Productivity, manageability and reduced total cost of ownership for enterprise desktops Enterprise IT infrastructures are increasingly complex to manage. MDOP 2009 R2 for Windows 7 is now available! The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) is a dynamic desktop solution that is available as a subscription for Software Assurance customers. The solution suite enhances application deployment and compatibility, increases IT responsiveness and end user uptime, and helps reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) of your desktop software and IT management. MDOP employs six innovative technologies to increase desktop manageability, reduce TCO, and improve overall infrastructure satisfaction: - Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) turns applications into centrally managed services that are never installed, never conflict, and are streamed on demand to end users.
- Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) provides deployment and management of virtual PC images to enable key enterprise scenarios, primarily resolving application compatibility with a new version of Windows.
- Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) enhances governance and control over Group Policy through robust change management, versioning, and role-based administration.
- Microsoft Asset Inventory Service (AIS) is a hosted service that collects software inventory data and translates it into actionable business intelligence.
- Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) reduces downtime by accelerating troubleshooting, repair, and data recovery of unbootable Windows-based desktops.
- Microsoft System Center Desktop Error Monitoring (DEM) provides insights into application and operating system failures, allowing helpdesk to be more proactive in managing PC problems, without installing an agent to the endpoint.
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Breaking News about SQL Server 2008 R2
3/1/2010 1:33:29 PM
New features and pricing changes set for April 1, 2010
As you may know, the next version of SQL is set to release. This latest version, now referred to as SQL Server 2008 R2, will offer some significant technological advances. Three of those noteworthy changes are as follows: - Ability to save hundreds of millions of rows of data in a single web page with real-time updating and charts. Finance and actuarial teams have been clamoring for this.
- Create ‘pure’ data by enforcing policies, rules, etc. on information from users before it gets pushed to production data sources – SQL Server or not. I can see how this would help make decisions more accurate, timely, and confident.
- Ability to now view database and resource performance in a dashboard rather than relying on logs and analysis. The IT folks can more quickly add, reallocate/remove, and optimize resources.
SQL Server 2008 R2 will also have a price change beginning April 1st. In summary, here is a quick snapshot of those changes: - Standard Processors are targeted for 25% increase
- Enterprise Processors are targeted for 15% increase
- Datacenter and Parallel Data Warehouse Processor licensing – 2X compared to Enterprise
It is our job to make sure your organization has full visibility to these changes and has a solid plan for the next 12 months. If you would like to further discuss how it may apply to your situation and determine what, if anything, we should do about it, contact KiZAN for a personal consultation.
Mike Spence
KiZAN
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