** Summary: Demonstrating mobile application and device solutions for mobile and field-based users.** Below are my rough notes from the above event: In the showcase room, there were several vendors were demonstrating solutions, some of which: Getac, rugged devices, Atex explosive certified Panasonic Toughbooks, with Peter Ferry TBS enterprise mobility, taskmaster platform, building solutions on mobile devices, demo of Dell venue pro tablet:ipad mini size, running windows mobile 8, feels very good quality - only about £200.

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The following is information on how to get SCOM (System Center Operations Manager) 2007 to generate alerts based on the windows event log. The text that appears in the description of windows event log entries is actually made up of a series of parameters. If you want to filter based on content in the Description field, first you need to determine the parameter number that relates to the text you want to find.

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David Allen interviewed Dean Hering, VP of NetCentrics at GTD Connect. The primary topic of conversation was fostering innovation within an organisation and the different maturity levels that exist (from idea box in the canteen through to efficiently managing it through to real solutions). Innovation was defined not as taking ideas, but as: Creativity is the process by which ideas are generated (the level at which most companies operate)

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These are some of the things I picked up at a change management course today: Define the problem Define the scope Know the current situation in detail as it stands today void making assumptions on what other people think involve others in the process to give back a feeling of control, where applicable / relevant / suitable Know ALL the stakeholders, and if any are potential ‘wreckers’ to the change

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For each project determine the priorities of each compared to the others and set realistic expectations of when the projects can be completed and if any are time fixed (completion date can’t be moved). Split the projects into smaller phases to allow better visibility of progress to the project sponsor(s). In terms of time tracking, something simple likehttp://www.keeptempo.com/ or http://slimtimer.com/ to allow analysis of the time being spent, and for more advanced projects recording against key tasks to determine if the project is at risk of going behind schedule.

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Ian Noble

Terraform & Ansible | VMware SDDC, AWS & Azure | Win2019 & Linux | Microsoft 365 & MEM

Scotland, UK