Category Archives: Cloud

HP: Once more into the smartphone breach?

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Meg Whitman’s interview with Fox Business News where the CEO of HP revealed “My view is we have to ultimately offer a smartphone because in many countries of the world, that is your first computing device” is a little surprising … Continue reading →

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The consequences of Microsoft’s new cloud-centric security product strategy

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Tony Redmond

If you haven’t read the news about Microsoft’s new direction for its on-premises security products, you might not be aware that offerings such as Forefront Protection for Exchange (FPE) and Threat Management Gateway (TMG) will not be carried forward into … Continue reading →

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Priorities for MEC 2012 attendees

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Tony Redmond

With the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) just a month away, thoughts turn to the hot topics that will be discussed there. Of course, Exchange 2013 is the top order of business and Microsoft will dedicate the majority of their sessions … Continue reading →

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Office 365: A pretty good first year

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Tony Redmond

On June 28 it will be a year since the formal launch of Office 365 in New York. I guess that we’ve learned a lot since. When they brief the press, Microsoft likes to discuss the 50-odd enhancements that they’ve … Continue reading →

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Decision time: into the cloud or stay on-premises

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Tony Redmond

HP and Penton Media recently asked me to write a paper outlining the critical issues that surround the decision that many companies are currently considering whether they should continue to run Exchange on-premises, move into the cloud with Office 365, … Continue reading →

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May 2012 articles posted on WindowsITPro.com

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Another month goes by, another set of articles have been posted to my “Exchange Unwashed” blog on WindowsITPro.com. Here are the set for May 2012: The cloud is great, but what about Plan B? (May 31) discusses the need for … Continue reading →

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Exchange Keynotes at “The Experts Conference”

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Tony Redmond

One of the signs of a better conference is the quality of the keynotes. I’m not qualified to offer an opinion about the Monday morning keynote for the Exchange section of TEC 2012 as I was the speaker. You can … Continue reading →

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April 2012 articles published on WindowsITPro.com

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Here’s the digest of articles published on my WindowsITPro.com blog in April 2012. FAST searching coming to Office 15 server applications (April 26) reports that the Office 15 wave of server applications (Exchange 2013, SharePoint 2013, and Lync 2013) will share a … Continue reading →

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HP’s (eventual) push into cloud services

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Tony Redmond

News that HP has launched its first public cloud services and will enter public beta on May 10 provoked my interest from many angles. As a former CTO of a major HP business, I had observed (and sometimes participated in) … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s PST capture tool appears… eventually!

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Tony Redmond

A collective sigh settled upon the worldwide Exchange community after Microsoft’s much-anticipated but late release of their free-to-use PST Capture tool occurred today. The tool was originally announced in July 2011 for delivery by the end of the year. Essential … Continue reading →

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