Demise of the Graphical User Interface (GUI)
PowerShell – The Retro User Interface (RUI) for Systems Management in the Elastic Datacenter I began my IT career in the 1980’s before the advent of Windows (or Macintosh) and Graphical User Interfaces...
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Getting Your House in Order
Cloud computing is all the rage. Unfortunately, everyone seems to have a different definition as to what constitutes cloud computing. Some analysts and service providers define it narrowly as an...
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On Jan. 9 , I discussed the importance of CIOs driving innovation by aligning technology to business goals. Avanade’s own CIO, Chris Miller, is a good example of what I mean. As a business technology...
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A Perspective on Desktop Virtualization
One of the topics that frequently accompanies Consumerization of IT is an all but inevitable shift towards device freedom and ultimately bring your own device (BYOD). While it’s easy to speculate on...
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Keeping Pace with Information Technology Trends by Leveraging Social Networking
Pre-Internet Era The Information Technology (IT) landscape is constantly changing and evolving. Before the Internet and social networking, I relied heavily on computer publications like InfoWorld,...
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Cloud Computing Requires Ruthless Standards, Explicit Processes and Robust...
After attending Microsoft Management Summit 2012 in Las Vegas this past week, a few things became quite clear in regards to implementing cloud-based solutions whether they are private, public or...
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Windows Server 2012: Built for the Cloud
Microsoft’s “tag line” for the Windows Server 2012 release is “built from the cloud up.” I’m guessing the “c” word is in the tag line because cloud has become such an important focus area for...
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