set-up in the IT arena.
Example: I push-mail my work emails to a Blackberry 7290. Traditionally the mails enter the office NetPilot, swabbed and placed on the Goldmine CRM whilst a copy is sent to my Blackberry email address. My reply-to mail address from the Blackberry is my work address. Fun, eh??
Well about 3 months ago the NetPilot set up kept ‘erasing’ my remote or Blackberry email address thereby I’m not receiving emails on the move. Back to square one. What I’ve had to do is set up a work Gmail account and bypass Goldmine altogether (which is defeating the purpose of keeping one) and have the NetPilot send the mail directly to my Gmail account, and by changing the settings in the Gmail a/c I can have a copy sent to my Blackberry address. The reply-to email address from the Gmail account is my work email address.
It’s a long way around but Gmail has saved my life. The current IT company we use can’t ‘figure’ out why the NetPilot keeps erasing my remote/Blackberry email!!
Rant over.

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