The UltraTech Zone

What to do when you lose your job

Advice Line | Bob Lewis — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:01:58 GMT

Advice from someone who lost his job: He made the search his profession. READ MORE Share Post: Read More......(read more)

Will You Be Testing Windows version 7?

Logik! — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:11:27 GMT

I’m interested in finding out how many people want to test Windows 7 , either for their home networks or their business networks (small or large) . I have created a poll via LinkedIn where I hope to capture this information. If you are a LinkedIn user, please feel free to participate. Thanks! Share Post:...(read more)

Are meetings, procedures and controls all signs of mediocrity?

Advice Line | Bob Lewis — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:44:50 GMT

Nobody likes meetings and status reports. What's the point of these non-work-producing activities? READ MORE Share Post: Read More......(read more)

Should the CIO leave with a second round of layoffs

Advice Line | Bob Lewis — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:34:10 GMT

Saving a position or two at the expense of leadership isn't going to help. READ MORE Share Post: Read More......(read more)

Does bribing an employee to stop being obnoxious make sense?

Advice Line | Bob Lewis — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:19:26 GMT

Sometimes, technical skills matter more. The challenge is foreseeing and avoiding unintended consequences. READ MORE Share Post: Read More......(read more)

A manager who asks to be nagged

Advice Line | Bob Lewis — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:38:01 GMT

When your manager asks you for constant reminders, how do you get him/her to take responsibility? READ MORE Share Post: Read More......(read more)

When the boss unexpectedly departs

Advice Line | Bob Lewis — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:15:40 GMT

When the CEO leaves the company, you're one of the company's leaders, not just IT's leader, which means you have work to do. READ MORE Share Post: Read More......(read more)

It’s FIOS Time

Logik! — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:47 GMT

The past month or two has been interesting for my home network from a technology standpoint. I have a server that went down because of a motherboard issue; I need some new drive rails to bring my Windows 2008 server online; my cable service from Comcast went out for a couple days; and I finally made the jump to Verizon FIOS . It’s only been 4 days since I had the service installed, and it took all day to get it up and running, due to your typical service provider provisioning issues (you know,...(read more)

Historic Election

Logik! — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:56:28 GMT

There were many interesting things for me about this presidential election. I was surprised by how quickly the contest was conceded. I was surprised, but very much impressed by the concession speech that Senator McCain made. To me, that was the real John McCain, and I was glad that he found a way to be true to himself if only at the very end. I was surprised by how many people in the rest of the world were paying attention, and how vocal they were about their sentiments. My...(read more)

Faces From The PowerShell Community

Windows PowerShell Blog — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:14:44 GMT

Jonathan Medd (of the Get-Scripting Podcast) held a PowerShell Panel discussion at TechEd EMEA where he asked various members of the PowerShell community questions. I had a blast participating in this. The group consisted of: Jonathan Medd – Get-Scripting Podcaster and winner of the Quest Read More......(read more)

Congratulations

Advice Line | Bob Lewis — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:28:30 GMT

Now, all that's left to do is everything. READ MORE Share Post: Read More......(read more)

Zero tolerance, right off a cliff

Advice Line | Bob Lewis — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:08:27 GMT

Sometimes, people in authority act in ways that are nearly impossible to believe. Here's an example. READ MORE Share Post: Read More......(read more)

A COBOL programmer with a seven-year employment gap

Advice Line | Bob Lewis — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:59:41 GMT

What to do when you can't find the job you want, and haven't been able to for far too long. READ MORE Share Post: Read More......(read more)

PowerShell Training Available Through Microsoft

Windows PowerShell Blog — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:17:20 GMT

A number of you have asked when Microsoft would be providing training for Powershell. Apparently the answer is “NOW”. I just came across this 3 day instructor led training class, Course 6434 “ Automating Windows Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell ”. I don’t know Read More......(read more)

ES24: Using PowerShell To Create Manageable Web Services

PowerShell Team Blog — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:18:00 GMT

Attached are the slides I presented at the PDC. Enjoy! Jeffrey Snover [MSFT] Windows Management Partner Architect Visit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at: http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell Visit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx Share Read More......(read more)

VI PowerScripter From icomasoft

Windows PowerShell Blog — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:39:00 GMT

icomasoft has just released VI PowerScripter . PowerScripter is a PowerShell based extension module to VMWare's VI Client. I have not seen it but looking at the online manual has got to make any admin start drooling. The thing I like about this so much is that it leverages both PowerGadgets and PowerGUI. Read More......(read more)

PowerShell_ISE and Visual Studio

PowerShell Team Blog — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:52:00 GMT

Scott Fulton has a good article describing my PDC talk HERE . In it he says, " Starting with version 2, a user can conceivably write new PowerShell cmdlets in PowerShell, using the built-in IDE, completely independently of Visual Studio. " This is true but there is more to the story so here it is. PowerShell's Read More......(read more)

574 Reasons Why We Are So Proud and Optimistic About W7 and WS08R2

PowerShell Team Blog — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:45:00 GMT

In my previous blog post , I mentioned that we were all very proud and optimistic about W7 and WS08R2. There are tons of reasons for this including how well the project has been run, the hardcore focus on quality and performance, the great new features, etc. Another reason we are so optimistic is the Read More......(read more)

How eliminating vendor-paid-junkets cuts costs

Advice Line | Bob Lewis — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:03:51 GMT

Even if there's no cash coming out of your company's pocket you can put the vendor's expenditures to better uses. READ MORE Share Post: Read More......(read more)

NY Times Delcares PowerShell to be 30% of the value of Windows 7 :-)

PowerShell Team Blog — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:09:00 GMT

Wow - the NY Times is Johnny-on-the-spot with their analysis of the 10 best features of Windows 7 for IT Pros HERE . It turns out that PowerShell is responsible for 3 of them! Come review time, I'm telling my boss that we're responsible for 30% of the value of W7. :-) !!! Just to be clear - I'm totally Read More......(read more)