What problem are you solving? How much money are you saving me? What makes you different? These are basic questions every IT buyer in the world asks when evaluating ROI during the purchase of a new solution (SentinelAgent MaaS, for example!). The solution whose answers make the best case to the buyer gets the sale. Is it really that simple? In economics class, yes. In reality, no.

Monitoring Microsoft Dynamics NAV is still a tedious process that typically involves a manual setup of event log and performance monitoring within the PerfMon and PerfView applications. Isn’t it time to shed the light of 2015 on this Stone Age process? Monitoring Microsoft Dynamics NAV Now Plug & Play Despite its importance to business operations, there are few, if any, out-of-the-box monitoring applications pre-configured specifically for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. The…

IT companies, media, research firms and user forums all seem to have different statistics on the likelihood of system failure. “Did you know that nearly 9% of computers crash per day? Some of these are fatal with 35% of crashes resulting in loss of data!” Does this mean that in an office of ten people using ten computers, one of those computers will likely crash on any given day?

Monitoring tools for a Windows system, whether it’s a desktop, laptop, tablet, or server, are not the place for a one-size-fits-all approach. Each system has its own functions, specs and sweet spot for optimal performance. Even though they’re all running a Windows OS, system administrators need to distill specific information about each component from the mass of performance and health data that a Windows system produces.

The soul crushing moment of all soul crushing moments. It’s even got a color and a name! The Blue Screen of Death. Sounds more like a B-roll horror movie than the universally feared warning error message that it is. But do you know what’s worse than the BSOD? A paperweight you used to call your hard-drive and that your data called home.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella evidently said during this fall’s Gartner conference that “Office 365 is the new Exchange and one will cannibalize the other.” Though perhaps not a surprise to some, overnight technology transitions of this magnitude are rare and certainly not without risk. Call it cannibalism or evolution, it’s a decision that comes down to the business, not peer-pressure or market analysts. Exchange Is Evolving, So Must You? As…