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You have a virtualized environment, now what do you do?
Well, hey, that's a good question! It's probably a question that's being asked of IT managers and CIOs from uncomprehending top execs all over this world.
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Recently I installed the Beta 2 version of "Geneva", or ADFS 2.0. All of my machines are now Windows 7 machines, including just about all of my VHDs and virtual machines. The only time I use Win2k8 R2 is when the product I'm installing specifically requires me to do that. So when I ins...
I had a “discussion” on twitter a few weeks ago where I predicted that Microsoft’s Windows Azure would be “the one to beat” in the enterprise. It’s nice that companies are using Amazon and other clouds, but for the 80-90% of Windows/.NET application...
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Recently I had the pleasure of speaking with Peter Coffee, of eWeek fame. Peter, as industry veterans may be aware, was eWeek’s Technology Editor, and is now Director of Platform Research for Salesforce.com, a leader in cloud computing.
Our conversation began with my blatant att...
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Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS),
a leader in socially responsible investing (SRI) for Catholic institutions, announced that a majority of shareholders voted in support of its "say on executive pay" proxy resolution at the Cisco Systems' annual
meeting of shareholders. F...
Tech Data Corporation a leading IT products distributor announced the opening of the Symantec Solutions Center at its worldwide headquarters in Clearwater. The facility — the latest addition to Tech Data’s 6,000-square-foot solutions center — is a state-of-the art learning environment ...
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