UCISA Seminar on Desktop and Application Virtualisation
The UCISA team are running an event on virtualisation on the 26th June, and looking at the agenda it promises to be a day full of useful content. It’s being held up at Leicester University, and they...
View ArticleEvent: The future of technology in education
One of Microsoft's education partners in the UK, Waterstons, is hosting an event with Durham Business School and Microsoft in Durham on the 6 August 2008 at 12:00.The Agenda will be based on the...
View ArticleMesh-up
Well, it’s getting closer and for anyone not able to get access to Live Mesh yet then this should be good news. My view is that Mesh would be just great for students by providing multi-point/device...
View ArticleMicrosoft Technet Events
Not able to get to IT Forum? There are plenty of events up and down the country coming up. These are all deliverd by Microsoft technical professionals to a level 200 technical “how to” level for IT...
View ArticleA chance to get up to speed – with Steve Ballmer in London
At the end of this month, Steve Ballmer will be in the UK, and providing the opening keynote for our UK conference “Technologies to Change your Business”. As well as the usual slew of new product...
View ArticleVirtualisation Unplugged at the Royal Academy of Music, London
Virtualisation is all the rage, and as a result it is gaining attention across the whole public sector, including education. Originally focused on consolidating resources in the data centre,...
View ArticleVirtualisation on Tour – November to January
Between November and January, we’re running a free “Virtualisation Unplugged” roadshow – 9 events, 7 cities, 420 PowerPoint slides (only joking…I think)There’s a lot of interest in virtualisation from...
View ArticleFree one day Virtualisation conference in London
“Explore how to make IT more cost-effective in uncertain times. Microsoft and partners invite you to this invitation-only event.”Dan sent me details of our “Virtualisation and Management Conference” on...
View ArticleFrom Hansard – Thin Client doesn’t equal energy efficient
I like “They Work for You”, a website which tracks things which go on in Parliament. I use the RSS feeds of education ministers to keep an eye on news I’ve missed (such as new statistics published, or...
View Articletech days in London – Virtualisation, Office, Windows and Server
Our technical team have put together a fantastic week of technical events from 12-16 April in London. Despite hosting them in a cinema, most of them were full within hours of announcing them, but if...
View ArticleWhat is our CIO thinking about?
If you are responsible for IT in a large organisation, then one of the biggest challenges you face is the huge pressure from internal and external forces for constant change – and also to reduce your...
View Article18th May - Manage the Future - Desktop to Cloud: The best of the Microsoft...
The chances of persuading your senior management team to let you fly over to Vegas for the annual Microsoft Management Summit is pretty slim. So last week’s event went ahead without many UK...
View ArticleFreebie time - Desktop Virtualisation for dummies booklet
Let’s start by getting the jokes out of the way. Yes, the ‘…for Dummies’ books are my kind of books. And, No, that’s not me on the front cover.Now, that’s over with…I’ve got my hands on 30 copies of...
View ArticleHow to manage the risk of Internet Explorer 6
If you’re still running Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) within your campus, instead of being on a later version, then you’re probably doing it for a very good reason – especially as many websites are...
View ArticleKingston University starts virtualising the desktop experience for 25,000...
I’ve just been reading a press release from Quest, about Kingston University’s project to to give staff and students virtual access to their university desktop and learning resources from any location,...
View ArticleRemote IT Solutions webinar - Optimise your desktop–Wed 15th Sept
The team at Remote IT Solutions, one of our certified partners, are running a webinar on desktop optimisation – where you can learn about the different components of the solution, and how it can help...
View ArticleThe TechNet Springboard Tour - free event in Reading on 1st November
The Microsoft Springboard team, based at our headquarters in Seattle, create really good content on TechNet to help you to understand and deploy our latest technologies. In a way, they are a IT...
View ArticleThe Microsoft Higher Education Briefing 2010 - 15th November 2010 - Microsoft...
We will be holding our annual Microsoft Higher Education Briefing on Monday 15th November 2010 at the Microsoft Campus in Reading, Berkshire. The agenda for the event runs from 10:00 to 4:15 with...
View ArticleWebinar on Application Virtualisation - 9th November
On Tuesday 9th November at 2pm, Remote IT Solutions, one of our education partners, are running a one hour webinar for education establishments on application virtualisation. Given the large numbers of...
View ArticleYour complete guide to virtualisation as a free download
Let me make it absolutely clear - I am not a virtualisation expert. But I have heard enough network managers in schools, colleges and universities talking about their virtualisation projects to know...
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