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As if WSUS Admins Don't Have Enough to Deal with...
Now comes word from Microsoft that Windows Search 4.0 (formerly Windows Desktop Search) is being released via Automatic Updates. The odd thing is that it will be labeled "optional" for XP clients, while Vista clients will see it labeled as "recommended"...
Local Malaise and Disinterest
After almost fifteen years of intimate working with Autodesk as a partner-developer, and now working in the more generalized area of IT with Microsoft and [VMWare] solution offerings, I've come to understand a few things about the nature of the geographic...
Outsourcing and Skill Shortages: Catch 22 is alive and well
I have read quite a few articles in magazines and online (yes, I have been known to actually read), relating to the ongoing debates over IT outsourcing and offshoring. It's interesting how those terms are interchangeable, even though one is a subset of...
I love the smell of database theory in the morning
It reminds me of... victory. Sorry, I don't know what came over me. Oh yeah, now I remember. Vertica . I've had a love/hate relationship with databases for quite some time. It's difficult to explain, but what the hell, I have time (and if you're sad enough...
I'm finally an MCP!
Let me start by explaining that my career path has been an unusual one. So unusual that it hasn't made fiscal sense for me to put certification at the top of my priority list. I was semi-management for the past seven years and paid pretty well also. So...
Yeah baby! I passed a MS SCCM beta exam!
I took advantage of a free offer to take a Microsoft beta exam of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 back in December. Exam 71-401: "Configuring System Configuration Manager 2007". As with most beta stuff, there are delays in finding out how things...
Higher Education gets Innovative
Wow! Apparently, The College of William and Mary , which is about 20 minutes from my house, is considering whether or not to provide a campus venue to host a controversial " Sex Workers' Art Show ". Amen to that! Imagine what that could do for enrollment...