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Canberra Security Interchange – IRONKEY not your average “Thumb Drive”
On Wednesday Night I went along to the C-SIG run in the Microsoft Canberra Office especially because I have had some requests about Secure USB Drives from some of our Federal Government customers, the greatest interest I have seen is with the Stealth...
SMB - SME Infromation Technology Specialists in ANZ?? New Community - Well Yahoo Group anyway
ANZ SMB Information Technology Specialists (ANZ-SMB-ITS) A community for Information Technology service providers specialising in the (SMB) Small and Medium Business space. The aim of the community is to share information, provide peer support, open discussion...
Dell Future of Computing
Today I came along to the Dell Future of Computing day in Canberra. The big takeaway today so far is around green computing. The session I am in right now is Virtualisation and being delivered by David Allinson from VMware which will be great from a catching...
Stop Complaining - Resolve to be more positive
Earlier today I wrote .... So today I feel like a bit of a Partner Group Fan-boy but I am hoping to eradicate any negativity this year and this really has helped with the positivity today. So how am I going to eradicate negativity?? With one of these...
Now I can blog anywhere
I was out with my wife when she had a physio appointment and I had an idea that I wanted to blog, but didn't have a way to get it down on paper so to speak. When I looked around the net for a tool that would allow me to blog on Community Server from...
System Center Essentials 2007 to support non-Domain Computers
I was reading Gwen Zierdt - The Real World Is Messy , in particular an interview with David Mills, a member of the System Center Essentials 2007 Marketing team. I found this very interesting and of course now want to find a Beta for SP1 so I can check...
Thinking about Authentication
So on my way back from the Trend Micro / SBSFAQ Security Summit, I started to think about secure authentication to not just mine but my customers networks. I thought about password change frequency and complexity issues and how I might ensure a suitable...
How much am I Lurving my Q1 Ultra?
When I wanted a new mobile computer (laptop) I looked around a bit and had considered many options from big Power Houses that support virtualization & lots of RAM, to a cheapy to get smashed about like so many of the things I just throw in the truck...
Canberra SQL Server User Group --September Meeting
I am thinking of starting to blog events I go to Live and then revisiting the posts when I get a chance to follow up with the speaker so as usual no warranty all care, subject to change when I find out I missed the point. So here goes Athena: spoke about...
How to check your IP, with a difference! - Nick Whittome - "The Naked MVP"
I recently started checking out SBS Community blogs that I've just found out about or revisiting those that are pure gold. Nick has gone to the top of my read list pure gold AND a tool I will use all the time. How to check your IP, with a difference...
Posted: Aug 27 2007, 09:41 PM by David Mackie | with no comments
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Redmond Channel Partner Online | News: Microsoft Virtualization Products Face Delays
Redmond Channel Partner has jumped on the Virtualization delays, with a focus on Longhorn Virtualization slipping. Microsoft Virtualization Products Face Delays April 12, 2007 by Keith Ward Several Microsoft virtualization products are seeing their shipping...
Posted: Apr 15 2007, 03:18 PM by David Mackie | with no comments
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So can I use this for Phone Interviews or Customer Requirements Gathering Teleconferneces?
Saw this in SMH online and thought it very cool for all my evil purposes. The KishKish Lie Detector, for example, can be downloaded free as an "extra" on the popular internet phone service Skype. It is capable of monitoring, in real-time, the...
Microsoft launching new online video service, hoping to tap popularity in sharing clips
So I will be storing Pod casts on the mothership soon. I have been considering a YouTube account for storing podcasts I keep telling folk I will produce, but now it seems that MS will be in that Biz. Cool now to see who has the best AUP and who will want...
Posted: Sep 18 2006, 11:01 PM by David Mackie | with no comments
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So my killing machine is blogging
My eldest started blogging and well lets just say he is now tooling up for some coolness. Why killing machine you may ask? He is now a Junior Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do before his 8th birthday, but I digress. He has been in my ear about wanting Microsoft...
Posted: Sep 17 2006, 10:56 PM by David Mackie | with no comments
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Not Virtual Virtual Tape and from SMB to Big Enterprise
I posted about a virtual tape solution I plan to use on my laptop and in my lab to emulate enterprise library functionality, people may ask what I recommend for workgroup implementations where cost and reliability are factors. I really like these Quantum...
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