Comments for Strategic Technology http://strategitech.ca For the Small to Medium Enterprise Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:38:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on BellNet.ca Does Not Care About You, Their Customer by Claudiahttp://strategitech.ca/2009/12/bellnet-ca-does-not-care-about-you-their-customer/#comment-1584 Claudia Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:38:47 +0000 http://elliotross.wordpress.com/?p=4179#comment-1584 :sad: it's really sad how Bell has evolved into a company with a corporate culture of lies and deception... i signed up for internet last October, asking to be notified if my usage approached limits. On Feb 7, 2012 i got an email that was vaguely worded but implied that my usage had reached the 50% to 90% threshold required to generate a notification and recommending i sign on to my bell to view my usage. Lately i have been inactive on my computer, so I worried that something had gone seriously wrong (Hacker?). I tried to contact Bell but was told I had to to go to bell and register at mybell. I really didnt want or need the aggravation associated with registering for another website and tracking all the crappy details associated with yet another "e-account". But if i was having a problem, i needed to stop the GBs-bleeding. SO I spent the better part of an hour finding a username and password acceptable to BELL, and signed on only to find that my usage was NOT 50%, not even 20% ... it was only 1.5% . SO why did Bell pull this ruse? because one of the decisions that had to be made as a result of this registration was for e-billing! I dont have problem with e-billing but, honestly, if the corporations don't want to share the wealth with a discount for ebilling, i don't see any reason for me to volunteer to save them $1 in postage and handling and shoulder the responsibility for managing the billing.So i complained to Bell about this misleading practice and the woman who answered my complaint tried to blame me for the intentional misunderstanding initiated by Bell, even going as far as to say, "if you truly received an email notifying you of excess usage,,,,". All I can say is welcome to the new world ruled by corporations, where nothing is real, and if the company gets caught doing a bald faced ruse to trick your clients, be sure to find a way to imply the client is the one who is dis-honest! GEEZ! :sad: it’s really sad how Bell has evolved into a company with a corporate culture of lies and deception… i signed up for internet last October, asking to be notified if my usage approached limits. On Feb 7, 2012 i got an email that was vaguely worded but implied that my usage had reached the 50% to 90% threshold required to generate a notification and recommending i sign on to my bell to view my usage. Lately i have been inactive on my computer, so I worried that something had gone seriously wrong (Hacker?). I tried to contact Bell but was told I had to to go to bell and register at mybell. I really didnt want or need the aggravation associated with registering for another website and tracking all the crappy details associated with yet another “e-account”. But if i was having a problem, i needed to stop the GBs-bleeding. SO I spent the better part of an hour finding a username and password acceptable to BELL, and signed on only to find that my usage was NOT 50%, not even 20% … it was only 1.5% . SO why did Bell pull this ruse? because one of the decisions that had to be made as a result of this registration was for e-billing! I dont have problem with e-billing but, honestly, if the corporations don’t want to share the wealth with a discount for ebilling, i don’t see any reason for me to volunteer to save them $1 in postage and handling and shoulder the responsibility for managing the billing.

So i complained to Bell about this misleading practice and the woman who answered my complaint tried to blame me for the intentional misunderstanding initiated by Bell, even going as far as to say, “if you truly received an email notifying you of excess usage,,,,”.
All I can say is welcome to the new world ruled by corporations, where nothing is real, and if the company gets caught doing a bald faced ruse to trick your clients, be sure to find a way to imply the client is the one who is dis-honest! GEEZ!

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]]> Comment on Swing and a Miss: On Failure by LIttle League baseball, May 2009 – 21http://strategitech.ca/2011/05/swing-and-a-miss-on-failure/#comment-1563 LIttle League baseball, May 2009 – 21 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:27:45 +0000 http://strategitech.ca/?p=7529#comment-1563 [...] Note: this photo was published in a May 27, 2011 blog titled "Swing and a Miss: On Failure." [...] [...] Note: this photo was published in a May 27, 2011 blog titled "Swing and a Miss: On Failure." [...]

]]> Comment on Software & Asset Management (or Butts in Seats) by Seats, Services, And Strategic Planning | Strategic Technologyhttp://strategitech.ca/2011/09/software-asset-management-or-butts-in-seats-2/#comment-1549 Seats, Services, And Strategic Planning | Strategic Technology Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:00:50 +0000 http://strategitech.ca/?p=8277#comment-1549 [...] now, I guess direct access was limited time only)In my first post about that article titled; Software & Asset Management (or Butts in Seats) I wanted to lay a bit of groundwork for this follow up post by advocating the creation of roles [...] [...] now, I guess direct access was limited time only)In my first post about that article titled; Software & Asset Management (or Butts in Seats) I wanted to lay a bit of groundwork for this follow up post by advocating the creation of roles [...]

]]> Comment on A Small Business And Sharepoint by Elliot Rosshttp://strategitech.ca/2011/12/a-small-business-and-sharepoint/#comment-1538 Elliot Ross Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:49:38 +0000 http://strategitech.ca/?p=8533#comment-1538 Thanks for your comment Matt, Microsoft does indeed 'rake in the money' - many smaller businesses don't even realize it - take a product like Sharepoint, the product itself is not overly expensive, but --- then there are the client access licences, and it needs a server OS upgrade (plus CAL's again) perhaps a SQL Server upgrade - plus CAL's again - it adds up! Thanks for your comment Matt, Microsoft does indeed ‘rake in the money’ – many smaller businesses don’t even realize it – take a product like Sharepoint, the product itself is not overly expensive, but — then there are the client access licences, and it needs a server OS upgrade (plus CAL’s again) perhaps a SQL Server upgrade – plus CAL’s again – it adds up!

]]> Comment on A Small Business And Sharepoint by Matt Engelhttp://strategitech.ca/2011/12/a-small-business-and-sharepoint/#comment-1537 Matt Engel Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:29:48 +0000 http://strategitech.ca/?p=8533#comment-1537 Great Post! The Microsoft "Teaser" software has been around forever. It's a good marketing ploy to get people using the product. End users will use what they are used to. When it comes to licensing products for the enterprise, Microsoft rakes in the money. Great Post! The Microsoft “Teaser” software has been around forever. It’s a good marketing ploy to get people using the product. End users will use what they are used to. When it comes to licensing products for the enterprise, Microsoft rakes in the money.

]]> Comment on Where I Agree to Disagree on Cloud Computing & The SME by On Cloud Computing | Computer Blog | Computer Tips and Tricks | Everything you need to knowhttp://strategitech.ca/2012/01/where-i-agree-to-disagree-on-cloud-computing-the-sme/#comment-1533 On Cloud Computing | Computer Blog | Computer Tips and Tricks | Everything you need to know Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:59:11 +0000 http://strategitech.ca/?p=8633#comment-1533 [...] Yes, I believe that the information in that article is wrong, and I have that belief for the reason I wrote here. To summarize that post, if you are a smaller business with limited or no technology staff, you take a huge capex and opex hit buying some kind of enterprise software tool ‘ or you spend a monthly Opex expense and rent it online from the likes of Salesforce.com or Netsuite that can grow with you as you need it. Read more on On Cloud Computing [...] [...] Yes, I believe that the information in that article is wrong, and I have that belief for the reason I wrote here. To summarize that post, if you are a smaller business with limited or no technology staff, you take a huge capex and opex hit buying some kind of enterprise software tool ‘ or you spend a monthly Opex expense and rent it online from the likes of Salesforce.com or Netsuite that can grow with you as you need it. Read more on On Cloud Computing [...]

]]> Comment on Learning ‘Cloud Computing’ From Historical Microsoft by Where I Agree to Disagree on Cloud Computing & The SME | Strategic Technologyhttp://strategitech.ca/2011/09/learning-cloud-computing-from-historical-microsoft/#comment-1531 Where I Agree to Disagree on Cloud Computing & The SME | Strategic Technology Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:50:04 +0000 http://strategitech.ca/?p=8069#comment-1531 [...] that the information in that article is wrong, and I have that belief for the reason I wrote here. To summarize that post, if you are a smaller business with limited or no technology staff, you [...] [...] that the information in that article is wrong, and I have that belief for the reason I wrote here. To summarize that post, if you are a smaller business with limited or no technology staff, you [...]

]]> Comment on ITIL and the Small Business / Medium Business Part 1 by A Small Business And Sharepoint | Strategic Technologyhttp://strategitech.ca/2008/03/itil-and-the-small-business-medium-business-part-1/#comment-1483 A Small Business And Sharepoint | Strategic Technology Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:02:20 +0000 http://elliotross.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-1483 [...] in ITIL terms we call Capacity Management. (My first post on ITIL for small to medium business is here)Capacity Management is defined as meeting current and future business requirements in a [...] [...] in ITIL terms we call Capacity Management. (My first post on ITIL for small to medium business is here)Capacity Management is defined as meeting current and future business requirements in a [...]

]]> Comment on On Online Sales Leads by Software Leads Jenhttp://strategitech.ca/2011/04/on-online-sales-leads/#comment-1474 Software Leads Jen Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:14:12 +0000 http://strategitech.ca/?p=7378#comment-1474 Hi this is Software leads jen.yes online sales lead can really make a difference even in small business, you can just imagine the power of cloud. Hi this is Software leads jen.yes online sales lead can really make a difference even in small business, you can just imagine the power of cloud.
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