Last week, Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) made a sizable purchase to increase its stake in Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL)on a major down day and amidst unnerving turbulence in the markets. Last week will linger on in memory for a while as the harbinger of what is now undoubtedly the markets’ slide into bear-market territory, probably precipitated by the oil price collapse, triggered over the weekend by the OPEC-Russia impasse, and fueled on by the inexorable spread of COVID-19. We saw several alternating days in a row of big moves in the S&P 500 of plus or minus 4% or more, and we saw even bigger moves this week with the circuit breaker triggered after the … Read More
[MUSINGS] What a Week! EPL Football
This is likely the first non-technology article I’m publishing here, and it is the first of many to come. So indulge me, as I lighten the content in this here blogosphere of mine. What a whirlwind week it’s been indeed. What with the global financial markets in a tailspin, and reeling from a coronavirus-driven rout, and Elton John’s beloved, albeit bottom table-dwelling Watford putting paid to Liverpool’s bid for a record-setting 19 unbeaten games in the top flight of English football. But this article isn’t about the market. There’s another 5 articles coming on that subject. This is purely about the beautiful game, football. Yes, It’s been 422 days since Liverpool lost a game in the Premier league. And while … Read More
Coming soon – Microsoft OMS book
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve finished work on a book on Microsoft OMS and related Azure services. The book is part of the Cookbook series from publisher, Packt, and is titled Microsoft Operations Management Suite Cookbook. The book hasn’t been published yet, but is likely en-route to the presses and will be available in a few days. Those who know me know of my passion for building solutions to provide fundamental business value, and I’m happy to be able to share some ideas about how to accomplish aspects of this core proposition using the Microsoft Azure platform and Microsoft OMS. This project was especially interesting given the spate of releases to the OMS and underlying Azure services, and capabilities … Read More
Speaker at the CSMUG
Last week I presented a session on Hybrid Management with OMS at the Chicago Systems Management Users Group (CSMUG). This meeting was held at the Microsoft Offices (MTC) in Chicago. The presenters for this session were Johan Arwidmark of ConfigMgr fame, System and datacenter management experts, Tom Lilly and Rich Lilly, and me. The meeting was sponsored by 1E. The CSMUG meets several times during the year to collaboratively share knowledge with the community about new products, features and capabilities for systems and enterprise management. Meetings will also feature experts in various technology areas. These experts will be available to field questions, and explore various scenarios and product use cases with attendees. Chicago System Management Users Group (CSMUG) is dedicated … Read More
OMS Session videos from Microsoft Ignite 2016
Microsoft Ignite 2016 has come and gone and as expected, it was replete with a lot of instructive sessions about applications across the entire spectrum of the Microsoft product ecosystem. In this post, I’ve compiled all of the OMS-related session videos for those who’d like to review them in one place. For a comprehensive listing of all the Ignite 2016 conference sessions you can consult the following links: Ignite: https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrhJmfAGQ5K81XQ8_od1iTg OMS Session Videos Explore configuration and change management in Operations Management Suite. Speakers: Eamon O’Reilly Manage your Azure Resources at scale with Operations Management Suite Speakers: Robert Reynolds, Liz Kim Take your management and security strategy to the cloud with Operations Management Suite (OMS) Protect every app- … Read More
Microsoft Ignite 2016 Conference OMS Sessions
The Microsoft Ignite 2016 Conference kicks off this week in Atlanta, GA. The event will run from September 26 – 30, 2016. Along with such conferences as Build, Convergence, and WPC, Ignite offers IT professionals and other technology enthusiasts the opportunity to connect with IT leaders, peers and friends from around the world, to learn, share their experiences, and to be inspired by some of the best and brightest minds in the industry. While Ignite 2016 will be replete with very instructive sessions, this post will focus on Operations Management Suite (OMS) Sessions. Here’s a detailed list of all OMS sessions lead by OMS product experts. SOURCE: Operations Management Suite Blog If you are unable to attend Ignite 2016 … Read More
Speaking at Microsoft OMS Events – Milwaukee and Chicago
I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be presenting and speaking at various sessions during the upcoming Microsoft OMS Conference event in Milwaukee, WI and Downers Grove, IL. You are invited to come and learn more about Microsoft’s newest IT Management solution from a panel of Concurrency experts. See the event details below. Event Location and Date The Milwaukee event will be held at: Concurrency, Inc 13600 Bishops Court Brookfield, WI 53005 Thursday, September 8, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (CDT) The Chicago/ Downers Grove, IL event will be held at: Microsoft Office – Downers Grove 3025 Highland Pkwy Suite 300 Downers Grove, IL 60515 Thursday, September 22, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (CDT) Mark … Read More
Speaking at the Midwest Management Summit (MMS 2015)
I am pleased to announce that I will be presenting various sessions at the Midwest Management Summit (MMS 2015) at the Mall of America, Bloomington, MN. MMS is a premier systems management community event that takes place over 3 days. This event features over 80 speakers presenting over 110 different sessions on a wide variety of subjects around various products in the Microsoft ecosystem, and 3rd party tools, and products. I will be co-presenting the following sessions: How to use System Center as a Platform tool to build solutions to manage your data center. 11:00 am , Tuesday November 10, 2015 (Paul Keely and Chiyo Odika) Extending your Datacenter to the Cloud. 11:00 am, Wednesday, November 11, 2015 (Steve Beaumont … Read More
Microsoft System Center and Azure Technical Guru – April 2015
The Technet Guru Awards for April 2015 were recently released, and I’m pleased to announce that my article on Azure Operational Insights won the Gold medal and bronze medals in the System Center and Azure categories respectively. This is my first participation in this event, and my first medals, so I’ll be back for more. The TechNet Guru Awards celebrate the technical articles on TechNet, contributed from valued wiki authors like YOU! Each month, the contributions are scored by a panel of judges (5 per category, 2-3 in each are MS experts), and the winners of each category are showered with love and attention from all corners of TechNet. You can enter articles for the May 2015 competition here You … Read More
Microsoft Ignite 2015 Recap. Platform Vision and Strategy Sessions
I was fortunate to have attended Microsoft Ignite 2015, and I’m still basking in the euphoria of all my newly-gleaned knowledge. I found the conference to be characteristically replete with information about Microsoft’s vision and strategy for the mobile-first, cloud-first world, and about how Microsoft is empowering IT to move from delivering information technology in organizations to driving the innovations and transformation in organizations so as to empower every person and organization to achieve more. At the heart of Microsoft’s strategy lies three interlocking ambitions. To: Create more personal computing Build the intelligent cloud Reinvent productivity and business processes To this end, Microsoft made several exciting announcements during Ignite 2015 for: Office 2016 Public Preview Skype for Business Broadcasting Office … Read More
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