A little like James Bond in his demeanour, Derek Brown has worked for Microsoft for many years, with stints running the Windows Mobile team, then in 2004 the SBS team and then after that Microsoft Thailand. Derek has always had a focus on community and we here in Sydney were fortunate to have him come along to a user group meeting many moons ago now. Well - I'm happy to say … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2008
GFi WebMonitor causes AV updates to stop
I've got a larger non SBS site and we discovered that a recent upgrade to GFI WebMonitor caused the AV updates to randomly stop to the servers. The site uses Trend Micro's OfficeScan product and we were experiencing an error message during the update cycle that suggested that the AV pattern file updates were corrupt. We traced it back to the GFi WebMonitor software which was … [Read more...]
Hyper-V Virtualisation Announcements
Ok - so it's been a busy day for Microsoft today around the Hyper-V announcements being made here and the launch of a new section of the website here. I know that the SBS and EBS teams are very close now to officially releasing their supported configurations and best practice guides. Here in Australia uptake on Virtualisation is double that of the USA so it will be interesting … [Read more...]
Susan Bradley for President 08
Well - as if she did not have enough time on her hands... Susan Bradley is now running for president of the USA - Check it out here :-) http://www.inews3.com/topstory.php?id=537573616e7c427261646c6579 She has my vote ;-) I'd love to see how she tackle patch management of the US infrastructure single handedly :-) … [Read more...]
Small Business Marketing Unleashed Event
Ok - so we all know about Microsoft investing $300M to promote their new products. We in the SMB space don't have that kind of money which is why I'm going to the 2nd Small Business Marketing Unleashed event in 2 weeks time in Columbus, Ohio. I attended this conference in Houston, TX earlier this year and am going back for a 2nd round in Columbus, Ohio in a few weeks. This … [Read more...]