Via Facebook this morning, I received an email from someone I did not know "Frank had a massive heart attack last Wednesday and passed away this morning at 1:50." My first thought was who is this person sending me an email about someone called Frank I checked their friends and it showed one person. Frank McCallister. No I thought it can t be so. I checked with the other … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2009
He came He saw He listened Thanks Nick!
Last Wednesday was the last SMB iT Professional meeting that Nick King and I had the chance to do last week. Sydney finished off a whirlwind 3 day tour of Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Nick s visit to Australia was something he personally asked to do as he wanted to get a good feel on what we as Aussies needed from Microsoft. Being a Kiwi, Nick knows all too well how us … [Read more...]
SBS 2008 R2 I want it now!
Funny you know SBS 2008 was released in November last year, and we all know that it s based on Windows Server 2008 which was released in February 2008. Given that many people have still not made the move to SBS 2008 nor understand it s features and configuration properly, I find it amusing to hear that people are wanting SBS 2008 R2. Microsoft have not even announced if … [Read more...]
HP ConfigureAIDER DX is Here.
As reported last week in my blog, HP have listened to community feedback and are re-releasing the HP ConfigureAIDER progam which made it so easy for us to spec and quote HP Servers. You can download it direct from HP here http://h20427.www2.hp.com/products/configureaider/au/en/ As you cen see in the screen below, only a few of the servers are included right now. Others will … [Read more...]
Nicholas King hits town.
Next week, Microsoft Technical Product Manager, Nicholas King will make a visit through the Eastern capitals of Australia. Nick is actually a Kiwi (but we won t hold that against him) normally based in Microsoft Redmond campus and he s responsible for all the technical training / information that the SBS and EBS teams produce. As part of his visit here in Australia, we ve … [Read more...]