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August 2008 - Posts

SBS 2008 Launch - Your Input Is Requested
I was speaking with Constanza Zalba, the SBS/EBS product manager the other day and she asked my opinion on the upcoming SBS/EBS Launch she is planning. I said why not ask the potential attendees and she agreed. She wrote up this post for our blog. Got Read More...
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is out. What does it mean to you as an IT Pro???
Like most IT pro you need to maintain the web farm for your company. Well I'm sorry to say you've got work to do...  Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 came out yesterday and you'll soon see it pop out on desktops out there in the wild. But we'll get to Read More...
Cameron McKay: Rebuilding from the Ground Up
Energize IT 2008 has come and gone. I had a great time talking, rocking, and connecting with the GTA community. Ruth shared this interview she did with Cameron McKay from McKesson Canada about their total network rebuild around Hyper-V, SQL 2008, OCS Read More...
SBS 2008 RTM a Deal and a Free Exam!
So I was off last week and just went through my email and my RSS feeds and found three things related to SBS 2008 that might be of interest.  First off, SBS 2008 has been released to manufacture.  Now there is a lot that is different in SBS Read More...
An Evening with Vancouver Area "Bleeks" (blogging geeks)
Being the guy who told his team mates and manager that we had to get into blogging 4 years ago, I guess you can say that I am a "bleek". You can see my twitter links , facebook and LinkedIN information as well. I'm a big fan of social media Read More...
Here, there, everywhere... Live Mesh is now available to Canada
The coolest thing to hit the "cloud" in recent history is now available to Canada, without wait list.  You can now use the power of Live Mesh and have all your devices work together.  Live Mesh puts you at the center of your digital Read More...
Reminder: SQL 2008 for Heroes Happen Here Attendees
So you might have read in Damir's post that SQL Server 2008 RTM'd last week.  What you might not have remembered though was that if you attended the Heroes Happen {Here} launch events in Canada this past Spring that included with the event bag is Read More...
Forum sur le futur de l'informatique.
Comme Damir l'a mentionné dans le blog . FutureShop a mis sur pied un forum pour la communauté . Et jeudi le 14 aout 2008 a 19:00 il y aura événement auquel j’aurais le plaisir de participer. Une conférence vidéo sur Read More...
Getting Ready to Talk About The Future of Computing
Later today at 7pm EST, I get the participate in the FutureShop Community Forum on The Future of Computing .  I will be one of three people on the panel to talk about where computing is headed.  The other folks I will be having this discussion Read More...
IE8: What an IT Pro Should Know
If you're like me you probably looked at the IE8 Beta and the "what's new" and saw things like Web Slices , Adaptive Zoom , Rendering Modes and Web Standards Support .  All interesting things but really focused on the developer.  What Read More...
Certified or Certifiable?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote this blog post on our annual trip to the mothership for implant upgrades technical training. It is always a great time meeting with the rest of the world wide team and we had fun sharing ideas and experiences with Jeff Alexander Read More...
SQL Server 2008 has RTMed and is Downloadable from TechNet
Technorati Tags: SQL Server 2008 Today is a very exciting day for me - SQL Server 2008 is released to manufacturing and ready for you to use in your organizations!!  While Rick and Rodney, and even Pierre, may get excited about Hyper-V , as many Read More...
A Rookie's Initial Experience with Hyper-V
The Team and I got back from Seattle this past weekend. We were there soaking up the internal Kool-Aide on new and existing technologies. Unfortunately - most of them we can't share with you just yet, you will have to be a little patient. One thing that Read More...
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