Come see BDNA at one of these events:
1/30/12: The Open Group Conference SF
When: January 30, 2012
Walker White, CTO, BDNA, will present:
Normalization: The Foundation of Effective Enterprise Architecture
Dealing with organizational complexity is the norm for enterprise architects trying to reconcile sometimes conflicting information about their entire infrastructure and all its moving parts. This is in part due to different IT disciplines which often label information inconsistently, further complicating an already complex enterprise. IT professionals, especially enterprise architects, increasingly need an accurate and consistent view of their organization’s entire IT infrastructure that also provides the information necessary to effectively drive strategic IT initiatives and increase business value. One approach to solving the problem of tracking IT data is to create a standardized taxonomy that applies data normalization to existing hardware and software inventories to drive accuracy and consistency for better decision making. This presentation will explore the problem that disparate IT data currently poses for enterprise architects, strategies for effective data normalization and how to derive better business value from IT data for driving internal projects.
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Walker White, CTO, BDNA, will present:
Normalization: The Foundation of Effective Enterprise Architecture
Dealing with organizational complexity is the norm for enterprise architects trying to reconcile sometimes conflicting information about their entire infrastructure and all its moving parts. This is in part due to different IT disciplines which often label information inconsistently, further complicating an already complex enterprise. IT professionals, especially enterprise architects, increasingly need an accurate and consistent view of their organization’s entire IT infrastructure that also provides the information necessary to effectively drive strategic IT initiatives and increase business value. One approach to solving the problem of tracking IT data is to create a standardized taxonomy that applies data normalization to existing hardware and software inventories to drive accuracy and consistency for better decision making. This presentation will explore the problem that disparate IT data currently poses for enterprise architects, strategies for effective data normalization and how to derive better business value from IT data for driving internal projects.
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02/15: SCCM GURU Webcast Series – Episode 8: Sherry Kissinger
When: February 15, 2011 at 11:00am Pacific
Title: Configuration Items vs. Inventory
Speaker: Sherry Kissinger
ConfigMgr 2007 and 2012 have multiple approaches to obtain information about custom settings on your ConfigMgr Clients. During this presentation, learn how to determine which method is the best fit for the task. Learn which customizations in CM07 we couldn’t live without in CM12. Learn the quirks related to inventorying regkeys on 32- and 64-bit clients in cm12; how that differs now that CM12 is 64bit. Learn how to compare your existing CM07 inventory rules vs. CM12 inventory rules (out of the box) and how to update CM12 to have what you need.
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Title: Configuration Items vs. Inventory
Speaker: Sherry Kissinger
ConfigMgr 2007 and 2012 have multiple approaches to obtain information about custom settings on your ConfigMgr Clients. During this presentation, learn how to determine which method is the best fit for the task. Learn which customizations in CM07 we couldn’t live without in CM12. Learn the quirks related to inventorying regkeys on 32- and 64-bit clients in cm12; how that differs now that CM12 is 64bit. Learn how to compare your existing CM07 inventory rules vs. CM12 inventory rules (out of the box) and how to update CM12 to have what you need.
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2/16/12: Webcast - 5 Ways to Make Your SCCM Data Work Harder
When: Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 11:00 AM PST / 2:00 PM EDT
Speaker: Don Jones, Microsoft MVP and Senior Partner, Concentrated Technology
If you're using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), you already know what a great job it does at collecting tons of data about your server and client computers. But SCCM might be fooling you. It might be collecting so much information that you don’t even think about all the data it’s missing!
That's right, SCCM has been slacking off, withholding critical information about your server and client computers! Oh, it's not doing it on purpose. SCCM can, after all, only collect the data that it's capable of seeing, and in a lot of cases, it's your client and server computers that are missing information about themselves. If you're trying to get a really detailed inventory of your environment – especially if you’re doing so as part of a Windows 7 or future migration planning projects – then you're going to have to get a bit more data.
Join Redmond magazine's "Decision Maker" columnist, Don Jones, for great ideas for reducing risk in a Windows 7 migration, targeting upgrades with Configuration Manager, and much more.
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Speaker: Don Jones, Microsoft MVP and Senior Partner, Concentrated Technology
If you're using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), you already know what a great job it does at collecting tons of data about your server and client computers. But SCCM might be fooling you. It might be collecting so much information that you don’t even think about all the data it’s missing!
That's right, SCCM has been slacking off, withholding critical information about your server and client computers! Oh, it's not doing it on purpose. SCCM can, after all, only collect the data that it's capable of seeing, and in a lot of cases, it's your client and server computers that are missing information about themselves. If you're trying to get a really detailed inventory of your environment – especially if you’re doing so as part of a Windows 7 or future migration planning projects – then you're going to have to get a bit more data.
Join Redmond magazine's "Decision Maker" columnist, Don Jones, for great ideas for reducing risk in a Windows 7 migration, targeting upgrades with Configuration Manager, and much more.
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03/14: SCCM GURU Webcast Series – Episode 9: Garth Jones
When: March 14, 2011 at 11:00am Pacific
Title: A Deep Dive into SCCM Data! Bring Your Snorkel!
Speaker: Garth Jones
In this session, Garth will dive deep in to the depths of ConfigMgr and show you tricks that can be used for both SCCM 2007 and SCCM 2012! When you swim with the sharks, the tips provided in this session will help you from being eating alive. You will learn items such as how to create a template for SSRS report that any manager will want!
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Title: A Deep Dive into SCCM Data! Bring Your Snorkel!
Speaker: Garth Jones
In this session, Garth will dive deep in to the depths of ConfigMgr and show you tricks that can be used for both SCCM 2007 and SCCM 2012! When you swim with the sharks, the tips provided in this session will help you from being eating alive. You will learn items such as how to create a template for SSRS report that any manager will want!
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03/28: SCCM GURU Webcast Series – Episode 10: Nick Moseley
When: March 28, 2011 at 11:00am Pacific
Title: The Power of Task Sequences
Speaker: Nick Moseley
SCCM task sequences are most commonly used for operating system deployment. They have tremendous power and usefulness, which are often unknown, overlooked, and underutilized. In this presentation, we will explore various aspects of task sequences and demonstrate ways that they can be used in your day-to-day administration of SCCM – including uses outside the realm of deploying an OS!
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Title: The Power of Task Sequences
Speaker: Nick Moseley
SCCM task sequences are most commonly used for operating system deployment. They have tremendous power and usefulness, which are often unknown, overlooked, and underutilized. In this presentation, we will explore various aspects of task sequences and demonstrate ways that they can be used in your day-to-day administration of SCCM – including uses outside the realm of deploying an OS!
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04/11: SCCM GURU Webcast Series – Episode 11: Surprise Guest
When: April 11, 2011 at 11:00am Pacific
Title: MMS 2012 Sneak Peak
Speaker: Surprise Guest
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Title: MMS 2012 Sneak Peak
Speaker: Surprise Guest
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4/16/12: MMS Las Vegas
When: April 16, 2012
At Microsoft Management Summit the brightest and most skilled IT Professionals from around the world meet to increase their technical expertise through deep hands-on technical training, sharing of best practices and interaction with innovators and pioneers in desktop and device management, datacenter, and cloud technologies.
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05/16: SCCM GURU Webcast Series – Episode 12: Chris Nackers
When: May 16, 2011 at 11:00am Pacific
Speaker: Chris Nackers
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Speaker: Chris Nackers
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