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TrainSignal: Tooting the horn a little
I was a VMware Certified Professional for nearly a year when it was announced that current VCPs would have a six month window to upgrade their certification to VCP5 without having to take the required class. I took the class once, and it was a great one, but I had no interest in doing it…
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To be, or not to be: If you are IT it is not your decision!
I made what I thought was a reasonably innocuous statement in front of an audience a few months ago, and couldn’t believe the pushback I got. Our job as the IT providers – whether as in-house providers or as contractors – is not to make decisions. In fact, people are often amazed by how few…
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Windows Experience Index… Sorry Boot from VHD lovers, you’re out of luck!
In my earlier article I was gushing about just how fast Windows 8 runs on my laptop. Unfortunately you are going to have to take my word for it, because the simplest way to quantify it – the Windows Experience Rating – is not available to me. It seems that Windows blocks the ability to…
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Radio Mitch?
The first time i was ever interviewed on the radio about technology dates back to when I was a teenager working at Compucentre in Montreal, and a couple of us were invited to be interviewed on Montreal’s CJAD 800 by Peter Anthony Holder. I was hooked. I ended up with my own show on Dawson…
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MCSE Private Cloud… Not easy, but valuable!
This morning before I started teaching I came into the training centre early to sit an exam. It is not the ideal way to take exams – I showed up at 7:30, knowing I had to start teaching at 9:00 – but sometimes it is the only way that you can make it work, and…
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A Public Apology to Podunk
It has been brought to my attention that recent posts in this space have been perceived to have called negative attention to the reputation of the fine and non-offensive people of Podunk, NY. On behalf of myself, the editors, the writers, the families, friends, and students of myself, the editors, and the writers, and a…
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Windows To Go: This is going to be a game changer!
I have said before that I am not sure that Windows 8 is going to have the adoption rates that Windows 7 has had, and that it is more likely that Windows 7 will remain the dominant operating system in the enterprise. If companies are going to be convinced to switch, it will be by…
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Free Backup Utility for Virtualization Environments
I just got a notification e-mail from Veeam that they now have a free edition of their backup tool: Veeam Backup Free Edition for both VMware and Hyper-V. This is exciting news because backing up your virtual environment is so important. They are also including VeeamZIP, instant file-level recovery, and Quick Migration for VMware. This…
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Can you convince your boss to let you get certified? UCA!
One of the benefits I get from conferences like Microsoft TechEd is reconnecting with friends and colleagues that I only see at these shows. David and I have been friends for a couple of years, and when we discovered that we were both staying over an extra night we decided to splurge and drive a…
The World According to Mitch
The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)
The World According to Mitch 