* Disclaimer: I work for Xemplify IT, we sell software in this area *
In my experience, significant quantities of your mail will be made up by movies & pictures being mailed around - it's risky to remove this carte blanche because some can actually be business related.
The second worst abusers are marketing and accounting staff. Not so much the volume of mail but the large attachments they tend to exchange, like monthly reconciliation spreadsheets, printing proofs, etc. The good news is handling these guys is easy -- if you really want to reduce your storage requirements/restore times without trying to force people into deleting mail you *need* to look at compressing old attachments. Most people find on average across the entire company they'll pull back around 38% of what's sucked up by PST's.
** Sorry replying to myself to fix bad formatting (first time ever I choose not to click preview *sigh*) ***
Actually there is quite a bit of publicly available information about GoDaddy's financial position. Various snippets from their blog:
- Go Daddy has been cash flow positive and profitable since October 2001.
- Go Daddy has no debt and no equipment leases. Except for the monthly rent we pay for our buildings (which we made the decision to lease), the company has no debt service or lease payments
- Our sales this year were over $100 million. If we do nothing different (other than continue to promote our business the way we have been) our sales for 2005 should be about $170 million
- All of the products we sell are developed by us. We currently employ over 30 development teams, and spend well over $3 million a month in new product development
True, their domain sales are a major part of their service however their value added services - as pushed (far too much so in my opinion) at the checkout are another stream.
Actually there is quite a bit of publicly available information about GoDaddy's financial position. Various snippets from their blog:
- Go Daddy has been cash flow positive and profitable since October 2001.
- Go Daddy has no debt and no equipment leases. Except for the monthly rent we pay for our buildings (which we made the decision to lease), the company has no debt service or lease payments
- Our sales this year were over $100 million. If we do nothing different (other than continue to promote our business the way we have been) our sales for 2005 should be about $170 million
- All of the products we sell are developed by us. We currently employ over 30 development teams, and spend well over $3 million a month in new product development
- we sell a new domain name at the rate of one every 7 seconds
More here: http://www.bobparsons.com/index3.html
True, their domain sales are a major part of their service however their value added services - as pushed (far too much so in my opinion) at the checkout are another stream.
I can second that. The "recovery tools" are useless. EmailRepair, PST2gb, FileRepair - tried them all == no good. Once the PST is gone you can pretty much kiss your data goodbye
6gb? You should investigate compressing your inbound/outbound attachments. I'd imagine you could reduce their size substantially.
If you were using Outlook (unlikely as it would choke at 2gb) I would suggest http://www.pstcompactor.com/ . Disclaimer: its my product.
And I concur with your Gmail privacy concerns.
A good friend of mine does essentially that - works for a consulting "body shop". You're absolutely correct in that you avoid the paperwork, costs etc but the downside is the $/hr you recieve is considerably lower.
It really just comes down to a a risk vs reward thing I guess.
Being a succesful contractor is a lot of hard work and can be very expensive, particularly in your first year. If you're serious about going down this path, seriously think about the following:
1. Incorporate yourself into a company
The last thing you want is employeers/customers coming after your and your families personal assets
2. Insurance
Many companies require Professional Indemnity & Public Liability insurance. For the young & inexpirienced, this can be very expensive - recent PI insurance for us was more than $6000.
3. Training
Once you're a contractor, you are generally responsible for paying all your own (re)training costs. In the short term this mightn't be an issue but it is something that should be considered nonetheless
4. Working Harder
You will work harder as a contractor. Seriously. Because contract rates are more expensive and generally because you work on specific tasks (ie write system X), you MUST show a positive return on investment.
5. No real job security
Everytime you a contract finishes it's like a job interview all over again - sometimes you could go without another contract that suits your skills/needs for extended periods. which leads me to this point...
6. CASH FLOW
If you ignore everything else in this message, at least take note of this: You may not have a regular income. Cashflow management is essential.
You need to make sure that you've got at least 1 months salary set asside in the bank for times between projects, times when your payments are late because you submitted timesheet too late/nobody authorized your payment, etc. IT HAPPENS. Don't get caught short.
As somebody who has been a full time employee (FTE), a contract employee and an employeer (plug: http://www.pstcompactor.com/ ) I can honestly say that being a FTE provides the greatest of securities... it is easier to let contractors go than FTE's.
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* Disclaimer: I work for Xemplify IT, we sell software in this area *
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In my experience, significant quantities of your mail will be made up by movies & pictures being mailed around - it's risky to remove this carte blanche because some can actually be business related.
The second worst abusers are marketing and accounting staff. Not so much the volume of mail but the large attachments they tend to exchange, like monthly reconciliation spreadsheets, printing proofs, etc. The good news is handling these guys is easy -- if you really want to reduce your storage requirements/restore times without trying to force people into deleting mail you *need* to look at compressing old attachments. Most people find on average across the entire company they'll pull back around 38% of what's sucked up by PST's.
There's loads of software out there to help you with this. Some support Exchange & PST's, some like ours focus solely on PST's. Prices vary wildly but the big players are us - PSTCompactor http://www.pstcompactor.com/, Sherpa Software (http://www.sherpasoftware.com/) and PSTCompact (http://www.pstcompact/)
Hope this helps and love to have you as a customer
Is it just me or does this news headline seem to be nothing more than a press release?
** Sorry replying to myself to fix bad formatting (first time ever I choose not to click preview *sigh*) ***
Actually there is quite a bit of publicly available information about GoDaddy's financial position. Various snippets from their blog:
- Go Daddy has been cash flow positive and profitable since October 2001.
- Go Daddy has no debt and no equipment leases. Except for the monthly rent we pay for our buildings (which we made the decision to lease), the company has no debt service or lease payments
- Our sales this year were over $100 million. If we do nothing different (other than continue to promote our business the way we have been) our sales for 2005 should be about $170 million
- All of the products we sell are developed by us. We currently employ over 30 development teams, and spend well over $3 million a month in new product development
- we sell a new domain name at the rate of one every 7 seconds More here: http://www.bobparsons.com/index3.html
True, their domain sales are a major part of their service however their value added services - as pushed (far too much so in my opinion) at the checkout are another stream.
Actually there is quite a bit of publicly available information about GoDaddy's financial position. Various snippets from their blog: - Go Daddy has been cash flow positive and profitable since October 2001. - Go Daddy has no debt and no equipment leases. Except for the monthly rent we pay for our buildings (which we made the decision to lease), the company has no debt service or lease payments - Our sales this year were over $100 million. If we do nothing different (other than continue to promote our business the way we have been) our sales for 2005 should be about $170 million - All of the products we sell are developed by us. We currently employ over 30 development teams, and spend well over $3 million a month in new product development - we sell a new domain name at the rate of one every 7 seconds More here: http://www.bobparsons.com/index3.html True, their domain sales are a major part of their service however their value added services - as pushed (far too much so in my opinion) at the checkout are another stream.
I can second that. The "recovery tools" are useless. EmailRepair, PST2gb, FileRepair - tried them all == no good. Once the PST is gone you can pretty much kiss your data goodbye
What a ridiculous post. How could you possibly draw an association between minimizing personal income tax and Google turning 'evil'.
6gb? You should investigate compressing your inbound/outbound attachments. I'd imagine you could reduce their size substantially. If you were using Outlook (unlikely as it would choke at 2gb) I would suggest http://www.pstcompactor.com/ . Disclaimer: its my product. And I concur with your Gmail privacy concerns.
A good friend of mine does essentially that - works for a consulting "body shop". You're absolutely correct in that you avoid the paperwork, costs etc but the downside is the $/hr you recieve is considerably lower.
It really just comes down to a a risk vs reward thing I guess.
Being a succesful contractor is a lot of hard work and can be very expensive, particularly in your first year. If you're serious about going down this path, seriously think about the following:
1. Incorporate yourself into a company
The last thing you want is employeers/customers coming after your and your families personal assets
2. Insurance
Many companies require Professional Indemnity & Public Liability insurance. For the young & inexpirienced, this can be very expensive - recent PI insurance for us was more than $6000.
3. Training
Once you're a contractor, you are generally responsible for paying all your own (re)training costs. In the short term this mightn't be an issue but it is something that should be considered nonetheless
4. Working Harder
You will work harder as a contractor. Seriously. Because contract rates are more expensive and generally because you work on specific tasks (ie write system X), you MUST show a positive return on investment.
5. No real job security
Everytime you a contract finishes it's like a job interview all over again - sometimes you could go without another contract that suits your skills/needs for extended periods. which leads me to this point...
6. CASH FLOW
If you ignore everything else in this message, at least take note of this: You may not have a regular income. Cashflow management is essential.
You need to make sure that you've got at least 1 months salary set asside in the bank for times between projects, times when your payments are late because you submitted timesheet too late/nobody authorized your payment, etc. IT HAPPENS. Don't get caught short.
As somebody who has been a full time employee (FTE), a contract employee and an employeer (plug: http://www.pstcompactor.com/ ) I can honestly say that being a FTE provides the greatest of securities... it is easier to let contractors go than FTE's.
Hope you find some wisdom in my ramblings.