Telco Carrier - CBeyond

Hellos to all. Has anyone worked with CBeyond (www.cbeyond.net<http://www.cbeyond.net>)? They are courting us for service and partnership. We are performing some research and I listen greatly to the thoughts on this forum. Thanks. Sincerely, Cesare

Switch / Firewall / Wireless

Hellos.. It is always good to ask for the silver bullet. Anyone know of a solution for a small business or branch office that can serve as a switch, firewall, and wireless. Thoughts. Sincerely, Cesare' A. Ramos "Nobody can elude ones destiny, neither deny ones origin; better t

?? on budget spreadsheet

Hellos to all.. Anyone out there have any template type spreadsheets on budgets that can be shared out. If so, they would be appreciated.. We are reviewing ours and are looking for other minds and ideas. Thanks. CAR This e-Mail and any files transmitted with

Alliances / Partnership

Hello all. I apologize to send this solicitation to this group but am looking for options and figured I would explore here. We are an IT company located in South Florida and are working on an opportunity that will require some onsite coverage throughout locations in Florida and possibly in dif

Thoughts... IT Management Automation software

mixed environment to build solutions to clients and partners but need something better. Looking for some thoughts and input from the community. Thank you. Sincerely, Cesare' A. Ramos This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and int

Multi-Site thoughts

Hellos. Wanted to bounce something off the group to get some thoughts. We have a client that has 5 sites and a main / corp site. Currently they have local file / printer servers at each site that are also hosting local DHCP. We have recently implemented 100MB meshed metroe among all sites and

?? on Internal Audit software

Hellos all. We are looking into and evaluating a software or group of software applications that would allow us to come into a network and run a network scan. We are looking for reporting on open ports, patches, etc. We have reviewed GFI LanGuard (http://www.gfi.com/lannetscan) but wanted to s

?? On MS SQL admin

mance and output. We would like someone to review the delays, check scripts, review overall SQL config, etc and make recommendations for resolutions." This is from a current client of ours that is having MS SQL issues. If interested, please respond to me directly. Thank you. Sincerely,

Removing primary AD server or PDC from domain?

Hey guys.. We have hit a new one here that we are not familiar with and have been doing some research. We have some thoughts based on the research but wanted to bounce of the group to see further input. We have an environment that has 2 locations. They had 2 Windows 2003 servers at one locat

IT Groups / Organizations

Hellos all. I am researching to see if there are any IT groups / organizations that anyone knows about. What I mean is like an association where IT professional or IT companies attend meetings, education, some sort of accreditations? Thanks to all. Sincerely, Cesare' A.

Windows SBS 2003 User right

d success in keeping change static. Any thoughts. Sincerely, Cesare' A. Ramos This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received th

Data drive on Server

Mornings all. Stumped on this one.. Not sure if it is a Monday morning thing or the IT gremlins are getting to me. Have a server that the E drive (data drive) via Windows Explorer has a total size of 54.3GB with 1.61 GB free. There are 2 folders in the drive. If the total size of the 2 folde

RE: Data drive on Server

On 12 July 2010 15:06, Cesare' A. Ramos mailto:cra...@idfllc.com>> wrote: Mornings all. Stumped on this one.. Not sure if it is a Monday morning thing or the IT gremlins are getting to me. Have a server that the E drive (data drive) via Windows Explorer has a total size of 54.3GB wi

RE: Data drive on Server

s an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:cra...@idfllc.com] Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 10:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Data drive on Server Mornings all. Stumped on this one.. Not sure if it is a Monday morning thing or the IT gremlins are

Thoughts on ConnectWise

Hellos all. Anyone on the list using or evaluated ConnectWise? Looking for thoughts and experiences. Thanks. CAR This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addre

Support coverage in South Carolina

Hellos. I am reaching out to the group to see if anyone is capable to provide services or knows of a company that can provide IT support (Level 1 / Level 2) in South Carolina. Response appreciated. You can respond to me directly if you would like. Thanks. CAR _

Lenovo 200V server

Hellos all. Has anyone worked or installed a Lenovo 200V server? If so, what is your experience with them? Thanks. Sincerely, Cesare' A. Ramos "Nobody can elude ones destiny, neither deny ones origin; better to walk, to trip, to fall, get back up and to continue, that is the reas

RE: Windows File Archive

2012 02:18:39 + To: NT System Admin Issuesmailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>> ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>> Subject: RE: Windows File Archive Robocopy with /MINAGE switch. You can exclude any files newer than

RE: AT&T & iPhone

iPhone Seeing what? Please describe what you mean by 'issues'. -- Espi On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Cesare' A. Ramos mailto:cra...@idfllc.com>> wrote: Anyone seeing or experiencing any issues with e-mail / calendar syncing over the last 2 days? We have a handful of

RE: AT&T & iPhone

hone. - Oh, by the way, which one's Pink? On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:24, Cesare' A. Ramos mailto:cra...@idfllc.com>> wrote: > Anyone seeing or experiencing any issues with e-mail / calendar syncing over > the last 2 days? We have a handful of users see

RE: AT&T & iPhone

M/MSN/Yahoo/Gchat/Skype: cramosMIA [cid:image001.png@01CBCC62.8CB3B540]<http://www.facebook.com/brandpermissions/index.php#!/pages/Doral-FL/IDF/122442201136271?v=wall> IDF's Tech news & tips From: Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:cra...@idfllc.com] Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 12:4

RE: Looking for cable

Try looking on TigerDirect.com CAR Direct: 305-492-7961 Service Desk: 305-492-7979 Mobile: 786-412-1746 e-Mail: cra...@idfllc.com AIM/MSN/Yahoo/Gchat/Skype: cramosMIA IDF's Tech news & tips -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, Aug

RE: ?? on Field service reps / Mileage expense

t must be treated as income, > by both you and the employee. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:cra...@idfllc.c

Invites for GrandCentral

Anyone have any invites that they would like to share for GrandCentral (www.grandcentral.com) CAR Office: 305-443-0331 xt. 1202 Mobile: 786-412-1746 Skype: 305-851-2606 Fax: 305-443-0350 e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BB Pin: 23E727FF AIM: cramosMIA MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Citrix ??

Hello all. Does anyone have some sort of Citrix planning document that you could share? We have a request to plan a Citrix deployment and trying to see what is out there versus putting together a document from scratch. Thanks. CAR Office: 305-443-0331 xt. 1202 Mobile: 786-412-1746 Skype: 305

RE: Looking for simple gigabit switch

Take a look at: 3Com® Baseline Switch 2924-SFP Plus Managed fixed-configuration Layer 2 Gigabit switch; 24 wirespeed ports, 4 dual-purpose ports for Gigabit copper connections or SFP fiber modules; advanced features for a voice ready network Product #: 3CBLSG24 CAR Office: 305-443-0331 xt. 12

Partition Magic??

Hellos all. Have never used Partition Magic but we have the need to take a PC running Windows XP Professional with one physical hard drive and one partition and split it to 2 partitions. Will Partition Magic work for this? Any gotchas... Thanks. CAR This e-

?? Diskpart

Hello to all. Anyone out there ever use diskpart.exe to grow a RAID5 array on MS Windows 2003 server? How about a standard storage array? Thoughts, gotchas, recommendations.. Inquiring minds.. Thanks. CAR BB Pin: 23E727FF AIM: cramosMIA MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: cramosMIA This e-Mail a

RE: ?? Diskpart

doing a major disk/partition change. I have never used it in a software raid or spanning scenario. Its always been HW Raid expanded, then Windows see free space and we just gobble it up using diskpart. -Original Message- From: Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday,

VM Server & comm cost

Hellos to all. Wanted to see if anybody out there is charging depts. or business units for hosted servers in a virtual environment? We have a few depts. and are entertaining billing back on vm server use. Thoughts / formulas / input.. Thanks. CAR Office: 305-443-0331 xt. 1202 Mobile: 786-41

Storage Management

Hello all. Hope all is well. Looking for thoughts and suggestions on storage management solutions for environment. We would like a software solution that can monitor a data sever and maybe scan PCs. Based on defined rules, it will remove data or report for review. We have looked at V

?? on SofaWare

Hellos to all. Anyone out there using or familiar with SofaWare appliances? We are getting ready to evaluate and wanted some feedback from the group. Thanks. CAR Office: 305-443-0331 xt. 1202 Mobile: 786-412-1746 Skype: 305-851-2606 Fax: 305-443-0350 e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BB Pin: 23E727F

RE: Anyone heard of Prevx?

You guys tested Vipre? CAR Office: 305-443-0331 xt. 1202 Mobile: 786-412-1746 Skype: 305-851-2606 Fax: 305-443-0350 e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BB Pin: 23E727FF AIM: cramosMIA MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: cramosMIA From: Neil Standley [mailto:[

RE: Cisco ASA Assistance

Here is what I received from my Cisco guy. ONE The Cisco ASA CLI for all idle connections is the following would change it to 15 minutes timeout conn 00:15:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 icmp 0:00:02 TWO But, since they come from the world of switch/routers

?? Resycled\boot.com

Hellos all. Anyone dealing or come across resycled\boot.com error message? We have scanned drives with Vipre, Hijack this, and Norton and none of them find a thing. CAR This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity t

?? on Spyware 2009

I know this is not the Vipre nor CounterSpy thread but wanted to get feedback from others on this one. We had a system that was running CounterSpy and had the latest patches but the all wise user that was using it, somehow chose to installed Spyware 2009 as they made the decision they were not

SMB question..

Hello all. We are having an internal tech discussion and wanted to have some thoughts from others. The thoughts can be either opinion or reality. We have a handful of small clients, less than 50 users (50 is an average. The majority are under 20) that are currently running a single server tha

Server service stops responding..

Hellos. Any thoughts or experiences while the server service on a MS Windows 2003 standard server with latest patches randomly stops? At times, a simple restart of the service works but most time a server restart is needed. Anyone seen this. CAR Mobile: 786-412-1746 e-Mail: cra...@idfllc.com

RE: Lenovo?

Ryan, In regards to your original question on the Lenovo rep, do you mean reseller or a Lenovo employee? To thread: I agree with what someone posted that pcs = problems but I would add a second part to that equation, users + pcs = problems. We have all encountered systems, whether they be serve

RE: Internet Load Balancing

Hello to all. Barracuda makes one. CAR -Original Message- From: Shawn Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 11:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Internet Load Balancing On Sunday 24 February 2008, Howard J Coates wrote: > Vigor 3300v Hi Howard,

RE: Employee Terminations

Our process is pretty much the same as Mark's, with the exception of the phone. We use a 3Com VoIP system. We forward the extension, just like e-mail, to someone. We also perform an exit interview checklist and have them sign off on that all equipment was turned in and such. Agreed on the

Apple & Wintel environment

Hello to all.. Need some thoughts here. We are speaking with a prospect who will be publishing a magazine. They will be 80% MAC based due to apps but will have some WINTEL systems due to accounting and backoffice apps. Questions: * Should storage on the network be Apple bas

RE: Naming convention for Servers

We use the following syntax: Company Initials * Server function * Production or Development * Server #. We have added location to company initials in some cases. Ie. Acme Corp with a production and 2 development e-Mail servers. ACMAILPRD01 ACMAILDEV01 ACMAILDEV02 CAR From

MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues

Hello all. We are stumped on 3 issues with MS Outlook 2007. All with same user, and the best part is that it is the president of the company. 1) Whenever the user starts MS Outlook 2007, they are prompted that MS Outlook 2007 is not the default client. We have verified all settings in IE opti

RE: MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues

reinstalling Outlook? On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Cesare' A. Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello all. We are stumped on 3 issues with MS Outlook 2007. All with same user, and the best part is that it is the president of the company. 1) Whenever the user starts MS Outlook 2007, they a

RE: Looking for a good Sharepoint Hosting site

Sorry for the delayed post but catching up.. www.intermedia.net CAR -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 11:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looking for a good Sharepoint Hosting site I use and recommend 123Togeth

RE: MS Outlook 2007 - Stumped on 3 issues

saves you lots of time troubleshooting. On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Cesare' A. Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Wanted to leave that as the last option but figured to explore other options. CAR From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:1

RE: Miami Salary survey?

Hey Greg. This is what we have found and base salaries on: * Level 1 - Standard desktop support, MS Office apps, password reset, hardware install / support, light MS Server, light networking = $ 32,000 / $ 34,000 + Full Insurance 50% covered by company / 401K + 2 weeks vac + 1 week

RE: Miami Salary survey?

survey? For Miami??? That seems way too low... On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Cesare' A. Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Greg. This is what we have found and base salaries on: * Level 1 - Standard desktop support, MS Office apps, password reset, hardw

RE: color printer???

We have had a Xerox Phaser 8500 for about 2 years now and no issues. Great quality for our use. CAR -Original Message- From: Terry Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: color printer??? I will admit repairs on

RE: eOPen again

Had the same issue today at a client site... CAR Phone: 305-443-0331 xt. 1202 Mobile: 786-412-1746 Fax: 305-443-0350 e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BB Pin: 23E727FF AIM: cramosMIA MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: cramosMIA From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2

RE: GB switches

Agreed with past posts with regards to the 1GB thought. We have rolled out Asterisk, 3Com NBX, 3Com VXC, Avaya, and Cisco. Never saw the need for 1GB switches at all end points. But would highly recommend POE functionality. As per switch, I am on the same snob group as Phil. I go ballistic w

RE: Win7 beta on IdeaPad

Not personally but saw Windows 7 running on a Ideapad with a 1gb of memory and it worked well. CAR Mobile: 786-412-1746 e-Mail: cra...@idfllc.com BB Pin: 305083B1 AIM: cramosMIA MSN: cramos...@hotmail.com Yahoo: cramosMIA From: Michael B.

AD & General audit tool

Hellos.. We are currently in research and eval mode for a software tool that will allow us to gather all configuration data from a server (i.e. AD structure, policies, folder security information, etc.). Anyone using anything like this? CAR This e-Mail and any

RE: data-center in the sky

Peak 10 guys are great guys.. CAR Mobile: 786-412-1746 e-Mail: cra...@idfllc.com BB Pin: 305083B1 AIM: cramosMIA MSN: cramos...@hotmail.com Yahoo: cramosMIA From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9

RE: Help Desk Software

We use Footprints from Numara. Not free but great tool. CAR Mobile: 786-412-1746 e-Mail: cra...@idfllc.com BB Pin: 305083B1 AIM: cramosMIA MSN: cramos...@hotmail.com Yahoo: cramosMIA From: Todd Arnett [mailto:tarn...@lastar.com] Sent: Thur

Print output issue from Outlook

Hellos. We are having an issue at a site when they try to print to a Canon printer from MS Outlook. The jobs just hang and do not print. Printing from MS Word or other apps is fine. Anyone else seen this? CAR This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are

Server / Network monitoring

Hellos all. Trying to see what you all are using for server and network monitoring. We currently are using PM400 (http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/support/pm/index.html) for our IBM System I boxes but are looking for something similar for the server / lan environment. We have looked at Wh

WAN / Application Optimizer

Hellos. Anyone out there using any type of WAN / Application Optimizer such as Riverbed? We are looking around and wanted some thoughts. Thanks. CAR This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individu

RE: Free dvd/cd burning ware

Take a look at CDBurnerXP. We have used it in Vista 32, Vista 64, and XP. CAR Mobile: 786-412-1746 e-Mail: cra...@idfllc.com BB Pin: 305083B1 AIM: cramosMIA MSN: cramos...@hotmail.com Yahoo: cramosMIA -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Tuesday, M

Service Travel fees

Hellos to all. Hope everyone is having a good Tuesday thus far. Have a question for all service providers and clients out there in e-Mail list land: What are you currently paying or charging for travel to and from clients? To the clients out there, what would you find unreasonable to pay? We

RE: Service Travel fees

Thanks all for your responses. They have been great. CAR Mobile: 786-412-1746 e-Mail: cra...@idfllc.com BB Pin: 304FD0D1 AIM: cramosMIA MSN: cramos...@hotmail.com Yahoo: cramosMIA This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual o

?? on VoIP

Hellos all. Anyone worked with, heard of, familiar with, recommend, etc etc. Shoretel? Hope you have a great weekend. CAR This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are

RE: ISP Info?

Experience with Nuvox yes. We were on and had a few clients on FDN, prior to they merged with Nuvox. We had great success both partner and service with FDN. With Nuvox, the service has been lacking both on the customer support and actual bandwidth. Again this is our experience. Currently we