Why Hyperconverged For Small Business
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@woodbutcher said in Why Hyperconverged For Small Business:
Unfortunately I was hired on after this process started and now have to try and unwind this mess before the purchase goes through. I worry I may be too late though.
Easy to unwind. It's an ethics breach and any contract with them would be in bad faith. Offer to let them just walk away before you sue.
As they are sales people claiming to be IT, you have zero responsibility to follow through in paying for any solution that they sold you under that false pretense.
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@woodbutcher said in Why Hyperconverged For Small Business:
I agree financially and technically, the single host approach is what makes sense here. I just have to put in the work to convince my new team that they have been fed a bunch of crap.
My entire YouTube channel is dedicated to that information.
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I thought it was a minimum of 4 cores, sold in 2 core packs.
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@woodbutcher said in Why Hyperconverged For Small Business:
I thought it was a minimum of 4 cores, sold in 2 core packs.
You are correct. With 2019 it is now four minimum...
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And for real, my book covers a lot of this stuff, too. Exactly this stuff.
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Mind if I ask what your team is?
Are you in IT in your company?
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This one is super important...
https://smbitjournal.com/2016/06/buyers-and-sellers-agents-in-it/
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Also important for your team to grok...
https://smbitjournal.com/2017/07/the-social-contract-of-sales/
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@dashrender said in Why Hyperconverged For Small Business:
Mind if I ask what your team is?
Are you in IT in your company?I am the new internal IT guy for the company being screwed. We are a small manufacturing company. The previous IT guy was not really an IT guy and never took an interest in his job. I think the VAR identified this pretty quickly and are trying to one-up themselves with what they can get away with.
I'm no slouch but I am also not an IT expert. My background is mostly software development and manufacturing automation but also have experience with things like ERP and MES. Most jobs I take are with small companies and I end up doing or assisting with a lot of the IT work.
My frustration is that I don't even do this full time and can't find a single drop of value this VAR is adding even though they claim to be experts at this.
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Thanks for all the links. I've got some homework to do for sure and appreciate the guidance.
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Sounds like no one at the company is head of IT - well, the owner is of course, but he's just shuffed it off onto this VAR.
If the company really wants to do IT right and be a business, this is something they need some redirection in - perhaps you can fully step into the role, though it would require a frank discussion with owners/management so they understand the situation, otherwise you might be just fighting against management's wises and everyone just ends up unhappy.
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@woodbutcher said in Why Hyperconverged For Small Business:
The previous IT guy was not really an IT guy and never took an interest in his job. I think the VAR identified this pretty quickly and are trying to one-up themselves with what they can get away with.
It's a standard model. "Fake" IT guy (or lazy, over his head, politically screwed, fill in the blank here) finds a sales guy that is willing to do something that kind of looks like his job for him, for "free" and gets the company to pay for it. The company gets insanely screwed while the VAR makes loads of money for being unethical, and the "IT guy" gets away without having to do the job he is being paid for. So the company pays double for something they aren't getting at all (IT guidance and protection.)
The tiniest audit or thought from management catches this. It's impossible hide. But it exposes how often CEOs take zero interest in IT and totally ignore it.
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@woodbutcher Enjoy! jaja
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@woodbutcher said in Why Hyperconverged For Small Business:
My frustration is that I don't even do this full time and can't find a single drop of value this VAR is adding even though they claim to be experts at this.
That's how sales people work. And that your company had engaged a sales person to be an expert, it is caveat emptor. The sales person isn't pretending not to be a sales person, so 100%, absolutely all fault lies in the management at your company for engaging a sales guy and acting like he's an IT guy. As a business, it is their job to properly engage experts and hire them. And only themselves that are put at risk, so the decision is theirs.
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@woodbutcher said in Why Hyperconverged For Small Business:
I'm no slouch but I am also not an IT expert. My background is mostly software development and manufacturing automation but also have experience with things like ERP and MES. Most jobs I take are with small companies and I end up doing or assisting with a lot of the IT work.
Then bringing in a real MSP/ITSP is the proper course of action. A qualified MSP will protect you and save you a ton of money. Going to a VAR means the company is throwing money away to avoid critical thinking. It's a common approach as it is quick, easy and very, very few people point out the obvious flaws in the process so it caters well to hubris.
