Summary: Executive Summary: What is your company's approach to upgrades? Do you weigh features against security? Are they a nuisance or a competitive advantage? We'll debate this in our first show of the new year. Hosts: John Kresic, Tom Kresic, Mike Kresic Running Time: 44:04 IT Pro News: AWS makes a flurry of December announcements, including APIs, containers and mobile, but this week’s Cross-Account access in the management console may be the best one. Accenture launches hybrid cloud platform with Microsoft Check out some of the newest Office tools: Sway, Mix, Delve Salesforce Files Connect gets OneDrive integration Cyber attack against German steel factory cripples furnaces CES highlight: Thinkpad X1 Carbon get hi-res, and an F12 key Intel has shipped the long-delayed CPUs Broadwell for you to buy this year Average employees ages at IT companies IT Pro Main Topic: Managing change when confronted with obsolescence and forced upgrades Be sure that you have been monitoring the Microsoft Lifecycle now on Extended Support, January 2015 Dynamics C5 2010, Dynamics NAV 2009, Dynamics NAV 2009 R2 Exchange Server 2010 Enterprise, Exchange Server 2010 Standard Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 (many) Windows Server 2008 R2 (many) now on End of Support, January 2015 Host Integration Server 2004 Systems Management Server 2003 Systems Management Server 2003 R2 Virtual Server 2005 (many) Visual FoxPro 9.0 about to retire, July 2015 Windows Server 2003 VALUE: is it worth the new features SECURITY: is it still being patched and does it matter much to you NUISANCE: every upgrade takes time, money, and comes with a few surprises. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: are people in the company seeking features that are customer facing IT Pro Bookshelf: “The Power of the API Economy”, IBM Redbook, 26pp Modern Datacenter Architecture Patterns–Hybrid Networking, MSFT Technet The Hadoop Weekly newsletter #100 Intel Core 5th gen factsheet
