Just a guy – talking about technology … in an uncomplicated way.
Mark was out – I so I asked if my good buddy Joey could step in and help out with this episode of The Ping Show. As always – lots of fun talking about stuff… Have a look. Yup – we’re back – covering the news items MSFTies are Ping’in each other about. [T4:41] Microsoft’s new Wireless Phone Charger….
One of the cool things I get to do (and I am still giddy about) is to get the opportunity to have a chat / interview with the likes of a Distinguished Engineer and lead architect for Windows Server and System Center – Jeffrey Snover. My friends in the UK Subsidiary of Microsoft were holding…
I have been talking a lot about Microsoft Azure, cloud services and hybrid connectivity over the last while. I thought I should step back for a moment and acknowledge that some people might not be ready for doing any sort of Hybrid environment as of yet and want to stay exclusively On-Premises. Organizations of all…
Mark and I are back – covering the news items MSFTies are Ping’in each other about. We have now completed 4 in a row – does that qualify as an established habit or addiction? [06:38] Leatherman Bracelet puts 25 tools on your Wrist [08:48] NASA Day of Remembrance [10:44] Xbox Music and OneDrive support for private music…
If you follow me on twitter, you might have seen me talk about a couple of guys called Patch and Switch. It’s a little thing that Joey Snow and I started up almost 2 years ago as an experiment. Could two guys talkin’ tech pull off an entertaining AND informative show where people can get…
Mark and I are trying to get back into a rhythm. We’re covering the news items MSFTies are Ping’in each other about. We cover your comments from last time and are trying to talk about OTHER new items since the BIG Windows event on January 21st… It’s hard. 😉 Drop box now has an official app for Windows Phone…
“How about a couple of real world examples of situations where a Hybrid cloud makes sense?”. Seems like a simple enough question to be asked by a non technical colleague. I have worked with a lot of different groups and customers who have put together a number of such scenarios to give me enough background to come…
I was asked by some folks to aggregate news on Azure front for IT Professionals, so I thought I’d try out a regular roundup post pointing to the sources. Hey, you never know – this might catch on… Azure Compliance Milestones: A good synopsis by Lori Woehler, Principal Group Manager for Compliance and Trust. She…
Most of us who work in IT generally feel pretty good about the physical and logical security of our data and systems when it resides on-premises. If you can see and touch the systems, it gives you an added sense of security – especially when you have keycards, biometrics or sometimes just a lock on the…
A while back I shot a quick video with Madhan Arumugam and Ross Gardler talking about what this containerization technology is all about. Looking for information to understand the concepts and options yourself? Have a look at this High Level explanation / whiteboarding of container technologies and their advantages over individual processes and traditional IaaS…