Monthly Archives: April 2012

On the road again… to San Diego

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

This week I traveled from Dublin to San Diego to attend “The Experts Conference” (TEC). The conference organizers took care of tickets and I was routed via JFK on Delta rather than my normal choice (probably Aer Lingus to Chicago and onwards … Continue reading →

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The Citadel of St. Tropez

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Most people who visit St. Tropez on the French Riviera probably think about the glamour side of the town – its up-market shops, the restaurants dotted around the port that can charge an extraordinary amount for an ordinary pizza, the yachts … Continue reading →

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A billion? Maybe good value if they’re good patents

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

At first glance, the news that Microsoft has agreed to pay AOL more than $1 billion for a trove of 925 patents (plus access to 300 patents kept by AOL) might seem to be an expensive purchase to some. Microsoft then … Continue reading →

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Exchange 2010 SP2 RU2: Deep-dive into what’s in this roll-up update

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

On Monday, April 16, Microsoft released roll-up update 2 (RU2) for Exchange 2010 SP2. There was nothing strange or unusual in this process because it follows Microsoft’s practice of issuing cumulative roll-up updates for Exchange at regular intervals. On the … Continue reading →

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Exchange Connections 2012 – Your chance to present

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

Following on from my recent post about the three major U.S.-based conferences that feature a lot of content about Microsoft Exchange Server, I note that the nice people at Penton Media have issued a call for papers for the Exchange … Continue reading →

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First Exchange 2013 training course appears

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

December update: Now that Exchange 2013 is generally available, I want to make it quite clear that I neither endorse nor recommend the training mentioned below. This entry was posted to demonstrate the foolishness of launching a training course for a product … Continue reading →

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HP’s (eventual) push into cloud services

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

News that HP has launched its first public cloud services and will enter public beta on May 10 provoked my interest from many angles. As a former CTO of a major HP business, I had observed (and sometimes participated in) … Continue reading →

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To MEC or not to TEC, where are my Connections?

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

I think that there’s a fair chance that I am the only person to have presented keynote sessions at each of the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC), The Experts Conference (TEC), and the Exchange Connections conference. As such I might be … Continue reading →

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March 2012 articles posted on WindowsITPro.com

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

Here is the digest of articles that I posted to March 2012 during March 2012: iPhone meet Exchange 2010 posted on March 29 is a review of Steve Goodman’s new book iPhone with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 – Business Integration … Continue reading →

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