When it was released, it quickly outpaced previous versions of Windows in sales– and Microsoft claimed it was the fastest selling OS of all time, but without releasing the numbers to prove it. Until now.  They are now stating that they have sold over 90 MILLION licenses for Windows 7 already. Seriously impressive numbers.

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eGroup, Inc.: Outside Sales Executive (Charlotte, NC and Greenville, SC)

eGroup is a company on the move, quickly establishing itself as one of the premier providers of business technology solutions in the area. We are looking for a seasoned, experienced Sales Executive to join our team and help eGroup extend our success story throughout the region. An excellent opportunity for the motivated sales professional, you’ll be backed by eGroup’s continual investment in market proven technologies and support resources. These “best of breed” technology offerings will position you for success in delivering sophisticated solutions to a growing set of prospects with increasingly complex needs.

Multi-year experience selling complex IT solutions to executive management are required, with an emphasis on selling products and services designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. Candidate must be motivated to generate new business, provide excellent customer service, and be self-reliant. You must be able to prospect, qualify, engage, and manage all the elements of a complex solution sale. Frequent day travel in the Carolinas with some overnight travel necessary.

eGroup provides an excellent compensation plan with full health benefits, expenses, and retirement plan.

To apply or for more information: hr@eGroup-us.com

VMware released VMware vCenter Update Manager 4.0 Update 1 Patch 1 on February 25th. This bug fix release resolves issues with the Cisco Nexus 1000V virtual switch and improves performance when scanning ESX hosts that are contained in a cluster.

In previous releases Update Manager would scan hosts in a cluster sequentially; the patch changes this behavior so hosts are scanned in parallel, greatly enhancing scan speeds.

Click here for release notes.
Click here to download the patch.

Here is a quick note on how to generate a proxy class for inclusion in your applications so you can consume and utilize the methods in a web service.

1. Locate WSDL.exe (Typically in the Visual Studio Install Folder’s VC directory).
2. Run the command wsdl.exe /out:<output file location> /l:<CS or VB) <web service location
3. Example wsdl.ext /out:C:\myProxyClass.cs /l:CS https://websericeurl.com/webservicename.asmx?WSDL
4. In order to compile this into a dll just run the command csc /t:library /out:C:\myProxyClass.dll C:\MyProxyClass.cs

Take the resultant dll and include it in your projects to access the web methods of the target web service.  If the structure (not implementation) of the web service changes you will need to generate a new proxy class to take advantage of the new web methods or continue using methods whose structure has changed.

I ran across a situation and thought I would post some of the time saving management possibilities of feature stapling in SharePoint 2007.  The situation was a typical issue where there needs to be a lot of sites that have the same general features and layouts for default creation when auto provisioning the sites.  In this situation there was a need to automatically provision a SharePoint site for every Account entity that existed in Microsoft CRM.  Therefore, there would be a SharePoint document library, a default number of lists, some custom lists (stapled as features) and a custom homepage that displayed information.  The solution to this is SharePoint Site Definitions (not to be confused with templates).  By using a custom site definition these sites were able to be programatically created and updateable after the point of creation.  The question came in though that certain sites would need additional items and those additional items would be an ever growing number of lists, calendars, custom web parts, etc… that may not apply to all sites in the definition but would apply to more than one.  In comes features… Click Here to read more…

April 22, 2010 Event Promises Even More

Charleston Digital Corridor Press Release

Charleston, SC - February 18, 2010 - The Charleston Digital Corridor will host its fourth annual iFive:k on April 22, 2010 at 6:30pm. This year’s event will continue offering runners, walkers and shufflers the popular scenic race route, custom race t-shirts, cool prizes, team opportunities to vie for the coveted “Bragging Rights Trophy” and the much anticipated after-party at the Charleston Maritime Center on the harbor. Click Here to read more…

If you run into an issue with the “Overview” page under the Performance Tab in vCenter, then follow these steps to resolve.

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The 1st VMware Users Group Meeting (VMUG) in the Charleston, SC area is set for Thursday, February 25th from 12 PM to 2 PM at St. Francis Hospital.  This inaugural meeting is hosted by Roper Hospital and sponsored by eGroup.

VMUGs are an excellent opportunity to network with your peers while catching up on the latest from VMware.  There’s always good food as well.  Be sure to mark your calendars.

Agenda:

12:00 p.m. Check-In & Networking Lunch
12:10 p.m. VMware Updates & 2010 Announcements - Aaron Miller, VMware Sr. Systems Engineer
12:55 p.m. vSphere 4 Using EMC Storage & Cisco Nexus - Will Turbeville, eGroup
01:40 p.m. Open Discussions on Future Meeting Topics
01:55 p.m. Meeting Wrap-Up & Door Prizes

To register: http://campaign.vmware.com/usergroup/invites/Charleston_2-25-10.html

Are you achieving all the security and compliance benefits of desktop virtualization?

Presented by eGroup + RSA (The Security Division of EMC) w/ Guest Speaker: Jon Oltsik, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group

Implementing a VMware View hosted virtual desktop infrastructure transforms your organization’s IT platform into a more valuable strategic asset - but it must be properly managed and secured to capitalize on its full capabilities.

Join us on Wednesday, February 24th for a live webinar on how enhancing virtual desktop security will let you realize the full value of your VMware View investment.

Our main speaker will be Jon Oltsik, principal analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) and widely recognized as an expert in security management and technology. Jon is author of an ESG whitepaper, ‘Desktop Virtualization, Management and Security’ that discusses the importance of integrating security intelligence into the desktop virtualization environment, and how doing so can enhance overall enterprise security. Click Here to read more…