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Cutting Costs with SQL Server 2008
I was made aware of this from the Business Insights team who have been working with the SQL team to...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/03/2009
Twitchhiker
Jonathan pointed me to this earlier today. The concept behind Twitchhiker.com is that this chap...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/02/2009
IT Pro Top Licensing FAQs – January 08
Q) Can I downgrade Microsoft Windows Vista Business or Ultimate purchased pre-installed on a new PC?...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/30/2009
Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 now available
Here is the marketing bit…..concentrate ;): · Faster for accomplishing tasks, from mapping a...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/28/2009
Digital By Choice and Virtualisation
This was an awesome post from Emma, our resident Licensing Guru. It’s an obvious choice to give to...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/23/2009
Virtualisation podcast and events to attend
Last year at the VM08 conference in London, Microsoft’s Zane Adams, who is a Virtualisation expert...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/23/2009
Great resources for Governance and Compliance
More often than I would like to admit, I get an email that points me to something on TechNet...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/22/2009
Get more from your ERP investment with Microsoft
In these challenging times, its good to see the groups around Microsoft focussing on saving...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/21/2009
December Top Licensing FAQs
Q) Do I need a product key for all Volume Licensing products? A) No. Not all products need a product...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/16/2009
CIO Job Vacancy
For those of you that thought the job market was stale…..thought this would get your interest…. HM...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/14/2009
Key responses to questions on support and feedback for Windows 7 beta
Is there technical support available for the Windows 7 Beta? No. Microsoft doesn’t offer technical...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/12/2009
Microsoft Windows 7 Beta
Microsoft Windows 7 is designed to make everyday tasks faster and easier, and make new things...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/09/2009
Happy New Year 2009
Apologies for my lack of posts towards the end of last year. I was in fact off in December getting...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/09/2009
IT Pro Top FAQs –October 08
Q) How do I downgrade? A) As an end user you have the right to downgrade as set out in your Software...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 12/04/2008
Power Management Settings for Compliance and a Reduced Footprint
Great TechNet Magazine from the US here Microsoft offers a number of solutions that can help...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 12/02/2008
Computer Weekly calls out mobile computing as key for SMEs to beat credit crunch
Research found that that 84% of SMEs feel that technology becomes more important in a slower economy...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/27/2008
Cutting IT costs
With the news that the Daily Mail and General Trust had a recent IT shake-up which meant the...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/24/2008
One small step from Microsoft, one huge leap for PC security
I was ecstatic when I read this – the key line to this article for me was: Microsoft decided to...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/20/2008
Windows Azure – it does exactly what the DPE guys demo in the gym
I’m not sure that title did what it was supposed to do – in my head the latter bit rhymed with a...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/19/2008
virtualization.info Adoption Survey 2008
Fifteen days ago virtualization.info launched a web survey to try to understand the state of the...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/18/2008
Top 10 tips for green IT
IT PRO has published a great list of top tips for GreenIT. Interestingly, most should help...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/17/2008
The greatest Tech Sites around the globe
I loved this article on silicon.com My favourite was the Parkes Observatory - a 64-metre radio...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/14/2008
Microsoft launches small business software
Network World did a great summary of the announcements yesterday Microsoft released Essential...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/13/2008
Microsoft to offer start-ups free software
The Daily Telegraph picked up on this news BizSpark is relevant to companies who have a turnover of...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/07/2008
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 RTM Released
he Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2 makes it easier to quickly identify what...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/31/2008
Recorded event: Understanding Microsoft’s Server Product Licensing in a Virtual Environment
Whenever we can, we record events that take place so that those that cannot attend benefit also....
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/30/2008
Search Server? SharePoint? FAST? Which Enterprise Search Solution Is Right For Your Business?
Learn about Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express along with our portfolio of Enterprise Search...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/29/2008
IT Professional Top Licensing FAQs – August 08
Q) How do I downgrade? A) As an end user you have the right to downgrade as set out in your Software...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/28/2008
Breaking into the Clouds
Steve wrote a great piece on the significance that announcements at PDC 2008 in LA this week would...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/27/2008
Accelerating Virtualisation
“Solution Accelerators” are one of our best kept secrets. They are not meant to be secrets but I...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/27/2008
Gartner’s Top 10 strategic technology trends for the next year
Not much of a surprise of what is included in this list, but I would have expected Green IT to...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/16/2008
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Release for Beta
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a scalable and agent-less assessment platform...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/15/2008
And the next version of Windows, codenamed “Windows 7” will be called……
…….Windows 7! Thanks to Mark from the Active Directory user group for pointing this out. It...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/14/2008
Get Certified at Tech·Ed EMEA 2008 IT Professionals – Pre-register NOW!
3 - 7 November, Barcelona, Spain Visit us at TechEd EMEA 2008 IT Professionals and take...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/10/2008
IT Managers struggle with Consumer Technology
I was reading an interesting article yesterday on how IT managers are increasingly challenged by the...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/10/2008
Announcing the Virtualisation Unplugged Tour
This week we are announcing the a Virtualisation roadshow in conjunction with Microsoft and some of...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/09/2008
Simplify your IT architecture and improve results - 30% off; and Chapter 1 available free to download!
This guide describes best practices for creating an efficient IT organization that consistently...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/09/2008
Green compliance
Many companies have been working to reduce their carbon emissions over recent years. Ignoring the...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/08/2008
Windows Vista Deployment - Best Practices from the Microsoft UK IT Manager
Great article from Asif – who is also a genuinely nice guy…… In today's world, technical growth is...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/07/2008
Ballmer fan club
I just read this review from Martin Veitch who interviewed Steve Ballmer at our event last week. I...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/07/2008
Virtualisation, virtualisation, virtualisation……….."IT Pros, IT Pros IT Pros.....and I say I love IT Pros!"
Sorry that it seems as though I dropped off the planet…my world has been all things Virtualisation...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/02/2008
Reminder: Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable (LIVE) today
Wednesday, September 24th – 9:00 AM Pacific Time Join Mark Russinovich and a panel of Microsoft MVPs...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 09/24/2008
Announcing the Microsoft Project Server 2007 IT Professionals TechNet webcast series
Starting October 1st, 2008, Michael Jordan (Lead Architect – MCS EPM Global Practice | WW COE for...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 09/24/2008
IT Pro Top licensing FAQs - August
Q) What are my licences converted to when I buy the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003...
Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 09/22/2008