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Dad. Husband. Drummer. Learner of Things.

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I so need the cloud … or do I?

Everyone nowadays talks about “the Cloud” as being the next big thing that ALL companies should be looking at as a part of their IT infrastructure planning. The problem is that the term “Cloud”, has become so ambiguous and attached to so many things that it is hard for most companies to get a handle …

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Join me for an Office 365 Lunch and Learn this Friday

Office 365 Lunch and Learn We’re announcing that we are working with Microsoft to help bring Office 365 to businesses wanting their Office software delivered from the cloud. And we’re giving people a chance to hear firsthand how this may affect their business and what they should consider before deciding. I will be presenting what …

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Asian Domain Name Scam Breakdown

The following post of mine and video was pretty popular regarding the Computer Department Help Desk, so I thought I’d share another one that is zipping around the ole Interweb.  The idea/scam is that your domain/company name is desired by someone in Asia and that you have an opportunity to stake your company name on …

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Introducing the itgroove Support Orb

Ah the things that give me pleasure itgroove is SharePoint-centric. Our documents, holiday request forms, client info, – everything – goes into SharePoint in our shop. We also use SharePoint as our issue tracking system – new internal and client requests wind up created as SharePoint List Items, which are in turn assigned to our …

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Don’t let Rush get snubbed by the hall again!

Dear Canada and friends south of the border.  Rush has been snubbed countless times from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because they haven’t been “commercial” enough. Yet, almost no band in history has accomplished more than these guys AND they actually perform live with real skills, talent and without putting on a gong …

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Nintex BC Ferries Case Study Released

Check it out! BC Ferries wanted to revamp its manual methods for updating crucial policies and procedures to consistently follow best practices and comply with changing regulations. The company worked with itgroove to implement eFleet, an automated, searchable system based on Nintex Workflow and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. The system cost less than one-third of …

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itgroove is Silver Jerry, Silver!

The boys and I at the office are very pleased to announce that we are now a Microsoft Silver Partner!  We have attained Silver Partner status in the Small Business Competency and Portals and Collaboration Competency thanks to everyone’s hard efforts (well done, guys!) and the strong support of our many clients. We are really …

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itgroove 2012

Don’t mind me. Just beaming with a little pride. We have a great team and you should know about them. itgroove has grown to 9 staff over the last year or so and many customers have not met the whole team. The guys have a really broad range of skills that might surprise you so, …

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What are your “Pain Points”? We’d like to help.

itgroove is a business technology solutions provider. We have lots of tools and technology available that can be used to solve any number of business issues. And we have the knowledge and experience to map the solutions out for you, as well as the skills to implement the needed hardware, software and procedures. You have …

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