With a big Texas “Howdy” coming out to all of the Aussies and New Zealanders in the house! If you are interested in backing up your Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Windows file or Hyper-V environments, then you ought to be looking at System Center Data Protection Manager. And if you are attending Microsoft TechEd in…
Announcing the beta for DPM 2010
YEP! It’s here! For those that have been waiting all Summer … it is finally here and we are excited to have you start trying out the 3rd generation of Microsoft’s backup and recovery solution for Windows environments. For a perspective from the DPM development team – check out their blog. To read about the…
Three new DPM whitepapers
Just because DPM 2010 is now in beta – doesn’t mean that we’ve stopped driving good stuff for DPM 2007 SP1. 🙂 This week, we are pleased to announce the release of 3 new whitepapers for DPM 2007 SP1 (though the material covered also applies to DPM 2010 beta). All three of these whitepapers work…
The Evolving Data Protection Landscape in a Windows World
At Storage Networking World 2009, I delivered a session that wasn’t specifically about DPM, SCE, Storage, or File Services – or any other “product” from Microsoft. It was a holistic view of the wide range of data protection options. The session started with 3 disclaimers: I work for a vendor, but I am a storage…
Am I really writing this stuff ?
Today has been a very cool day that caused me to be introspective – so I wanted to share a little of myself with you. Earlier today, I did my first post as one of the “System Center Expert” contributors to Microsoft’s blog on the “Because it’s Everybody’s Business” initiative. The blog post is…
Microsoft “gets” Small Business
repost from Because It’s Everyone’s Business This week, a new report from Compass Intelligence ranked Microsoft as #1 among the top technology vendors that are effectively serving small businesses. Stephanie Mehta at CNN Money.com published an article this week that listed the top ten vendors, with Microsoft going from #6 last year to #1. Ms….
Family Game Recommendation — LEGO : Rock Band
A big hat’s off and ‘thank you’ to the folks at LEGO and Harmony for a great game in LEGO: Rock Band For those that have read my blog before, you know that I am a big fan of all of the Lego titles, including Batman, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Battles. And I have…
A Kingdom for Keflings on Xbox Live Arcade (and on-sale thru Jan.10)
This is a really clever game that has captured my family’s heart. In fact, I think that it is the only game that I have ever purchased twice. We have two Xbox 360’s and it allows my kids and I to collaborate across systems. Kingdom for Keflings is one of the first Xbox Live games…
TechNet Webcast : DPM 2010 Release Candidate preview
DPM 2010 is getting sooooo close !! For months, it seemed far away, but with the calendar now officially 2010, it is time to sprint to the finish line. Last year, I said that we would have a Release Candidate for DPM 2010 shortly after the holidays. True to our word, please join us this…
Xbox Family Game Recommendation : Cars Race-O-Rama
If you liked the first Cars game from Disney and THQ, then you ought to really, really like this one. If you didn’t (but did like the movie), then you should still probably give this game a shot. Cars Race O Rama took the better parts of the original game and made them so much…