If you’re a large organization, somewhere in the bowels of the IT department is “The Database”. It doesn’t matter what kind of database server it runs on, maybe it’s SQL Server, maybe it’s MySQL, but The Database has something big in it – the output of that exhaustive customer survey you did, or the company’s complete sales history back to 1986. But whatever it is, it has gobs of data, and you likely have no idea what’s in it.
Read moreOn October 22, 2009, Microsoft released Windows 7. The operating system, following on the weak acceptance of Windows Vista, instantly caught fire, peaking at almost 61 percent of the desktop operating system market this past summer. Microsoft wishes they could say the same for Windows 8, released three years later in October 2012 or for Windows 8.1, released in October 2013 (What is it about OS releases and October?).
Read moreOn October 22, 2009, Microsoft released Windows 7. The operating system, following on the weak acceptance of Windows Vista, instantly caught fire, peaking at almost 61 percent of the desktop operating system market this past summer. Microsoft wishes they could say the same for Windows 8, released three years later in October 2012 or for Windows 8.1, released in October 2013 (What is it about OS releases and October?).
Read moreI used to yawn when getting ready to teach the section of my Windows Server classes about storage. OK, class — time to learn about stooooooorage *yawn*. Let’s get excited about … hard drives.
Read moreWhen it comes to event planning, Microsoft subscribes to the “go big or go home” school of thought. The house that Bill Gates built does not host small parties. So after deciding to combine the Lync Conference, the SharePoint Conference, the Microsoft Exchange Conference, plus the flagship TechEd North America conference into one event, Chicago was a logical choice of venue.
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