Microsoft is developing a series of tools to enable easier management of Windows Server 2008 IIS7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 IIS7.5 servers.
C Infinity IT Manager Renews MVP Status
Aidan Finn, the Systems and Infrastructure Manager with C Infinity renewed his MVP status with Microsoft today. Microsoft awards Most Valuable Professional status to those who “are exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who are awarded for voluntarily sharing their high quality, real world expertise in offline and online technical communities. Microsoft MVPs are a highly select group of experts that represents the technical community’s best and brightest, and they share a deep commitment to community and a willingness to help others”.
Coming Soon: Windows Server 2008 R2
The next version of Windows Server, Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available soon as a platform in our managed server hosting offering. It is believed Microsoft will release it to manufacturing (RTM) it on July 13th. Soon after that the hardware OEM’s will get it to develop their new products. The new server operating system will then generally available on October 22nd. Thanks to C Infinity’s leading edge deployment solution and our involvement with new products, it will be available to our customers immediately after its release to the public.
2 Recent Microsoft Service Packs
Microsoft has released a couple of service packs that will be of interest to our managed server hosting customers.
Interview With C Infinity’s Systems And Infrastructure Manager
Our Systems and Infrastructure Manager, Aidan Finn, was recently interviewed by Dave Northey from Microsoft. Aidan discusses about us and why our hosting infrastructure was built using Microsoft Hyper-V and System Centre.
Microsoft BizSpark Hosting Partner Presentation
This week we’ve been in Cork and Galway to attend Microsoft BizSpark meetings. As we are Microsoft Bizspark hosting partner we had been given the opportunity to speak at these events covering The Role of a Hosting Partner.
C Infinity’s Infrastructure Manager Speaking At BizCamp Limerick
Our infrastructure Manager, Aidan Finn, will be attending Bizcamp Limerick tomorrow to speak to attendees on choosing the right on-line computing services for a start-up business.
If you are interested in hearing Aidan’s talk on computing for start-up businesses please visit room KBG16 from 10am until 11am. Aidan will be available afterwards to answer any question you may have on what options are available as a new business start-up.
The Future Of Windows Server
The next release of Windows Server will be in 2010 or thereabouts. This will probably be soon after the release of Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista. This new server product will be called Windows Server 2008 R2.
Microsoft Talks About Zignals Using Silverlight
Martha Rotter, a development evangelist in Microsoft Ireland and well known to the MTUG community, recently talked about the activities of Zignals. Zignals, a managed hosting services client of C Infinity, provide an online finance advisory service. This arms the smaller investor with the information to enable them to play on the same field as the large investors who can afford exexpensive advisory services.
Microsoft And C Infinity Program For Start-Ups
C Infinity is a member of Microsoft’s new BizSpark program to assist new start-ups with attaining an online presence. This program is designed to accelerate the success of these ventures.
As a partner in this program C Infinity will offer:
- Sponsorship to enter the program to qualifying companies.
- Hosting services for the solution.
The start-up will get:
- Software: You will get the development environment and your production licenses for immediate use with no up front costs.
- Support: You will get support for your technical solution through the MSDN service.
- Visibility: As a member of the program you will be visible to a global listing of potential clients, partners and investors.
