What does this mean? Well for me it means I have to get in front of an entirely new set of executive faces as Ron Hovsepian, Dana Russell, John Dragoon, Colleen O'Keefe, Joseph Wagner, Russell Poole, Scott Semel, Jim Ebzery, Maarten Koster, Tim Wolfe, Jose Almandoz, Ryan Richards, Willard Smith, Markus Rex and Javier Colado now officially gone from Novell.
I hope I can twist their arms as much as I did Ron and John and I hope I can count on the continued support of my branch of OpenHorizons and my regions big IT event that's coming up in 2012.
You can see a "leaked" email at http://liubinwei.blog.51cto.com/1806384/555387
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Big EveNt has a new location for 2012
The event formerly know as WMNUG's The Big EveNt has a new home for 2012. We'll be at Cornerstone University's Bernice Hanson Athletic Center. It's close to I-96 and right off of Beltline. Across the street from the Meijer Gardens, there are hotels nearby as well as the entire Celebration Cinema North complex.
We're happy to have found a new home for the event (even though we're now paying for space) and are working on a million details. A new 501(c)3 is needed, along with a new charter as we pull the event from the rubble of WMNUG and make it stand on it's own as an IT event for all with a broader focus and more user group involvement.
The dates will be in the first week of June, we just need to pick the days and come up with deposit money somehow.
It's soul remains the same - a volunteer-driven communty event for everyone in IT. The goals are to continue being able to keep the event free for attendees and spread the cost among our wonderful and generous sponsors. The more sponsors the lower the cost for all, so if you've got a good contact with a company you'd like to see there please let me know!
A formal board and titles haven't been determined yet, but the core group from the previous events remain, and we're adding more folks on as people volunteer to help out. Nice reprieve for me!
So stop by every so often to look for updates on the event. We're skipping this year (again) so that we have enough time to plan a great event - and yes - it does take about a year to pull something like this off.
Novell's acquisition won't affect the event, they'll still be involved, but their new "siblings" may be along for the ride as well. We couldn't do it without Novell or GWAVA or Dell or any of the other sponsors that have helped us move this forward.
We're happy to have found a new home for the event (even though we're now paying for space) and are working on a million details. A new 501(c)3 is needed, along with a new charter as we pull the event from the rubble of WMNUG and make it stand on it's own as an IT event for all with a broader focus and more user group involvement.
The dates will be in the first week of June, we just need to pick the days and come up with deposit money somehow.
It's soul remains the same - a volunteer-driven communty event for everyone in IT. The goals are to continue being able to keep the event free for attendees and spread the cost among our wonderful and generous sponsors. The more sponsors the lower the cost for all, so if you've got a good contact with a company you'd like to see there please let me know!
A formal board and titles haven't been determined yet, but the core group from the previous events remain, and we're adding more folks on as people volunteer to help out. Nice reprieve for me!
So stop by every so often to look for updates on the event. We're skipping this year (again) so that we have enough time to plan a great event - and yes - it does take about a year to pull something like this off.
Novell's acquisition won't affect the event, they'll still be involved, but their new "siblings" may be along for the ride as well. We couldn't do it without Novell or GWAVA or Dell or any of the other sponsors that have helped us move this forward.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Acquisition is now complete - Novell's website has changed
The deal is done and Novell is now officially a part of the privately owned holding company Attachmate. More changes will be coming, I expect much of management will change over at some point. That means BrainShare is a must this year so I can get in front of the new players and let them know they need to support the local user groups and partners at least as well as we have been.
Check out the details at Novell's site and I'll dump more info here as it becomes publicly available.
Check out the details at Novell's site and I'll dump more info here as it becomes publicly available.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
GW Console - for Linux!
Tay Kratzer has a free tool out, something we've been needing for a while. A nice little console tool for you GroupWise admins still new to Linux (like me!). Gert has this link posted on his Twitter and at GWCheck site as well.
You can find the tool at: http://sites.google.com/site/tiarrallc/
I'm hoping to show it off at the Lunch-n-Learn coming up May 13th at my new company's offices.
Also, if you've been hearing FUD (pay attention West MI K-12 districts) about the demise of GroupWise it's just that - FUD. Some local "partners" have been calling Novell customers saying they (the "partner") haven't heard anything from Novell about the buy out and are certain of GroupWise's imminent demise.
That's not exactly true. We - as partners and customers - HAVE heard from Novell and Attachmate that both companies are dedicated to the future of GroupWise. Ascot is still being worked on and is currently looking for beta sites. The folks doing the calling are looking to improve their bottom-line by getting you to migrate to soemthing else.
So, please, ignore the FUD. Make your decision to stay or migrate on sound information. I hate seeing money wasted on unnecessary migrations. I'm not against change, in fact there's some really cool stuff out there that's new and exciting - and not Novell owned - that I'd love to get my hands on. But I'm not going to tell you to migrate to it just because I think it's cool. In fact I won't tell you how to run your IT shop. It's not my shop and it's not my decision. I will however offer my opinion if you ask it, and it will be unbiased and based on my decades of experience in the field not on what makes my pocketbook fatter.
I'm done...anyone else need the soapbox?
You can find the tool at: http://sites.google.com/site/tiarrallc/
I'm hoping to show it off at the Lunch-n-Learn coming up May 13th at my new company's offices.
Also, if you've been hearing FUD (pay attention West MI K-12 districts) about the demise of GroupWise it's just that - FUD. Some local "partners" have been calling Novell customers saying they (the "partner") haven't heard anything from Novell about the buy out and are certain of GroupWise's imminent demise.
That's not exactly true. We - as partners and customers - HAVE heard from Novell and Attachmate that both companies are dedicated to the future of GroupWise. Ascot is still being worked on and is currently looking for beta sites. The folks doing the calling are looking to improve their bottom-line by getting you to migrate to soemthing else.
So, please, ignore the FUD. Make your decision to stay or migrate on sound information. I hate seeing money wasted on unnecessary migrations. I'm not against change, in fact there's some really cool stuff out there that's new and exciting - and not Novell owned - that I'd love to get my hands on. But I'm not going to tell you to migrate to it just because I think it's cool. In fact I won't tell you how to run your IT shop. It's not my shop and it's not my decision. I will however offer my opinion if you ask it, and it will be unbiased and based on my decades of experience in the field not on what makes my pocketbook fatter.
I'm done...anyone else need the soapbox?
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Blogger Issues
Okay, for some reason I have yet to determine, I cannot respond to your comments. I'm sorry about that. But for the person who asked for a link to one of the YouTube videos I mentioned previously try this one out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGM4WrI0OZY
Be advised it's an HD video, so adjust your settings accordingly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGM4WrI0OZY
Be advised it's an HD video, so adjust your settings accordingly.
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