WindowsITPro Weekly Update What IT professionals need to know to succeed in the age of cloud | Amazon Web Services turns 10 March 15, 2016
View this newsletter on the web: http://enewspro.penton.com/preview/ITDEV/TECH-001/20160315_TECH-001_957/display?elqTrack=true Top Story Amazon Web Services turns ten years old It sounds like a work of fiction to say that a bookstore would grow to one day power much of the web's critical infrastructure, but 10 years ago, that's exactly what happened when Amazon launched S3, rewriting the rules around hosting and helping launch an ever-growing cloud industry. To view the full article go to: http://windowsitpro.com/cloud/amazon-web-services-turns-ten-years-old?NL=TECH-001&Issue=TECH-001_20160315_TECH-001_957&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1&elqTrack=true Headlines What does it take to succeed in IT in the era of Cloud? IT has always been a tricky career field. Many people think of the rapid rate of change in IT systems, technologies, and employment as something that started with the advent of cloud-based services, but you can clearly trace the same concerns of today’s IT administrator back for 40 or more years, to a time when mainframes in glass-walled datacenters were the normal way that enterprises obtained their business computing. As the market-dominant technologies in use have changed, so has the set of skills required to stay in the game. To view the full article go to: http://windowsitpro.com/cloud/what-does-it-take-succeed-it-era-cloud?NL=TECH-001&Issue=TECH-001_20160315_TECH-001_957&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_2&elqTrack=true Exchange 4.0 cleared to fly 20 years ago today I awoke this morning to a note from Iain McDonald to remind me that it was twenty years ago today that Microsoft approved the release of build 837 of a new product called Exchange Server. After being signed off in March 1996, the formal launch happened the following June https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh135098?elqTrack=true(v=exchg.150).aspx . It took time to get the “gold” build sent to manufacturing so that copies could be distributed to customers plus all the ancillary activities such as marketing. To view the full article go to: http://windowsitpro.com/blog/exchange-20-years-ago-today?NL=TECH-001&Issue=TECH-001_20160315_TECH-001_957&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_3&elqTrack=true Resources Launching the Flexible Work Revolution Attend this webcast on March 16th at 12pm ET to learn how your company can join the flexible work life revolution. To view the full article go to: http://windowsitpro.com/toshiba-intel/launching-flexible-work-revolution?code=UM_NL&NL=TECH-001&Issue=TECH-001_20160315_TECH-001_957&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_4&elqTrack=true How to Survive an IT Audit… and Thrive Off It! Join speaker Adam Stetson and Netwrix for a webcast on March 17th at 11am ET, and learn about top control processes that should be taken care of as matters of best practice or as core components of any IT compliance. To view the full article go to: http://sharepointpromag.com/netwrix/how-survive-it-audit-and-thrive-it?code=UM_NL&NL=TECH-001&Issue=TECH-001_20160315_TECH-001_957&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_5&elqTrack=true Headlines Control telemetry information for Windows 10 You can control what information Microsoft gets sent back from Windows 10 ... but it requires diving into the configuration files. Here's what you need to know. To view the full article go to: http://windowsitpro.com/windows-10/control-telemetry-information-windows-10?NL=TECH-001&Issue=TECH-001_20160315_TECH-001_957&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_6&elqTrack=true New Office 365 Admin Center Begins Roll Out After receiving feedback from customers over the last six months or so Microsoft is now pushing out a new version of the admin portal for Office 365 administrators. To view the full article go to: http://windowsitpro.com/office-365/new-office-365-admin-center-begins-roll-out?NL=TECH-001&Issue=TECH-001_20160315_TECH-001_957&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_7&elqTrack=true Events Unleashing Data Insights from System Center OMS Join Dieter Wijckmans on March 24th starting at 11am ET for a full day online class that will teach you how to gain useful, actionable insights from the wealth of data you import into OMS to help you gain greater control, visibility and security insights. To view the full article go to: http://windowsitpro.com/unleashing-data-insights-system-center-oms?promo=UM_ELNL5&NL=TECH-001&Issue=TECH-001_20160315_TECH-001_957&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_8&elqTrack=true Calling All Early Birds – Save on IT/Dev Connections 2016! Join us October 10th-13th in Las Vegas at the ARIA Resort for the conference with a ""user group"" feel. Get the opportunity to engage with more than 100 of the industry's top experts and endless networking opportunities with your peers. Customize your education with 5 tracks and 190+ sessions. Register today to take up to $600 off the All-Access Pass! To view the full article go to: http://devconnections.com?code=ITDCNL16&NL=TECH-001&Issue=TECH-001_20160315_TECH-001_957&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_9&elqTrack=true Resources The Top 3 Cloud Deployment Pitfalls to Avoid Join Frank Ohlhorst on Tuesday, March 15th at 12pm ET to learn about three of the top cloud deployment mistakes, as well as advice about how to avoid them. To view the full article go to: http://windowsitpro.com/red-hat/top-3-cloud-deployment-pitfalls-avoid?code=UM_NL&NL=TECH-001&Issue=TECH-001_20160315_TECH-001_957&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_10&elqTrack=true How to Can Scale IT Infrastructure Securely, Rapidly, and Inexpensively Read this whitepaper to learn how big internet companies are using colocation to grow their business. To view the full article go to: http://windowsitpro.com/resources/scale-it-infrastructure?code=UM_NL&NL=TECH-001&Issue=TECH-001_20160315_TECH-001_957&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_11&elqTrack=true You are subscribed to this newsletter as [email protected] Unsubscribe: http://windowsitpro.com/manage-newsletters?elqTrack=true Penton | 1166 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor | New York, NY 10036 Copyright 2016, Penton. All rights reserved. Read the Penton Privacy Policy: http://www.penton.com/privacy-policy/?elqTrack=true
