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My Enterprise Agreement was accepted by Microsoft today. I can actually deploy ConfigMgr now!
Why does energy matter? Gartner estimates that energy is 4%-7% of IT budget Energy costs continue to increase 60 billion KWh went to commercial datacenters in US, 1.5% of total, more than all color TVs...
In honor of MMS, some tips for packing all of those electronics that we will inevitably take with us. Scott Hanselman shared all of his secrets for packing light and providing power to all of his gadgets...
The primary way that my company grows is through acquisition. It is rather typical of manufacturing, as building facilities costs money, then customers have to be found to fill the new capacity. From an...
I spent most of the day today finalizing our patch management policy/strategy. It has been an interesting evolution for me, since I've watched the process grow from the basic patch management I was...
I'm in the process of evaluating some of the other software virtualization options that are out there, like Thinstall and Altiris SVS . On of the biggest things that struck me is just how different...
If your organization is thinking about implementing ITIL or change management of any kind, I highly recommend that you pick up a copy of The Visible Ops Handbook . The main purpose of the book is to outline...
As I've detailed a bit , I've been working on a cost justification for an Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft for my company. It has been a long and somewhat arduous process, but I finally feel...
One of the most difficult things a person can ever do is prove that a company should buy something that "everyone knows" that they need. When everyone knows, it seems that no one can prove that it is a...
I've spent the better part of two weeks learning more than I ever wanted to know about Microsoft's Enterprise Agreement. As it turns out, there are quite a parts that have poor or little explanation on...