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Yet another IT Forum...
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rodtrent
Microsoft has IT Forum in the UK, and now Forrester has their own IT Forum… http://www.forrester.com/events/eventdetail?eventID=1633
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Shatner talks about inducting Jerry -the king- Lawler into the Wrestling Hall of Fame
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rodtrent
Yet another Shatner “believe it or not” moment…
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Is Live.com search worthless?
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rodtrent
It could be. I was chatting with some MS folks (who will remain unnamed) at MMS and they tend to agree that Live.com’s search engine is broken.
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A list of the best Kung Fu movies -- from Intellinet's Sebastian Baboolal
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rodtrent
One of the booths right next to ours this year was Intellinet . These folks were great and really helped us out. They loaned us a TV stand that didn’t work out for them and we used it in our booth...
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List of SWAG items - win a myITforum.com T-shirt
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rodtrent
Besides great technical content at MMS, what else did you get? What SWAG made it back with you? Did you get your hands on the red Systems Center backpack? Is your SMS Expert button still flashing or is...
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Going through my bag for the next couple days
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rodtrent
I have lots and lots of stuff to post — so prepare yourself. For the next couple days I’m just going through my laptop and SWAG bags, pulling items out that bring up memories from the past...
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The selections and winners of the Windows IT Pro Best of MMS 2007 awards are live...
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rodtrent
Windows IT Pro held a contest where each vendor nominated themselves to win an award in the Expo area of the conference. I wanted to attend the announcement, but was unable to do so because of being busy...
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Anthony Clendenen's MMS 2007 photos...
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rodtrent
Wow!…these are great photos. Start here and keep going through page 9…
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Where was the press at MMS...?
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rodtrent
I had conversations with TechTarget prior to MMS and I even saw the Press rooms at MMS, yet, where were the individuals reporting the news for MMS? There was a lot to report on, yet, no one approached...
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Information Week thinks Microsoft may eventually be able to compete with Tivoli...
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rodtrent
What a hoot. Reed Porter passed this article link my way… Microsoft Challenges IT Systems Management Leaders
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MMS 2007 photos from Jeremy Gillean
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rodtrent
Check them out…
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Some 1E news from MMS...
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rodtrent
Provided by Ed Aldrich… Take a look at the new 1E Web Site at http://www.1e.com/ And while there note the new released product SystemForge, announced and demo’d on Monday.
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Stefan Stranger's photos from MMS 2007...
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rodtrent
http://fotolog.buit.org/displayimage.php?album=3&pos=1
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MMS story -- you're like your father
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rodtrent
From Paul Gonzalez… So Saturday night I went out to Henry's to have a few pops and ended up an Irish pub for a night cap. I was with someone that I'm not going to Rat out because it's a huge part...
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Interesting comment from MMS conversations...
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rodtrent
I saw a long-time friend at MMS who works for a company recently acquired by Symantec. I stopped to shake hands and see how the person was doing. I hold this person in high regard. During our quick conversation...
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PowerGUI community -- powered by you? No, powered by Quest.
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rodtrent
Quest has announced a new “community” around their PowerGUI product. At first glance, it looks like a standard, 3rd party community site. But, just click on the Legal Agreement . Site URL:...
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Why wasn't Quest Software in the SMS Alliance Expo area?
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rodtrent
I was asked this question a few times at MMS 2007. So far, there is no good answer, except that Quest wanted to have their own separate MMS experience this year. Also, if you read the SMS Alliance insert...
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MMS from all sides...
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rodtrent
This year’s MMS was a real eye-opener for me. Usually, I attend, give my sessions, attend other sessions, host the myITforum party, and then mull around and relax a bit. This year was different....
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Its true -- Altiris has their own event this year...
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rodtrent
You just don’t hear too much about this, but ManageFusion 2007 is just around the corner. Those that still use Altiris products should check into attending ManageFusion 2007. ManageFusion 2007 is...
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Panel of Experts was a great success once again this year...
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rodtrent
I want to thank our Panel of Experts for making the session a popular session again this year. Our panel consisted of… Rod Kruetzfeld Paul Thomsen Anthony Clendenen Ed Aldrich Todd Hemsell We had...
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Need to be able to view Office 2007 format files in Office 2003?
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rodtrent
We posted the slide decks for the myITforum party yesterday, but some of you may not have Office 2007 (which is required for viewing the 2007 format slide decks). Here’s the link to the download...
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Office
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Duncan has some great pictures posted of MMS 2007...
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rodtrent
Check them out when you get a chance. http://mcalynn.com/photos/ He has a menu set up for all the pictures he has taken, so you’ll have to navigate down to “Event” and then expand the...
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The myITforum BETA site...
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rodtrent
If you were at MMS 2007 you saw the screens of the NEW myITforum.com. We’re working on rolling out the new site soon, but I wanted to give you the public URL to the beta site so you can test it and...
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MOMAnswers is back!
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rodtrent
Mike Betts was at MMS 2007 and he showed me the new MomAnswers. MomAnswers was a great site when it was live — probably the best and the best known out there. Unfortunately, there were some issues...
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Props where props is due...
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rodtrent
Thanks to our great partners, we were able to give away a slew of SWAG at the myITforum.com booth this year. The myITforum.com booth was definitely the place to be and our partners need some real kudos...
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Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 documentation
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rodtrent
This download contains the following documentation for System Center Operations Manager 2007: • Operations Manager 2007 Deployment Guide: This guide steps you through the deployment process for System...
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MMS 2007 Ops Manager Labs
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rodtrent
http://www.momresources.org/labs/labs.zip
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More cool myITforum party eSWAG
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rodtrent
1. The myITforum.com party “ Thank You ” PowerPoint 2007 slides. 2. The myITforum.com party “ Awards ” PowerPoint 2007 slides. BTW: I really need to thank April Cook for once again...
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Watch the myITforum MMS 2007 Movie
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rodtrent
myITforum at MMS — through the years. This is the movie we put together that played during the myITforum.com party (hosted by Microsoft and 1E). It’s about 12 minutes long, filled with pictures...
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Shatner tells the truth...
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rodtrent
William Shatner: I Have No Idea What's Going On With 'Star Trex XI'
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