Re: Need wording help - getting rid of an IT vendor

2010-12-14 Thread Cameron Childress
Don't get emotionally wrapped up in the details. Unless he owes you money, just terminate any contracts and walk away as politely as possible. Nothing is to be gained from explaining anything to him. It will only cause you more trouble. Change passwords etc and if you are REALLY worried he m

Re: Need wording help - getting rid of an IT vendor

2010-12-14 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
Guess I should elaborate a bit more - though understand that by sharing this I know it may make me look petty. The decision to remove the vendor was fiscal as well as personal... The owner of said vendor service has professionally and personally insulted both myself and my boss. When asked for

Re: Need wording help - getting rid of an IT vendor

2010-12-14 Thread Cameron Childress
Usually simple is better. the more you try to explain the worse it's going to sound. Something like "Your services are no longer required. We've enjoyed working with you. Thank you." There is no reason for any technical explanation. -Cameron On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:38 PM, C. Hatton Humphr

Re: Need wording help - getting rid of an IT vendor

2010-12-14 Thread Medic
All joking aside, any time I've been in a similar situation I always try to take the professional magnanimous role. No real sense twisting the knife. Thank them for their x years of excellent service they've provided and just let them know that as your organizational needs have changed as a compan

Re: Need wording help - getting rid of an IT vendor

2010-12-14 Thread Medic
Dear Vendor, I'm here to fire useless I.T. providers and chew bubble gum. And I'm fresh out of bubble gum. On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:38 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > We've got an IT service that we are terminating services with but I've > been asked for technical input on the letter - bas

Need wording help - getting rid of an IT vendor

2010-12-14 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
We've got an IT service that we are terminating services with but I've been asked for technical input on the letter - basically they used to provide all of the IT services; now we are finally pulling the last item they had influence over but there may be other points of entry. While I'm generally

new top 50 most common passwords list

2010-12-14 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Zillions of years ago when consumer computing was still in its infancy, there was a list of the 50 most common passwords. A master h...@ck3r could break into a lot of computers just by walking through this list. Well, the list still exists and thanks to gawker, we have an update to it. The top pas