Hello friends, First and foremost, thank you to all of those that read this blog. It’s been an enjoyable way for me to share information (and my opinions) and I hope you’ve enjoyed them as well. Easily one of the most cool things that happens to me when meeting customers and partners is to have…
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Come learn about DPM at Tech-Ed 2009
I have a full line-up for Tech-Ed 2009 and System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Sp1 – May 11-15, 2009. May 11, 2:45-4:00 PM VIR04-INT Why Virtualization and Data Protection are Better Together May 12, 10:15-11:30 AM MGT204 Technical Introduction to Data Protection Manager 2007 sp1 May 12, 1:00-2:15 PM MGT316 Protecting Applications with Data…
Come learn about DPM at MMS 2009
The only thing more fun than Las Vegas in the Springtime has got to be the DPM sessions at the Microsoft Management Summit 2009 (MMS-2009.com) – April 27 – May 1st. If you are coming – check out our DPM sessions: MONDAY April 27 @ 1:30PM SO20 breakout session Ray Maker…
TechNet Radio — Total Wine success story with System Center
Earlier this week, I sat down with my friends at Total Wine to talk about how they are using System Center. It’s one of the first times that I’ve gotten to talk about technology and ‘wine’ instead of ‘whine’. In fact, as part of my research to be fully prepared for the TechNet Radio interview,…
Video interview — where does DPM 2007 see itself in the backup market
This interview is actually a few months old – recorded at IT Forum in November 2007, but I recently found it online and wanted to share it with you. Its about 10 minutes long and talks about what are core features and unique deliverables with DPM 2007. Hope you enjoy it. Click here to watch…
Personal blog started
As one of my New Years’ resolutions, I am trying to journal more. This blog will continue to be about data protection and gaming (my two technical passions), as well as start to see more about storage technologies and Windows Server, since my Microsoft role is expanding on those fronts. I am aiming for a weekly post…
DPM 2007 Launch – Day 5 – we are launched!
We are done … and so am I. I have three more speaking slots to do today and, as the saying goes, "I am leaving it all on the field." MGT18-IS – Advanced Features of DPM 2007 – Interactive Q&A After a few sleep-deprived nights, we are starting today with a "Everything else we…
DPM 2007 Launch – Day 4
As we come into the home stretch, I have three speaking engagements today and three more tomorrow. When asked why I don’t share these with other speakers, my answer is two-fold: 1) I came to Microsoft 23 months ago for DPM2007, so I want to put my own fingerprints all over this event. That may…
DPM 2007 Launch – Day 2
Things keep going well for DPM at IT Forum. The booth stays swamped with interested folks – and we have a great team of up to 4 DPM experts at the booth at a time — and they are staying busy the whole time ! From my perspective, today was about the first technical sessions:…
DPM 2007 Launch – Day 0
Pop Quiz – what could make a 9.5 hour flight from Dallas to Paris feel longer? Answer – A 3-hour delay before take-off, sitting in the aircraft. Yes, as an omen of all the good things that will come this week, we pulled away from the gate, tried to rev the engines and came back…