So once again, it has been ages since I last posted on here & I thought I would post something before heading into the office this morning.

To update you on whats been happening in the last year or so that has culminated in the last month:

• I have been part of a team whose ambition has been to drive the business to change some of its business model from that of a Traditional VAR /  Di-LAR / SI to something more annuity based with higher margins - Managed / Hosted Services
• Over the Last 3 months we have sat with many Managed Service Solutio Vendors, Hosting Vendors & Microsoft to establish a road map to implementing the services we will offer & route to market
• In the last month, an announcement was made that our General Manager of Services was to become the Directory - Managed Services
• Along with the above announcement, I have been (as part of the driving force behind the change) asked to move over to the Managed Services Team as Business Development Manager & Senior Technical Lead (the second being unofficial)

So where are we now?

Well quite fankly, At the dawn of a new era for our business & my career path. Something I am pretty excited about as the business side of corporate life has always held a certain level of interest for me.

At the same time, I am building a Consolidated HMC Platform to provide a starting point for our Managed Services which I plan to "Soft Launch" on the 1st of July.

Speaking on this point, Microsoft Released HMC 4.5 on the 15th of June, which now supports Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2, Exchange 2007 SP1, Systems Centre Operations Manager 2007 SP1 & Office Communications Server 2007 without the requirement for customization.

The documentation included in the HMC Help File is truly amazing, to date, I have followed it extensively & come accross no problems what so ever - well, I am yet to complete the setup, but it seems pretty complete & extensive so I am not complaining at all.