[09] Zimbra, WordPress and Managing a Distributed Team

TubbTalk: The Podcast for Managed Service Providers

In this episode, Richard speaks with Marc Gadsdon of In-Tuition, a data and email hosting provider and software development company. InTuition are a business with several purpose designed locations in the UK and staff distributed across the world.

In our conversation, Marc and I discuss:-

• Zimbra – one of the best kept secrets in solutions for IT Solution Providers and Managed Service Providers (MSP’s)
• Zimbra’s powerful integrating abilities, ease of use for file sharing, communicating and keeping your diary up to date
• What Zimbra can offer over Exchange and Office365 and what it can offer in terms of building value for your business
• Why Zimbra is very reliable at protecting and recovering your data
• WordPress Premium Hosting and how the right host can shave time off your website loading time
• The challenges of managing a remote team in Manchester, London and Canada when you’re based in Andorra
• Travel caching, Tim Ferriss style life-hacks and becoming better at planning when on the road
• Why great communication is key when you work remotely from your business

EasyPress is now known as Pendeo Press.

Note: If you sign up for a site at www.getpendeo.com and drop an email to the Pendeo support team and let them know I sent you – they tell me they will make sure you get extra special treatment that may involve some free hosting.

Mentioned in This Episode

• TubbTalk 03 ft Phylip Morgan of the Network Group
• In-Tuition – Zimbra & WordPress hosting
• Zimbra
• Basecamp
• Voice-Over-IP (VoIP)
• Pivotal trackerTim Ferriss – How to Never Check Luggage Again
• Giro
• WordPress
• Vmware
• Marc Gadsdon on Twitter

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