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It's the end of the world as we know it? I think we'll be just fine!

By Robert Peretson
- 11 January, 2011
It's another new year. We're supposed to be optimistic… celebrating all of the potential opportunities that lay ahead.
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Always look on the bright side

By Chris Martin
- 9 December, 2010
Our October Survey on Automation of pro-active maintenance tasks dug up some very interesting pieces of information from GFI MAX RemoteManagement users.  We had a fantastic response which broadly speaking mirrored our geographical spread of customers. Highlights include: Always look on the bright-side of life, de dum, de dum, de dum …
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Join the dots!

By Chris Martin
- 19 May, 2010
In a past life, or some time ago at least… I ran a fairly successful and fast growing IT support company here in the UK.  From a standing start we trampled over the local competition, doubled in size every year while doing good work for our customers. One of the reasons we managed to do this was successfully joining the dots between different systems in use in our IT company.
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Managed Services or Break fix? One size doesn't fit all

By Chris Martin
- 5 April, 2010
Managed Services seems to be the latest fandango title applied to IT Support companies who offer their services to Small & Medium Sized Businesses who can’t really afford their own internal IT staff.
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Always, Always do the right thing for your customers!

By Chris Martin
- 31 March, 2010
I love this piece of inspiration.  I used to have it on my wall when I ran a fast growing IT Support Company.
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Delivering the Secret to Success in IT Support

By Chris Martin
- 24 March, 2010
Lately, I’ve been up to my eyeballs in Webinars!  We’ve delivered GFI MAX Building Blocks Webinars to thousands of IT Support Companies worldwide.  These webinars demonstrate an easy way to move towards recurring revenues (assuming that’s what you and your customers need).
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GFI MAX Building Blocks - The answer to IT services

By Chris Martin
- 8 March, 2010
I was having lunch today with a guy who runs a web/software development business for hire in our town.  He was explaining how he was growing tired of it and was considering other things.
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The best way to deliver IT support to businesses as an MSP

By Chris Martin
- 2 December, 2009
We are always keen to know what IT support companies think about, what keeps them awake at night and of course what do (and would like to do) with our software, what their problems are, how our software can help.
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Selling Managed Services

By Chris Martin
- 2 October, 2009
Yesterday, we took our one-year-old daughter for a day out to a local fruit farm and tried to go to their play complex.  I asked ‘how much to take our kid in’? 

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