Category Archives: Other Stuff

Let’s Talk about Succession Planning

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Posted on July 12, 2015 by

Last week I received an email from my web host.  It said that all customers needed to backup and move their data because their hosting services would be shutting down immediately.  It was a strange email.  After some digging, I found out that the reason for the shut down was that the CEO had just died.  There was evidently no one who could step in and take over the business.  So the decision was make to close.

Why would the unfortunate death of one employee, even a very high level employee, cause a business to shut down?  Simply put, it is the lack of succession planning.  What is succession planning and why is it important? (more…)

XenMobile (formerly Zenprise) Variables

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Posted on March 28, 2013 by

UPDATE 2013-04-18: More variables!

I’ve been playing around with the Mobile Device Management (MDM) software from Citrix.  Last year, Citrix purchased Zenprise and renamed it XenMobile.  Overall, it’s a pretty sold platform for managing iOS and Android devices.  However, it does have a few dark corners.  One of these is the use of variables in their configurations.  They are not documented very well.  This can make finding the right combination of variables for email setup difficult.  So I have created a list of the variables I have discovered and what they do.  As I discover more I will add to this list: (more…)