Happy Cinco de Mayo !! As a Texan, my friends and I already had plans to celebrate this occasion, but now we have one more excuse to raise a tall margarita — the next generation of Data Protection Manager. At 11:00 AM Pacific US time – we will be doing a TechNet webcast for customers…
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Two new ways to follow Jason on DPM and Gaming
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…
LEGO Rock Band Announced
Earlier today, it was announced that: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games have joined forces with the LEGO Group, Harmonix and MTV Games to merge two of the most popular videogame franchises with the creation of LEGO® Rock Band®. The unique family-friendly music experience is currently in development by TT Games in partnership with…
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…
Why SP1 for DPM 2007 is cool
For the official announcement of SP1 — please check out Service Pack 1 for DPM 2007 is now available on the DPM Product Team blog (yes, I wrote that one too). Here are some good links on Service Pack 1 What is new in Service Pack 1 http://www.microsoft.com/SystemCenter/DataProtectionManager/en/us/WHATs-NEW.aspx DPM 2007 SP1 x86 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=125991…
New Sales Promotion — get DPM Server licenses when you purchase System Center SMSE’s
For those that are unfamiliar with DPM 2007 licensing, I just recorded a licensing podcast on Edge.Technet.com This is the 3rd of many installments on point topics over DPM 2007 SP1 – and I will continue to blog here as new ones post every week or so. Check out the series of podcasts on Edge….
Now available for download – Infrastructure Planning & Design (IPD) guide for DPM 2007 SP1
We are just a few days away from releasing Service Pack 1 for DPM 2007, and part of the release is updating our existing content and adding new materials. The DPM Team has been working with the Microsoft Solution Accelerators group to develop this IPD, which goes into beta this week - so please tell…
Please vote for DPM 2007 as product of the year
We were recently informed that DPM 2007 has been named a finalist for ‘Product of the Year’ for eWeek Channel Insider … in the Storage Management category. There are some other cool finalists, but DPM is the only backup player in consideration this year. We think that DPM really changes the way that folks do…
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…
Co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons has died — Gary Gygax 1938-2008
source : http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9885383-7.html?tag=nefd.only Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died on Tuesday at the age of 69, due to heart problems. I never met Gary nor have I been to a D&D convention – and I think the last time that I rolled a 20-sided dice was in junior high school. However, some of…