Get Ready for the Tough Questions - NEW Team New Blood
A while back I was talking about what brings me along to the SMB IT Professional Sydney Group, meaning for me a 6.5 hour round trip to hang out with SBSers. Wanting to get to know some of the other group members, and build my network I mentioned that I would be doing a NEW Team New Blood.
So to get started here is mine.
Name: David Mackie
Company: Synergistic Network Solutions Pty Limited
Location: Canberra ACT Australia
Describe your business: Synergistic Consults to Federal Government Departments, Small – Medium and some retail businesses, providing diverse solutions based on Microsoft Technologies.
What makes your business different: 1 + 1 = 3.
OK we are are really good at developing “mission modules” if you like, addition of feature sets for business eventualities that rely on the Core Infrastructure but drive specific business outcomes.
I knew if I tried really hard I could get you guys to ask me about my Infrastructure Projects based on the FSF-1 Sea Fighter
What are you really good at?: Working things out, new and shiny technologies, Logical Fault Finding
Each Technical Team Member:
David: Pretty much the shiny new stuff.
What is the best possible referral: For us right now anything SMB Commercial, we are looking to breakout of our selling hours for money to the Government and start selling up time and projects to the commercial sector.
What are your main business goals this year: 30% of Total revenue from SMB, additional 15% from SMB Focused Partners
What are your main professional goals this year: Windows 2008 Certifications (from scratch, to walk where we will expect our SE’s to focus), Start my Masters
How do you Deploy Workstations: WDS, why can you do it another way???
What Network Management Platform are you using?: No single one, but looks like hosted Kaseya.
What AV Platform are you using?: Trend Micro Worry Free Business Security, and Worry Free Remote Manager
What Backup Platform are you using?: Shadow Protect, SBS Backup, DPM 2007 and NetBackup
Are you coming to the TechEd Pre-Day?: You bet ya!
Will you be staying for the rest of TechEd?: Yes, wanna keep the SMB spirit going with some dinners and a huge night on Thursday?? Some of the best parts of TechED aside from the sessions, is the folk we get to spend time with.
So Guys and Gals think about sending me your answers and we will get the community Dossiers posted.