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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 …

Woot!  It is now confirmed that Windows 8 and Server 2012 have gone gold/RTM (released to manufacturing).  We’ll have our hands on it August 15th by the sounds of it. Learn More: Microsoft RTMs final Windows 8 and Server 2012 code Of course for our customers, we don’t recommend jumping in until you have properly …

While the toolset has grown over the years, it started some time ago as Winternal/SysInternals and Mark Russonovich’s “Jamaicans”. You know… RegMon DiskMon And FileMon Well, some of those have been renamed and/or moved into other tools but the SysInternals suite of tools is still the best set of FREE resources for digging into why …

Given that you can’t have good technology without good technology, a lot of business owners and managers assume that having the best, top-of-the-line hardware naturally assures that their company will have great networking and communication. That’s not always the case, however, and even spending huge amounts of money on having the latest and greatest hardware, …

itgroove and Microsoft are hosting an evening with MVP Mitch Garvis on the topic of "Architecting and Supporting the Back-End Infrastructure for the consumerization of IT". Come get your Hyper-V, Citrix Xen Desktop and System Center Game face on!  May 22nd at Ambrosia. Learn More Here or to Register

Technorati: 8H833AZX68VQ Every once in a while I find myself at Portableapps.com because its uber handy. Essentially, they have taken a number of popular applications and turned them into standalone applications (the “install” process simply creates a folder structure and an EXE to launch and doesn’t install to the registry, start menu, etc.). In other …

Is good SharePoint (and/or General IT) support from an outsourced company expensive? The answer to that question depends a great deal on who you ask, and on the perspective you take on the value of a solid IT provider. Allow me to explain: Simply looking at the hourly rates most experienced, professional IT providers ask …

Thanks to Jeremy for doing a fine job of assembling itgroove’s Meet the Team page.  Felt like a good opportunity to flaunt our talented and good looking crew. Click here to Meet the itgroove Team

Oh gawd. The world is running out of IP Addresses and according to some, it happened 2+ years ago. Meh. But, IPv6 is coming and of course, Windows for a long time now has had native support for it. The challenge is, with DNS registrations, quite often you’ll get the IPv6 response from a ping, …

If there’s one thing small business owners like, it’s doing things for themselves. After all, not only did they start their own companies, but many have learned that working as your own bookkeeper, salesperson, or even janitor can be a great way to save on billable hours. Can the same thing work for IT or …