Zac Wiggy

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by Zac Wiggy

Prowess Updates SmartDeploy

SmartDeploy is a tool for, as the name implies, deploying Windows more easily...Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 06/03/2011 3:02 PM By Zac Wiggy
 

Odyssey Athena: Best of TechEd Interview

Athena provides device management for a wide variety of device types, integrated with System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). SCCM has some ability to manage a limited selection of Exchange ActiveSync-compatible devices, but Athena's agent-based management greatly expands the selection....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 05/18/2011 12:32 PM By Zac Wiggy
 

JOOB: Best of TechEd Finalist Interview

JOOB is basically middleware that makes it easier for you to connect enterprise systems to devices. It sits between an enterprise system—think of, for example, a CRM application—and an app on a device....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 05/17/2011 12:04 PM By Zac Wiggy
 

Small Business Server Essentials and Small Business Strategy at TechEd 2011

Michael Leworthy. senior product manager for Windows Server SMB, presented about Windows Small Business Server Essentials on Sunday at the TechEd Reviewers' Workshop. He focused mainly on Essentials, but the most interesting thing to me was this slide, summarizing what different versions of Windows Server offer small businesses...Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 05/16/2011 2:03 PM By Zac Wiggy
 

MultiPoint Server: 20 Computers on One

MultiPoint was RTM'd in February, but this is the first time I'd heard of it. The gist of it is that MultiPoint Server lets you run lots of physical machines—which is to say, sets of monitors, mice, and keyboards—from one server....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 05/15/2011 3:01 PM By Zac Wiggy
 

SCCM 2012 at TechEd

Jeroen van Eesteren presented on System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2012 Sunday morning at the Reviewers' Workshop at TechEd in Atlanta....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 05/15/2011 9:40 AM By Zac Wiggy
 

How Ubuntu Ditched Me and Why I Ditched Ubuntu

Ubuntu Linux is the most well-known Linux OS, and it's presented as the user-friendly, free alternative to Windows that doesn't need a powerhouse machine. It's the Linux that, they say, is supposed to provide a nice transition away from Windows and into the peace, love, and understanding of the Free Software world. Well no, Ubuntu. I'm done with you....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 05/11/2011 10:20 AM By Zac Wiggy
 

Playing in the Consumer Cloud: Amazon Cloud Player

You could call that offsite backup, but marketing people hate anything that isn't expressed in buzzwords. So you get products named like the recently released Amazon Cloud Player. Cloud Player is actually a few different products—there's Cloud Player for Web and Cloud Player for Android, and both work from Amazon Cloud Drive (which has been around for a while). All the players and tools to use them are free, and your first 5GB of storage is free too....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 05/03/2011 9:21 AM By Zac Wiggy
 

Product Brief: Flexera AdminStudio Suite 10

Flexera's AdminStudio is an application management, reporting, and migrating suite. One current focus at Flexera is AdminStudio's ability to help with Windows 7 migrations....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 04/26/2011 3:38 PM By Zac Wiggy
 

MMS 2011 Product Roundup

The Microsoft Management Summit moved to Mandalay Bay in Vegas this year. The common opinion on the floor was that there were fewer vendors than last year, but it looked awfully full to me....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 04/19/2011 3:31 PM By Zac Wiggy
 

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