Quest Connect is a big online conference put together by Quest, Microsoft, ,
Dell, NetApp, Vizioncore, Scriptlogic, Techrepublic, Oracle Magazine, Redmond
Magazine, and The Code Project. The agenda is packed with a lot of useful
material on Windows Server 2008 R2, AD, Identity Management, Exchange 2010,
Virtualization, Cloud Computing, SharePoint, SQL, Oracle – see full
agenda here – and they include some sessions specifically on cloud
computing and Microsoft Online Services.
Here are a few:
Here or Way Out There? Should Your Active Directory Management Be In Cloud?
Available the whole day on-demand
Dmitry Sotnikov, New Project Research Manager, Quest Software
Spend a few minutes learning how to leverage the Cloud Computing Craze in
your environment. During this session, ... (more)
Pundits talking about how Windows 7 is all about Microsoft competing against
Apple, recovering with Vista consumer adoption disaster, or getting people
off of XP, are missing one other – extremely important – part of the
Windows 7 story. Windows 7 and its server counterpart – Windows Server 2008
R2 – are actually the first real step in Microsoft’s Windows Cloud Story.
Before Windows 7 Mi... (more)
There are two cloud-related sessions in the “community” section of
Microsoft TechEd Europe 2009 and you need to vote for them here if you are
attending the conference (and obviously if you want them in the agenda).
Basically, both are on cloud computing: one for developers and the other for
IT professionals:
Going to the Cloud: Are we crazy?
Are cloud services about efficiency or negligenc... (more)
In the brave new world of enterprise applications going to the web do we need
an identity directory spawning the internet, and if so, will email address
system become the de-facto global identity system?
Global directories are obviously not new. There were efforts like X.400 and
like, but then we kind of got scaled back to company-wide identities instead.
So most of us just use a username... (more)
Analysts should love hype – it lets them jump into a hot area and be the
thought leaders who everyone has to consult to make any sense out of what is
going on in the area.
“Cloud” is probably the most hyped word in the industry these days and
everyone has a definition of what it is. And despite this being a running
joke in the industry, everyone obviously needs definition conversion to
... (more)