Dave Northey's Blog
My ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Today I was challended by Aidan Finn to take up the Ice Bucket Challenge, to raise funds and raise...
Date: 08/22/2014
Pizza as a Service
Date: 08/05/2014
August 2007 (I think)
Date: 07/31/2014
Featured PC – The Samsung Series 9
The Samsung Series 9 has been updated for business use. This outstanding piece of hardware now ships...
Date: 09/05/2011
Featured PC – The Toshiba R830
The TOSHIBA R830 Series of laptops boast portability with a 13.3” screen, lightening fast USB 3.0...
Date: 09/05/2011
I’m now posting on our team blog…
Just click this picture to be taken to the TechNet Ireland IT Pro Blog. Dave Share this post :...
Date: 03/04/2009
Great Virtualisation Case Study from Lionbridge in Ballina
Lionbridge have been working with Microsoft virtualisation technologies for a good long while now,...
Date: 02/24/2009
Free business guidance for Start-ups
Digital Media Forum and Microsoft Ireland are delighted to bring you the Microsoft BizSpark...
Date: 02/17/2009
Windows 7 in 20 minutes..
I was given the task of introducing Windows 7 to a crowd of IT Professionals last week – easy...
Date: 02/10/2009
The Business Case for IPv6
I got to talk at the IPv6 Summit last week in Dublin Castle – Agenda, Slides and Videos of all the...
Date: 02/06/2009
Developer Developer Developer!
I know, I know, I’m an IT Pro – what am I doing writing anything about Developers? Well, turns out...
Date: 01/26/2009
Virtualisation Unplugged
Discover end-to-end virtualisation, from desktop to data centre. Join our virtualisation expert,...
Date: 01/26/2009
VHDMount without VHDMount
To mount a VHD file onto your file system, you either ran some very complicated VB (or PowerShell)...
Date: 01/16/2009
Building my Demo Laptop (Part 3)
In this post I’ll talk you through how I have created a Hyper-V Failover Cluster on my single...
Date: 01/16/2009
It pays to complain
There’s been a “small” issue with licensing around Hyper-V for a while and because of all the...
Date: 01/16/2009
SQL for the Oracle DBA
***There's been a change to the timing of this event. It now runs from 9:30-13:00 with registration...
Date: 01/13/2009
Building my Demo Laptop (Part 2)
So my demo environment needs to be self contained (everything on the one laptop), needs to be as...
Date: 01/12/2009
Building my Demo Laptop (Part 1)
It turns out that how I built my demo laptop is generating a bit of interest. These posts have...
Date: 01/09/2009
Hyper-V on a Laptop
This post is an introduction to how I have configured my demo laptop. I can comfortably run...
Date: 01/08/2009
How would you know if your PC was affected by the IE7 flaw?
I had an interesting question posed to me the other day: How would you know if your PC was affected...
Date: 12/20/2008
Configuring Server Core
This post describes the best/easiest method to configure and manage Server Core. There are numerous...
Date: 12/03/2008
Dave's back!
Please excuse the lack of posts (I have too many excuses to list here). I'm now back on line and...
Date: 12/03/2008
Free training - Deployment of Vista & Office 2007
TechNet Deployment Event This technical level 300 event is well worth attending if you are...
Date: 10/16/2008
3 Free Exam Vouchers
Microsoft is testing a new exam format and needs your help. The New Virtual Lab based Exam 70-113:...
Date: 10/09/2008
Windows Vista Performance (the sequel)
Windows Vista with SP1 (and some tweaks) is faster than Windows Server 2008. Since my last post on...
Date: 10/09/2008
A few places have come up at the SQL Academy
The second session, in our invite only SQL Server 2008 training series is happening in Dublin next...
Date: 10/09/2008
SQL Server User Group Meeting in Cork
Niall Flanagan (Ireland's SQL Server MVP) is doing a talk down in Cork next week in the Imperial...
Date: 10/07/2008
Today's ISACA talk.
Today I had a go at dispelling the myth that the words Microsoft and Security don't go...
Date: 10/03/2008
Anyone want to see 'Blade Runner: The Final Cut' (for FREE)?
What are you doing this Thursday evening? To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Blade...
Date: 09/29/2008
Windows Vista Performance
I've been talking to a few people recently who are using Windows Server 2008 as a workstation. Some...
Date: 09/24/2008
How to make your laptop 300% quicker..
As you know, I'm always "dabbling" with my laptop(s) - trying to get me demos performing...
Date: 09/24/2008
Anthony Crotty (UCC) - You're famous, you are!
More info here. Dave Share this post : Technet! del.icio.us it! digg it! live it! reddit!...
Date: 09/12/2008
Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal - Rain and Guinness
Kimberly & Paul were with us last Friday. Bob Duffy got to interview them for a while - I...
Date: 09/11/2008
IT Pro Momentum for SQL 2008
A few of you wanted to know more about IT Pro Momentum that was mentioned at the SQL Academy last...
Date: 09/09/2008
Yesterday's BSS event in Belfast
I presented at the BSS even in the Pavilion in Stormont yesterday - as usual I really enjoyed it...
Date: 09/05/2008
Tuesday's Windows Server User Group meeting
Thanks to all those who attended Tuesday night's user group meeting. Apologies for going on a bit (I...
Date: 09/04/2008
Zero Touch Vista deployments in Belfast
I've been working with Alan McBurney on and of the a good while now. He attended a TechNet...
Date: 08/14/2008
Windows 2008 Terminal Services
I'm delighted to announce that Alex Yushchenko will be giving another talk on Windows 2008 Terminal...
Date: 08/07/2008
Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager 2008
The Windows Server 2008 User Group - Ireland will be running an event on Microsoft Hyper-V and...
Date: 08/07/2008
SQL Academy 2008 (free training for Database Professionals)
SQL Server 2008 has finally Released To Manufacture (RTM)! Announcing the SQL Academy 2008: A...
Date: 08/07/2008
Hyper-V Laptop
There's been a lot of talk recently about our new "Windows Server 2008 Workstation" (Windows Server...
Date: 07/22/2008
Larry Doyle and Hyper-V
Larry Doyle from Netforce in Dublin has been deploying Hyper-V. This is worth sharing: "Windows...
Date: 06/30/2008
iSCSI
Anytime I do a demo that requires a SAN, I use the Microsoft iSCSI Target software. I'm lucky,...
Date: 06/19/2008
Look what I found - The Technical Rollup Mail
Once a month for the last six months or so, I've been getting seven emails in my inbox entitled:...
Date: 06/10/2008
Customer Minds and Windows Server 2008
Eduardo Shanahan from Customer Minds Ltd has deployed his new application on Windows Server 2008 and...
Date: 06/06/2008
Prodata and Windows Server 2008
I know Carmel Gunn from Prodata pretty well by now, I was asking her how she's been getting on with...
Date: 06/06/2008
Trinity College Dublin and Windows Server 2008
I've been working with Willie O’ Connor (Computer Science Dept, Trinity College Dublin) for...
Date: 06/06/2008
With Hyper-V, Microsoft is going to change the world of virtualization
I just had to share this quote with you. I've been working with Edouard MELLY from Hewlett Packard...
Date: 05/28/2008
Meath County Council and Windows Server 2008
I've been working with Gavin Fitzpatrick from Meath County Council for over a year now (he is one of...
Date: 05/28/2008
O2 and Windows Server 2008 (again)
I've been working with Michael Maher (a Principal Infrastructure Specialist working for O2 Ireland)...
Date: 05/26/2008