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Archive for April, 2008

Persistence Becomes Harassment

Scott Cover - April 28th, 2008 |

When does a person begin to consider someone who is persistent has crossed the line into being overly aggressive or even harassing? There is a company I had spoken to at one point about possibly providing data services for the one company I work for. They have a quality product, at a very reasonable cost, [...]

Letting Go

Scott Cover - April 13th, 2008 |

I’ve read a ton of business blog posts in the past about firing customers, but up until recently have never had to act on any of that information. But as of this past Friday, have finally gone and fired my first client.
I have to say I didn’t pursue this particular venue without a bit of [...]

Same Service – Different Prices

Scott Cover - April 9th, 2008 |

I have two hosting companies I deal with on a regular basis. The first of course being HostMySite.com, while the other is the big player over at Rackspace. For the most part, both companies offer dedicated managed servers running Windows or Red Hat, with 24×7 Support and quality networks and top notch people. Really the [...]

What is Your Pain Point?

Scott Cover - April 6th, 2008 |

I was just sitting here tonight reading a few white papers I’ve needed to catch up on and had a question pass through my head that I wanted to hear opinions on from some other people. The question:

What is your reasoning for not choosing a product to implement at a customer’s location?

Everyone has their reasons [...]