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Cutting Costs with SQL Server 2008

I was made aware of this from the Business Insights team who have been working with the SQL team to...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/03/2009

Twitchhiker

Jonathan pointed me to this earlier today. The concept behind Twitchhiker.com is that this chap...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 02/02/2009

IT Pro Top Licensing FAQs – January 08

Q) Can I downgrade Microsoft Windows Vista Business or Ultimate purchased pre-installed on a new PC?...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/30/2009

Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 now available

Here is the marketing bit…..concentrate ;): · Faster for accomplishing tasks, from mapping a...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/28/2009

Digital By Choice and Virtualisation

This was an awesome post from Emma, our resident Licensing Guru. It’s an obvious choice to give to...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/23/2009

Virtualisation podcast and events to attend

Last year at the VM08 conference in London, Microsoft’s Zane Adams, who is a Virtualisation expert...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/23/2009

Great resources for Governance and Compliance

More often than I would like to admit, I get an email that points me to something on TechNet...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/22/2009

Get more from your ERP investment with Microsoft

In these challenging times, its good to see the groups around Microsoft focussing on saving...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/21/2009

December Top Licensing FAQs

Q) Do I need a product key for all Volume Licensing products? A) No. Not all products need a product...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/16/2009

CIO Job Vacancy

For those of you that thought the job market was stale…..thought this would get your interest…. HM...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/14/2009

Key responses to questions on support and feedback for Windows 7 beta

Is there technical support available for the Windows 7 Beta? No. Microsoft doesn’t offer technical...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/12/2009

Microsoft Windows 7 Beta

Microsoft Windows 7 is designed to make everyday tasks faster and easier, and make new things...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/09/2009

Happy New Year 2009

Apologies for my lack of posts towards the end of last year. I was in fact off in December getting...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 01/09/2009

IT Pro Top FAQs –October 08

Q) How do I downgrade? A) As an end user you have the right to downgrade as set out in your Software...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 12/04/2008

Power Management Settings for Compliance and a Reduced Footprint

Great TechNet Magazine from the US here  Microsoft offers a number of solutions that can help...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 12/02/2008

Computer Weekly calls out mobile computing as key for SMEs to beat credit crunch

Research found that that 84% of SMEs feel that technology becomes more important in a slower economy...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/27/2008

Cutting IT costs

With the news that the Daily Mail and General Trust had a recent IT shake-up which meant the...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/24/2008

One small step from Microsoft, one huge leap for PC security

I was ecstatic when I read this – the key line to this article for me was: Microsoft decided to...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/20/2008

Windows Azure – it does exactly what the DPE guys demo in the gym

I’m not sure that title did what it was supposed to do – in my head the latter bit rhymed with a...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/19/2008

virtualization.info Adoption Survey 2008

Fifteen days ago virtualization.info launched a web survey to try to understand the state of the...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/18/2008

Top 10 tips for green IT

 IT PRO has published a great list of top tips for GreenIT. Interestingly, most should help...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/17/2008

The greatest Tech Sites around the globe

I loved this article on silicon.com My favourite was the Parkes Observatory - a 64-metre radio...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/14/2008

Microsoft launches small business software

Network World did a great summary of the announcements yesterday Microsoft released Essential...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/13/2008

Microsoft to offer start-ups free software

The Daily Telegraph picked up on this news BizSpark is relevant to companies who have a turnover of...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 11/07/2008

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 RTM Released

he Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2 makes it easier to quickly identify what...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/31/2008

Recorded event: Understanding Microsoft’s Server Product Licensing in a Virtual Environment

Whenever we can, we record events that take place so that those that cannot attend benefit also....

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/30/2008

Search Server? SharePoint? FAST? Which Enterprise Search Solution Is Right For Your Business?

Learn about Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express along with our portfolio of Enterprise Search...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/29/2008

IT Professional Top Licensing FAQs – August 08

Q) How do I downgrade? A) As an end user you have the right to downgrade as set out in your Software...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/28/2008

Breaking into the Clouds

Steve wrote a great piece on the significance that announcements at PDC 2008 in LA this week would...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/27/2008

Accelerating Virtualisation

“Solution Accelerators” are one of our best kept secrets. They are not meant to be secrets but I...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/27/2008

Not much of a surprise of what is included in this list, but I would have expected Green IT to...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/16/2008

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Release for Beta

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a scalable and agent-less assessment platform...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/15/2008

And the next version of Windows, codenamed “Windows 7” will be called……

…….Windows 7! Thanks to Mark from the Active Directory user group  for pointing this out. It...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/14/2008

Get Certified at Tech·Ed EMEA 2008 IT Professionals – Pre-register NOW!

 3 - 7 November, Barcelona, Spain Visit us at TechEd EMEA 2008 IT Professionals and take...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/10/2008

IT Managers struggle with Consumer Technology

I was reading an interesting article yesterday on how IT managers are increasingly challenged by the...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/10/2008

Announcing the Virtualisation Unplugged Tour

This week we are announcing the a Virtualisation roadshow in conjunction with Microsoft and some of...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/09/2008

Simplify your IT architecture and improve results - 30% off; and Chapter 1 available free to download!

This guide describes best practices for creating an efficient IT organization that consistently...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/09/2008

Green compliance

Many companies have been working to reduce their carbon emissions over recent years. Ignoring the...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/08/2008

Windows Vista Deployment - Best Practices from the Microsoft UK IT Manager

Great article from Asif – who is also a genuinely nice guy…… In today's world, technical growth is...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/07/2008

Ballmer fan club

I just read this review from Martin Veitch who interviewed Steve Ballmer at our event last week. I...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/07/2008

Virtualisation, virtualisation, virtualisation……….."IT Pros, IT Pros IT Pros.....and I say I love IT Pros!"

Sorry that it seems as though I dropped off the planet…my world has been all things Virtualisation...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 10/02/2008

Reminder: Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable (LIVE) today

Wednesday, September 24th – 9:00 AM Pacific Time Join Mark Russinovich and a panel of Microsoft MVPs...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 09/24/2008

Announcing the Microsoft Project Server 2007 IT Professionals TechNet webcast series

Starting October 1st, 2008, Michael Jordan (Lead Architect – MCS EPM Global Practice | WW COE for...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 09/24/2008

IT Pro Top licensing FAQs - August

Q) What are my licences converted to when I buy the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003...

Author: Georgina Lewis Date: 09/22/2008

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