Microsoft adds Windows 8 Upgrade Course

Microsoft adds Windows 8 Upgrade Course

Just received note that a new course was published  to get tech-folks ready for enterprise-level deployments of Windows 8, specifically on how to go about Windows 8 upgrades. The course, now available at the Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA),  is under the heading Planning and Preparing for Windows 8 and consist of the following modules: Assessing Compatibility of…

Tweets for December 2012

Tweets for December 2012

My Twitter tweets (@jorper98)  for above mentioned period follow: 2012-12-31 01:16:20   Top Five Mobility Lessons Learned In 2012 For CIOs http://t.co/etjRIdYG 2012-12-28 17:20:47   Google News Crumbles, And More 2013 Media Predictions http://t.co/bXHlLyus 2012-12-20 18:33:17   Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation | Video on http://t.co/nkzFgECe http://t.co/vQUY546y 2012-12-20 17:13:34   The importance of the 140 character mission statement http://t.co/ky1BSHhh 2012-12-20 17:08:40…

Going Paperless: Paper Waste Info Chart
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Going Paperless: Paper Waste Info Chart

Even with all of our electronics, digital devices and such, paper waste is still tremendous… A single one-terabyte external drive can save as many as 500 million sheets of paper. A 150-page employee manual — pretty massive in real life — takes up less than 7.5% of a four-gigabyte flash drive. An entire filing cabinet’s worth of…

The Future of Digital
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The Future of Digital

  One of the best presentations I have seen regarding digital content. Absolutely full of of fact and bit of info… 137 pages! It covers every aspect of the digital movement.   I can’t think of anything missing… BIG kudos (and thank you) to Business Insider for making it available to all! Highly recommended viewing! http://www.businessinsider.com/future-of-digital-slides-2012-11…

Tweets for November 2012

Tweets for November 2012

My Twitter tweets (@jorper98)  for above mentioned period follow: 2012-11-30 15:43:31 Start Designing Your Life | #LinkedIn http://t.co/QtmZiijR 2012-11-30 15:41:28 How Richard Branson Became the Million-Follower Man [SLIDESHOW] http://t.co/pfVMkMSc 2012-11-29 18:52:35 Mind blowing infographic charting American money and where it all goes http://t.co/MCJ0sbn3 2012-11-27 17:46:13 http://t.co/nHoWtkJr Online Marketing Trends: The Tablet Buying Guide :Insights ,Trends and Consumerspeak 2012-11-26 17:40:22 http://t.co/oboVfUvh mobile_browser_infographic by techvibes,…

Tweets for September-October 2012

Tweets for September-October 2012

My Twitter tweets (@jorper98)  for above mentioned period follow: 2012-10-30 02:21:45 Marco Tempest: A cyber-magic card trick like no other http://t.co/9B2fULEy 2012-10-22 05:20:00 New post: New Samsung Chromebook coming to market http://t.co/RiVQ9xOc #chromebook #jorper98 2012-10-16 02:43:07 RT @Shahkaal: RT @PopSci: Remember when the Nobel Prizes used to be inspiring? This year, they’re inspiring mostly snores. http://t.co/p … 2012-10-05 05:53:57 Embrace BYOD, Don’t Shun It, Infinitely…

Tips for Effective BYOD Management

Tips for Effective BYOD Management

The quintessential smartphone has evolved from a high-end consumer product for the executive level business person, to a common man’s necessity. Taking this development into consideration, businesses are now considering implementing Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) programs with an aim to drive employee productivity using new technology. Managing BYOD Whether you already permit your personnel to bring their…

The wave ahead: Digital Content on 200 Million tablets
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The wave ahead: Digital Content on 200 Million tablets

In one of my previous postings, I talked about the amazing growth of digital content fueled, as of late, by tablet devices.   One industry that is being forced to change leaps and bounds is the publishing industry. Just last week, it was leaked that two major player in this space, Random House and Penguin, were…

Operational Benefits OF BYOD Strategy

Operational Benefits OF BYOD Strategy

The influx of new communication devices and solutions in the corporate environment resulted in the workforce becoming increasingly mobile. Take for instance, remote desktop access and SSL VPNs, which has made it possible for the workforce to make the choice with respect to location and time. Similarly, very many technological innovations have made the concept…

Facebook Effect Book Read.
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Facebook Effect Book Read.

I just read (eh-hum) listen to the book Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick which was published back in 2010, but never got around to reading… What a fascinating and intriguing book.   It really is an unprecedented behind the scenes look a Facebook’s journey from its college origins, to raising capital,  to feature introduction, to Twitter compete,…

Digital Content Consumption-Tablet Devices in the Driver Seat
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Digital Content Consumption-Tablet Devices in the Driver Seat

This week, Microsoft was the latest to enter the tablet device marketplace with its Surface device. Earlier this year, Google released the Google Nexus 7 to compete in the ever-growing tablet market place along with iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Kindle Fire, and so many others… (The 2012-2013 holiday season will be an interesting one!)

Enabled a link redirection within the site.
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Enabled a link redirection within the site.

One common thing everyone has mentioned when setting up blogs is that you must be able to track your statistics (not only the people coming in, but also which links within the site are more effective than others, so I 16ot on to searching…    My requirements were simple: easy to use within the administration site  not…

Going Paperless at Home/Office: Introduction

Going Paperless at Home/Office: Introduction

Since the creation of the computer and data storage, people have been making every attempt to transition from their cluttered offices full of paper and rooms (or attics) full of file cabinets into a paperless, streamlined and easy to search environment. As technology has evolved, so has our ability to make the transition into paperless.Whether…

Tweets for August 2012

Tweets for August 2012

My Twitter tweets (@jorper98)  for above mentioned period follow: 2012-08-30 01:55:21   Average Household Has 5 Connected Devices, While Some Have 15-Plus – Bloomberg http://t.co/xkAjv6mi 2012-08-29 02:33:45   Windows 8 Tip: Virtualize with Hyper-V http://t.co/1iqV2IJw 2012-08-28 19:08:43   Good tip: How to use LastPass in Windows 8 Metro Internet Explorer (kind of) http://t.co/CIHEq3dD 2012-08-28 12:56:13   Excellent article:…

What is BYOD?

What is BYOD?

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is the latest trend in workplace IT deployment and one that all businesses are going to have to address whether they embrace it or not. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is defined by Wikipedia as: ‘the recent trend of employees bringing personally-owned mobile devices to their place of work, and…

Good Photo Gallery Application
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Good Photo Gallery Application

For a while now, I have been looking for a photo gallery application.  I’ve tried almost everything, from hosted services to  open source apps (Flickr, SmugMug, 500px, Google+, Photobucket (being updated soon), Gallery, Shutterfly, Facebook (ugh!) and many others.. ) and there is always something missing… I need a workhorse.. (or tug boat!)   As…

Tweets for July 2012

Tweets for July 2012

My Twitter tweets for this month follow: 2012-07-29 18:01:53   Lessons from a big iPad enterprise adopter | ITworld http://t.co/Y3zWtZVb 2012-07-23 22:04:03   BYOD: The CIO Catch-22 | Guest Opinions | http://t.co/XIiElcl2 http://t.co/aTwmg09X 2012-07-22 13:10:03   RT @FastCompany: “Encourage critical thinking during meetings.” http://t.co/5crWHnZZ 2012-07-22 10:48:35   Excellent article: Evolution of a Home Page: 37signals Basecamp http://t.co/C9hOrfE7 2012-07-21 06:39:31   Pocket…

Tweets for June 2012

Tweets for June 2012

My tweets & reads for June 2012 follow: Date:Time (UTC)   Tweet       2012-06-28 18:21:27   Good! — The Supreme Court of the United States upholds reforming health insurance in the USA – http://t.co/8jghIWq6 2012-06-26 06:42:49   The state of the economy: USA and World. Where are we heading? http://t.co/sN9kotXB 2012-06-26 05:14:09  …

Tweets for May 2012

Tweets for May 2012

My Twitter tweets and reads for May 2012 follow: Date:Time (UTC)   Tweet       2012-05-30 15:06:28   Interesting Comments! — http://t.co/GqTItpdK 2012-05-30 13:30:50   Good tool: Scheduled sending and email reminders | Boomerang for Gmail http://t.co/aKI3SOPV 2012-05-30 13:09:59   The Current Status of BYOD: Not Working as Planned at Cisco, IBM … http://t.co/K5DXKGBZ…

MCU in the Cloud

MCU in the Cloud

Article written by Rob West If you’ve got Lync, or another Voice over IP and collaboration solution in your organization, you’ve likely also got another video conferencing solution. Or, let’s say that you only have one, but your clients and partners have another one or two or three. What happens when you want to bridge…

Google+ Hangout On Air –  Genius!
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Google+ Hangout On Air – Genius!

  On Monday of this  week Google announced  the general availability of Google+ Hangout On Air. A great very personal “webcast” overview of the service by the Google team can be found  here  or you can listen to it below… [youtube_sc url=T1E__F8eNJ0 width=330]   This recorded session gives an overview of the setup, a professional broadcaster…

Tweets for April 2012

Tweets for April 2012

My Twitter tweets and reads for April 2012 follow: Date:Time (UTC)   Tweet       2012-04-29 00:04:39   Simply amazing…. Apple’s Growth In Context (AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, FB, AMZN) http://t.co/LdbYj6jp 2012-04-28 18:38:35   @Shahkaal Thanks Sheraz – you inspired me to write a blog post on this topic! http://t.co/vJlkvm7A 2012-04-28 18:37:28   Blog post:…

Google Drive: Have Cloud Drives  Lost  Their Way?
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Google Drive: Have Cloud Drives Lost Their Way?

  With this week’s introduction of Google Drive,   the conversation about “cloud drives”  has significantly increased amongst the tech community…  But have we lost a bit of focus on what a cloud drive is ? To me,   and granted, I might not be in the majority here, there is a simple definition: To be able…

MMS2012 content available

MMS2012 content available

Could not attend MMS2012 in Vegas this year?   Not to worry! Microsoft has posted all of the PowerPoint and videos for free at http://www.mms-2012.com/digitalmms regardless if you attended or not.  You can register and browse through the sessions… Thank you Microsoft!! For those of you that want to download the content for offline viewing: Videos:…

Couldn’t make MMS 2012 conference?
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Couldn’t make MMS 2012 conference?

Not to worry!   Microsoft has posted all of the PowerPoint and videos at http://www.mms-2012.com/digitalmms    regardless if you attended or not, you can register and browse through the sessions…   Thank you  Microsoft!!    For those of you that want to download the content for offline viewing: Videos:   Stefan Roth has created a PowerShell script that will…

Tweets for March 2012

Tweets for March 2012

My tweets / reads for March 2012 follow: Date:Time (UTC)   Tweet             2012-03-31 16:48:56   Dell Expands Portfolio of Desktop Virtualization Solutions for Light IT and Complex IT Environmen… http://t.co/Z21q5M9A 2012-03-28 22:45:16   Developing A BYOD Strategy: The 5 Mistakes To Avoid http://t.co/QVZEIgbT 2012-03-28 22:42:30   VMware shows his…

Updated IPD from Microsoft

Updated IPD from Microsoft

The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides series have been updated to reflect the version upgrades and changes to the Microsoft product line in the past few months. Definitely worth the review: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc196387.aspx As a reminder: The series is a collection of documents that leads the reader through a sequence of core decision points to…

Worth noting: Last entry for Encyclopaedia Britannica book.
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Worth noting: Last entry for Encyclopaedia Britannica book.

You got to take note about a small piece of yesterday’s news: After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print, instead focusing on its online encyclopedia,yesterdays Publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia. Not unexpected, but the fact that it was finally announced it is amazing… 244 years!   Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica…

Tweets for February 2012

Tweets for February 2012

My Twitter tweets for February 2012 follow: Date Tweet 2012-02-29 14:29:45 Steven Sinofsky Is The Heir Apparent of Microsoft – http://t.co/7U1mTCH9http://t.co/InBEnbUJ 2012-02-29 13:14:34 Great Data & Analysis on Social Media Growth 2006-2011 by #dstevenwhitehttp://t.co/2bvnNSEU 2012-02-29 12:51:38 What is Tumblr? by Jonno Rodd – Marketing Freelancer http://t.co/qlsGEEaL 2012-02-29 05:02:52 Dell is not only a hardware company. eWeek http://t.co/rGI0hQAW 2012-02-29 04:56:33…

World Internet Usage Statistics
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World Internet Usage Statistics

Very interesting statistics on Internet usage  from a global perspective. Couple of things to call out: North America is #3 by number of Internet users North America is #1 by Internet penetration   World Internet Usage Statistics News and World Population Stats. Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm Data is as of December 31, 2011.

Tweets for January 2012

Tweets for January 2012

My Tweets for January 2012 follow: Date Tweet 2012-01-31 16:11:21 Nine Startup Tips From Michael Dell http://t.co/MdD69T2d 2012-01-30 16:11:46 Hierarchy of Need: Consumerization of IT – what it means for the Architecthttp://t.co/qnpH1RGh 2012-01-30 16:09:10 Manage IT consumerization to benefit the company: 5 policy keys http://t.co/n27xl9rO 2012-01-30 16:06:33 Consumerization in 2012: Cloud and mobile blurs into other people’s…

Move from Physical Image to Virtual
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Move from Physical Image to Virtual

There are many reasons you would like to convert a Desktop/ Laptop image into a virtual image.  They may include: Backup / easy recovery Want to access your image while on the road Tired of traveling with multiple devices Today is fairly easy to convert a physical desktop/laptop into a virtual one. Although I focus…

Internet Parental Controls Enforced
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Internet Parental Controls Enforced

Like many of you parents out there, we have a real issue with  our kids Internet access habits…   They are online at all times, talking to their friends, surfing YouTube or playing multi-player online  games.     The Internet has  become a large part of our everyday activities, so we are not necessarily oppose to these activities, but the…

Tweets for December 2011

Tweets for December 2011

My tweets for December 2011 follow: Date Tweet 2011-12-31 18:08:57 Five tips for your 2012 social media strategy http://t.co/WwkqFCRh 2011-12-31 18:05:03 The Fine Line Between Success and Failure: Creating What You Want Most in 2012 – Forbes http://t.co/ipjStLAK 2011-12-31 17:56:16 Like Hell Facebook Is Killing Google (GOOG) http://t.co/KlvmWhCF 2011-12-30 15:47:03 2011′s Executive Compensation Highlights (and Lowlights) |http://t.co/Xp0Zl57p 2011-12-30…

Microsoft Hyper-V

Microsoft Hyper-V

When considering VMware to address the Server Virtualization environment, take a moment to consider another more cost effective alternative: Microsoft Virtual Server. Although Virtual Server does not currently offer VMware features such as VMotion, Site Recovery, Converter, etc. Microsoft is spending a lot of development dollars making sure that the Virtual Server environment is in…

Tweets Archives: November 2011

Tweets Archives: November 2011

My tweets for 2011-11 are: 11/03/11 19:58:03 VDI Printing from The Virtualization Practice  Blog http://t.co/ZNMsFE3X 11/04/11 14:16:35 Release: Citrix XenClient 2.1 http://t.co/bs3QuyRK 11/04/11 14:23:13 Printing Architectures for VDI – Part 2 http://t.co/nXcI6iWn 11/04/11 14:23:22 Making an Educated Decision on View 5.0 or XenDesktop 5.5 http://t.co/wRmRMtns 11/04/11 14:27:01 Desktop virtualization smackdown: Parallels vs. VMware vs. VirtualBox…

Tweets Archive: October 2011

Tweets Archive: October 2011

My Tweets for October 2011 were: 10/01/11 17:41:07 Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2 vs. Nook Color   —  Good explanation.   http://t.co/Ktu7a36i 10/01/11 18:13:35 Good food for thought! http://t.co/6Vp457vC 10/01/11 18:36:20 Video: Brian Madden explains the Consumerization of IT in 3 minutes – Brian Madden – BrianMadden.com http://t.co/btLVnDrQ 10/01/11 18:45:01 US SMB SaaS CRM Market Set…