Welcome to my blog at myITforum.com!
My name is Vin DiPippo. I am the principal technologist at FOCUS24, a professional services organization and Microsoft partner located in Rhode Island, USA. We specialize in solutions that utilize Microsoft technologies. Key specializations within Microsoft's product line are System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and Operations Manager 2007.
This blog will contain a mix of content that will be mirrored from my other blogs but will also contain content specific to myITforum.com. I will do my best to avoid confusion, but unfortunately, there are several different audiences for which I will be writing:
- A technical audience for general topics, such as SQL Server, Windows Server Infrastructure, networking, security, etc. This will be in a branded weblog available through our web site. I'll promise great content, but content that will also be selected and presented to showcase the company's capabilities.
- A business audience for general topics, such as IT management, ITIL, patterns and process, etc. This will be the second "personality" of the branded web log. Ditto on the marketing slant.
- Communities content. I'm concentrating on System Center first, because I have quite a bit of content I intend to share. I currently have my first community blog, SCOMNIVORE, on WordPress (www.scomnivore.com, which points to scomnivore.wordpress.com currently). Rod Trent has been very helpful in getting me set up on myITforum.com (i.e. here), which is looking so far like the best place to pitch the community content tent. This will be commercial-free, of course.
For the System Center content, I will be starting with OpsMgr content. I actually have quite a bit more SMS/ConfigMgr content because my company has been the principal responsible party for several SMS/ConfigMgr installations since SMS 2003 first hit the scene. Many are large and most have taken us down roads that involve pushing the envelope with reporting, scripting, etc.
For OpsMgr, I believe the content is more valuable due to timing, which is why it gets first priority. As the product matures, I believe that many of the features we are all providing through scripts, tricks and utilities will be absorbed into the product. I am also confident that the documentation team will eventually have technical manuals to supplement the how-to guides now in publication or under development. In the meantime, MPs, XML, Managed Code, scripts, and the results of hours of research into what OpsMgr 2007 looks and feels like under the covers are sorely needed.
As far as the name goes, I stumbled on the name "SCOMNIVORE" and like it. I know the correct parlance is "OpsMgr," but since that's not even close to a word, nothing creative came to mind. I suppose I could have come up with some acrostic, but the point of that is to only present some malformed generalization related to the letters that is never truly relevant. Therefore, I chose to do something with SCOM. SCOMNIVORE it is, then.
My sincere hope is that you find the information and resources on the blog useful. Please comment vigorously regarding the contents of this blog, both present and future.
Enjoy...
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