February 2008 - Posts

Thursday, February 28, 2008 6:12 AM

Heroes Happen Launch 2008 - A few photos

Body: So I've spent the last 12 hours today at the Heroes Happen Launch here in Sydney. One of the funny things they had was giant green screen where you could have your photo taken with the Heroes from the launch. Here's a few that we had done...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008 7:49 PM

Windows Server 2008 - Virtualisation Licensing

Body: At the Heroes Happen Launch here in Sydney today, Microsoft have clarified their licensing of Virtualisation. My particular interest is with the licensing surrounding the Standard edition of Windows Server 2008. The information on this so far has...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:19 PM

Heroes Happen 2008 Launch - the pitch

Body: So the pitch here is to the IT Pro's where they are saying that the real Heroes in the industry are us the IT Pro. They want to change the current 80/20 Maintenance/Innovation ratio to enable us as Pros to be able to spend 80% of our time on...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:16 PM

Heroes Happen 2008 Launch - Sydney

Body: You know - I've been watching the marketing for this launch just like everyone else. Microsoft are using cartoon characters as the prime "face" of this launch, and I'm not really sure just how well that is being taken in a business...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008 1:48 PM

Proud Dad!

Body: Yup - that's me and this has absolutely NOTHING to do with IT or the SMB market. My daughter is a very talented young lady and her artwork is one of them. She's had some of her artwork online for a while now and has been pretty private about...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:36 AM

Geek toys I want :-)

Body: My 40th birthday is coming up in March and well yeah - I'm getting old :-) I know that your all asking yourselves, just what can you get for me - the geek who has almost everything. Well one of the guys in the office came across this cool toy...
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Monday, February 25, 2008 9:26 PM

Trend CSM 5.0 Features & Beta Program

Body: Shortly I'll be testing out Trends new version of Client Server Messaging Security for SMB (CSM). The current version is 3.6. The new version will have a new name, taking on the name from the Worry-Free product line. The new product will be...
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Sunday, February 24, 2008 6:02 PM

Trend Worry Free Managed Security Services Playbook

Body: Not sure if many of you know about this cool offering from Trend. It's a guide written by managed services guru Amy Luby on how to maximise your Managed Services offering using Trends Worry Free Management console for CSM for SMB. It's a...
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Sunday, February 24, 2008 6:51 AM

SBS 2008 - Screen shots

Body: Currently, I am under NDA not to post screen shots of the SBS 2008 Beta that I'm involved in, but I've had many requests from people wanting to know what it looks like. So here's the one place places that Microsoft themselves have posted...
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Saturday, February 23, 2008 7:01 PM

SBS 2008 & The Second Server

Body: Details of SBS 2008 were announced earlier this week and as part of that the Premium Edition was announced. SBS 2008 Premium will include a second Windows Server 2008 32 or 64bit Standard Server license. In addition, you get SQL 2008 Server STANDARD...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:51 PM

SBS 2003 Best Practice Analyser Updated!

Body: Another news item for today is that the SBS 2003 Best Practice Analyser has been updated. This update takes into account a number of improvements and fixes for the rules. Find out more here http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2008/02/20/small-business...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:54 PM

SBS 2008 - What happened to ...

Body: Ok - so now that Microsoft have announced formal details of what is included with SBS 2008, the questions commence. Pre release information is always potentially inaccurate and it would appear that this is the case here too. So let's try to...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:51 PM

SBS 2008 - Some services not available in your area

Body: Part of SBS 2008 involves the integration of some of the Office Live services that Microsoft have. It would appear based on this information that these are only available in certain geographic locations. One wonders therefore if the pricing for...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:01 AM

Microsoft announces details on SBS 2008 aka SBS Cougar

Body: Today, Microsoft made the first official announcements about the next generation of SBS, formerly code named SBS Cougar. Windows Small Business Server 2008 is now the official name of the new product. Microsoft also announced that SBS 2008 is part...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:26 PM

What is Xobni?

Body: I've been searching for a tool to prove that the illustrious Susan Bradley does indeed sleep. Finally I found it! I've been using Xobni now for about a month and I'm at the point where I can't live without it!!! What is it I hear...
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Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:20 PM

Something about my blog aka Thanks Vlad!

Body: I blog stuff that is interesting to me and I figure might be of interest to others out there. Vlad is one of the more well respected (err ok maybe not respected...) well known bloggers in the SMB IT space. He's often controversial and always...
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Sunday, February 17, 2008 5:53 PM

File Sync problems? Try Sync Toy

Body: I've used this tool a few times now and find that many people do not even know of it's existence. Sync Toy is a cool tool from Microsoft that will allow you to do all kinds of file based synchronisation. From full bidirectional sync of removable...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 4:48 PM

Remember when all you had was a 56k Dialup Modem?

Body: Yeah - well that's the experience that I'll have over the next few weeks. You see - I've just moved house, and whilst my phone line will be connected next Tuesday, getting DSL will take abouter 5 to 8 working days AFTER that. So in the...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 4:39 PM

Shockey Monkey coming to Sydney

Body: Yes - that's right folks, the community focused Shockey Monkey system launched by Vlad from Own Web Now and built using 100% community input is coming to Sydney. It's due to officially launch shortly, and Vlad is shipping servers to Australia...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:57 AM

Trend Pattern File Problems - blown out of proportion?

Body: I've heard a number of people express concern that "Trend have had many issues with their pattern files like we had this week with the 995 pattern file..." and others similar expressing the suggestion that Trend have had "major...
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