Crosspost: Tech-Ed Keynote Highlits “Dynamic IT” and Virtualization

Not to brag, but we’ve been preaching this message since we were knee-high to a rack full of blades. It’s good though: the more this story gets out there, the more everyone who listens will win.
Tech-Ed Keynote Highlights ‘Dynamic IT’ and Virtualization
June 10, 2008 • by Kurt Mackie
Microsoft’s Tech-Ed North America event for IT [...]

2008 Year of change

Windows Vista has been out for a while now and hardware and software vendors have had time to update their drivers, apps, interface, etc. to the new operating system.
Nevertheless (and this happens all the time) some specialized application vendors still will not support Vista and as a result, Windows XP and 2000 will remain in [...]

Control freaks rejoice! SCMDM 2008 is here.

And it’s the Wild West out there with all of the different devices, the lack of control and every one of them wants into your network. Business factors demand choice and IT factors drive the need for security and supportability. Is there a compromise here?