Franz Kafka once stated that “productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do.” While it may seem odd to draw parallels between 20th-century novelists and your IT infrastructure, Kafka’s words relate to the problems we solve each day with...
For many years, universities throughout the United States have conducted scientific research on behalf of many federal government agencies spanning many different domains. The work that universities have contributed to our country should be both proudly recognized and...
In my last Planet Technologies Perspectives blog post five months ago (December 2020), I discussed organizational Enterprise Data Strategy, using Microsoft’s own strategy as an example, around an organization’s Data Estate. As a reminder, the Data Estate is defined as...
At Ignite Microsoft announced the public preview of Windows Virtual Desktop in Azure. This announcement is critical in the modern approach to desktops not only for some of the new and innovative ways Azure can be leveraged, but also coupled with technologies acquired...
I am often asked when speaking with customers, “What do I have to worry about? Where do projects go wrong?” I am asked this so often that I have decided to make a four-part blog series discussing each of these project-killing demons. As a former directory and...
