The Perth SBS / SMB IT Group had it s first meeting back in June, but since then due to my workload, I ve not been able to help them get off the ground. I m here in Perth for a few days now and after dinner with a few of the locals last night, I m pleased to announce that the Perth group is indeed getting off the ground. Jason Jordan from PCGuru and Matt Lansdown from Accord … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2008
SBS/EBS Usergroup Tour Australian Style!
SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 have officially launched this week and as part of the Australian launch celebrations, I m doing a trip around Australia to visit all of the usergroups along with Robbie Upcroft and some key vendors some of who are announcing new products that work in well with SBS 2008 and EBS 2008. Here s the agenda for the evening, all vendors are talking turkey at a … [Read more...]
SBS 2008 Migration – it’s NOT A WIZARD
I ve been thinking long and hard about this. I believe that the SBS 2008 Migration Wizard is incorrectly named. Therein lies a major problem. Microsoft have trained us to become accustomed to wizards doing all the right things for them. They've trained us to believe that if we follow the wizard that we can put our brain into idle mode and let the system do the rest for us. … [Read more...]
CRN Awards tonight!
I m excited to be attending the CRN Awards tonight here in Sydney. Last year I was invited to be there as a guest of Trend Micro not knowing that I had been awarded the first ever CRN Channel Champion of the Year award by CRN. The award to me was a recognition of the efforts that I ve put into the community over the years and I was deeply appreciative of the award. Nothing … [Read more...]
So easy Robbie could do it
Robbie Upcroft is the Microsoft Australia Product Manager for SBS, EBS and Windows Home Server. Robbie will readily admit to all and sundry that he is the least technical person at Microsoft or so he claims. No don t get me wrong Robbie is no mans fool, I totally admire him and working with him is fantastic, but he s not a techo like most of us :-) I was involved in a … [Read more...]