Category Archives: Technology

A billion? Maybe good value if they’re good patents

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Tony Redmond

At first glance, the news that Microsoft has agreed to pay AOL more than $1 billion for a trove of 925 patents (plus access to 300 patents kept by AOL) might seem to be an expensive purchase to some. Microsoft then … Continue reading →

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Exchange Connections 2012 – Your chance to present

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Following on from my recent post about the three major U.S.-based conferences that feature a lot of content about Microsoft Exchange Server, I note that the nice people at Penton Media have issued a call for papers for the Exchange … Continue reading →

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March 2012 articles posted on WindowsITPro.com

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Tony Redmond

Here is the digest of articles that I posted to March 2012 during March 2012: iPhone meet Exchange 2010 posted on March 29 is a review of Steve Goodman’s new book iPhone with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 – Business Integration … Continue reading →

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DMARC and the continuing fight against spam

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Tony Redmond

According to its web site, DMARC, (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance), is “a technical specification created by a group of organizations that want to help reduce the potential for email-based abuse by solving a couple of long-standing operational, deployment, and … Continue reading →

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Exchange ActiveSync books – one coming, one in production

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Tony Redmond

There’s no doubt that ActiveSync has been an enormous success for Microsoft. Every important mobile device vendor has licensed ActiveSync and although the implementation of the features enabled by ActiveSync varies from vendor to vendor, it’s still true to say … Continue reading →

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Windows 8: New O/S – new UI – not sure yet

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Tony Redmond

After returning from the annual MVP Summit in Redmond, it seemed like a good time to apply the Windows 8 Consumer Preview to a PC. My first selected victim was an old HP NW8230 (circa 2005-2006 vintage), as it seemed … Continue reading →

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Enterprise Vault, ALL-IN-1, and all that

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Tony Redmond

My recent post about the origins of Symantec’s Enterprise Vault product provoked a flurry of email conversations with many people, including the redoubtable Nigel Dutt, ex-CTO of KVS, the creators of Enterprise Vault. Nigel and I have butted heads over … Continue reading →

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Twitter Spam: Or why having lots of followers isn’t much good after all

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Tony Redmond

One of the interesting (but banal) things that I have picked up as I have attended technical conferences over the last year or so is the fascination that some people have with the number of “followers” that they’ve attracted through … Continue reading →

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Twitter can make twits of us all

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Tony Redmond

It might be that the nature of Twitter will either delight or infuriate those who consume its feeds. I’m not quite sure which side of the line I come down on, but I do continue to use Twitter. My problem with … Continue reading →

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Moving back to Windows Phone

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Tony Redmond

I’ve been using an iPhone 3GS for the last two years and have enjoyed the experience. I even wanted to get an iPhone 4S before Christmas but couldn’t get one for love or money anywhere in Dublin. I might not … Continue reading →

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