(7613,40,'2012-10-15 13:46:31','2012-10-15 17:46:31','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung.png\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7594\" title=\"Yung\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung-262x300.png\" alt=\"Yung Chou Cloud Computing Evangelist of Microsoft\" width=\"183\" height=\"210\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe recently had the opportunity to speak with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou on a few cloud computing and virtualization related topics. For those of you not familiar with Yung, he\'s a Technology Evangelist on Microsoft\'s US Developer and Platform Evangelism team. Prior to Microsoft, he had established capacities in system programming, application development, consulting services and IT management. His recent technical focuses have been in virtualization and cloud computing with strong interests in private cloud with service-based deployment, hybrid cloud, and emerging enterprise computing architectures.\r\n\r\nWe hope you you find this insight valuable. If you have any questions or comments, leave them below for Yung to answer!\r\n\r\nAnd don\'t forget to check out his blog: <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/\" target=\"_blank\">Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud</a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: </strong>What is your definition of cloud computing? And why do you believe everyone has their own, distinct definition of cloud computing?</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC:</strong> I define cloud computing with <a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">the 5-3-2 Principle</a>. Which specifies that to be qualified with the term, cloud, an object must:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Exhibit the five essential characteristics, namely a self-serving model, providing ubiquitous access, employing resource pooling, offering elasticity, and including a consumption-based analytic model</li>\r\n	<li>Be delivered in one of the three ways: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, or Infrastructure as a Service</li>\r\n	<li>Be deployed to either public cloud or private cloud where I consider hybrid cloud is an extension of either of the two<strong></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong></strong>Indeed, cloud computing means different things to different people. And the reason is that cloud computing encompasses the entire spectrum of IT lifecycle from hardware acquisition, infrastructure, networking, software development, production operations and maintenance, to decommission and disposing of resources. And, regardless what role and responsibilities an IT professional assumes, it is in the umbrella scope of cloud computing. In fact, I always say if you are an IT professional you do know something about cloud computing for sure. This issue, in my view, is not on understanding cloud computing from a particular point of view, the issue is the inability to connect the dots and articulate the overall vision of cloud computing relevant to a project’s priorities or an individual’s role and responsibilities due to a lack of clarity of what cloud computing is about.\r\n\r\nCloud computing, in layman\'s terms, is a concept, an objective, a state, or a capability such that a business can be available on demand. In the context of IT, the concept, the objective, the state, or the capability is realized with digital computing. The key here is this idea of \"on demand\" which is an ambitious and lofty goal for IT. On-demand in cloud computing means anytime, anywhere, any device access, which is the spirit of consumerization of IT which embraces the device of a user\'s choice for productivity. On-demand sets the focus on an intended user and whenever, wherever, and with whatever device the user needs to access an authorized resource, either an application, a run-time environment, or infrastructure, the resource will be there, not only accessible but also ready for consumption. On-demand also implies the ability to timely increase capacities as a target market moves upward and perhaps more importantly to decrease capacity when demands subside. On-demand is a result of combining standardization of deployment, automation of operations and processes, and optimization of resource utilization while all requires meticulous capacity planning with a comprehensive system management solution.\r\n\r\nThis always accessibility and readiness of a resource for an authorized user is the essence of cloud computing. This concept is largely embedded in the term, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>. In other words, cloud computing is to enable a business available of demand, i.e. business as a service. Frequently in a cloud computing discussion we have heard people reference software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, IT as a service, and even everything as a service. They are essentially saying an application available on demand, a run-time environment available on demand, provisioning infrastructure on demand, IT functions available on demand, and a target delivery on demand, respectively.\r\n\r\nSo my terse description of cloud computing is simply a capability to deliver business as a service or make business available on demand.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Can you explain the 5-3-2 Principle and what it means to IT and business executives</strong>?</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong><a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">The 5-3-2 Principle</a> outlines the requirements, the deliveries, and the deployments of cloud computing. For IT decision makers, a clear understanding with set priorities of these requirements relevant to the core business is imperative. The question is really not <em>if</em> but <em>how much</em> and to what extent a business needs cloud computing in various shapes and forms. All business should and will benefit from being available on demand which is the state for cloud computing to achieve. The strategies and decisions are, in principle, based on where your business is now and where it needs to be, what capabilities are in place today and what else to be acquired, what the cash flow looks like and when it can break even, etc. The cost model will be most appropriately developed by IT professionals who know not just how to run IT but to estimate the cost of the operations and processes in a traditional on-premise deployment and a target cloud computing environment.\r\n\r\nThe 5-3-2 Principle is a modified version of <a href=\"http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf\">NIST SP 800-145</a> which officially defines cloud computing and is a good model to start. However, in my view, SP 800-145 misses addressing an important concept, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>, which is critical for clarifying what cloud computing is about. SP 800-145 also applies inconsistent criteria in defining some of its cloud computing deployment models as I have described in my post, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/nist\">An Inconvenience Truth of NIST Cloud Computing Definition, SP 800-145</a>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Is there a difference between virtualization and cloud computing? If so, what is that difference?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>Virtualization is not cloud computing and <a href=\"http://aka.ms/v-p1\">cloud computing goes far beyond virtualization</a>. Fundamentally, virtualization is not required to abide by the 5-3-2 Principle while cloud computing is. In many occasion, I ask IT professionals what virtualization means to them. And the frequent answers I have been getting are various forms of describing running multiple OS instances with the same hardware which is basically server consolidation. Few mentioned anything about a self-serving model, universal accessibility, or embedded analytics while either is an essential characteristic of cloud computing. When planning a virtualization solution, the main focus for many has been on configuring and delivering virtual machines, and not about the accessibility and readiness of a service which is the application running in and delivered by a set of deployed virtual machines. Further, <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2012/04/03/a-private-cloud-is-about-shortening-go-to-market-by-delivering-itaas.aspx\">cloud computing is to ultimately shorten go-to-market</a> which is why there is such a strong emphasis on the accessibility and the readiness of a target resource. While virtualization is much on the technical integrity of infrastructure which operates under the hood of cloud computing.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Gartner recently said in its Hype Cycle report that cloud computing has become muddled in the market as vendors are \"cloud washing” and such miscommunication could ultimately detract end users from the efficiencies cloud computing can bring. Would you agree or disagree with Gartner and why?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>I agree and again, in my view, this is largely due to a lack of clarity in understanding what cloud computing is. If not knowing what it is, I can’t imagine how one can effectively articulate why and how it is. Cloud computing is not a product or a particular technology. It is a set of capabilies with which a business can be available on demand, whatever the business is from deploying a server, to developing an application or delivering flowers. Lately it is getting even more confusing when people start using the term, cloud, interchangeably with remote access, equating virtualization to private cloud, and employing private cloud, hybrid cloud, and enterprise infrastructure as synonyms, while these terms, each represents a specific set of requirements and objectives, targets various business scenarios, and addresses different business challenges. They are simply not the same.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Switching gears to SharePoint, can you briefly discuss how business professionals can use SharePoint for their business intelligence needs/projects?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>SharePoint, to the information worker, is just like Active Directory is to system administrators. In Windows infrastructure, Active Directory is the one version of truth and the ultimate authority of all objects managed in the associated domain. Eventually anything happens in a domain, starts and ends with Active Directory since in a distributed system as most what we have today in enterprise IT, authentication, authorization, and accounting are the core services IT provides.\r\n\r\nSimilarly, SharePoint is the repository and the one version of truth of information based on documents and data stored, derived, and delivered in a corporation. When architecting Windows infrastructure, IT professionals start with a Windows domain. When architecting a BI solution, an information architect should start with a SharePoint infrastructure when there is an opportunity. BI has much to do with data warehousing and mining. At the same time, BI is also about data gathering, portability, presentation, accessibility, taxonomy, workflow, extensibility, rights management, HR/CRM/ERP integration, etc. so what to get, how to get it, validated by what, who owns it, who can process it and to be consumed by whom, what is significant and in what way, and on and on, are all in a way contributed to the realization of BI. All the above mentioned are what ultimately SharePoint is designed to deliver.\r\n\r\nSo rather than trying to fit SharePoint into a business process, developing a business process with SharePoint is the fundamental concept we must appreciate. This becomes very obvious when trying to build Windows infrastructure without first planning Active Directory. It just does not work that way. SharePoint needs to be considered with the same level of respect when it comes to information management. Consolidate existing business processes and data and convert them into SharePoint, subsequently run your business and develop BI capabilities with SharePoint to maximize business values and accelerate ROI.','On Cloud Computing & Virtualization: Q&A with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou','','inherit','open','open','','7593-revision-11','','','2012-10-15 13:46:31','2012-10-15 17:46:31','',7593,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7593-revision-11',0,'revision','',0),(7584,22,'2012-10-13 15:10:45','2012-10-13 19:10:45','This post is short and sweet.  Are you or your users only using the Zimbra web client? Do they complain about having no \"mailto\" abilities since they don\'t have a mail client installed on their machines?\r\n\r\nSimple fix:  Add it to the registry!**\r\n\r\n<strong>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\mailto\\shell\\open\\command</strong> --- then the \"data\" for (DEFAULT) REG_EXPAND_SZ  is:  <strong>explorer \"https://zimbra.yourdomain.com/zimbra/?view=compose&amp;to=%1\"</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7585\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry-300x110.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(picture of what my registry looks like)\r\n\r\nAnd there you go!\r\n\r\n<em>Phillip Reynolds is a guest blogger.  You can also follow him on twitter: <a href=\"http://twitter.com/philvirtual\" target=\"_blank\">@philvirtual</a></em>\r\n<div> (**Modify your registry at your own risk and take a backup first!)</div>','Make Zimbra Web Client Default for E-mails','','publish','open','open','','make-zimbra-web-client-default-for-e-mails','','','2013-03-21 10:55:11','2013-03-21 14:55:11','',0,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/?p=7584',0,'post','',0),(7585,22,'2012-10-13 15:08:19','2012-10-13 19:08:19','','mailtoregistry','','inherit','open','open','','mailtoregistry','','','2012-10-13 15:08:19','2012-10-13 19:08:19','',7584,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(7586,22,'2012-10-13 15:08:33','2012-10-13 19:08:33','This post is short and sweet.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAre you or your users only using the Zimbra web client?\n\nDo they complain about having no \"mailto\" abilities since they don\'t have a mail client installed on their machines?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSimple fix:  Add it to the registry!**\n\n<strong>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\mailto\\shell\\open\\command</strong> --- then the \"data\" for (DEFAULT) REG_EXPAND_SZ  is:  <strong>explorer \"https://zimbra.yourdomain.com/zimbra/?view=compose&amp;to=%1\"</strong>\n\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7585\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry-300x110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n(**Modify your registry at your own risk and take a backup first!)','Make Zimbra Web Client Default for E-mails','','inherit','open','open','','7584-revision','','','2012-10-13 15:08:33','2012-10-13 19:08:33','',7584,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7584-revision',0,'revision','',0),(7587,22,'2012-10-13 15:09:32','2012-10-13 19:09:32','This post is short and sweet.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAre you or your users only using the Zimbra web client? Do they complain about having no \"mailto\" abilities since they don\'t have a mail client installed on their machines?\n\nSimple fix:  Add it to the registry!**\n\n<strong>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\mailto\\shell\\open\\command</strong> --- then the \"data\" for (DEFAULT) REG_EXPAND_SZ  is:  <strong>explorer \"https://zimbra.yourdomain.com/zimbra/?view=compose&amp;to=%1\"</strong>\n\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7585\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry-300x110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" /></a>\n\n(picture of what my registry looks like)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd there you go!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n(**Modify your registry at your own risk and take a backup first!)','Make Zimbra Web Client Default for E-mails','','inherit','open','open','','7584-revision-2','','','2012-10-13 15:09:32','2012-10-13 19:09:32','',7584,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7584-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(7588,22,'2012-10-13 15:10:45','2012-10-13 19:10:45','This post is short and sweet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAre you or your users only using the Zimbra web client? Do they complain about having no \"mailto\" abilities since they don\'t have a mail client installed on their machines?\r\n\r\nSimple fix:  Add it to the registry!**\r\n\r\n<strong>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\mailto\\shell\\open\\command</strong> --- then the \"data\" for (DEFAULT) REG_EXPAND_SZ  is:  <strong>explorer \"https://zimbra.yourdomain.com/zimbra/?view=compose&amp;to=%1\"</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7585\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry-300x110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(picture of what my registry looks like)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd there you go!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Phillip Reynolds is a guest blogger.  You can also follow him on twitter: <a href=\"http://twitter.com/philvirtual\" target=\"_blank\">@philvirtual</a></em>\r\n<div> (**Modify your registry at your own risk and take a backup first!)</div>','Make Zimbra Web Client Default for E-mails','','inherit','open','open','','7584-revision-3','','','2012-10-13 15:10:45','2012-10-13 19:10:45','',7584,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7584-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(7589,22,'2012-10-13 15:10:53','2012-10-13 19:10:53','This post is short and sweet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAre you or your users only using the Zimbra web client? Do they complain about having no \"mailto\" abilities since they don\'t have a mail client installed on their machines?\r\n\r\nSimple fix:  Add it to the registry!**\r\n\r\n<strong>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\mailto\\shell\\open\\command</strong> --- then the \"data\" for (DEFAULT) REG_EXPAND_SZ  is:  <strong>explorer \"https://zimbra.yourdomain.com/zimbra/?view=compose&amp;to=%1\"</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7585\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry-300x110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(picture of what my registry looks like)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd there you go!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Phillip Reynolds is a guest blogger.  You can also follow him on twitter: <a href=\"http://twitter.com/philvirtual\" target=\"_blank\">@philvirtual</a></em>\r\n<div> (**Modify your registry at your own risk and take a backup first!)</div>','Make Zimbra Web Client Default for E-mails','','inherit','open','open','','7584-revision-4','','','2012-10-13 15:10:53','2012-10-13 19:10:53','',7584,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7584-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(7590,40,'2012-10-13 15:11:32','2012-10-13 19:11:32','This post is short and sweet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAre you or your users only using the Zimbra web client? Do they complain about having no \"mailto\" abilities since they don\'t have a mail client installed on their machines?\r\n\r\nSimple fix:  Add it to the registry!**\r\n\r\n<strong>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\mailto\\shell\\open\\command</strong> --- then the \"data\" for (DEFAULT) REG_EXPAND_SZ  is:  <strong>explorer \"https://zimbra.yourdomain.com/zimbra/?view=compose&amp;to=%1\"</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7585\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry-300x110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(picture of what my registry looks like)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd there you go!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>Phillip Reynolds is a guest blogger.  You can also follow him on twitter: <a href=\"http://twitter.com/philvirtual\" target=\"_blank\">@philvirtual</a></em>\r\n<div> (**Modify your registry at your own risk and take a backup first!)</div>','Make Zimbra Web Client Default for E-mails','','inherit','open','open','','7584-revision-5','','','2012-10-13 15:11:32','2012-10-13 19:11:32','',7584,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7584-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(7591,22,'2013-03-21 10:35:54','2013-03-21 14:35:54','This post is short and sweet.\n\nAre you or your users only using the Zimbra web client? Do they complain about having no \"mailto\" abilities since they don\'t have a mail client installed on their machines?\n\nSimple fix:  Add it to the registry!**\n\n<strong>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\mailto\\shell\\open\\command</strong> --- then the \"data\" for (DEFAULT) REG_EXPAND_SZ  is:  <strong>explorer \"https://zimbra.yourdomain.com/zimbra/?view=compose&amp;to=%1\"</strong>\n\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7585\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry-300x110.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" /></a>\n\n(picture of what my registry looks like)\n\nAnd there you go!\n\n<em>Phillip Reynolds is a guest blogger.  You can also follow him on twitter: <a href=\"http://twitter.com/philvirtual\" target=\"_blank\">@philvirtual</a></em>\n<div> (**Modify your registry at your own risk and take a backup first!)</div>','Make Zimbra Web Client Default for E-mails','','inherit','open','open','','7584-autosave','','','2013-03-21 10:35:54','2013-03-21 14:35:54','',7584,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7584-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(7592,40,'2012-10-15 09:56:09','2012-10-15 13:56:09','This post is short and sweet.\r\n\r\nAre you or your users only using the Zimbra web client? Do they complain about having no \"mailto\" abilities since they don\'t have a mail client installed on their machines?\r\n\r\nSimple fix:  Add it to the registry!**\r\n\r\n<strong>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\mailto\\shell\\open\\command</strong> --- then the \"data\" for (DEFAULT) REG_EXPAND_SZ  is:  <strong>explorer \"https://zimbra.yourdomain.com/zimbra/?view=compose&amp;to=%1\"</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7585\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mailtoregistry-300x110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" /></a>\r\n\r\n(picture of what my registry looks like)\r\n\r\nAnd there you go!\r\n\r\n<em>Phillip Reynolds is a guest blogger.  You can also follow him on twitter: <a href=\"http://twitter.com/philvirtual\" target=\"_blank\">@philvirtual</a></em>\r\n<div> (**Modify your registry at your own risk and take a backup first!)</div>','Make Zimbra Web Client Default for E-mails','','inherit','open','open','','7584-revision-6','','','2012-10-15 09:56:09','2012-10-15 13:56:09','',7584,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7584-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(7594,40,'2012-10-15 12:39:20','2012-10-15 16:39:20','','Yung','','inherit','open','open','','yung','','','2012-10-15 12:39:20','2012-10-15 16:39:20','',7593,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(7595,40,'2012-10-15 12:39:57','2012-10-15 16:39:57','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7594\" title=\"Yung\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung-262x300.png\" alt=\"Yung Chou of Microsoft\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nPlease review the questions and provide your answers at your convenience. I will then review and send back for final approval. Once I receive approval, we will publish with full attribution to you, including a head shot and link back to your blog (<a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/\">http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/</a>).\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI hope to find you tomorrow at the CTC and introduce myself.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>What is your definition of cloud computing? And why do you believe everyone has their own, distinct definition of cloud computing?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou</strong>] I define cloud computing with <a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">the 5-3-2 Principle</a>. Which specifies that to be qualified with the term, cloud, an object must:\n<ul>\n	<li>Exhibit the five essential characteristics, namely a self-serving model, providing ubiquitous access, employing resource pooling, offering elasticity, and including a consumption-based analytic model</li>\n	<li>Be delivered in one of the three ways: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, or Infrastructure as a Service</li>\n	<li>Be deployed to either public cloud or private cloud where I consider hybrid cloud is an extension of either of the two</li>\n</ul>\n<strong> </strong>\n\nIndeed cloud computing means different things to different people. And the reason is that cloud computing encompasses the entire spectrum of IT lifecycle from hardware acquisition, infrastructure, networking, software development, production operations and maintenance, to decommission and disposing of resources. And regardless what role and responsibilities an IT professional assumes it is in the umbrella scope of cloud computing. In fact, I always say if you are an IT professional you do know something about cloud computing for sure. This issue in my view is not on understanding cloud computing from a particular point of view, the issue is the inability to connect the dots and articulate the overall vision of cloud computing relevant to a project’s priorities or an individual’s role and responsibilities due to a lack of clarity of what cloud computing is about.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCloud computing in layman\'s terms is a concept, an objective, a state, or a capability such that a business can be available on demand. In the context of IT the concept, the objective, the state, or the capability is realized with digital computing. The key here is this idea of \"on demand\" which is an ambitious and lofty goal for IT. On-demand in cloud computing means anytime, anywhere, any device access, which is the spirit of consumerization of IT which embraces the device of a user\'s choice for productivity. On-demand sets the focus on an intended user and whenever, wherever, and with whatever device the user needs to access an authorized resource, either an application, a runtime environment, or infrastructure the resource will be there, not only accessible but also ready for consumption. On-demand also implies the ability to timely increase capacities as a target market moves upward and perhaps more importantly to decrease capacity when demands subside. On-demand is a result of combining standardization of deployment, automation of operations and processes, and optimization of resource utilization while all requires meticulous capacity planning with a comprehensive system management solution.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis always accessibility and readiness of a resource for an authorized user is the essence of cloud computing. This concept is largely embedded in the term, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>. In other words, cloud computing is to enable a business available of demand, i.e. business as a service. Frequently in a cloud computing discussion we have heard people reference software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, IT as a service, and even everything as a service. They are essentially saying an application available on demand, a runtime environment available on demand, provisioning infrastructure on demand, IT functions available on demand, and a target delivery on demand, respectively. So my terse description of cloud computing is simply a capability to deliver business as a service or make business available on demand.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n<ol>\n	<li>Can you briefly explain the 5-3-2 Principle and what it means to IT and business executives?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong><a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">The 5-3-2 Principle</a> outlines the requirements, the deliveries, and the deployments of cloud computing. For IT decision makers, a clearing understanding with set priorities of these requirements relevant to the core business is imperative. The question is really not if but how much and to what extent a business needs cloud computing in various shapes and forms. All business should and will benefit from being available on demand which is the state for cloud computing to achieve. The strategies and decisions are in principle based on where your business is now and where she needs to be, what capabilities are in place today and what else to be acquired, what  the cash flow looks like and when it can break even, etc. The cost model will be most appropriately developed by IT professionals who know not just how to run IT but to estimate the cost of the operations and processes in a traditional on-premise deployment and a target cloud computing environment.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe 5-3-2 Principle is a modified version of <a href=\"http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf\">NIST SP 800-145</a> which officially defines cloud computing and is a good model to start. However, in my view, SP 800-145 misses addressing an important concept, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>, which is critical for clarifying what cloud computing is about. SP 800-145 also applies inconsistent criteria in defining some of its cloud computing deployment models as I have described in my post, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/nist\">An Inconvenience Truth of NIST Cloud Computing Definition, SP 800-145</a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>Is there a difference between virtualization and cloud computing? If so, what is that difference?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong>Virtualization is not cloud computing and <a href=\"http://aka.ms/v-p1\">cloud computing goes far beyond virtualization</a>. Fundamentally virtualization is not required to abide by the 5-3-2 Principle while cloud computing is. In many occasion, I ask IT professionals what virtualization means to them. And the frequent answers I have been getting are various forms of describing running multiple OS instances with the same hardware which is basically server consolidation. Few mentioned anything about a self-serving model, universal accessibility, or embedded analytics while either is an essential characteristic of cloud computing. When planning a virtualization solution, the main focus for many has been on configuring and delivering virtual machines, and not about the accessibility and readiness of a service which is the application running in and delivered by a set of deployed virtual machines. Further, <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2012/04/03/a-private-cloud-is-about-shortening-go-to-market-by-delivering-itaas.aspx\">cloud computing is to ultimately shorten go-to-market</a> which is why there is such a strong emphasis on the accessibility and the readiness of a target resource. While virtualization is much on the technical integrity of infrastructure which operates under the hood of cloud computing.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>Gartner recently said in its Hype Cycle report that cloud computing has become muddled in the market as vendors are \"cloud washing” and such  miscommunication could ultimately detract end users from the efficiencies cloud computing can bring. Would you agree or disagree with Gartner and why?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong>I agree and again in my view this is largely due to a lack of clarity in understanding what cloud computing is. If not knowing what it is, I can’t imagine how one can effectively articulate why and how it is. Cloud computing is not a product or a particular technology. It is a set of capability with which a business can be available on demand, whatever the business is from deploying a server, to developing an application or delivering flowers. Lately it is getting even more confusing when people start using the term, cloud, interchangeably with remote access, equating virtualization to private cloud,  and employing private cloud, hybrid cloud, and enterprise infrastructure as synonyms, while these term, each represents a specific set of requirements and objectives, targets various business scenarios, and addresses different business challenges. They are simply not the same.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>Switching gears to SharePoint, can you briefly discuss how business professionals can use SharePoint for their business intelligence needs/projects?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong>SharePoint to information worker is just like Active Directory to system administrators. In Windows infrastructure, Active Directory is the one version of truth and the ultimate authority of all objects managed in the associated domain. Eventually anything happens in a domain, starts and ends with Active Directory since in a distributed system as most what we have today in enterprise IT, authentication, authorization, and accounting are the core services IT provides.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSimilarly SharePoint is the repository and the one version of truth of information based on documents and data stored, derived, and delivered in a corporation. When architecting Windows infrastructure, IT professionals start with a Windows domain. When architecting a BI solution, an information architect should start with a SharePoint infrastructure when there is an opportunity. BI has much to do with data warehousing and mining. At the same time, BI is also about data gathering, portability, presentation, accessibility, taxonomy, workflow, extensibility, rights management, HR/CRM/ERP integration, etc. so what to get, how to get it, validated by what, who owns it, who can process it and to be consumed by whom, what is significant and in what way, and on and on, are all in a way contributed to the realization of BI. All the above mentioned are what ultimately SharePoint is designed to delivered. So rather than trying to fit SharePoint into a business process, developing a business process with SharePoint is the fundamental concept we must appreciate. This becomes very obvious when trying to build Windows infrastructure without first planning Active Directory. It just does not work that way. SharePoint needs to be considered with the same level of respect when it comes to information management. Consolidate existing business processes and data and convert them into SharePoint, subsequently run your business and develop BI capabilities with SharePoint to maximize business values and accelerate ROI.','','','inherit','open','open','','7593-revision','','','2012-10-15 12:39:57','2012-10-15 16:39:57','',7593,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7593-revision',0,'revision','',0),(7599,40,'2012-10-15 13:41:00','2012-10-15 17:41:00','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung.png\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7594\" title=\"Yung\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung-262x300.png\" alt=\"Yung Chou of Microsoft\" width=\"183\" height=\"210\" /></a>\n\nWe recently had the opportunity to speak with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou on a few cloud and virtualization related topics. For those of you not familiar with Yung, he\'s a Technology Evangelist on Microsoft\'s US Developer and Platform Evangelism team. Prior to Microsoft, he had established capacities in system programming, application development, consulting services and IT management. His recent technical focuses have been in virtualization and cloud computing with strong interests in private cloud with service-based deployment, hybrid cloud, and emerging enterprise computing architectures.\n\nWe hope you you find this insight valuable. If you have any questions or comments, leave them below for Yung to answer!\n\nAnd don\'t forget to check out his blog: <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/\" target=\"_blank\">Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud</a>\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: </strong>What is your definition of cloud computing? And why do you believe everyone has their own, distinct definition of cloud computing?</span>\n\n<strong>YC:</strong> I define cloud computing with <a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">the 5-3-2 Principle</a>. Which specifies that to be qualified with the term, cloud, an object must:\n<ul>\n	<li>Exhibit the five essential characteristics, namely a self-serving model, providing ubiquitous access, employing resource pooling, offering elasticity, and including a consumption-based analytic model</li>\n	<li>Be delivered in one of the three ways: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, or Infrastructure as a Service</li>\n	<li>Be deployed to either public cloud or private cloud where I consider hybrid cloud is an extension of either of the two<strong></strong></li>\n</ul>\n<strong></strong>Indeed, cloud computing means different things to different people. And the reason is that cloud computing encompasses the entire spectrum of IT lifecycle from hardware acquisition, infrastructure, networking, software development, production operations and maintenance, to decommission and disposing of resources. And, regardless what role and responsibilities an IT professional assumes, it is in the umbrella scope of cloud computing. In fact, I always say if you are an IT professional you do know something about cloud computing for sure. This issue, in my view, is not on understanding cloud computing from a particular point of view, the issue is the inability to connect the dots and articulate the overall vision of cloud computing relevant to a project’s priorities or an individual’s role and responsibilities due to a lack of clarity of what cloud computing is about.\n\nCloud computing, in layman\'s terms, is a concept, an objective, a state, or a capability such that a business can be available on demand. In the context of IT, the concept, the objective, the state, or the capability is realized with digital computing. The key here is this idea of \"on demand\" which is an ambitious and lofty goal for IT. On-demand in cloud computing means anytime, anywhere, any device access, which is the spirit of consumerization of IT which embraces the device of a user\'s choice for productivity. On-demand sets the focus on an intended user and whenever, wherever, and with whatever device the user needs to access an authorized resource, either an application, a run-time environment, or infrastructure, the resource will be there, not only accessible but also ready for consumption. On-demand also implies the ability to timely increase capacities as a target market moves upward and perhaps more importantly to decrease capacity when demands subside. On-demand is a result of combining standardization of deployment, automation of operations and processes, and optimization of resource utilization while all requires meticulous capacity planning with a comprehensive system management solution.\n\nThis always accessibility and readiness of a resource for an authorized user is the essence of cloud computing. This concept is largely embedded in the term, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>. In other words, cloud computing is to enable a business available of demand, i.e. business as a service. Frequently in a cloud computing discussion we have heard people reference software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, IT as a service, and even everything as a service. They are essentially saying an application available on demand, a run-time environment available on demand, provisioning infrastructure on demand, IT functions available on demand, and a target delivery on demand, respectively.\n\nSo my terse description of cloud computing is simply a capability to deliver business as a service or make business available on demand.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Can you explain the 5-3-2 Principle and what it means to IT and business executives</strong>?</span>\n\n<strong>YC: </strong><a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">The 5-3-2 Principle</a> outlines the requirements, the deliveries, and the deployments of cloud computing. For IT decision makers, a clear understanding with set priorities of these requirements relevant to the core business is imperative. The question is really not <em>if</em> but <em>how much</em> and to what extent a business needs cloud computing in various shapes and forms. All business should and will benefit from being available on demand which is the state for cloud computing to achieve. The strategies and decisions are, in principle, based on where your business is now and where it needs to be, what capabilities are in place today and what else to be acquired, what the cash flow looks like and when it can break even, etc. The cost model will be most appropriately developed by IT professionals who know not just how to run IT but to estimate the cost of the operations and processes in a traditional on-premise deployment and a target cloud computing environment.\n\nThe 5-3-2 Principle is a modified version of <a href=\"http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf\">NIST SP 800-145</a> which officially defines cloud computing and is a good model to start. However, in my view, SP 800-145 misses addressing an important concept, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>, which is critical for clarifying what cloud computing is about. SP 800-145 also applies inconsistent criteria in defining some of its cloud computing deployment models as I have described in my post, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/nist\">An Inconvenience Truth of NIST Cloud Computing Definition, SP 800-145</a>.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Is there a difference between virtualization and cloud computing? If so, what is that difference?</strong></span><strong></strong>\n\n<strong>YC: </strong>Virtualization is not cloud computing and <a href=\"http://aka.ms/v-p1\">cloud computing goes far beyond virtualization</a>. Fundamentally, virtualization is not required to abide by the 5-3-2 Principle while cloud computing is. In many occasion, I ask IT professionals what virtualization means to them. And the frequent answers I have been getting are various forms of describing running multiple OS instances with the same hardware which is basically server consolidation. Few mentioned anything about a self-serving model, universal accessibility, or embedded analytics while either is an essential characteristic of cloud computing. When planning a virtualization solution, the main focus for many has been on configuring and delivering virtual machines, and not about the accessibility and readiness of a service which is the application running in and delivered by a set of deployed virtual machines. Further, <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2012/04/03/a-private-cloud-is-about-shortening-go-to-market-by-delivering-itaas.aspx\">cloud computing is to ultimately shorten go-to-market</a> which is why there is such a strong emphasis on the accessibility and the readiness of a target resource. While virtualization is much on the technical integrity of infrastructure which operates under the hood of cloud computing.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Gartner recently said in its Hype Cycle report that cloud computing has become muddled in the market as vendors are \"cloud washing” and such miscommunication could ultimately detract end users from the efficiencies cloud computing can bring. Would you agree or disagree with Gartner and why?</strong></span><strong></strong>\n\n<strong>YC: </strong>I agree and again, in my view, this is largely due to a lack of clarity in understanding what cloud computing is. If not knowing what it is, I can’t imagine how one can effectively articulate why and how it is. Cloud computing is not a product or a particular technology. It is a set of capabilies with which a business can be available on demand, whatever the business is from deploying a server, to developing an application or delivering flowers. Lately it is getting even more confusing when people start using the term, cloud, interchangeably with remote access, equating virtualization to private cloud, and employing private cloud, hybrid cloud, and enterprise infrastructure as synonyms, while these terms, each represents a specific set of requirements and objectives, targets various business scenarios, and addresses different business challenges. They are simply not the same.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Switching gears to SharePoint, can you briefly discuss how business professionals can use SharePoint for their business intelligence needs/projects?</strong></span><strong></strong>\n\n<strong>YC: </strong>SharePoint, to the information worker, is just like Active Directory is to system administrators. In Windows infrastructure, Active Directory is the one version of truth and the ultimate authority of all objects managed in the associated domain. Eventually anything happens in a domain, starts and ends with Active Directory since in a distributed system as most what we have today in enterprise IT, authentication, authorization, and accounting are the core services IT provides.\n\nSimilarly, SharePoint is the repository and the one version of truth of information based on documents and data stored, derived, and delivered in a corporation. When architecting Windows infrastructure, IT professionals start with a Windows domain. When architecting a BI solution, an information architect should start with a SharePoint infrastructure when there is an opportunity. BI has much to do with data warehousing and mining. At the same time, BI is also about data gathering, portability, presentation, accessibility, taxonomy, workflow, extensibility, rights management, HR/CRM/ERP integration, etc. so what to get, how to get it, validated by what, who owns it, who can process it and to be consumed by whom, what is significant and in what way, and on and on, are all in a way contributed to the realization of BI. All the above mentioned are what ultimately SharePoint is designed to deliver.\n\nSo rather than trying to fit SharePoint into a business process, developing a business process with SharePoint is the fundamental concept we must appreciate. This becomes very obvious when trying to build Windows infrastructure without first planning Active Directory. It just does not work that way. SharePoint needs to be considered with the same level of respect when it comes to information management. Consolidate existing business processes and data and convert them into SharePoint, subsequently run your business and develop BI capabilities with SharePoint to maximize business values and accelerate ROI.','eGroup Q&A with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou','','inherit','open','open','','7593-revision-5','','','2012-10-15 13:41:00','2012-10-15 17:41:00','',7593,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7593-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(7596,40,'2012-10-15 12:56:18','2012-10-15 16:56:18','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung.png\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7594\" title=\"Yung\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung-262x300.png\" alt=\"Yung Chou of Microsoft\" width=\"183\" height=\"210\" /></a>\n\nWe recently had the opportunity to speak with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou on a few cloud and virtualization related topics. For those of you not familiar with Yung, he\'s a Technology Evangelist in Microsoft\'s US Developer and Platform Evangelism team. Prior to Microsoft, he had established capacities in system programming, application development, consulting services and IT management. His recent technical focuses have been in virtualization and cloud computing with strong interests in provate cloud with service-based deployment, hybrid cloud, and emerging enterprise computing architectures.\n\nWe hope you you find this inishgt valuable. If you have any questions or comments, leave them below for Yung to answer!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/about.aspx\n\nreview the questions and provide your answers at your convenience. I will then review and send back for final approval. Once I receive approval, we will publish with full attribution to you, including a head shot and link back to your blog (<a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/\">http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/</a>).\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI hope to find you tomorrow at the CTC and introduce myself.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>What is your definition of cloud computing? And why do you believe everyone has their own, distinct definition of cloud computing?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou</strong>] I define cloud computing with <a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">the 5-3-2 Principle</a>. Which specifies that to be qualified with the term, cloud, an object must:\n<ul>\n	<li>Exhibit the five essential characteristics, namely a self-serving model, providing ubiquitous access, employing resource pooling, offering elasticity, and including a consumption-based analytic model</li>\n	<li>Be delivered in one of the three ways: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, or Infrastructure as a Service</li>\n	<li>Be deployed to either public cloud or private cloud where I consider hybrid cloud is an extension of either of the two</li>\n</ul>\n<strong> </strong>\n\nIndeed cloud computing means different things to different people. And the reason is that cloud computing encompasses the entire spectrum of IT lifecycle from hardware acquisition, infrastructure, networking, software development, production operations and maintenance, to decommission and disposing of resources. And regardless what role and responsibilities an IT professional assumes it is in the umbrella scope of cloud computing. In fact, I always say if you are an IT professional you do know something about cloud computing for sure. This issue in my view is not on understanding cloud computing from a particular point of view, the issue is the inability to connect the dots and articulate the overall vision of cloud computing relevant to a project’s priorities or an individual’s role and responsibilities due to a lack of clarity of what cloud computing is about.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCloud computing in layman\'s terms is a concept, an objective, a state, or a capability such that a business can be available on demand. In the context of IT the concept, the objective, the state, or the capability is realized with digital computing. The key here is this idea of \"on demand\" which is an ambitious and lofty goal for IT. On-demand in cloud computing means anytime, anywhere, any device access, which is the spirit of consumerization of IT which embraces the device of a user\'s choice for productivity. On-demand sets the focus on an intended user and whenever, wherever, and with whatever device the user needs to access an authorized resource, either an application, a runtime environment, or infrastructure the resource will be there, not only accessible but also ready for consumption. On-demand also implies the ability to timely increase capacities as a target market moves upward and perhaps more importantly to decrease capacity when demands subside. On-demand is a result of combining standardization of deployment, automation of operations and processes, and optimization of resource utilization while all requires meticulous capacity planning with a comprehensive system management solution.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis always accessibility and readiness of a resource for an authorized user is the essence of cloud computing. This concept is largely embedded in the term, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>. In other words, cloud computing is to enable a business available of demand, i.e. business as a service. Frequently in a cloud computing discussion we have heard people reference software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, IT as a service, and even everything as a service. They are essentially saying an application available on demand, a runtime environment available on demand, provisioning infrastructure on demand, IT functions available on demand, and a target delivery on demand, respectively. So my terse description of cloud computing is simply a capability to deliver business as a service or make business available on demand.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n<ol>\n	<li>Can you briefly explain the 5-3-2 Principle and what it means to IT and business executives?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong><a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">The 5-3-2 Principle</a> outlines the requirements, the deliveries, and the deployments of cloud computing. For IT decision makers, a clearing understanding with set priorities of these requirements relevant to the core business is imperative. The question is really not if but how much and to what extent a business needs cloud computing in various shapes and forms. All business should and will benefit from being available on demand which is the state for cloud computing to achieve. The strategies and decisions are in principle based on where your business is now and where she needs to be, what capabilities are in place today and what else to be acquired, what  the cash flow looks like and when it can break even, etc. The cost model will be most appropriately developed by IT professionals who know not just how to run IT but to estimate the cost of the operations and processes in a traditional on-premise deployment and a target cloud computing environment.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe 5-3-2 Principle is a modified version of <a href=\"http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf\">NIST SP 800-145</a> which officially defines cloud computing and is a good model to start. However, in my view, SP 800-145 misses addressing an important concept, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>, which is critical for clarifying what cloud computing is about. SP 800-145 also applies inconsistent criteria in defining some of its cloud computing deployment models as I have described in my post, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/nist\">An Inconvenience Truth of NIST Cloud Computing Definition, SP 800-145</a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>Is there a difference between virtualization and cloud computing? If so, what is that difference?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong>Virtualization is not cloud computing and <a href=\"http://aka.ms/v-p1\">cloud computing goes far beyond virtualization</a>. Fundamentally virtualization is not required to abide by the 5-3-2 Principle while cloud computing is. In many occasion, I ask IT professionals what virtualization means to them. And the frequent answers I have been getting are various forms of describing running multiple OS instances with the same hardware which is basically server consolidation. Few mentioned anything about a self-serving model, universal accessibility, or embedded analytics while either is an essential characteristic of cloud computing. When planning a virtualization solution, the main focus for many has been on configuring and delivering virtual machines, and not about the accessibility and readiness of a service which is the application running in and delivered by a set of deployed virtual machines. Further, <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2012/04/03/a-private-cloud-is-about-shortening-go-to-market-by-delivering-itaas.aspx\">cloud computing is to ultimately shorten go-to-market</a> which is why there is such a strong emphasis on the accessibility and the readiness of a target resource. While virtualization is much on the technical integrity of infrastructure which operates under the hood of cloud computing.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>Gartner recently said in its Hype Cycle report that cloud computing has become muddled in the market as vendors are \"cloud washing” and such  miscommunication could ultimately detract end users from the efficiencies cloud computing can bring. Would you agree or disagree with Gartner and why?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong>I agree and again in my view this is largely due to a lack of clarity in understanding what cloud computing is. If not knowing what it is, I can’t imagine how one can effectively articulate why and how it is. Cloud computing is not a product or a particular technology. It is a set of capability with which a business can be available on demand, whatever the business is from deploying a server, to developing an application or delivering flowers. Lately it is getting even more confusing when people start using the term, cloud, interchangeably with remote access, equating virtualization to private cloud,  and employing private cloud, hybrid cloud, and enterprise infrastructure as synonyms, while these term, each represents a specific set of requirements and objectives, targets various business scenarios, and addresses different business challenges. They are simply not the same.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>Switching gears to SharePoint, can you briefly discuss how business professionals can use SharePoint for their business intelligence needs/projects?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong>SharePoint to information worker is just like Active Directory to system administrators. In Windows infrastructure, Active Directory is the one version of truth and the ultimate authority of all objects managed in the associated domain. Eventually anything happens in a domain, starts and ends with Active Directory since in a distributed system as most what we have today in enterprise IT, authentication, authorization, and accounting are the core services IT provides.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSimilarly SharePoint is the repository and the one version of truth of information based on documents and data stored, derived, and delivered in a corporation. When architecting Windows infrastructure, IT professionals start with a Windows domain. When architecting a BI solution, an information architect should start with a SharePoint infrastructure when there is an opportunity. BI has much to do with data warehousing and mining. At the same time, BI is also about data gathering, portability, presentation, accessibility, taxonomy, workflow, extensibility, rights management, HR/CRM/ERP integration, etc. so what to get, how to get it, validated by what, who owns it, who can process it and to be consumed by whom, what is significant and in what way, and on and on, are all in a way contributed to the realization of BI. All the above mentioned are what ultimately SharePoint is designed to delivered. So rather than trying to fit SharePoint into a business process, developing a business process with SharePoint is the fundamental concept we must appreciate. This becomes very obvious when trying to build Windows infrastructure without first planning Active Directory. It just does not work that way. SharePoint needs to be considered with the same level of respect when it comes to information management. Consolidate existing business processes and data and convert them into SharePoint, subsequently run your business and develop BI capabilities with SharePoint to maximize business values and accelerate ROI.','','','inherit','open','open','','7593-revision-2','','','2012-10-15 12:56:18','2012-10-15 16:56:18','',7593,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7593-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(7597,40,'2012-10-15 13:01:39','2012-10-15 17:01:39','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung.png\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7594\" title=\"Yung\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung-262x300.png\" alt=\"Yung Chou of Microsoft\" width=\"183\" height=\"210\" /></a>\n\nWe recently had the opportunity to speak with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou on a few cloud and virtualization related topics. For those of you not familiar with Yung, he\'s a Technology Evangelist on Microsoft\'s US Developer and Platform Evangelism team. Prior to Microsoft, he had established capacities in system programming, application development, consulting services and IT management. His recent technical focuses have been in virtualization and cloud computing with strong interests in private cloud with service-based deployment, hybrid cloud, and emerging enterprise computing architectures.\n\n<a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/\" target=\"_blank\">Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud</a>\n\nWe hope you you find this insight valuable. If you have any questions or comments, leave them below for Yung to answer!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nreview the questions and provide your answers at your convenience. I will then review and send back for final approval. Once I receive approval, we will publish with full attribution to you, including a head shot and link back to your blog (<a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/\">http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/</a>).\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI hope to find you tomorrow at the CTC and introduce myself.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>What is your definition of cloud computing? And why do you believe everyone has their own, distinct definition of cloud computing?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou</strong>] I define cloud computing with <a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">the 5-3-2 Principle</a>. Which specifies that to be qualified with the term, cloud, an object must:\n<ul>\n	<li>Exhibit the five essential characteristics, namely a self-serving model, providing ubiquitous access, employing resource pooling, offering elasticity, and including a consumption-based analytic model</li>\n	<li>Be delivered in one of the three ways: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, or Infrastructure as a Service</li>\n	<li>Be deployed to either public cloud or private cloud where I consider hybrid cloud is an extension of either of the two</li>\n</ul>\n<strong> </strong>\n\nIndeed cloud computing means different things to different people. And the reason is that cloud computing encompasses the entire spectrum of IT lifecycle from hardware acquisition, infrastructure, networking, software development, production operations and maintenance, to decommission and disposing of resources. And regardless what role and responsibilities an IT professional assumes it is in the umbrella scope of cloud computing. In fact, I always say if you are an IT professional you do know something about cloud computing for sure. This issue in my view is not on understanding cloud computing from a particular point of view, the issue is the inability to connect the dots and articulate the overall vision of cloud computing relevant to a project’s priorities or an individual’s role and responsibilities due to a lack of clarity of what cloud computing is about.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCloud computing in layman\'s terms is a concept, an objective, a state, or a capability such that a business can be available on demand. In the context of IT the concept, the objective, the state, or the capability is realized with digital computing. The key here is this idea of \"on demand\" which is an ambitious and lofty goal for IT. On-demand in cloud computing means anytime, anywhere, any device access, which is the spirit of consumerization of IT which embraces the device of a user\'s choice for productivity. On-demand sets the focus on an intended user and whenever, wherever, and with whatever device the user needs to access an authorized resource, either an application, a runtime environment, or infrastructure the resource will be there, not only accessible but also ready for consumption. On-demand also implies the ability to timely increase capacities as a target market moves upward and perhaps more importantly to decrease capacity when demands subside. On-demand is a result of combining standardization of deployment, automation of operations and processes, and optimization of resource utilization while all requires meticulous capacity planning with a comprehensive system management solution.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis always accessibility and readiness of a resource for an authorized user is the essence of cloud computing. This concept is largely embedded in the term, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>. In other words, cloud computing is to enable a business available of demand, i.e. business as a service. Frequently in a cloud computing discussion we have heard people reference software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, IT as a service, and even everything as a service. They are essentially saying an application available on demand, a runtime environment available on demand, provisioning infrastructure on demand, IT functions available on demand, and a target delivery on demand, respectively. So my terse description of cloud computing is simply a capability to deliver business as a service or make business available on demand.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n<ol>\n	<li>Can you briefly explain the 5-3-2 Principle and what it means to IT and business executives?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong><a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">The 5-3-2 Principle</a> outlines the requirements, the deliveries, and the deployments of cloud computing. For IT decision makers, a clearing understanding with set priorities of these requirements relevant to the core business is imperative. The question is really not if but how much and to what extent a business needs cloud computing in various shapes and forms. All business should and will benefit from being available on demand which is the state for cloud computing to achieve. The strategies and decisions are in principle based on where your business is now and where she needs to be, what capabilities are in place today and what else to be acquired, what  the cash flow looks like and when it can break even, etc. The cost model will be most appropriately developed by IT professionals who know not just how to run IT but to estimate the cost of the operations and processes in a traditional on-premise deployment and a target cloud computing environment.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe 5-3-2 Principle is a modified version of <a href=\"http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf\">NIST SP 800-145</a> which officially defines cloud computing and is a good model to start. However, in my view, SP 800-145 misses addressing an important concept, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>, which is critical for clarifying what cloud computing is about. SP 800-145 also applies inconsistent criteria in defining some of its cloud computing deployment models as I have described in my post, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/nist\">An Inconvenience Truth of NIST Cloud Computing Definition, SP 800-145</a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>Is there a difference between virtualization and cloud computing? If so, what is that difference?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong>Virtualization is not cloud computing and <a href=\"http://aka.ms/v-p1\">cloud computing goes far beyond virtualization</a>. Fundamentally virtualization is not required to abide by the 5-3-2 Principle while cloud computing is. In many occasion, I ask IT professionals what virtualization means to them. And the frequent answers I have been getting are various forms of describing running multiple OS instances with the same hardware which is basically server consolidation. Few mentioned anything about a self-serving model, universal accessibility, or embedded analytics while either is an essential characteristic of cloud computing. When planning a virtualization solution, the main focus for many has been on configuring and delivering virtual machines, and not about the accessibility and readiness of a service which is the application running in and delivered by a set of deployed virtual machines. Further, <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2012/04/03/a-private-cloud-is-about-shortening-go-to-market-by-delivering-itaas.aspx\">cloud computing is to ultimately shorten go-to-market</a> which is why there is such a strong emphasis on the accessibility and the readiness of a target resource. While virtualization is much on the technical integrity of infrastructure which operates under the hood of cloud computing.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>Gartner recently said in its Hype Cycle report that cloud computing has become muddled in the market as vendors are \"cloud washing” and such  miscommunication could ultimately detract end users from the efficiencies cloud computing can bring. Would you agree or disagree with Gartner and why?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong>I agree and again in my view this is largely due to a lack of clarity in understanding what cloud computing is. If not knowing what it is, I can’t imagine how one can effectively articulate why and how it is. Cloud computing is not a product or a particular technology. It is a set of capability with which a business can be available on demand, whatever the business is from deploying a server, to developing an application or delivering flowers. Lately it is getting even more confusing when people start using the term, cloud, interchangeably with remote access, equating virtualization to private cloud,  and employing private cloud, hybrid cloud, and enterprise infrastructure as synonyms, while these term, each represents a specific set of requirements and objectives, targets various business scenarios, and addresses different business challenges. They are simply not the same.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>Switching gears to SharePoint, can you briefly discuss how business professionals can use SharePoint for their business intelligence needs/projects?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong>SharePoint to information worker is just like Active Directory to system administrators. In Windows infrastructure, Active Directory is the one version of truth and the ultimate authority of all objects managed in the associated domain. Eventually anything happens in a domain, starts and ends with Active Directory since in a distributed system as most what we have today in enterprise IT, authentication, authorization, and accounting are the core services IT provides.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSimilarly SharePoint is the repository and the one version of truth of information based on documents and data stored, derived, and delivered in a corporation. When architecting Windows infrastructure, IT professionals start with a Windows domain. When architecting a BI solution, an information architect should start with a SharePoint infrastructure when there is an opportunity. BI has much to do with data warehousing and mining. At the same time, BI is also about data gathering, portability, presentation, accessibility, taxonomy, workflow, extensibility, rights management, HR/CRM/ERP integration, etc. so what to get, how to get it, validated by what, who owns it, who can process it and to be consumed by whom, what is significant and in what way, and on and on, are all in a way contributed to the realization of BI. All the above mentioned are what ultimately SharePoint is designed to delivered. So rather than trying to fit SharePoint into a business process, developing a business process with SharePoint is the fundamental concept we must appreciate. This becomes very obvious when trying to build Windows infrastructure without first planning Active Directory. It just does not work that way. SharePoint needs to be considered with the same level of respect when it comes to information management. Consolidate existing business processes and data and convert them into SharePoint, subsequently run your business and develop BI capabilities with SharePoint to maximize business values and accelerate ROI.','','','inherit','open','open','','7593-revision-3','','','2012-10-15 13:01:39','2012-10-15 17:01:39','',7593,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7593-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(7598,40,'2012-10-15 13:04:20','2012-10-15 17:04:20','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung.png\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7594\" title=\"Yung\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung-262x300.png\" alt=\"Yung Chou of Microsoft\" width=\"183\" height=\"210\" /></a>\n\nWe recently had the opportunity to speak with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou on a few cloud and virtualization related topics. For those of you not familiar with Yung, he\'s a Technology Evangelist on Microsoft\'s US Developer and Platform Evangelism team. Prior to Microsoft, he had established capacities in system programming, application development, consulting services and IT management. His recent technical focuses have been in virtualization and cloud computing with strong interests in private cloud with service-based deployment, hybrid cloud, and emerging enterprise computing architectures.\n\nWe hope you you find this insight valuable. If you have any questions or comments, leave them below for Yung to answer!\n\nAnd don\'t forget to check out his blog: <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/\" target=\"_blank\">Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud</a>\n\nreview the questions and provide your answers at your convenience. I will then review and send back for final approval. Once I receive approval, we will publish with full attribution to you, including a head shot and link back to your blog (<a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/\">http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/</a>).\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: </strong>A company executive’s objective is to “do more with less”; how can this be achieved when collaboration and productivity requires the latest technology and applications? For example, incorporating cloud computing, which some believe is hype.</span>\n\n<strong>AR:</strong> This is an area in which the CEO, CFO and IT management must be in agreement and have a level of trust in each other’s role. Given the CEO’s vision for the organization, IT management will design an effective technology environment to support all staff members in achieving that vision. When this IT design has been created in proper alignment with the business vision / mission, it will be very cost-effective in addition to being a performance and cost-reduction catalyst. “Doing more with less” is the natural by-product of a strategic business-aligned IT environment design.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>What is your definition of cloud computing? And why do you believe everyone has their own, distinct definition of cloud computing?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou</strong>] I define cloud computing with <a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">the 5-3-2 Principle</a>. Which specifies that to be qualified with the term, cloud, an object must:\n<ul>\n	<li>Exhibit the five essential characteristics, namely a self-serving model, providing ubiquitous access, employing resource pooling, offering elasticity, and including a consumption-based analytic model</li>\n	<li>Be delivered in one of the three ways: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, or Infrastructure as a Service</li>\n	<li>Be deployed to either public cloud or private cloud where I consider hybrid cloud is an extension of either of the two</li>\n</ul>\n<strong> </strong>\n\nIndeed cloud computing means different things to different people. And the reason is that cloud computing encompasses the entire spectrum of IT lifecycle from hardware acquisition, infrastructure, networking, software development, production operations and maintenance, to decommission and disposing of resources. And regardless what role and responsibilities an IT professional assumes it is in the umbrella scope of cloud computing. In fact, I always say if you are an IT professional you do know something about cloud computing for sure. This issue in my view is not on understanding cloud computing from a particular point of view, the issue is the inability to connect the dots and articulate the overall vision of cloud computing relevant to a project’s priorities or an individual’s role and responsibilities due to a lack of clarity of what cloud computing is about.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCloud computing in layman\'s terms is a concept, an objective, a state, or a capability such that a business can be available on demand. In the context of IT the concept, the objective, the state, or the capability is realized with digital computing. The key here is this idea of \"on demand\" which is an ambitious and lofty goal for IT. On-demand in cloud computing means anytime, anywhere, any device access, which is the spirit of consumerization of IT which embraces the device of a user\'s choice for productivity. On-demand sets the focus on an intended user and whenever, wherever, and with whatever device the user needs to access an authorized resource, either an application, a runtime environment, or infrastructure the resource will be there, not only accessible but also ready for consumption. On-demand also implies the ability to timely increase capacities as a target market moves upward and perhaps more importantly to decrease capacity when demands subside. On-demand is a result of combining standardization of deployment, automation of operations and processes, and optimization of resource utilization while all requires meticulous capacity planning with a comprehensive system management solution.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis always accessibility and readiness of a resource for an authorized user is the essence of cloud computing. This concept is largely embedded in the term, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>. In other words, cloud computing is to enable a business available of demand, i.e. business as a service. Frequently in a cloud computing discussion we have heard people reference software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, IT as a service, and even everything as a service. They are essentially saying an application available on demand, a runtime environment available on demand, provisioning infrastructure on demand, IT functions available on demand, and a target delivery on demand, respectively. So my terse description of cloud computing is simply a capability to deliver business as a service or make business available on demand.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n<ol>\n	<li>Can you briefly explain the 5-3-2 Principle and what it means to IT and business executives?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong><a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">The 5-3-2 Principle</a> outlines the requirements, the deliveries, and the deployments of cloud computing. For IT decision makers, a clearing understanding with set priorities of these requirements relevant to the core business is imperative. The question is really not if but how much and to what extent a business needs cloud computing in various shapes and forms. All business should and will benefit from being available on demand which is the state for cloud computing to achieve. The strategies and decisions are in principle based on where your business is now and where she needs to be, what capabilities are in place today and what else to be acquired, what  the cash flow looks like and when it can break even, etc. The cost model will be most appropriately developed by IT professionals who know not just how to run IT but to estimate the cost of the operations and processes in a traditional on-premise deployment and a target cloud computing environment.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe 5-3-2 Principle is a modified version of <a href=\"http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf\">NIST SP 800-145</a> which officially defines cloud computing and is a good model to start. However, in my view, SP 800-145 misses addressing an important concept, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>, which is critical for clarifying what cloud computing is about. SP 800-145 also applies inconsistent criteria in defining some of its cloud computing deployment models as I have described in my post, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/nist\">An Inconvenience Truth of NIST Cloud Computing Definition, SP 800-145</a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>Is there a difference between virtualization and cloud computing? If so, what is that difference?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong>Virtualization is not cloud computing and <a href=\"http://aka.ms/v-p1\">cloud computing goes far beyond virtualization</a>. Fundamentally virtualization is not required to abide by the 5-3-2 Principle while cloud computing is. In many occasion, I ask IT professionals what virtualization means to them. And the frequent answers I have been getting are various forms of describing running multiple OS instances with the same hardware which is basically server consolidation. Few mentioned anything about a self-serving model, universal accessibility, or embedded analytics while either is an essential characteristic of cloud computing. When planning a virtualization solution, the main focus for many has been on configuring and delivering virtual machines, and not about the accessibility and readiness of a service which is the application running in and delivered by a set of deployed virtual machines. Further, <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2012/04/03/a-private-cloud-is-about-shortening-go-to-market-by-delivering-itaas.aspx\">cloud computing is to ultimately shorten go-to-market</a> which is why there is such a strong emphasis on the accessibility and the readiness of a target resource. While virtualization is much on the technical integrity of infrastructure which operates under the hood of cloud computing.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>Gartner recently said in its Hype Cycle report that cloud computing has become muddled in the market as vendors are \"cloud washing” and such  miscommunication could ultimately detract end users from the efficiencies cloud computing can bring. Would you agree or disagree with Gartner and why?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong>I agree and again in my view this is largely due to a lack of clarity in understanding what cloud computing is. If not knowing what it is, I can’t imagine how one can effectively articulate why and how it is. Cloud computing is not a product or a particular technology. It is a set of capability with which a business can be available on demand, whatever the business is from deploying a server, to developing an application or delivering flowers. Lately it is getting even more confusing when people start using the term, cloud, interchangeably with remote access, equating virtualization to private cloud,  and employing private cloud, hybrid cloud, and enterprise infrastructure as synonyms, while these term, each represents a specific set of requirements and objectives, targets various business scenarios, and addresses different business challenges. They are simply not the same.\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n	<li>Switching gears to SharePoint, can you briefly discuss how business professionals can use SharePoint for their business intelligence needs/projects?</li>\n</ol>\n<strong>[Yung Chou] </strong>SharePoint to information worker is just like Active Directory to system administrators. In Windows infrastructure, Active Directory is the one version of truth and the ultimate authority of all objects managed in the associated domain. Eventually anything happens in a domain, starts and ends with Active Directory since in a distributed system as most what we have today in enterprise IT, authentication, authorization, and accounting are the core services IT provides.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSimilarly SharePoint is the repository and the one version of truth of information based on documents and data stored, derived, and delivered in a corporation. When architecting Windows infrastructure, IT professionals start with a Windows domain. When architecting a BI solution, an information architect should start with a SharePoint infrastructure when there is an opportunity. BI has much to do with data warehousing and mining. At the same time, BI is also about data gathering, portability, presentation, accessibility, taxonomy, workflow, extensibility, rights management, HR/CRM/ERP integration, etc. so what to get, how to get it, validated by what, who owns it, who can process it and to be consumed by whom, what is significant and in what way, and on and on, are all in a way contributed to the realization of BI. All the above mentioned are what ultimately SharePoint is designed to delivered. So rather than trying to fit SharePoint into a business process, developing a business process with SharePoint is the fundamental concept we must appreciate. This becomes very obvious when trying to build Windows infrastructure without first planning Active Directory. It just does not work that way. SharePoint needs to be considered with the same level of respect when it comes to information management. Consolidate existing business processes and data and convert them into SharePoint, subsequently run your business and develop BI capabilities with SharePoint to maximize business values and accelerate ROI.','eGroup Q&A with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou','','inherit','open','open','','7593-revision-4','','','2012-10-15 13:04:20','2012-10-15 17:04:20','',7593,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7593-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(7600,40,'2012-10-15 13:42:37','2012-10-15 17:42:37','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung.png\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7594\" title=\"Yung\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung-262x300.png\" alt=\"Yung Chou of Microsoft\" width=\"183\" height=\"210\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe recently had the opportunity to speak with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou on a few cloud and virtualization related topics. For those of you not familiar with Yung, he\'s a Technology Evangelist on Microsoft\'s US Developer and Platform Evangelism team. Prior to Microsoft, he had established capacities in system programming, application development, consulting services and IT management. His recent technical focuses have been in virtualization and cloud computing with strong interests in private cloud with service-based deployment, hybrid cloud, and emerging enterprise computing architectures.\r\n\r\nWe hope you you find this insight valuable. If you have any questions or comments, leave them below for Yung to answer!\r\n\r\nAnd don\'t forget to check out his blog: <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/\" target=\"_blank\">Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud</a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: </strong>What is your definition of cloud computing? And why do you believe everyone has their own, distinct definition of cloud computing?</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC:</strong> I define cloud computing with <a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">the 5-3-2 Principle</a>. Which specifies that to be qualified with the term, cloud, an object must:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Exhibit the five essential characteristics, namely a self-serving model, providing ubiquitous access, employing resource pooling, offering elasticity, and including a consumption-based analytic model</li>\r\n	<li>Be delivered in one of the three ways: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, or Infrastructure as a Service</li>\r\n	<li>Be deployed to either public cloud or private cloud where I consider hybrid cloud is an extension of either of the two<strong></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong></strong>Indeed, cloud computing means different things to different people. And the reason is that cloud computing encompasses the entire spectrum of IT lifecycle from hardware acquisition, infrastructure, networking, software development, production operations and maintenance, to decommission and disposing of resources. And, regardless what role and responsibilities an IT professional assumes, it is in the umbrella scope of cloud computing. In fact, I always say if you are an IT professional you do know something about cloud computing for sure. This issue, in my view, is not on understanding cloud computing from a particular point of view, the issue is the inability to connect the dots and articulate the overall vision of cloud computing relevant to a project’s priorities or an individual’s role and responsibilities due to a lack of clarity of what cloud computing is about.\r\n\r\nCloud computing, in layman\'s terms, is a concept, an objective, a state, or a capability such that a business can be available on demand. In the context of IT, the concept, the objective, the state, or the capability is realized with digital computing. The key here is this idea of \"on demand\" which is an ambitious and lofty goal for IT. On-demand in cloud computing means anytime, anywhere, any device access, which is the spirit of consumerization of IT which embraces the device of a user\'s choice for productivity. On-demand sets the focus on an intended user and whenever, wherever, and with whatever device the user needs to access an authorized resource, either an application, a run-time environment, or infrastructure, the resource will be there, not only accessible but also ready for consumption. On-demand also implies the ability to timely increase capacities as a target market moves upward and perhaps more importantly to decrease capacity when demands subside. On-demand is a result of combining standardization of deployment, automation of operations and processes, and optimization of resource utilization while all requires meticulous capacity planning with a comprehensive system management solution.\r\n\r\nThis always accessibility and readiness of a resource for an authorized user is the essence of cloud computing. This concept is largely embedded in the term, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>. In other words, cloud computing is to enable a business available of demand, i.e. business as a service. Frequently in a cloud computing discussion we have heard people reference software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, IT as a service, and even everything as a service. They are essentially saying an application available on demand, a run-time environment available on demand, provisioning infrastructure on demand, IT functions available on demand, and a target delivery on demand, respectively.\r\n\r\nSo my terse description of cloud computing is simply a capability to deliver business as a service or make business available on demand.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Can you explain the 5-3-2 Principle and what it means to IT and business executives</strong>?</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong><a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">The 5-3-2 Principle</a> outlines the requirements, the deliveries, and the deployments of cloud computing. For IT decision makers, a clear understanding with set priorities of these requirements relevant to the core business is imperative. The question is really not <em>if</em> but <em>how much</em> and to what extent a business needs cloud computing in various shapes and forms. All business should and will benefit from being available on demand which is the state for cloud computing to achieve. The strategies and decisions are, in principle, based on where your business is now and where it needs to be, what capabilities are in place today and what else to be acquired, what the cash flow looks like and when it can break even, etc. The cost model will be most appropriately developed by IT professionals who know not just how to run IT but to estimate the cost of the operations and processes in a traditional on-premise deployment and a target cloud computing environment.\r\n\r\nThe 5-3-2 Principle is a modified version of <a href=\"http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf\">NIST SP 800-145</a> which officially defines cloud computing and is a good model to start. However, in my view, SP 800-145 misses addressing an important concept, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>, which is critical for clarifying what cloud computing is about. SP 800-145 also applies inconsistent criteria in defining some of its cloud computing deployment models as I have described in my post, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/nist\">An Inconvenience Truth of NIST Cloud Computing Definition, SP 800-145</a>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Is there a difference between virtualization and cloud computing? If so, what is that difference?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>Virtualization is not cloud computing and <a href=\"http://aka.ms/v-p1\">cloud computing goes far beyond virtualization</a>. Fundamentally, virtualization is not required to abide by the 5-3-2 Principle while cloud computing is. In many occasion, I ask IT professionals what virtualization means to them. And the frequent answers I have been getting are various forms of describing running multiple OS instances with the same hardware which is basically server consolidation. Few mentioned anything about a self-serving model, universal accessibility, or embedded analytics while either is an essential characteristic of cloud computing. When planning a virtualization solution, the main focus for many has been on configuring and delivering virtual machines, and not about the accessibility and readiness of a service which is the application running in and delivered by a set of deployed virtual machines. Further, <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2012/04/03/a-private-cloud-is-about-shortening-go-to-market-by-delivering-itaas.aspx\">cloud computing is to ultimately shorten go-to-market</a> which is why there is such a strong emphasis on the accessibility and the readiness of a target resource. While virtualization is much on the technical integrity of infrastructure which operates under the hood of cloud computing.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Gartner recently said in its Hype Cycle report that cloud computing has become muddled in the market as vendors are \"cloud washing” and such miscommunication could ultimately detract end users from the efficiencies cloud computing can bring. Would you agree or disagree with Gartner and why?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>I agree and again, in my view, this is largely due to a lack of clarity in understanding what cloud computing is. If not knowing what it is, I can’t imagine how one can effectively articulate why and how it is. Cloud computing is not a product or a particular technology. It is a set of capabilies with which a business can be available on demand, whatever the business is from deploying a server, to developing an application or delivering flowers. Lately it is getting even more confusing when people start using the term, cloud, interchangeably with remote access, equating virtualization to private cloud, and employing private cloud, hybrid cloud, and enterprise infrastructure as synonyms, while these terms, each represents a specific set of requirements and objectives, targets various business scenarios, and addresses different business challenges. They are simply not the same.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Switching gears to SharePoint, can you briefly discuss how business professionals can use SharePoint for their business intelligence needs/projects?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>SharePoint, to the information worker, is just like Active Directory is to system administrators. In Windows infrastructure, Active Directory is the one version of truth and the ultimate authority of all objects managed in the associated domain. Eventually anything happens in a domain, starts and ends with Active Directory since in a distributed system as most what we have today in enterprise IT, authentication, authorization, and accounting are the core services IT provides.\r\n\r\nSimilarly, SharePoint is the repository and the one version of truth of information based on documents and data stored, derived, and delivered in a corporation. When architecting Windows infrastructure, IT professionals start with a Windows domain. When architecting a BI solution, an information architect should start with a SharePoint infrastructure when there is an opportunity. BI has much to do with data warehousing and mining. At the same time, BI is also about data gathering, portability, presentation, accessibility, taxonomy, workflow, extensibility, rights management, HR/CRM/ERP integration, etc. so what to get, how to get it, validated by what, who owns it, who can process it and to be consumed by whom, what is significant and in what way, and on and on, are all in a way contributed to the realization of BI. All the above mentioned are what ultimately SharePoint is designed to deliver.\r\n\r\nSo rather than trying to fit SharePoint into a business process, developing a business process with SharePoint is the fundamental concept we must appreciate. This becomes very obvious when trying to build Windows infrastructure without first planning Active Directory. It just does not work that way. SharePoint needs to be considered with the same level of respect when it comes to information management. Consolidate existing business processes and data and convert them into SharePoint, subsequently run your business and develop BI capabilities with SharePoint to maximize business values and accelerate ROI.','eGroup Q&A with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou','','inherit','open','open','','7593-revision-6','','','2012-10-15 13:42:37','2012-10-15 17:42:37','',7593,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7593-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(7601,40,'2012-10-15 13:43:44','2012-10-15 17:43:44','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung.png\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7594\" title=\"Yung\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung-262x300.png\" alt=\"Yung Chou of Microsoft\" width=\"183\" height=\"210\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe recently had the opportunity to speak with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou on a few cloud and virtualization related topics. For those of you not familiar with Yung, he\'s a Technology Evangelist on Microsoft\'s US Developer and Platform Evangelism team. Prior to Microsoft, he had established capacities in system programming, application development, consulting services and IT management. His recent technical focuses have been in virtualization and cloud computing with strong interests in private cloud with service-based deployment, hybrid cloud, and emerging enterprise computing architectures.\r\n\r\nWe hope you you find this insight valuable. If you have any questions or comments, leave them below for Yung to answer!\r\n\r\nAnd don\'t forget to check out his blog: <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/\" target=\"_blank\">Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud</a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: </strong>What is your definition of cloud computing? And why do you believe everyone has their own, distinct definition of cloud computing?</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC:</strong> I define cloud computing with <a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">the 5-3-2 Principle</a>. Which specifies that to be qualified with the term, cloud, an object must:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Exhibit the five essential characteristics, namely a self-serving model, providing ubiquitous access, employing resource pooling, offering elasticity, and including a consumption-based analytic model</li>\r\n	<li>Be delivered in one of the three ways: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, or Infrastructure as a Service</li>\r\n	<li>Be deployed to either public cloud or private cloud where I consider hybrid cloud is an extension of either of the two<strong></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong></strong>Indeed, cloud computing means different things to different people. And the reason is that cloud computing encompasses the entire spectrum of IT lifecycle from hardware acquisition, infrastructure, networking, software development, production operations and maintenance, to decommission and disposing of resources. And, regardless what role and responsibilities an IT professional assumes, it is in the umbrella scope of cloud computing. In fact, I always say if you are an IT professional you do know something about cloud computing for sure. This issue, in my view, is not on understanding cloud computing from a particular point of view, the issue is the inability to connect the dots and articulate the overall vision of cloud computing relevant to a project’s priorities or an individual’s role and responsibilities due to a lack of clarity of what cloud computing is about.\r\n\r\nCloud computing, in layman\'s terms, is a concept, an objective, a state, or a capability such that a business can be available on demand. In the context of IT, the concept, the objective, the state, or the capability is realized with digital computing. The key here is this idea of \"on demand\" which is an ambitious and lofty goal for IT. On-demand in cloud computing means anytime, anywhere, any device access, which is the spirit of consumerization of IT which embraces the device of a user\'s choice for productivity. On-demand sets the focus on an intended user and whenever, wherever, and with whatever device the user needs to access an authorized resource, either an application, a run-time environment, or infrastructure, the resource will be there, not only accessible but also ready for consumption. On-demand also implies the ability to timely increase capacities as a target market moves upward and perhaps more importantly to decrease capacity when demands subside. On-demand is a result of combining standardization of deployment, automation of operations and processes, and optimization of resource utilization while all requires meticulous capacity planning with a comprehensive system management solution.\r\n\r\nThis always accessibility and readiness of a resource for an authorized user is the essence of cloud computing. This concept is largely embedded in the term, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>. In other words, cloud computing is to enable a business available of demand, i.e. business as a service. Frequently in a cloud computing discussion we have heard people reference software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, IT as a service, and even everything as a service. They are essentially saying an application available on demand, a run-time environment available on demand, provisioning infrastructure on demand, IT functions available on demand, and a target delivery on demand, respectively.\r\n\r\nSo my terse description of cloud computing is simply a capability to deliver business as a service or make business available on demand.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Can you explain the 5-3-2 Principle and what it means to IT and business executives</strong>?</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong><a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">The 5-3-2 Principle</a> outlines the requirements, the deliveries, and the deployments of cloud computing. For IT decision makers, a clear understanding with set priorities of these requirements relevant to the core business is imperative. The question is really not <em>if</em> but <em>how much</em> and to what extent a business needs cloud computing in various shapes and forms. All business should and will benefit from being available on demand which is the state for cloud computing to achieve. The strategies and decisions are, in principle, based on where your business is now and where it needs to be, what capabilities are in place today and what else to be acquired, what the cash flow looks like and when it can break even, etc. The cost model will be most appropriately developed by IT professionals who know not just how to run IT but to estimate the cost of the operations and processes in a traditional on-premise deployment and a target cloud computing environment.\r\n\r\nThe 5-3-2 Principle is a modified version of <a href=\"http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf\">NIST SP 800-145</a> which officially defines cloud computing and is a good model to start. However, in my view, SP 800-145 misses addressing an important concept, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>, which is critical for clarifying what cloud computing is about. SP 800-145 also applies inconsistent criteria in defining some of its cloud computing deployment models as I have described in my post, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/nist\">An Inconvenience Truth of NIST Cloud Computing Definition, SP 800-145</a>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Is there a difference between virtualization and cloud computing? If so, what is that difference?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>Virtualization is not cloud computing and <a href=\"http://aka.ms/v-p1\">cloud computing goes far beyond virtualization</a>. Fundamentally, virtualization is not required to abide by the 5-3-2 Principle while cloud computing is. In many occasion, I ask IT professionals what virtualization means to them. And the frequent answers I have been getting are various forms of describing running multiple OS instances with the same hardware which is basically server consolidation. Few mentioned anything about a self-serving model, universal accessibility, or embedded analytics while either is an essential characteristic of cloud computing. When planning a virtualization solution, the main focus for many has been on configuring and delivering virtual machines, and not about the accessibility and readiness of a service which is the application running in and delivered by a set of deployed virtual machines. Further, <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2012/04/03/a-private-cloud-is-about-shortening-go-to-market-by-delivering-itaas.aspx\">cloud computing is to ultimately shorten go-to-market</a> which is why there is such a strong emphasis on the accessibility and the readiness of a target resource. While virtualization is much on the technical integrity of infrastructure which operates under the hood of cloud computing.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Gartner recently said in its Hype Cycle report that cloud computing has become muddled in the market as vendors are \"cloud washing” and such miscommunication could ultimately detract end users from the efficiencies cloud computing can bring. Would you agree or disagree with Gartner and why?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>I agree and again, in my view, this is largely due to a lack of clarity in understanding what cloud computing is. If not knowing what it is, I can’t imagine how one can effectively articulate why and how it is. Cloud computing is not a product or a particular technology. It is a set of capabilies with which a business can be available on demand, whatever the business is from deploying a server, to developing an application or delivering flowers. Lately it is getting even more confusing when people start using the term, cloud, interchangeably with remote access, equating virtualization to private cloud, and employing private cloud, hybrid cloud, and enterprise infrastructure as synonyms, while these terms, each represents a specific set of requirements and objectives, targets various business scenarios, and addresses different business challenges. They are simply not the same.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Switching gears to SharePoint, can you briefly discuss how business professionals can use SharePoint for their business intelligence needs/projects?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>SharePoint, to the information worker, is just like Active Directory is to system administrators. In Windows infrastructure, Active Directory is the one version of truth and the ultimate authority of all objects managed in the associated domain. Eventually anything happens in a domain, starts and ends with Active Directory since in a distributed system as most what we have today in enterprise IT, authentication, authorization, and accounting are the core services IT provides.\r\n\r\nSimilarly, SharePoint is the repository and the one version of truth of information based on documents and data stored, derived, and delivered in a corporation. When architecting Windows infrastructure, IT professionals start with a Windows domain. When architecting a BI solution, an information architect should start with a SharePoint infrastructure when there is an opportunity. BI has much to do with data warehousing and mining. At the same time, BI is also about data gathering, portability, presentation, accessibility, taxonomy, workflow, extensibility, rights management, HR/CRM/ERP integration, etc. so what to get, how to get it, validated by what, who owns it, who can process it and to be consumed by whom, what is significant and in what way, and on and on, are all in a way contributed to the realization of BI. All the above mentioned are what ultimately SharePoint is designed to deliver.\r\n\r\nSo rather than trying to fit SharePoint into a business process, developing a business process with SharePoint is the fundamental concept we must appreciate. This becomes very obvious when trying to build Windows infrastructure without first planning Active Directory. It just does not work that way. SharePoint needs to be considered with the same level of respect when it comes to information management. Consolidate existing business processes and data and convert them into SharePoint, subsequently run your business and develop BI capabilities with SharePoint to maximize business values and accelerate ROI.','On Cloud Computing & Virtualization: Q&A with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou','','inherit','open','open','','7593-revision-7','','','2012-10-15 13:43:44','2012-10-15 17:43:44','',7593,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7593-revision-7',0,'revision','',0),(7602,40,'2012-10-15 13:44:42','2012-10-15 17:44:42','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung.png\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7594\" title=\"Yung\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung-262x300.png\" alt=\"Yung Chou of Microsoft\" width=\"183\" height=\"210\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe recently had the opportunity to speak with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou on a few cloud computing and virtualization related topics. For those of you not familiar with Yung, he\'s a Technology Evangelist on Microsoft\'s US Developer and Platform Evangelism team. Prior to Microsoft, he had established capacities in system programming, application development, consulting services and IT management. His recent technical focuses have been in virtualization and cloud computing with strong interests in private cloud with service-based deployment, hybrid cloud, and emerging enterprise computing architectures.\r\n\r\nWe hope you you find this insight valuable. If you have any questions or comments, leave them below for Yung to answer!\r\n\r\nAnd don\'t forget to check out his blog: <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/\" target=\"_blank\">Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud</a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: </strong>What is your definition of cloud computing? And why do you believe everyone has their own, distinct definition of cloud computing?</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC:</strong> I define cloud computing with <a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">the 5-3-2 Principle</a>. Which specifies that to be qualified with the term, cloud, an object must:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Exhibit the five essential characteristics, namely a self-serving model, providing ubiquitous access, employing resource pooling, offering elasticity, and including a consumption-based analytic model</li>\r\n	<li>Be delivered in one of the three ways: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, or Infrastructure as a Service</li>\r\n	<li>Be deployed to either public cloud or private cloud where I consider hybrid cloud is an extension of either of the two<strong></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong></strong>Indeed, cloud computing means different things to different people. And the reason is that cloud computing encompasses the entire spectrum of IT lifecycle from hardware acquisition, infrastructure, networking, software development, production operations and maintenance, to decommission and disposing of resources. And, regardless what role and responsibilities an IT professional assumes, it is in the umbrella scope of cloud computing. In fact, I always say if you are an IT professional you do know something about cloud computing for sure. This issue, in my view, is not on understanding cloud computing from a particular point of view, the issue is the inability to connect the dots and articulate the overall vision of cloud computing relevant to a project’s priorities or an individual’s role and responsibilities due to a lack of clarity of what cloud computing is about.\r\n\r\nCloud computing, in layman\'s terms, is a concept, an objective, a state, or a capability such that a business can be available on demand. In the context of IT, the concept, the objective, the state, or the capability is realized with digital computing. The key here is this idea of \"on demand\" which is an ambitious and lofty goal for IT. On-demand in cloud computing means anytime, anywhere, any device access, which is the spirit of consumerization of IT which embraces the device of a user\'s choice for productivity. On-demand sets the focus on an intended user and whenever, wherever, and with whatever device the user needs to access an authorized resource, either an application, a run-time environment, or infrastructure, the resource will be there, not only accessible but also ready for consumption. On-demand also implies the ability to timely increase capacities as a target market moves upward and perhaps more importantly to decrease capacity when demands subside. On-demand is a result of combining standardization of deployment, automation of operations and processes, and optimization of resource utilization while all requires meticulous capacity planning with a comprehensive system management solution.\r\n\r\nThis always accessibility and readiness of a resource for an authorized user is the essence of cloud computing. This concept is largely embedded in the term, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>. In other words, cloud computing is to enable a business available of demand, i.e. business as a service. Frequently in a cloud computing discussion we have heard people reference software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, IT as a service, and even everything as a service. They are essentially saying an application available on demand, a run-time environment available on demand, provisioning infrastructure on demand, IT functions available on demand, and a target delivery on demand, respectively.\r\n\r\nSo my terse description of cloud computing is simply a capability to deliver business as a service or make business available on demand.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Can you explain the 5-3-2 Principle and what it means to IT and business executives</strong>?</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong><a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">The 5-3-2 Principle</a> outlines the requirements, the deliveries, and the deployments of cloud computing. For IT decision makers, a clear understanding with set priorities of these requirements relevant to the core business is imperative. The question is really not <em>if</em> but <em>how much</em> and to what extent a business needs cloud computing in various shapes and forms. All business should and will benefit from being available on demand which is the state for cloud computing to achieve. The strategies and decisions are, in principle, based on where your business is now and where it needs to be, what capabilities are in place today and what else to be acquired, what the cash flow looks like and when it can break even, etc. The cost model will be most appropriately developed by IT professionals who know not just how to run IT but to estimate the cost of the operations and processes in a traditional on-premise deployment and a target cloud computing environment.\r\n\r\nThe 5-3-2 Principle is a modified version of <a href=\"http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf\">NIST SP 800-145</a> which officially defines cloud computing and is a good model to start. However, in my view, SP 800-145 misses addressing an important concept, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>, which is critical for clarifying what cloud computing is about. SP 800-145 also applies inconsistent criteria in defining some of its cloud computing deployment models as I have described in my post, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/nist\">An Inconvenience Truth of NIST Cloud Computing Definition, SP 800-145</a>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Is there a difference between virtualization and cloud computing? If so, what is that difference?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>Virtualization is not cloud computing and <a href=\"http://aka.ms/v-p1\">cloud computing goes far beyond virtualization</a>. Fundamentally, virtualization is not required to abide by the 5-3-2 Principle while cloud computing is. In many occasion, I ask IT professionals what virtualization means to them. And the frequent answers I have been getting are various forms of describing running multiple OS instances with the same hardware which is basically server consolidation. Few mentioned anything about a self-serving model, universal accessibility, or embedded analytics while either is an essential characteristic of cloud computing. When planning a virtualization solution, the main focus for many has been on configuring and delivering virtual machines, and not about the accessibility and readiness of a service which is the application running in and delivered by a set of deployed virtual machines. Further, <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2012/04/03/a-private-cloud-is-about-shortening-go-to-market-by-delivering-itaas.aspx\">cloud computing is to ultimately shorten go-to-market</a> which is why there is such a strong emphasis on the accessibility and the readiness of a target resource. While virtualization is much on the technical integrity of infrastructure which operates under the hood of cloud computing.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Gartner recently said in its Hype Cycle report that cloud computing has become muddled in the market as vendors are \"cloud washing” and such miscommunication could ultimately detract end users from the efficiencies cloud computing can bring. Would you agree or disagree with Gartner and why?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>I agree and again, in my view, this is largely due to a lack of clarity in understanding what cloud computing is. If not knowing what it is, I can’t imagine how one can effectively articulate why and how it is. Cloud computing is not a product or a particular technology. It is a set of capabilies with which a business can be available on demand, whatever the business is from deploying a server, to developing an application or delivering flowers. Lately it is getting even more confusing when people start using the term, cloud, interchangeably with remote access, equating virtualization to private cloud, and employing private cloud, hybrid cloud, and enterprise infrastructure as synonyms, while these terms, each represents a specific set of requirements and objectives, targets various business scenarios, and addresses different business challenges. They are simply not the same.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Switching gears to SharePoint, can you briefly discuss how business professionals can use SharePoint for their business intelligence needs/projects?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>SharePoint, to the information worker, is just like Active Directory is to system administrators. In Windows infrastructure, Active Directory is the one version of truth and the ultimate authority of all objects managed in the associated domain. Eventually anything happens in a domain, starts and ends with Active Directory since in a distributed system as most what we have today in enterprise IT, authentication, authorization, and accounting are the core services IT provides.\r\n\r\nSimilarly, SharePoint is the repository and the one version of truth of information based on documents and data stored, derived, and delivered in a corporation. When architecting Windows infrastructure, IT professionals start with a Windows domain. When architecting a BI solution, an information architect should start with a SharePoint infrastructure when there is an opportunity. BI has much to do with data warehousing and mining. At the same time, BI is also about data gathering, portability, presentation, accessibility, taxonomy, workflow, extensibility, rights management, HR/CRM/ERP integration, etc. so what to get, how to get it, validated by what, who owns it, who can process it and to be consumed by whom, what is significant and in what way, and on and on, are all in a way contributed to the realization of BI. All the above mentioned are what ultimately SharePoint is designed to deliver.\r\n\r\nSo rather than trying to fit SharePoint into a business process, developing a business process with SharePoint is the fundamental concept we must appreciate. This becomes very obvious when trying to build Windows infrastructure without first planning Active Directory. It just does not work that way. SharePoint needs to be considered with the same level of respect when it comes to information management. Consolidate existing business processes and data and convert them into SharePoint, subsequently run your business and develop BI capabilities with SharePoint to maximize business values and accelerate ROI.','On Cloud Computing & Virtualization: Q&A with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou','','inherit','open','open','','7593-revision-8','','','2012-10-15 13:44:42','2012-10-15 17:44:42','',7593,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7593-revision-8',0,'revision','',0),(7603,40,'2012-10-15 13:45:16','2012-10-15 17:45:16','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung.png\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7594\" title=\"Yung\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung-262x300.png\" alt=\"Yung Chou Cloud Computing Evangelist of Microsoft\" width=\"183\" height=\"210\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe recently had the opportunity to speak with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou on a few cloud computing and virtualization related topics. For those of you not familiar with Yung, he\'s a Technology Evangelist on Microsoft\'s US Developer and Platform Evangelism team. Prior to Microsoft, he had established capacities in system programming, application development, consulting services and IT management. His recent technical focuses have been in virtualization and cloud computing with strong interests in private cloud with service-based deployment, hybrid cloud, and emerging enterprise computing architectures.\r\n\r\nWe hope you you find this insight valuable. If you have any questions or comments, leave them below for Yung to answer!\r\n\r\nAnd don\'t forget to check out his blog: <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/\" target=\"_blank\">Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud</a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: </strong>What is your definition of cloud computing? And why do you believe everyone has their own, distinct definition of cloud computing?</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC:</strong> I define cloud computing with <a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">the 5-3-2 Principle</a>. Which specifies that to be qualified with the term, cloud, an object must:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Exhibit the five essential characteristics, namely a self-serving model, providing ubiquitous access, employing resource pooling, offering elasticity, and including a consumption-based analytic model</li>\r\n	<li>Be delivered in one of the three ways: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, or Infrastructure as a Service</li>\r\n	<li>Be deployed to either public cloud or private cloud where I consider hybrid cloud is an extension of either of the two<strong></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong></strong>Indeed, cloud computing means different things to different people. And the reason is that cloud computing encompasses the entire spectrum of IT lifecycle from hardware acquisition, infrastructure, networking, software development, production operations and maintenance, to decommission and disposing of resources. And, regardless what role and responsibilities an IT professional assumes, it is in the umbrella scope of cloud computing. In fact, I always say if you are an IT professional you do know something about cloud computing for sure. This issue, in my view, is not on understanding cloud computing from a particular point of view, the issue is the inability to connect the dots and articulate the overall vision of cloud computing relevant to a project’s priorities or an individual’s role and responsibilities due to a lack of clarity of what cloud computing is about.\r\n\r\nCloud computing, in layman\'s terms, is a concept, an objective, a state, or a capability such that a business can be available on demand. In the context of IT, the concept, the objective, the state, or the capability is realized with digital computing. The key here is this idea of \"on demand\" which is an ambitious and lofty goal for IT. On-demand in cloud computing means anytime, anywhere, any device access, which is the spirit of consumerization of IT which embraces the device of a user\'s choice for productivity. On-demand sets the focus on an intended user and whenever, wherever, and with whatever device the user needs to access an authorized resource, either an application, a run-time environment, or infrastructure, the resource will be there, not only accessible but also ready for consumption. On-demand also implies the ability to timely increase capacities as a target market moves upward and perhaps more importantly to decrease capacity when demands subside. On-demand is a result of combining standardization of deployment, automation of operations and processes, and optimization of resource utilization while all requires meticulous capacity planning with a comprehensive system management solution.\r\n\r\nThis always accessibility and readiness of a resource for an authorized user is the essence of cloud computing. This concept is largely embedded in the term, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>. In other words, cloud computing is to enable a business available of demand, i.e. business as a service. Frequently in a cloud computing discussion we have heard people reference software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, IT as a service, and even everything as a service. They are essentially saying an application available on demand, a run-time environment available on demand, provisioning infrastructure on demand, IT functions available on demand, and a target delivery on demand, respectively.\r\n\r\nSo my terse description of cloud computing is simply a capability to deliver business as a service or make business available on demand.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Can you explain the 5-3-2 Principle and what it means to IT and business executives</strong>?</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong><a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">The 5-3-2 Principle</a> outlines the requirements, the deliveries, and the deployments of cloud computing. For IT decision makers, a clear understanding with set priorities of these requirements relevant to the core business is imperative. The question is really not <em>if</em> but <em>how much</em> and to what extent a business needs cloud computing in various shapes and forms. All business should and will benefit from being available on demand which is the state for cloud computing to achieve. The strategies and decisions are, in principle, based on where your business is now and where it needs to be, what capabilities are in place today and what else to be acquired, what the cash flow looks like and when it can break even, etc. The cost model will be most appropriately developed by IT professionals who know not just how to run IT but to estimate the cost of the operations and processes in a traditional on-premise deployment and a target cloud computing environment.\r\n\r\nThe 5-3-2 Principle is a modified version of <a href=\"http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf\">NIST SP 800-145</a> which officially defines cloud computing and is a good model to start. However, in my view, SP 800-145 misses addressing an important concept, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>, which is critical for clarifying what cloud computing is about. SP 800-145 also applies inconsistent criteria in defining some of its cloud computing deployment models as I have described in my post, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/nist\">An Inconvenience Truth of NIST Cloud Computing Definition, SP 800-145</a>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Is there a difference between virtualization and cloud computing? If so, what is that difference?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>Virtualization is not cloud computing and <a href=\"http://aka.ms/v-p1\">cloud computing goes far beyond virtualization</a>. Fundamentally, virtualization is not required to abide by the 5-3-2 Principle while cloud computing is. In many occasion, I ask IT professionals what virtualization means to them. And the frequent answers I have been getting are various forms of describing running multiple OS instances with the same hardware which is basically server consolidation. Few mentioned anything about a self-serving model, universal accessibility, or embedded analytics while either is an essential characteristic of cloud computing. When planning a virtualization solution, the main focus for many has been on configuring and delivering virtual machines, and not about the accessibility and readiness of a service which is the application running in and delivered by a set of deployed virtual machines. Further, <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2012/04/03/a-private-cloud-is-about-shortening-go-to-market-by-delivering-itaas.aspx\">cloud computing is to ultimately shorten go-to-market</a> which is why there is such a strong emphasis on the accessibility and the readiness of a target resource. While virtualization is much on the technical integrity of infrastructure which operates under the hood of cloud computing.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Gartner recently said in its Hype Cycle report that cloud computing has become muddled in the market as vendors are \"cloud washing” and such miscommunication could ultimately detract end users from the efficiencies cloud computing can bring. Would you agree or disagree with Gartner and why?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>I agree and again, in my view, this is largely due to a lack of clarity in understanding what cloud computing is. If not knowing what it is, I can’t imagine how one can effectively articulate why and how it is. Cloud computing is not a product or a particular technology. It is a set of capabilies with which a business can be available on demand, whatever the business is from deploying a server, to developing an application or delivering flowers. Lately it is getting even more confusing when people start using the term, cloud, interchangeably with remote access, equating virtualization to private cloud, and employing private cloud, hybrid cloud, and enterprise infrastructure as synonyms, while these terms, each represents a specific set of requirements and objectives, targets various business scenarios, and addresses different business challenges. They are simply not the same.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Switching gears to SharePoint, can you briefly discuss how business professionals can use SharePoint for their business intelligence needs/projects?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>SharePoint, to the information worker, is just like Active Directory is to system administrators. In Windows infrastructure, Active Directory is the one version of truth and the ultimate authority of all objects managed in the associated domain. Eventually anything happens in a domain, starts and ends with Active Directory since in a distributed system as most what we have today in enterprise IT, authentication, authorization, and accounting are the core services IT provides.\r\n\r\nSimilarly, SharePoint is the repository and the one version of truth of information based on documents and data stored, derived, and delivered in a corporation. When architecting Windows infrastructure, IT professionals start with a Windows domain. When architecting a BI solution, an information architect should start with a SharePoint infrastructure when there is an opportunity. BI has much to do with data warehousing and mining. At the same time, BI is also about data gathering, portability, presentation, accessibility, taxonomy, workflow, extensibility, rights management, HR/CRM/ERP integration, etc. so what to get, how to get it, validated by what, who owns it, who can process it and to be consumed by whom, what is significant and in what way, and on and on, are all in a way contributed to the realization of BI. All the above mentioned are what ultimately SharePoint is designed to deliver.\r\n\r\nSo rather than trying to fit SharePoint into a business process, developing a business process with SharePoint is the fundamental concept we must appreciate. This becomes very obvious when trying to build Windows infrastructure without first planning Active Directory. It just does not work that way. SharePoint needs to be considered with the same level of respect when it comes to information management. Consolidate existing business processes and data and convert them into SharePoint, subsequently run your business and develop BI capabilities with SharePoint to maximize business values and accelerate ROI.','On Cloud Computing & Virtualization: Q&A with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou','','inherit','open','open','','7593-revision-9','','','2012-10-15 13:45:16','2012-10-15 17:45:16','',7593,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7593-revision-9',0,'revision','',0),(7604,40,'2012-10-15 13:45:58','2012-10-15 17:45:58','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung.png\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7594\" title=\"Yung\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung-262x300.png\" alt=\"Yung Chou Cloud Computing Evangelist of Microsoft\" width=\"183\" height=\"210\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWe recently had the opportunity to speak with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou on a few cloud computing and virtualization related topics. For those of you not familiar with Yung, he\'s a Technology Evangelist on Microsoft\'s US Developer and Platform Evangelism team. Prior to Microsoft, he had established capacities in system programming, application development, consulting services and IT management. His recent technical focuses have been in virtualization and cloud computing with strong interests in private cloud with service-based deployment, hybrid cloud, and emerging enterprise computing architectures.\r\n\r\nWe hope you you find this insight valuable. If you have any questions or comments, leave them below for Yung to answer!\r\n\r\nAnd don\'t forget to check out his blog: <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/\" target=\"_blank\">Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud</a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: </strong>What is your definition of cloud computing? And why do you believe everyone has their own, distinct definition of cloud computing?</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC:</strong> I define cloud computing with <a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">the 5-3-2 Principle</a>. Which specifies that to be qualified with the term, cloud, an object must:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Exhibit the five essential characteristics, namely a self-serving model, providing ubiquitous access, employing resource pooling, offering elasticity, and including a consumption-based analytic model</li>\r\n	<li>Be delivered in one of the three ways: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, or Infrastructure as a Service</li>\r\n	<li>Be deployed to either public cloud or private cloud where I consider hybrid cloud is an extension of either of the two<strong></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong></strong>Indeed, cloud computing means different things to different people. And the reason is that cloud computing encompasses the entire spectrum of IT lifecycle from hardware acquisition, infrastructure, networking, software development, production operations and maintenance, to decommission and disposing of resources. And, regardless what role and responsibilities an IT professional assumes, it is in the umbrella scope of cloud computing. In fact, I always say if you are an IT professional you do know something about cloud computing for sure. This issue, in my view, is not on understanding cloud computing from a particular point of view, the issue is the inability to connect the dots and articulate the overall vision of cloud computing relevant to a project’s priorities or an individual’s role and responsibilities due to a lack of clarity of what cloud computing is about.\r\n\r\nCloud computing, in layman\'s terms, is a concept, an objective, a state, or a capability such that a business can be available on demand. In the context of IT, the concept, the objective, the state, or the capability is realized with digital computing. The key here is this idea of \"on demand\" which is an ambitious and lofty goal for IT. On-demand in cloud computing means anytime, anywhere, any device access, which is the spirit of consumerization of IT which embraces the device of a user\'s choice for productivity. On-demand sets the focus on an intended user and whenever, wherever, and with whatever device the user needs to access an authorized resource, either an application, a run-time environment, or infrastructure, the resource will be there, not only accessible but also ready for consumption. On-demand also implies the ability to timely increase capacities as a target market moves upward and perhaps more importantly to decrease capacity when demands subside. On-demand is a result of combining standardization of deployment, automation of operations and processes, and optimization of resource utilization while all requires meticulous capacity planning with a comprehensive system management solution.\r\n\r\nThis always accessibility and readiness of a resource for an authorized user is the essence of cloud computing. This concept is largely embedded in the term, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>. In other words, cloud computing is to enable a business available of demand, i.e. business as a service. Frequently in a cloud computing discussion we have heard people reference software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, IT as a service, and even everything as a service. They are essentially saying an application available on demand, a run-time environment available on demand, provisioning infrastructure on demand, IT functions available on demand, and a target delivery on demand, respectively.\r\n\r\nSo my terse description of cloud computing is simply a capability to deliver business as a service or make business available on demand.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Can you explain the 5-3-2 Principle and what it means to IT and business executives</strong>?</span>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong><a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">The 5-3-2 Principle</a> outlines the requirements, the deliveries, and the deployments of cloud computing. For IT decision makers, a clear understanding with set priorities of these requirements relevant to the core business is imperative. The question is really not <em>if</em> but <em>how much</em> and to what extent a business needs cloud computing in various shapes and forms. All business should and will benefit from being available on demand which is the state for cloud computing to achieve. The strategies and decisions are, in principle, based on where your business is now and where it needs to be, what capabilities are in place today and what else to be acquired, what the cash flow looks like and when it can break even, etc. The cost model will be most appropriately developed by IT professionals who know not just how to run IT but to estimate the cost of the operations and processes in a traditional on-premise deployment and a target cloud computing environment.\r\n\r\nThe 5-3-2 Principle is a modified version of <a href=\"http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf\">NIST SP 800-145</a> which officially defines cloud computing and is a good model to start. However, in my view, SP 800-145 misses addressing an important concept, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>, which is critical for clarifying what cloud computing is about. SP 800-145 also applies inconsistent criteria in defining some of its cloud computing deployment models as I have described in my post, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/nist\">An Inconvenience Truth of NIST Cloud Computing Definition, SP 800-145</a>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Is there a difference between virtualization and cloud computing? If so, what is that difference?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>Virtualization is not cloud computing and <a href=\"http://aka.ms/v-p1\">cloud computing goes far beyond virtualization</a>. Fundamentally, virtualization is not required to abide by the 5-3-2 Principle while cloud computing is. In many occasion, I ask IT professionals what virtualization means to them. And the frequent answers I have been getting are various forms of describing running multiple OS instances with the same hardware which is basically server consolidation. Few mentioned anything about a self-serving model, universal accessibility, or embedded analytics while either is an essential characteristic of cloud computing. When planning a virtualization solution, the main focus for many has been on configuring and delivering virtual machines, and not about the accessibility and readiness of a service which is the application running in and delivered by a set of deployed virtual machines. Further, <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2012/04/03/a-private-cloud-is-about-shortening-go-to-market-by-delivering-itaas.aspx\">cloud computing is to ultimately shorten go-to-market</a> which is why there is such a strong emphasis on the accessibility and the readiness of a target resource. While virtualization is much on the technical integrity of infrastructure which operates under the hood of cloud computing.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Gartner recently said in its Hype Cycle report that cloud computing has become muddled in the market as vendors are \"cloud washing” and such miscommunication could ultimately detract end users from the efficiencies cloud computing can bring. Would you agree or disagree with Gartner and why?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>I agree and again, in my view, this is largely due to a lack of clarity in understanding what cloud computing is. If not knowing what it is, I can’t imagine how one can effectively articulate why and how it is. Cloud computing is not a product or a particular technology. It is a set of capabilies with which a business can be available on demand, whatever the business is from deploying a server, to developing an application or delivering flowers. Lately it is getting even more confusing when people start using the term, cloud, interchangeably with remote access, equating virtualization to private cloud, and employing private cloud, hybrid cloud, and enterprise infrastructure as synonyms, while these terms, each represents a specific set of requirements and objectives, targets various business scenarios, and addresses different business challenges. They are simply not the same.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Switching gears to SharePoint, can you briefly discuss how business professionals can use SharePoint for their business intelligence needs/projects?</strong></span><strong></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>YC: </strong>SharePoint, to the information worker, is just like Active Directory is to system administrators. In Windows infrastructure, Active Directory is the one version of truth and the ultimate authority of all objects managed in the associated domain. Eventually anything happens in a domain, starts and ends with Active Directory since in a distributed system as most what we have today in enterprise IT, authentication, authorization, and accounting are the core services IT provides.\r\n\r\nSimilarly, SharePoint is the repository and the one version of truth of information based on documents and data stored, derived, and delivered in a corporation. When architecting Windows infrastructure, IT professionals start with a Windows domain. When architecting a BI solution, an information architect should start with a SharePoint infrastructure when there is an opportunity. BI has much to do with data warehousing and mining. At the same time, BI is also about data gathering, portability, presentation, accessibility, taxonomy, workflow, extensibility, rights management, HR/CRM/ERP integration, etc. so what to get, how to get it, validated by what, who owns it, who can process it and to be consumed by whom, what is significant and in what way, and on and on, are all in a way contributed to the realization of BI. All the above mentioned are what ultimately SharePoint is designed to deliver.\r\n\r\nSo rather than trying to fit SharePoint into a business process, developing a business process with SharePoint is the fundamental concept we must appreciate. This becomes very obvious when trying to build Windows infrastructure without first planning Active Directory. It just does not work that way. SharePoint needs to be considered with the same level of respect when it comes to information management. Consolidate existing business processes and data and convert them into SharePoint, subsequently run your business and develop BI capabilities with SharePoint to maximize business values and accelerate ROI.','On Cloud Computing & Virtualization: Q&A with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou','','inherit','open','open','','7593-revision-10','','','2012-10-15 13:45:58','2012-10-15 17:45:58','',7593,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7593-revision-10',0,'revision','',0),(7605,40,'2012-10-15 13:47:44','2012-10-15 17:47:44','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung.png\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7594\" title=\"Yung\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Yung-262x300.png\" alt=\"Yung Chou Cloud Computing Evangelist of Microsoft\" width=\"183\" height=\"210\" /></a>\n\nWe recently had the opportunity to speak with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou on a few cloud computing and virtualization related topics. For those of you not familiar with Yung, he\'s a Technology Evangelist on Microsoft\'s US Developer and Platform Evangelism team. Prior to Microsoft, he had established capacities in system programming, application development, consulting services and IT management. His recent technical focuses have been in virtualization and cloud computing with strong interests in private cloud with service-based deployment, hybrid cloud, and emerging enterprise computing architectures.\n\nWe hope you you find this insight valuable. If you have any questions or comments, leave them below for Yung to answer!\n\nAnd don\'t forget to check out his blog: <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/\" target=\"_blank\">Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud</a>\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: </strong>What is your definition of cloud computing? And why do you believe everyone has their own, distinct definition of cloud computing?</span>\n\n<strong>YC:</strong> I define cloud computing with <a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">the 5-3-2 Principle</a>. Which specifies that to be qualified with the term, cloud, an object must:\n<ul>\n	<li>Exhibit the five essential characteristics, namely a self-serving model, providing ubiquitous access, employing resource pooling, offering elasticity, and including a consumption-based analytic model</li>\n	<li>Be delivered in one of the three ways: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, or Infrastructure as a Service</li>\n	<li>Be deployed to either public cloud or private cloud where I consider hybrid cloud is an extension of either of the two<strong></strong></li>\n</ul>\n<strong></strong>Indeed, cloud computing means different things to different people. And the reason is that cloud computing encompasses the entire spectrum of IT lifecycle from hardware acquisition, infrastructure, networking, software development, production operations and maintenance, to decommission and disposing of resources. And, regardless what role and responsibilities an IT professional assumes, it is in the umbrella scope of cloud computing. In fact, I always say if you are an IT professional you do know something about cloud computing for sure. This issue, in my view, is not on understanding cloud computing from a particular point of view, the issue is the inability to connect the dots and articulate the overall vision of cloud computing relevant to a project’s priorities or an individual’s role and responsibilities due to a lack of clarity of what cloud computing is about.\n\nCloud computing, in layman\'s terms, is a concept, an objective, a state, or a capability such that a business can be available on demand. In the context of IT, the concept, the objective, the state, or the capability is realized with digital computing. The key here is this idea of \"on demand\" which is an ambitious and lofty goal for IT. On-demand in cloud computing means anytime, anywhere, any device access, which is the spirit of consumerization of IT which embraces the device of a user\'s choice for productivity. On-demand sets the focus on an intended user and whenever, wherever, and with whatever device the user needs to access an authorized resource, either an application, a run-time environment, or infrastructure, the resource will be there, not only accessible but also ready for consumption. On-demand also implies the ability to timely increase capacities as a target market moves upward and perhaps more importantly to decrease capacity when demands subside. On-demand is a result of combining standardization of deployment, automation of operations and processes, and optimization of resource utilization while all requires meticulous capacity planning with a comprehensive system management solution.\n\nThis always accessibility and readiness of a resource for an authorized user is the essence of cloud computing. This concept is largely embedded in the term, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>. In other words, cloud computing is to enable a business available of demand, i.e. business as a service. Frequently in a cloud computing discussion we have heard people reference software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, IT as a service, and even everything as a service. They are essentially saying an application available on demand, a run-time environment available on demand, provisioning infrastructure on demand, IT functions available on demand, and a target delivery on demand, respectively.\n\nSo my terse description of cloud computing is simply a capability to deliver business as a service or make business available on demand.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Can you explain the 5-3-2 Principle and what it means to IT and business executives</strong>?</span>\n\n<strong>YC: </strong><a href=\"http://aka.ms/532\">The 5-3-2 Principle</a> outlines the requirements, the deliveries, and the deployments of cloud computing. For IT decision makers, a clear understanding with set priorities of these requirements relevant to the core business is imperative. The question is really not <em>if</em> but <em>how much</em> and to what extent a business needs cloud computing in various shapes and forms. All business should and will benefit from being available on demand which is the state for cloud computing to achieve. The strategies and decisions are, in principle, based on where your business is now and where it needs to be, what capabilities are in place today and what else to be acquired, what the cash flow looks like and when it can break even, etc. The cost model will be most appropriately developed by IT professionals who know not just how to run IT but to estimate the cost of the operations and processes in a traditional on-premise deployment and a target cloud computing environment.\n\nThe 5-3-2 Principle is a modified version of <a href=\"http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf\">NIST SP 800-145</a> which officially defines cloud computing and is a good model to start. However, in my view, SP 800-145 misses addressing an important concept, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/it\">service</a>, which is critical for clarifying what cloud computing is about. SP 800-145 also applies inconsistent criteria in defining some of its cloud computing deployment models as I have described in my post, <a href=\"http://aka.ms/nist\">An Inconvenience Truth of NIST Cloud Computing Definition, SP 800-145</a>.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Is there a difference between virtualization and cloud computing? If so, what is that difference?</strong></span><strong></strong>\n\n<strong>YC: </strong>Virtualization is not cloud computing and <a href=\"http://aka.ms/v-p1\">cloud computing goes far beyond virtualization</a>. Fundamentally, virtualization is not required to abide by the 5-3-2 Principle while cloud computing is. In many occasion, I ask IT professionals what virtualization means to them. And the frequent answers I have been getting are various forms of describing running multiple OS instances with the same hardware which is basically server consolidation. Few mentioned anything about a self-serving model, universal accessibility, or embedded analytics while either is an essential characteristic of cloud computing. When planning a virtualization solution, the main focus for many has been on configuring and delivering virtual machines, and not about the accessibility and readiness of a service which is the application running in and delivered by a set of deployed virtual machines. Further, <a href=\"http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2012/04/03/a-private-cloud-is-about-shortening-go-to-market-by-delivering-itaas.aspx\">cloud computing is to ultimately shorten go-to-market</a> which is why there is such a strong emphasis on the accessibility and the readiness of a target resource. While virtualization is much on the technical integrity of infrastructure which operates under the hood of cloud computing.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Gartner recently said in its Hype Cycle report that cloud computing has become muddled in the market as vendors are \"cloud washing” and such miscommunication could ultimately detract end users from the efficiencies cloud computing can bring. Would you agree or disagree with Gartner and why?</strong></span><strong></strong>\n\n<strong>YC: </strong>I agree and again, in my view, this is largely due to a lack of clarity in understanding what cloud computing is. If not knowing what it is, I can’t imagine how one can effectively articulate why and how it is. Cloud computing is not a product or a particular technology. It is a set of capabilies with which a business can be available on demand, whatever the business is from deploying a server, to developing an application or delivering flowers. Lately it is getting even more confusing when people start using the term, cloud, interchangeably with remote access, equating virtualization to private cloud, and employing private cloud, hybrid cloud, and enterprise infrastructure as synonyms, while these terms, each represents a specific set of requirements and objectives, targets various business scenarios, and addresses different business challenges. They are simply not the same.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>eGroup: Switching gears to SharePoint, can you briefly discuss how business professionals can use SharePoint for their business intelligence needs/projects?</strong></span><strong></strong>\n\n<strong>YC: </strong>SharePoint, to the information worker, is just like Active Directory is to system administrators. In Windows infrastructure, Active Directory is the one version of truth and the ultimate authority of all objects managed in the associated domain. Eventually anything happens in a domain, starts and ends with Active Directory since in a distributed system as most what we have today in enterprise IT, authentication, authorization, and accounting are the core services IT provides.\n\nSimilarly, SharePoint is the repository and the one version of truth of information based on documents and data stored, derived, and delivered in a corporation. When architecting Windows infrastructure, IT professionals start with a Windows domain. When architecting a BI solution, an information architect should start with a SharePoint infrastructure when there is an opportunity. BI has much to do with data warehousing and mining. At the same time, BI is also about data gathering, portability, presentation, accessibility, taxonomy, workflow, extensibility, rights management, HR/CRM/ERP integration, etc. so what to get, how to get it, validated by what, who owns it, who can process it and to be consumed by whom, what is significant and in what way, and on and on, are all in a way contributed to the realization of BI. All the above mentioned are what ultimately SharePoint is designed to deliver.\n\nSo rather than trying to fit SharePoint into a business process, developing a business process with SharePoint is the fundamental concept we must appreciate. This becomes very obvious when trying to build Windows infrastructure without first planning Active Directory. It just does not work that way. SharePoint needs to be considered with the same level of respect when it comes to information management. Consolidate existing business processes and data and convert them into SharePoint, subsequently run your business and develop BI capabilities with SharePoint to maximize business values and accelerate ROI.','On Cloud Computing & Virtualization: Q&A with Microsoft\'s Yung Chou','','inherit','open','open','','7593-autosave','','','2012-10-15 13:47:44','2012-10-15 17:47:44','',7593,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7593-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(7606,40,'2012-09-11 11:50:43','2012-09-11 15:50:43','This is regarding the issue with Citrix Receiver, when launching the Citrix application through a URL, we were getting an error “Citrix online plug-in Configuration Manager: No value could be found for (Allowhotkey) that satisfies all lockdown requirements. The lockdown requirements in force may be conflicting.” After reinstalling and installing Citrix Receiver many times there was still no fix for the issue. It wasn’t until I dug deeper into the registry of my desktop. Follow these steps and you will be back to work in no time!\r\n\r\nThe following Steps will resolve this issue.\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Deleting the following entries under the registry location\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Citrix\\ICA Client\\Engine\\Lockdown Profiles\\All Regions\\Lockdown\\Virtual Channels\\Control</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>Search for (AllowHotKey)\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Delete “AllowHotKey”</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>Log back into Citrix\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Another error should pop up mentioning “URLRedirection”</li>\r\n	<li>Search within the registry for “URLRedirection”</li>\r\n	<li>Delete “URLRedirection”</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>Log into Citrix again\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Another similar error should populate mentioning “ClientHostedApps”</li>\r\n	<li>Search within the registry for “ClientHostedApps”</li>\r\n	<li>Delete “ClientHostedApps”</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>Log into Citrix once more, and you should be good to go!</li>\r\n</ol>','Citrix Receiver/Online Plugin (AllowHotKey)','','inherit','open','open','','6875-revision-4','','','2012-09-11 11:50:43','2012-09-11 15:50:43','',6875,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/6875-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(7627,40,'2012-10-24 15:02:37','2012-10-24 19:02:37','Microsoft\'s SQL Server is one of the most secure database engines on the market.  The ability to encrypt data, manage permissions, and comply with HIPAA and PCI compliance requirements make it the best choice when Compliance is considered.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEasily manage permissions around data access with User-Defined Server Roles.\n\nIncrease manageability and decrease complexity of database schema through Default Schema for Groups.\n\nControl database access to deployed applications while improving manageability through Contained Database Authentication.\n\nHelp ensure compliance and increase manageability related to auditing with audit resilience, filtering and user-defined audit.\n\nBuilt upon advanced security features (Transparent Data Encryption, Extensible Key Management, Kerberos authentication, and Policy-Based Management)','SQL 2012: Compliance','','inherit','open','open','','7525-revision-3','','','2012-10-24 15:02:37','2012-10-24 19:02:37','',7525,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7525-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(7678,23,'2012-11-04 20:29:40','2012-11-05 01:29:40','As a SharePoint consultant who has worked with dozens of customers, the one constant I face, over and over, is that users are inherently resistant to change. It\'s just a fact. And, who can blame them if they\'re not properly educated and supported over the course of that process change - whatever that may be.\r\n\r\nSo, with respect to SharePoint, driving user adoption is one of the most important, but also one of the most difficult tasks that a SharePoint architect/administrator has. You could even say that it is the single most important task when designing/deploying SharePoint. Simply because it drives everything else. If the deployment doesn\'t function correctly, then user adoption will suffer. If it is difficult to navigate or understand, then user adoption will suffer.\r\n\r\nCouple all of these factors together and it will be difficult to meet your SharePoint project success metrics. Here are some key areas that I like to focus on when planning for user adoption:\r\n<h1><strong>1. Familiar</strong></h1>\r\nIn order to properly design a SharePoint deployment, you must think like an end user. And not just any end user...YOUR end users. Every corporate IT environment is unique.\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">How do your users access shared documents?\r\nHow do they access their personal documents?\r\nHow do they access reports?\r\nHow do they share ideas?</p>\r\nThese are all key questions that need to be asked. A survey of a portion of your users probably wouldn\'t hurt either.  The closer you can make accessing documents and information to the way your users are familiar with will help tremendously with user adoption! <span style=\"color: #000000\"> For example, if your users are used to the traditional network share filled with folders, then a single document library may work best.  If the folder structure is broken out by department already, then setting up separate document libraries for each department may be best.</span>\r\n<h1>2. Functional</h1>\r\nOne of the biggest reasons for choosing SharePoint that I hear is for \'document sharing\'. But, why use SharePoint? Why not just use a network share or maybe even a cloud based sharing solution? These are common questions and they are completely understandable. However, it shows a lack of understanding of the key enterprise features that SharePoint offers. Here are some key features that users should be well trained on prior to deployment so they fully understand how to use the tool.\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Versioning\r\nPermissions\r\nNavigation\r\nWorkflows\r\nEnterprise Search\r\nContent Types and Document Templates</p>\r\nThese are just some examples of features that most users find indispensable. So make sure you engage and educate them prior to going live with the deployment.\r\n<h1>3. Automation</h1>\r\nAutomation is key when implementing SharePoint as well because it makes refusing to use SharePoint very difficult to justify. Automating processes such as HR On-boarding, Capital Purchasing Approval, Information Requests, IT Help Desk Ticketing, and so much more have huge ROI potential! A simple, high-level review of \'painful\' processes that departments have to deal with could reveal perfect use-cases for automation.\r\n\r\nHave you deployed SharePoint in your business?  If so, what is your user adoption rate?  What could make it better?  If you haven\'t deployed it, but would like to, did this post help give you a good idea on how to drive adoption? 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Functional</h1>\r\nOne of the biggest reasons for choosing SharePoint that I hear is for \'document sharing\'.  But, why use SharePoint?  Why not just use a network share or maybe even a cloud based sharing solution?  These are common questions and they are completely understandable.  However, it shows a lack of understanding of the key enterprise features that SharePoint offers.  Here are some key features that users should be well trained on prior to deployment so they fully understand how to use the tool...\r\n\r\nVersioning\r\nPermissions\r\nNavigation\r\nWorkflows\r\nEnterprise Search\r\nContent Types and Document Templates\r\n\r\nThese are just some examples of features that most users find indispensable and users should be fully trained on them until they understand them.\r\n<h1>3. 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Functional</h1>\r\nOne of the biggest reasons for choosing SharePoint that I hear is for \'document sharing\'.  But, why use SharePoint?  Why not just use a network share or maybe even a cloud based sharing solution?  These are common questions and they are completely understandable.  However, it shows a lack of understanding of the key enterprise features that SharePoint offers.  Here are some key features that users should be well trained on prior to deployment so they fully understand how to use the tool...\r\n\r\nVersioning\r\nPermissions\r\nNavigation\r\nWorkflows\r\nEnterprise Search\r\nContent Types and Document Templates\r\n\r\nThese are just some examples of features that most users find indispensable and users should be fully trained on them until they understand them.\r\n<h1>3. 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Every corporate IT environment is unique.\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">How do your users access shared documents?\nHow do they access their personal documents?\nHow do they access reports?\nHow do they share ideas?</p>\nThese are all key questions that need to be asked. A survey of a portion of your users probably wouldn\'t hurt either.  The closer you can make accessing documents and information to the way your users are familiar with will help tremendously with user adoption! <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CAN YOU PROVIDE AN ANECDOTE WHERE YOU SUCCESSFULLY SURVEYED USERS?</span>\n<h1>2. Functional</h1>\nOne of the biggest reasons for choosing SharePoint that I hear is for \'document sharing\'. But, why use SharePoint? Why not just use a network share or maybe even a cloud based sharing solution? These are common questions and they are completely understandable. However, it shows a lack of understanding of the key enterprise features that SharePoint offers. Here are some key features that users should be well trained on prior to deployment so they fully understand how to use the tool.\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Versioning\nPermissions\nNavigation\nWorkflows\nEnterprise Search\nContent Types and Document Templates</p>\nThese are just some examples of features that most users find indispensable. So make sure you engage and educate them prior to going live with the deployment.\n<h1>3. Automation</h1>\nAutomation is key when implementing SharePoint as well because it makes refusing to use SharePoint very difficult to justify. Automating processes such as HR On-boarding, Capital Purchasing Approval, Information Requests, IT Help Desk Ticketing, and so much more have huge ROI potential! A simple, high-level review of \'painful\' processes that departments have to deal with could reveal perfect use-cases for automation.\n\nHave you deployed SharePoint in your business?  If so, what is your user adoption rate?  What could make it better?  If you haven\'t deployed it, but would like to, did this post help give you a good idea on how to drive adoption? Let us know how we can help!  Contact eGroup\'s <a href=\"ApplicationServices@eGroup-us.com\">Application Services Team</a> for more information.','SharePoint\'s Achilles Heel: User Adoption','','inherit','open','open','','4774-revision-v1','','','2012-10-29 09:18:00','2012-10-29 13:18:00','',4774,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/4774-revision-10',0,'revision','',0),(7629,40,'2012-10-29 09:22:12','2012-10-29 13:22:12','As a SharePoint consultant who has worked with dozens of customers, the one constant I face, over and over, is that users are inherently resistant to change. It\'s just a fact. And, who can blame them if they\'re not properly educated and supported over the course of that process change - whatever that may be.\n\nSo, with respect to SharePoint, driving user adoption is one of the most important, but also one of the most difficult tasks that a SharePoint architect/administrator has. You could even say that it is the single most important task when designing/deploying SharePoint. Simply because it drives everything else. If the deployment doesn\'t function correctly, then user adoption will suffer. If it is difficult to navigate or understand, then user adoption will suffer.\n\nCouple all of these factors together and it will be difficult to meet your SharePoint project success metrics. Here are some key areas that I like to focus on when planning for user adoption:\n<h1><strong>1. Familiar</strong></h1>\nIn order to properly design a SharePoint deployment, you must think like an end user. And not just any end user...YOUR end users. Every corporate IT environment is unique.\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">How do your users access shared documents?\nHow do they access their personal documents?\nHow do they access reports?\nHow do they share ideas?</p>\nThese are all key questions that need to be asked. A survey of a portion of your users probably wouldn\'t hurt either.  The closer you can make accessing documents and information to the way your users are familiar with will help tremendously with user adoption! <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CAN YOU PROVIDE AN ANECDOTE WHERE YOU SUCCESSFULLY SURVEYED USERS?</span>\n<h1>2. Functional</h1>\nOne of the biggest reasons for choosing SharePoint that I hear is for \'document sharing\'. But, why use SharePoint? Why not just use a network share or maybe even a cloud based sharing solution? These are common questions and they are completely understandable. However, it shows a lack of understanding of the key enterprise features that SharePoint offers. Here are some key features that users should be well trained on prior to deployment so they fully understand how to use the tool.\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Versioning\nPermissions\nNavigation\nWorkflows\nEnterprise Search\nContent Types and Document Templates</p>\nThese are just some examples of features that most users find indispensable. So make sure you engage and educate them prior to going live with the deployment.\n<h1>3. Automation</h1>\nAutomation is key when implementing SharePoint as well because it makes refusing to use SharePoint very difficult to justify. Automating processes such as HR On-boarding, Capital Purchasing Approval, Information Requests, IT Help Desk Ticketing, and so much more have huge ROI potential! A simple, high-level review of \'painful\' processes that departments have to deal with could reveal perfect use-cases for automation.\n\nHave you deployed SharePoint in your business?  If so, what is your user adoption rate?  What could make it better?  If you haven\'t deployed it, but would like to, did this post help give you a good idea on how to drive adoption? Let us know how we can help!  Contact eGroup\'s Application Services Team at ApplicationServices@eGroup-us.com for more information.','Overcoming SharePoint\'s Achilles Heel: User Adoption','','inherit','open','open','','4774-revision-v1','','','2012-10-29 09:22:12','2012-10-29 13:22:12','',4774,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/4774-revision-11',0,'revision','',0),(7630,40,'2012-10-30 13:39:15','2012-10-30 17:39:15','More great news on the hiring front. Welcome to the team Rick, Brian and Jesus!\r\n\r\nOh, and eGroup continues to hire. Check out our <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers\" target=\"_blank\">careers page</a> for details.\r\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>eGroup Strengthens Team with Accomplished Technology Professionals</strong></p>\r\n<strong>MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – October 30, 2012</strong> – <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/\">eGroup</a>, the Southeast’s leading provider of <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/cloud-services\">cloud</a>, <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/application-services\">application</a> and<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/end-user-computing\"> end-user computing</a> services, today announced the addition of several new accomplished technology professionals to its expanding team. They strengthen an already impressive team of data center, infrastructure, cloud and application services professionals.\r\n\r\n<strong>Rick Fowler</strong>, based out of eGroup’s Mt. Pleasant headquarters, joins as an Application / Data Services Consultant. As a former eGroup customer executive, Rick has held various C-level positions in operations and finance, and has an MBA from Duke University. Rick’s focus is to design optimal Application and Data Services solutions for southeastern based companies. His background in working closely with portals and collaboration, management and automation, business intelligence, and big data platforms will provide immediate benefits to eGroup’s growing customer base.\r\n\r\n<strong>Brian Beaty</strong>, based in Charlotte, NC, joins as a Technical Consultant supporting eGroup’s western North Carolina team. Brian brings technical leadership with a wealth of experience in enterprise infrastructure architecture, unified communication and collaboration systems design and project delivery. His diverse background includes experience as a Cisco Systems Engineer, principal of a managed services datacenter business (sold to SunGard), and as an Infrastructure Architect for one of the top 25 financial institutions in the world (top 5 in the US).\r\n\r\n<strong>Jesus Shelby</strong>, based out of eGroup’s Mt. Pleasant headquarters, joins as an Application Services Engineer. He has an MBA from Southern Wesleyan University and holds multiple technical certifications including CISSP and MCITP SharePoint. During the past seven years, Jesus has led technical teams in the government contracting sector. 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Check out our <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers\" target=\"_blank\">careers page</a> for details.\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>eGroup Strengthens Team with Accomplished Technology Professionals</strong></p>\n<strong>MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – October 30, 2012</strong> – <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/\">eGroup</a>, the Southeast’s leading provider of <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/cloud-services\">cloud</a>, <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/application-services\">application</a> and<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/end-user-computing\"> end-user computing</a> services, today announced the addition of several new accomplished technology professionals to its expanding team. They strengthen an already impressive team of data center, infrastructure, cloud and application services professionals.\n\n<strong>Rick Fowler</strong>, based out of eGroup’s Mt. 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Brian brings technical leadership with a wealth of experience in enterprise infrastructure architecture, unified communication and collaboration systems design and project delivery. His diverse background includes experience as a Cisco Systems Engineer, principal of a managed services datacenter business (sold to SunGard), and as an Infrastructure Architect for one of the top 25 financial institutions in the world (top 5 in the US).\n\n<strong>Jesus Shelby</strong>, based out of eGroup’s Mt. Pleasant headquarters, joins as an Application Services Engineer. He has an MBA from Southern Wesleyan University and holds multiple technical certifications including CISSP and MCITP SharePoint. During the past seven years, Jesus has led technical teams in the government contracting sector. 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Check out our <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers\" target=\"_blank\">careers page</a> for details.\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>eGroup Strengthens Team with Accomplished Technology Professionals</strong></p>\n<strong>MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – October 30, 2012</strong> – <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/\">eGroup</a>, the Southeast’s leading provider of <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/cloud-services\">cloud</a>, <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/application-services\">application</a> and<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/end-user-computing\"> end-user computing</a> services, today announced the addition of several new accomplished technology professionals to its expanding team. They strengthen an already impressive team of data center, infrastructure, cloud and application services professionals.\n\n<strong>Rick Fowler</strong>, based out of eGroup’s Mt. 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Brian brings technical leadership with a wealth of experience in enterprise infrastructure architecture, unified communication and collaboration systems design and project delivery. His diverse background includes experience as a Cisco Systems Engineer, principal of a managed services datacenter business (sold to SunGard), and as an Infrastructure Architect for one of the top 25 financial institutions in the world (top 5 in the US).\n\n<strong>Jesus Shelby</strong>, based out of eGroup’s Mt. Pleasant headquarters, joins as an Application Services Engineer. He has an MBA from Southern Wesleyan University and holds multiple technical certifications including CISSP and MCITP SharePoint. During the past seven years, Jesus has led technical teams in the government contracting sector. 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Check out our <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/about/careers\" target=\"_blank\">careers page</a> for details.\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>eGroup Strengthens Team with Accomplished Technology Professionals</strong></p>\n<strong>MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – October 30, 2012</strong> – <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/\">eGroup</a>, the Southeast’s leading provider of <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/cloud-services\">cloud</a>, <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/application-services\">application</a> and<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/end-user-computing\"> end-user computing</a> services, today announced the addition of several new accomplished technology professionals to its expanding team. They strengthen an already impressive team of data center, infrastructure, cloud and application services professionals.\n\n<strong>Rick Fowler</strong>, based out of eGroup’s Mt. 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Brian brings technical leadership with a wealth of experience in enterprise infrastructure architecture, unified communication and collaboration systems design and project delivery. His diverse background includes experience as a Cisco Systems Engineer, principal of a managed services datacenter business (sold to SunGard), and as an Infrastructure Architect for one of the top 25 financial institutions in the world (top 5 in the US).\n\n<strong>Jesus Shelby</strong>, based out of eGroup’s Mt. Pleasant headquarters, joins as an Application Services Engineer. He has an MBA from Southern Wesleyan University and holds multiple technical certifications including CISSP and MCITP SharePoint. During the past seven years, Jesus has led technical teams in the government contracting sector. 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Give it a read to understand how eGroup is demystifying big data for our customers.\r\n<h1><strong>Demystifying Big Data</strong></h1>\r\n<strong><em>eGroup has launched a new practice dedicated to helping customers gain business insight and competitive advantage through data analytics.</em></strong>\r\n\r\n“Big data” is the one of the biggest buzzwords in the IT industry today. Like most buzzwords, it is somewhat vague and frequently misused. Is it simply a large amount of data? If so, how much? And what are you supposed to do with it? Arcane terms such as “analytics,” and strange-sounding technologies such as Hadoop, do little to clarify the matter.\r\n\r\n“A lot of organizations are wondering what ‘big data’ is and how it might benefit them,” said Ian Jones, Data Services Practice Leader, eGroup. “It really boils down to taking all the data a business generates and using it to make better business decisions. We’re engaging with some of our larger customers, particularly in healthcare, from a big data standpoint. But the concepts and methodologies can benefit organizations of all sizes and in a wide range of industries.”\r\n\r\neGroup has launched a data analytics practice to help customers take advantage of big data tools and techniques to improve decision-making and gain new business insight. eGroup can cut through the hype and help customers understand how data analytics might fit within their organization. And because of its engineering skills and industry relationships, eGroup is uniquely positioned to deliver the technologies needed for effective data analytics and business intelligence (BI).\r\n\r\n“Our vision is to demystify big data and business intelligence for customers,” Jones said. “Our engineering team can help customers ask the right questions of their data and develop strategies for identifying, analyzing and incorporating that data back into their business.”\r\n\r\n<strong>Looking for Opportunities</strong>\r\n\r\nThe term “big data” is used to describe the massive amount of data generated by today’s line-of-business applications that cannot be analyzed efficiently using traditional analytical tools. Although the definition is necessarily subjective, most analysts use the term in reference to petabytes, exabytes or even zettabytes of data.\r\n\r\nOf course, no organization stores all its data in one gigantic data warehouse. On the contrary, information may be locked in a variety of different applications and stored as unstructured files. So the first step is to aggregate the information to be analyzed.\r\n\r\n“One of the key components of being successful with big data is breaking down data silos,” said Jones. “Organizations have many different applications with different datasets that result in silos with vertical communication. Healthcare is the perfect example. Healthcare organizations have financial systems, electronic medical records, data coming out of emergency rooms and many other data points. Big data analytics seeks to glean intelligence from all of this information, so the data has to be extracted from those sources and combined into one pool which allows for horizontal communication across those different systems.”\r\n\r\nOnce the data is aggregated, informatics and data science come into play. These disciplines use software and mathematics to discover patterns in the data that humans cannot perceive.\r\n\r\n“In the healthcare field, the utopia of big data is predictive healthcare — the theoretical point when we’ll be able to take all the data generated in a hospital, analyze it in real time and provide feedback to clinicians and physicians to aid in diagnoses as well as how to effectively treat that patient. That’s something a lot of hospitals are working toward,” Jones said.\r\n\r\n“But healthcare is merely an example. The whole point of big data is enabling companies to uncover opportunities they didn’t know they had and respond to them at a speed that meets the needs of their business. Organizations are generating a tremendous amount of valuable data, and every industry has an opportunity to use that data to improve their business.”\r\n\r\n<strong>Not Your Father’s BI</strong>\r\n\r\nBI technologies have been around for years — as long as there have been computers, really. But datasets are getting so large that traditional BI systems cannot process them in real time. Big data technologies provide the raw processing power needed to perform these analyses.\r\n\r\n“When selecting a big data platform, you have to consider not only the size of the dataset but the speed with which the business needs to process and ingest it. Products like Hadoop and Greenplum provide a distributed, parallel processing platform and clustered computing to allow faster, real-time data analytics,” said Jones.\r\n\r\nAnother key feature of big data tools is the ability to process unstructured data such as text files and web pages. Hadoop in particular was designed to extract and analyze information that does not fit neatly into traditional database schemas.\r\n\r\n“Unstructured data is where the real opportunity lies with big data,” Jones said. “And along with unstructured data there’s metadata — data about the data. Whereas business intelligence is about transactions, big data is about interactions between various sources of information. Context becomes very relevant.”\r\n\r\nBut Jones stresses that it’s important to not get hung up on the “big data” buzzword.\r\n\r\n“We’ve taken a step back and said let’s stop talking about big data and just talk about data,” he said. “Big data is a very specific subset of the problem of how we ingest, analyze and process data to make business decisions. That’s really the core of it. Some or our customers need the tools and systems associated with big data and some don’t. The point is to use the data they have to drive their business, whether with big data analytics or more traditional business intelligence tools.”\r\n\r\n<strong>Challenges and Opportunities</strong>\r\n\r\nTechnology is only one aspect of the big data paradigm. Organizations will face obstacles with finding the right talent to implement their big data strategies. They will also have to be prepared to deal with the security and regulatory issues that may arise.\r\n\r\n“Financial and healthcare systems, for example, have a lot of controls in place to prevent security and regulatory issues,” said Jones. “As you’re pulling data from all these different systems and putting it into a consolidated system, you wind up with a big dataset that could include information you have to segment and not allow certain people to see.\r\n\r\n“But probably the biggest issue is the cultural shift that needs to occur. It’s important to have deep organizational integration when you’re talking about big data because it affects everyone. Everyone has to participate in it.”\r\n\r\nIndustry experts say organizations that jump on the big data bandwagon now will be well ahead of the competition in terms of operational efficiencies. Some experts have suggested that big data analytics ultimately will become essential to driving innovation and optimizing business performance.\r\n\r\n“Right now, big data is an opportunity,” Jones said. “But as competitors latch onto it, it can become a competitive threat. Our goal is to help customers understand that big data is nothing magical. There’s a lot of opportunity through traditional analytical and integration tools to do a better job of asking the right questions of the data customers already have. 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We take a little extra time to discover what makes your business unique and then we capitalize on it.\r\n\r\nWe understand how important it is to realize the benefits of efficient collaboration.  That is why we have a team of both technical and business professionals on our team to create the optimal solution for your unique business. We help identify the pain points and then work together to refine the entire process.  We know that a new system on top of an old process does not take advantage of the technology that is readily available today.\r\n\r\nA successful SharePoint installation has:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>current team information, not last year’s static employees list</li>\r\n	<li>current and relevant content in the knowledge base</li>\r\n	<li>current performance information available on a dashboard</li>\r\n	<li>fully replaced the need for shared folders</li>\r\n	<li>document version control solved</li>\r\n	<li>electronic document management and approval work flows</li>\r\n	<li>abilities for teams to create their own ad hoc project sites</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>What are you waiting for – contact eGroup today</strong>\r\n\r\neGroup develops and designs sites for our customers to accomplish all of these outcomes. We provide ongoing support to help you evolve your site and make it thrive <em>IN</em> your business, not <em>ON </em>your business.\r\n\r\neGroup is a qualified Microsoft Planning Services partner who can work with you on identifying if you have <a href=\"http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/planning-services-overview.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Software Assurance Planning Services</a> days. If you do, your SharePoint engagement comes at no additional cost!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/planning-services-overview.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7684\" title=\"SDPS\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SDPS-135x300.png\" alt=\"SharePoint\" width=\"135\" height=\"300\" /></a>','SharePoint Planning Services','','inherit','open','open','','7660-revision-13','','','2012-11-06 15:48:12','2012-11-06 20:48:12','',7660,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7660-revision-13',0,'revision','',0),(7692,40,'2012-11-06 15:50:08','2012-11-06 20:50:08','<strong>Are you implementing SharePoint <em>ON </em>your business rather than <em>IN </em>your business?</strong>\n\nIf you said, \"yes,\" it\'s time to speak with eGroup\'s Application Services Team.\n\nIn today\'s fast paced enterprise, IT and business leaders think that simply turning SharePoint <em>ON </em>will ultimately lead to massive user adoption and overall business intelligence success. Nothing could be further from the truth.\n\nAt eGroup, we believe each and every SharePoint project is unique to the specific requirements of the business. We work with you to implement SharePoint <em>IN </em>your business. SharePoint is about collaboration and therefore SharePoint should become an integral part of your team’s workflow not a peripheral added task or added step.\n\n<strong>How do we do it?</strong>\n\nWe understand that every business has a unique culture, unique processes, unique strategies and unique leaders. We believe the use of technology should capitalize on that uniqueness, not to stifle it.  SharePoint provides the flexibility to do just that, with no code, evolving with your business.\n\nAnyone can install SharePoint in a few days, but will that be enough to make it part valuable tool in your business. Will it thrive? We take a little extra time to discover what makes your business unique and then we capitalize on it.\n\nWe understand how important it is to realize the benefits of efficient collaboration.  That is why we have a team of both technical and business professionals on our team to create the optimal solution for your unique business. We help identify the pain points and then work together to refine the entire process.  We know that a new system on top of an old process does not take advantage of the technology that is readily available today.\n\nA successful SharePoint installation has:\n<ul>\n	<li>current team information, not last year’s static employees list</li>\n	<li>current and relevant content in the knowledge base</li>\n	<li>current performance information available on a dashboard</li>\n	<li>fully replaced the need for shared folders</li>\n	<li>document version control solved</li>\n	<li>electronic document management and approval work flows</li>\n	<li>abilities for teams to create their own ad hoc project sites</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>What are you waiting for – contact eGroup today</strong>\n\neGroup develops and designs sites for our customers to accomplish all of these outcomes. We provide ongoing support to help you evolve your site and make it thrive <em>IN</em> your business, not <em>ON </em>your business.\n\neGroup is a qualified Microsoft Planning Services partner who can work with you on identifying if you have <a href=\"http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/planning-services-overview.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Software Assurance Planning Services</a> days. If you do, your SharePoint engagement comes at no additional cost!\n\n<a href=\"http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/planning-services-overview.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7684\" title=\"SDPS\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SDPS-135x300.png\" alt=\"SharePoint\" width=\"135\" height=\"300\" /></a>','SharePoint Planning Services','','inherit','open','open','','7660-autosave','','','2012-11-06 15:50:08','2012-11-06 20:50:08','',7660,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7660-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(7694,40,'2012-11-09 16:24:05','2012-11-09 21:24:05','The following article was featured in our most recent eGroup Advantage Newsletter. It\'s a big data conversation with our Data Services Practice Lead, Ian Jones. Give it a read to understand how eGroup is demystifying big data for our customers.\n<h1><strong>Demystifying Big Data</strong></h1>\n<strong><em>eGroup has launched a new practice dedicated to helping customers gain business insight and competitive advantage through data analytics.</em></strong>\n\n“Big data” is the one of the biggest buzzwords in the IT industry today. Like most buzzwords, it is somewhat vague and frequently misused. Is it simply a large amount of data? If so, how much? And what are you supposed to do with it? Arcane terms such as “analytics,” and strange-sounding technologies such as Hadoop, do little to clarify the matter.\n\n“A lot of organizations are wondering what ‘big data’ is and how it might benefit them,” said Ian Jones, Data Services Practice Leader, eGroup. “It really boils down to taking all the data a business generates and using it to make better business decisions. We’re engaging with some of our larger customers, particularly in healthcare, from a big data standpoint. But the concepts and methodologies can benefit organizations of all sizes and in a wide range of industries.”\n\neGroup has launched a data analytics practice to help customers take advantage of big data tools and techniques to improve decision-making and gain new business insight. eGroup can cut through the hype and help customers understand how data analytics might fit within their organization. And because of its engineering skills and industry relationships, eGroup is uniquely positioned to deliver the technologies needed for effective data analytics and business intelligence (BI).\n\n“Our vision is to demystify big data and business intelligence for customers,” Jones said. “Our engineering team can help customers ask the right questions of their data and develop strategies for identifying, analyzing and incorporating that data back into their business.”\n\n<strong>Looking for Opportunities</strong>\n\nThe term “big data” is used to describe the massive amount of data generated by today’s line-of-business applications that cannot be analyzed efficiently using traditional analytical tools. Although the definition is necessarily subjective, most analysts use the term in reference to petabytes, exabytes or even zettabytes of data.\n\nOf course, no organization stores all its data in one gigantic data warehouse. On the contrary, information may be locked in a variety of different applications and stored as unstructured files. So the first step is to aggregate the information to be analyzed.\n\n“One of the key components of being successful with big data is breaking down data silos,” said Jones. “Organizations have many different applications with different datasets that result in silos with vertical communication. Healthcare is the perfect example. Healthcare organizations have financial systems, electronic medical records, data coming out of emergency rooms and many other data points. Big data analytics seeks to glean intelligence from all of this information, so the data has to be extracted from those sources and combined into one pool which allows for horizontal communication across those different systems.”\n\nOnce the data is aggregated, informatics and data science come into play. These disciplines use software and mathematics to discover patterns in the data that humans cannot perceive.\n\n“In the healthcare field, the utopia of big data is predictive healthcare — the theoretical point when we’ll be able to take all the data generated in a hospital, analyze it in real time and provide feedback to clinicians and physicians to aid in diagnoses as well as how to effectively treat that patient. That’s something a lot of hospitals are working toward,” Jones said.\n\n“But healthcare is merely an example. The whole point of big data is enabling companies to uncover opportunities they didn’t know they had and respond to them at a speed that meets the needs of their business. Organizations are generating a tremendous amount of valuable data, and every industry has an opportunity to use that data to improve their business.”\n\n<strong>Not Your Father’s BI</strong>\n\nBI technologies have been around for years — as long as there have been computers, really. But datasets are getting so large that traditional BI systems cannot process them in real time. Big data technologies provide the raw processing power needed to perform these analyses.\n\n“When selecting a big data platform, you have to consider not only the size of the dataset but the speed with which the business needs to process and ingest it. Products like Hadoop and Greenplum provide a distributed, parallel processing platform and clustered computing to allow faster, real-time data analytics,” said Jones.\n\nAnother key feature of big data tools is the ability to process unstructured data such as text files and web pages. Hadoop in particular was designed to extract and analyze information that does not fit neatly into traditional database schemas.\n\n“Unstructured data is where the real opportunity lies with big data,” Jones said. “And along with unstructured data there’s metadata — data about the data. Whereas business intelligence is about transactions, big data is about interactions between various sources of information. Context becomes very relevant.”\n\nBut Jones stresses that it’s important to not get hung up on the “big data” buzzword.\n\n“We’ve taken a step back and said let’s stop talking about big data and just talk about data,” he said. “Big data is a very specific subset of the problem of how we ingest, analyze and process data to make business decisions. That’s really the core of it. Some or our customers need the tools and systems associated with big data and some don’t. The point is to use the data they have to drive their business, whether with big data analytics or more traditional business intelligence tools.”\n\n<strong>Challenges and Opportunities</strong>\n\nTechnology is only one aspect of the big data paradigm. Organizations will face obstacles with finding the right talent to implement their big data strategies. They will also have to be prepared to deal with the security and regulatory issues that may arise.\n\n“Financial and healthcare systems, for example, have a lot of controls in place to prevent security and regulatory issues,” said Jones. “As you’re pulling data from all these different systems and putting it into a consolidated system, you wind up with a big dataset that could include information you have to segment and not allow certain people to see.\n\n“But probably the biggest issue is the cultural shift that needs to occur. It’s important to have deep organizational integration when you’re talking about big data because it affects everyone. Everyone has to participate in it.”\n\nIndustry experts say organizations that jump on the big data bandwagon now will be well ahead of the competition in terms of operational efficiencies. Some experts have suggested that big data analytics ultimately will become essential to driving innovation and optimizing business performance.\n\n“Right now, big data is an opportunity,” Jones said. “But as competitors latch onto it, it can become a competitive threat. Our goal is to help customers understand that big data is nothing magical. There’s a lot of opportunity through traditional analytical and integration tools to do a better job of asking the right questions of the data customers already have. That’s the number one takeaway.”','Demystifying Big Data','','inherit','open','open','','7693-revision','','','2012-11-09 16:24:05','2012-11-09 21:24:05','',7693,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7693-revision',0,'revision','',0),(7695,40,'2012-11-09 16:28:54','2012-11-09 21:28:54','','big data','','inherit','open','open','','big-data','','','2012-11-09 16:28:54','2012-11-09 21:28:54','',7693,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/big-data.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(7696,40,'2012-11-09 16:26:16','2012-11-09 21:26:16','The following article was featured in our most recent eGroup Advantage Newsletter. It\'s a big data conversation with our Data Services Practice Lead, Ian Jones. Give it a read to understand how eGroup is demystifying big data for our customers.\n<h1><strong>Demystifying Big Data</strong></h1>\n<strong><em>eGroup has launched a new practice dedicated to helping customers gain business insight and competitive advantage through data analytics.</em></strong>\n\n“Big data” is the one of the biggest buzzwords in the IT industry today. Like most buzzwords, it is somewhat vague and frequently misused. Is it simply a large amount of data? If so, how much? And what are you supposed to do with it? Arcane terms such as “analytics,” and strange-sounding technologies such as Hadoop, do little to clarify the matter.\n\n“A lot of organizations are wondering what ‘big data’ is and how it might benefit them,” said Ian Jones, Data Services Practice Leader, eGroup. “It really boils down to taking all the data a business generates and using it to make better business decisions. We’re engaging with some of our larger customers, particularly in healthcare, from a big data standpoint. But the concepts and methodologies can benefit organizations of all sizes and in a wide range of industries.”\n\neGroup has launched a data analytics practice to help customers take advantage of big data tools and techniques to improve decision-making and gain new business insight. eGroup can cut through the hype and help customers understand how data analytics might fit within their organization. And because of its engineering skills and industry relationships, eGroup is uniquely positioned to deliver the technologies needed for effective data analytics and business intelligence (BI).\n\n“Our vision is to demystify big data and business intelligence for customers,” Jones said. “Our engineering team can help customers ask the right questions of their data and develop strategies for identifying, analyzing and incorporating that data back into their business.”\n\n<strong>Looking for Opportunities</strong>\n\nThe term “big data” is used to describe the massive amount of data generated by today’s line-of-business applications that cannot be analyzed efficiently using traditional analytical tools. Although the definition is necessarily subjective, most analysts use the term in reference to petabytes, exabytes or even zettabytes of data.\n\nOf course, no organization stores all its data in one gigantic data warehouse. On the contrary, information may be locked in a variety of different applications and stored as unstructured files. So the first step is to aggregate the information to be analyzed.\n\n“One of the key components of being successful with big data is breaking down data silos,” said Jones. “Organizations have many different applications with different datasets that result in silos with vertical communication. Healthcare is the perfect example. Healthcare organizations have financial systems, electronic medical records, data coming out of emergency rooms and many other data points. Big data analytics seeks to glean intelligence from all of this information, so the data has to be extracted from those sources and combined into one pool which allows for horizontal communication across those different systems.”\n\nOnce the data is aggregated, informatics and data science come into play. These disciplines use software and mathematics to discover patterns in the data that humans cannot perceive.\n\n“In the healthcare field, the utopia of big data is predictive healthcare — the theoretical point when we’ll be able to take all the data generated in a hospital, analyze it in real time and provide feedback to clinicians and physicians to aid in diagnoses as well as how to effectively treat that patient. That’s something a lot of hospitals are working toward,” Jones said.\n\n“But healthcare is merely an example. The whole point of big data is enabling companies to uncover opportunities they didn’t know they had and respond to them at a speed that meets the needs of their business. Organizations are generating a tremendous amount of valuable data, and every industry has an opportunity to use that data to improve their business.”\n\n<strong>Not Your Father’s BI</strong>\n\nBI technologies have been around for years — as long as there have been computers, really. But datasets are getting so large that traditional BI systems cannot process them in real time. Big data technologies provide the raw processing power needed to perform these analyses.\n\n“When selecting a big data platform, you have to consider not only the size of the dataset but the speed with which the business needs to process and ingest it. Products like Hadoop and Greenplum provide a distributed, parallel processing platform and clustered computing to allow faster, real-time data analytics,” said Jones.\n\nAnother key feature of big data tools is the ability to process unstructured data such as text files and web pages. Hadoop in particular was designed to extract and analyze information that does not fit neatly into traditional database schemas.\n\n“Unstructured data is where the real opportunity lies with big data,” Jones said. “And along with unstructured data there’s metadata — data about the data. Whereas business intelligence is about transactions, big data is about interactions between various sources of information. Context becomes very relevant.”\n\nBut Jones stresses that it’s important to not get hung up on the “big data” buzzword.\n\n“We’ve taken a step back and said let’s stop talking about big data and just talk about data,” he said. “Big data is a very specific subset of the problem of how we ingest, analyze and process data to make business decisions. That’s really the core of it. Some or our customers need the tools and systems associated with big data and some don’t. The point is to use the data they have to drive their business, whether with big data analytics or more traditional business intelligence tools.”\n\n<strong>Challenges and Opportunities</strong>\n\nTechnology is only one aspect of the big data paradigm. Organizations will face obstacles with finding the right talent to implement their big data strategies. They will also have to be prepared to deal with the security and regulatory issues that may arise.\n\n“Financial and healthcare systems, for example, have a lot of controls in place to prevent security and regulatory issues,” said Jones. “As you’re pulling data from all these different systems and putting it into a consolidated system, you wind up with a big dataset that could include information you have to segment and not allow certain people to see.\n\n“But probably the biggest issue is the cultural shift that needs to occur. It’s important to have deep organizational integration when you’re talking about big data because it affects everyone. Everyone has to participate in it.”\n\nIndustry experts say organizations that jump on the big data bandwagon now will be well ahead of the competition in terms of operational efficiencies. Some experts have suggested that big data analytics ultimately will become essential to driving innovation and optimizing business performance.\n\n“Right now, big data is an opportunity,” Jones said. “But as competitors latch onto it, it can become a competitive threat. Our goal is to help customers understand that big data is nothing magical. There’s a lot of opportunity through traditional analytical and integration tools to do a better job of asking the right questions of the data customers already have. That’s the number one takeaway.”','Demystifying Big Data','','inherit','open','open','','7693-revision-2','','','2012-11-09 16:26:16','2012-11-09 21:26:16','',7693,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7693-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(7697,40,'2012-11-09 16:29:17','2012-11-09 21:29:17','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/big-data.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7695\" title=\"big data\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/big-data-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"big data\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" /></a>\n\nThe following article was featured in our most recent eGroup Advantage Newsletter. It\'s a big data conversation with our Data Services Practice Lead, Ian Jones. Give it a read to understand how eGroup is demystifying big data for our customers.\n<h1><strong>Demystifying Big Data</strong></h1>\n<strong><em>eGroup has launched a new practice dedicated to helping customers gain business insight and competitive advantage through data analytics.</em></strong>\n\n“Big data” is the one of the biggest buzzwords in the IT industry today. Like most buzzwords, it is somewhat vague and frequently misused. Is it simply a large amount of data? If so, how much? And what are you supposed to do with it? Arcane terms such as “analytics,” and strange-sounding technologies such as Hadoop, do little to clarify the matter.\n\n“A lot of organizations are wondering what ‘big data’ is and how it might benefit them,” said Ian Jones, Data Services Practice Leader, eGroup. “It really boils down to taking all the data a business generates and using it to make better business decisions. We’re engaging with some of our larger customers, particularly in healthcare, from a big data standpoint. But the concepts and methodologies can benefit organizations of all sizes and in a wide range of industries.”\n\neGroup has launched a data analytics practice to help customers take advantage of big data tools and techniques to improve decision-making and gain new business insight. eGroup can cut through the hype and help customers understand how data analytics might fit within their organization. And because of its engineering skills and industry relationships, eGroup is uniquely positioned to deliver the technologies needed for effective data analytics and business intelligence (BI).\n\n“Our vision is to demystify big data and business intelligence for customers,” Jones said. “Our engineering team can help customers ask the right questions of their data and develop strategies for identifying, analyzing and incorporating that data back into their business.”\n\n<strong>Looking for Opportunities</strong>\n\nThe term “big data” is used to describe the massive amount of data generated by today’s line-of-business applications that cannot be analyzed efficiently using traditional analytical tools. Although the definition is necessarily subjective, most analysts use the term in reference to petabytes, exabytes or even zettabytes of data.\n\nOf course, no organization stores all its data in one gigantic data warehouse. On the contrary, information may be locked in a variety of different applications and stored as unstructured files. So the first step is to aggregate the information to be analyzed.\n\n“One of the key components of being successful with big data is breaking down data silos,” said Jones. “Organizations have many different applications with different datasets that result in silos with vertical communication. Healthcare is the perfect example. Healthcare organizations have financial systems, electronic medical records, data coming out of emergency rooms and many other data points. Big data analytics seeks to glean intelligence from all of this information, so the data has to be extracted from those sources and combined into one pool which allows for horizontal communication across those different systems.”\n\nOnce the data is aggregated, informatics and data science come into play. These disciplines use software and mathematics to discover patterns in the data that humans cannot perceive.\n\n“In the healthcare field, the utopia of big data is predictive healthcare — the theoretical point when we’ll be able to take all the data generated in a hospital, analyze it in real time and provide feedback to clinicians and physicians to aid in diagnoses as well as how to effectively treat that patient. That’s something a lot of hospitals are working toward,” Jones said.\n\n“But healthcare is merely an example. The whole point of big data is enabling companies to uncover opportunities they didn’t know they had and respond to them at a speed that meets the needs of their business. Organizations are generating a tremendous amount of valuable data, and every industry has an opportunity to use that data to improve their business.”\n\n<strong>Not Your Father’s BI</strong>\n\nBI technologies have been around for years — as long as there have been computers, really. But datasets are getting so large that traditional BI systems cannot process them in real time. Big data technologies provide the raw processing power needed to perform these analyses.\n\n“When selecting a big data platform, you have to consider not only the size of the dataset but the speed with which the business needs to process and ingest it. Products like Hadoop and Greenplum provide a distributed, parallel processing platform and clustered computing to allow faster, real-time data analytics,” said Jones.\n\nAnother key feature of big data tools is the ability to process unstructured data such as text files and web pages. Hadoop in particular was designed to extract and analyze information that does not fit neatly into traditional database schemas.\n\n“Unstructured data is where the real opportunity lies with big data,” Jones said. “And along with unstructured data there’s metadata — data about the data. Whereas business intelligence is about transactions, big data is about interactions between various sources of information. Context becomes very relevant.”\n\nBut Jones stresses that it’s important to not get hung up on the “big data” buzzword.\n\n“We’ve taken a step back and said let’s stop talking about big data and just talk about data,” he said. “Big data is a very specific subset of the problem of how we ingest, analyze and process data to make business decisions. That’s really the core of it. Some or our customers need the tools and systems associated with big data and some don’t. The point is to use the data they have to drive their business, whether with big data analytics or more traditional business intelligence tools.”\n\n<strong>Challenges and Opportunities</strong>\n\nTechnology is only one aspect of the big data paradigm. Organizations will face obstacles with finding the right talent to implement their big data strategies. They will also have to be prepared to deal with the security and regulatory issues that may arise.\n\n“Financial and healthcare systems, for example, have a lot of controls in place to prevent security and regulatory issues,” said Jones. “As you’re pulling data from all these different systems and putting it into a consolidated system, you wind up with a big dataset that could include information you have to segment and not allow certain people to see.\n\n“But probably the biggest issue is the cultural shift that needs to occur. It’s important to have deep organizational integration when you’re talking about big data because it affects everyone. Everyone has to participate in it.”\n\nIndustry experts say organizations that jump on the big data bandwagon now will be well ahead of the competition in terms of operational efficiencies. Some experts have suggested that big data analytics ultimately will become essential to driving innovation and optimizing business performance.\n\n“Right now, big data is an opportunity,” Jones said. “But as competitors latch onto it, it can become a competitive threat. Our goal is to help customers understand that big data is nothing magical. There’s a lot of opportunity through traditional analytical and integration tools to do a better job of asking the right questions of the data customers already have. That’s the number one takeaway.”','Demystifying Big Data','','inherit','open','open','','7693-revision-3','','','2012-11-09 16:29:17','2012-11-09 21:29:17','',7693,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7693-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(7698,40,'2013-07-30 10:48:01','2013-07-30 14:48:01','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/big-data.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7695\" title=\"big data\" alt=\"big data\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/big-data-300x147.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" /></a>\n\nThe following article was featured in our most recent eGroup Advantage Newsletter. It\'s a big data conversation with our Data Services Practice Lead, Ian Jones. Give it a read to understand how eGroup is demystifying big data for our customers.\n<h1><strong>Demystifying Big Data</strong></h1>\n<strong><em>eGroup has launched a new practice dedicated to helping customers gain business insight and competitive advantage through data analytics.</em></strong>\n\n“Big data” is the one of the biggest buzzwords in the IT industry today. Like most buzzwords, it is somewhat vague and frequently misused. Is it simply a large amount of data? If so, how much? And what are you supposed to do with it? Arcane terms such as “analytics,” and strange-sounding technologies such as Hadoop, do little to clarify the matter.\n\n“A lot of organizations are wondering what ‘big data’ is and how it might benefit them,” said Ian Jones, Data Services Practice Leader, eGroup. “It really boils down to taking all the data a business generates and using it to make better business decisions. We’re engaging with some of our larger customers, particularly in healthcare, from a big data standpoint. But the concepts and methodologies can benefit organizations of all sizes and in a wide range of industries.”\n\neGroup has launched a data analytics practice to help customers take advantage of big data tools and techniques to improve decision-making and gain new business insight. eGroup can cut through the hype and help customers understand how data analytics might fit within their organization. And because of its engineering skills and industry relationships, eGroup is uniquely positioned to deliver the technologies needed for effective data analytics and business intelligence (BI).\n\n“Our vision is to demystify big data and business intelligence for customers,” Jones said. “Our engineering team can help customers ask the right questions of their data and develop strategies for identifying, analyzing and incorporating that data back into their business.”\n\n<strong>Looking for Opportunities</strong>\n\nThe term “big data” is used to describe the massive amount of data generated by today’s line-of-business applications that cannot be analyzed efficiently using traditional analytical tools. Although the definition is necessarily subjective, most analysts use the term in reference to petabytes, exabytes or even zettabytes of data.\n\nOf course, no organization stores all its data in one gigantic data warehouse. On the contrary, information may be locked in a variety of different applications and stored as unstructured files. So the first step is to aggregate the information to be analyzed.\n\n“One of the key components of being successful with big data is breaking down data silos,” said Jones. “Organizations have many different applications with different datasets that result in silos with vertical communication. Healthcare is the perfect example. Healthcare organizations have financial systems, electronic medical records, data coming out of emergency rooms and many other data points. Big data analytics seeks to glean intelligence from all of this information, so the data has to be extracted from those sources and combined into one pool which allows for horizontal communication across those different systems.”\n\nOnce the data is aggregated, informatics and data science come into play. These disciplines use software and mathematics to discover patterns in the data that humans cannot perceive.\n\n“In the healthcare field, the utopia of big data is predictive healthcare — the theoretical point when we’ll be able to take all the data generated in a hospital, analyze it in real time and provide feedback to clinicians and physicians to aid in diagnoses as well as how to effectively treat that patient. That’s something a lot of hospitals are working toward,” Jones said.\n\n“But healthcare is merely an example. The whole point of big data is enabling companies to uncover opportunities they didn’t know they had and respond to them at a speed that meets the needs of their business. Organizations are generating a tremendous amount of valuable data, and every industry has an opportunity to use that data to improve their business.”\n\n<strong>Not Your Father’s BI</strong>\n\nBI technologies have been around for years — as long as there have been computers, really. But datasets are getting so large that traditional BI systems cannot process them in real time. Big data technologies provide the raw processing power needed to perform these analyses.\n\n“When selecting a big data platform, you have to consider not only the size of the dataset but the speed with which the business needs to process and ingest it. Products like Hadoop and Greenplum provide a distributed, parallel processing platform and clustered computing to allow faster, real-time data analytics,” said Jones.\n\nAnother key feature of big data tools is the ability to process unstructured data such as text files and web pages. Hadoop in particular was designed to extract and analyze information that does not fit neatly into traditional database schemas.\n\n“Unstructured data is where the real opportunity lies with big data,” Jones said. “And along with unstructured data there’s metadata — data about the data. Whereas business intelligence is about transactions, big data is about interactions between various sources of information. Context becomes very relevant.”\n\nBut Jones stresses that it’s important to not get hung up on the “big data” buzzword.\n\n“We’ve taken a step back and said let’s stop talking about big data and just talk about data,” he said. “Big data is a very specific subset of the problem of how we ingest, analyze and process data to make business decisions. That’s really the core of it. Some or our customers need the tools and systems associated with big data and some don’t. The point is to use the data they have to drive their business, whether with big data analytics or more traditional business intelligence tools.”\n\n<strong>Challenges and Opportunities</strong>\n\nTechnology is only one aspect of the big data paradigm. Organizations will face obstacles with finding the right talent to implement their big data strategies. They will also have to be prepared to deal with the security and regulatory issues that may arise.\n\n“Financial and healthcare systems, for example, have a lot of controls in place to prevent security and regulatory issues,” said Jones. “As you’re pulling data from all these different systems and putting it into a consolidated system, you wind up with a big dataset that could include information you have to segment and not allow certain people to see.\n\n“But probably the biggest issue is the cultural shift that needs to occur. It’s important to have deep organizational integration when you’re talking about big data because it affects everyone. Everyone has to participate in it.”\n\nIndustry experts say organizations that jump on the big data bandwagon now will be well ahead of the competition in terms of operational efficiencies. Some experts have suggested that big data analytics ultimately will become essential to driving innovation and optimizing business performance.\n\n“Right now, big data is an opportunity,” Jones said. “But as competitors latch onto it, it can become a competitive threat. Our goal is to help customers understand that big data is nothing magical. There’s a lot of opportunity through traditional analytical and integration tools to do a better job of asking the right questions of the data customers already have. 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In doing so, they have provided physicians and clinicians with fast and secure access to information, which improves the overall quality of care.\r\n\r\nFor example, these hospitals are maintaining HIPPA compliance by providing secure access to patient information, in part done by reducing, or eliminating, the need for passwords; taking advantage of Meaningful Use dollars; and, leveraging virtual environments to provide physicians secure, efficient access to patient information when roaming from room to room.\r\n\r\nBut how can the identity and access management successes in healthcare be applied to other industries such as banking, legal, energy and state and local governmen?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/717667217\">Join</a> the eGroup Roundtable for a discussion with Chris Feeney, senior sales engineer at Imprivata, to answer this key question, and how you can win at providing fast and secure access to data in any industry.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/717667217\">Fast &amp; Secure Access to Data: a conversation with Imprivata</a> will take place on Wednesday, November 28 at 9:30 am ET.\r\n\r\nSpace is limited. <a href=\"https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/717667217\">Reserve your Webinar seat now!</a>  After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.','eGROUP ROUNDTABLE: FAST & SECURE ACCESS TO DATA: A CONVERSATION WITH IMPRIVATA','','publish','open','open','','egroup-roundtable-fast-secure-access-to-data-a-conversation-with-imprivata','','','2012-11-19 10:52:25','2012-11-19 15:52:25','',0,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/?p=7705',0,'post','',0),(7706,2,'2012-11-19 10:51:03','2012-11-19 15:51:03','<em><strong>Wednesday, November 28 at 9:30 a.m.\n\n</strong></em>Many hospitals have made a successful transition to EMR, with widespread adoption throughout the hospital. In doing so, they have provided physicians and clinicians with fast and secure access to information, which improves the overall quality of care.\n\nFor example, these hospitals are maintaining HIPPA compliance by providing secure access to patient information, in part done by reducing, or eliminating, the need for passwords; taking advantage of Meaningful Use dollars; and, leveraging virtual environments to provide physicians secure, efficient access to patient information when roaming from room to room.\n\nBut how can the identity and access management successes in healthcare be applied to other industries such as banking, legal, energy and state and local governmen?\n\n<a href=\"https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/717667217\">Join</a> the eGroup Roundtable for a discussion with Chris Feeney, senior sales engineer at Imprivata, to answer this key question, and how you can win at providing fast and secure access to data in any industry.\n\n<a href=\"https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/717667217\">Fast &amp; Secure Access to Data: a conversation with Imprivata</a> will take place on Wednesday, November 28 at 9:30 am ET.\n\nSpace is limited. <a href=\"https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/717667217\">Reserve your Webinar seat now!</a>  After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.','eGroup Roundtable: Fast & Secure Access to Data: a conversation with Imprivata','','inherit','open','open','','7705-revision','','','2012-11-19 10:51:03','2012-11-19 15:51:03','',7705,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7705-revision',0,'revision','',0),(7707,2,'2012-11-19 10:52:04','2012-11-19 15:52:04','<em><strong>Wednesday, November 28 at 9:30 a.m.\n\n</strong></em>Many hospitals have made a successful transition to EMR, with widespread adoption throughout the hospital. 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In doing so, they have provided physicians and clinicians with fast and secure access to information, which improves the overall quality of care.\r\n\r\nFor example, these hospitals are maintaining HIPPA compliance by providing secure access to patient information, in part done by reducing, or eliminating, the need for passwords; taking advantage of Meaningful Use dollars; and, leveraging virtual environments to provide physicians secure, efficient access to patient information when roaming from room to room.\r\n\r\nBut how can the identity and access management successes in healthcare be applied to other industries such as banking, legal, energy and state and local governmen?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/717667217\">Join</a> the eGroup Roundtable for a discussion with Chris Feeney, senior sales engineer at Imprivata, to answer this key question, and how you can win at providing fast and secure access to data in any industry.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/717667217\">Fast &amp; Secure Access to Data: a conversation with Imprivata</a> will take place on Wednesday, November 28 at 9:30 am ET.\r\n\r\nSpace is limited. <a href=\"https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/717667217\">Reserve your Webinar seat now!</a>  After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.','eGROUP ROUNDTABLE: FAST & SECURE ACCESS TO DATA: A CONVERSATION WITH IMPRIVATA','','inherit','open','open','','7705-revision-2','','','2012-11-19 10:52:02','2012-11-19 15:52:02','',7705,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7705-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(7709,40,'2012-11-19 13:05:59','2012-11-19 18:05:59','<p align=\"center\"><em>eGroup’s Application Services team uses Microsoft’s SharePoint as the corporate information hub; ensures user success by outlining comprehensive adoption plan <em></em></em></p>\r\n<strong>MT. 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The existing system lacked the capability to track detailed movement through the refurbishment workflow, and therefore required staff to enter data manually into ad hoc spreadsheets. As a result, DSI began experiencing heavier call load to service centers, delays in processing and ultimately some unhappy customers.\r\n\r\nBased on Microsoft’s SharePoint, eGroup quickly designed, developed and rolled out a central site which embedded the existing service delivery processes into the collaboration platform. Instead of DSI staff having to print 100 page reports each day, eGroup built a dashboard which allowed for easy viewing, as well as provided the capability to perform movement updates from one screen thereby reducing the time to process by more than 50 percent. The new Equipment Movement Tracking (EMT) process enabled a significant cost savings, allowing growth without requiring additional people. Without the new EMT process a new full time position would have been required.\r\n\r\nRick Fowler, Application Consultant, eGroup, said: “At eGroup, we believe each and every SharePoint project is unique to the specific requirements of the business. For example, during the discovery and interview process at DSI, we noticed the large number of emails that were sent and received during a typical request. After doing some fact finding, the pattern of communication was documented and the automatic sending of emails was integrated into the workflow to alert appropriate internal and external contacts of the updated status. This one automated step keeps all constituents coordinated and aware.  Similar email processes were used to send alerts when delays occurred. These alerts improved the company’s SLA performance, thereby improving customer satisfaction. As we believe that SharePoint is about collaboration, we set out to ensure it served as an integral part of DSI’s workflow, not a peripheral added task or added step.”\r\n\r\nOver the course of the implementation, eGroup closely interacted with DSI staff performing the process to spot these opportunities for improving the entire plan which magnified the benefits. In addition, eGroup instituted a formal user adoption plan which incorporated best-practices around internal training and communications, content migrations, user support, empowering feedback loops, and user incentives.\r\n\r\nFowler continued: “These types of wins for users are paramount for creating a successful SharePoint site – one that is truly collaborative and integrated into the enterprise. When daily tasks are part of the SharePoint environment, then all of the information becomes more valuable. 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The existing system lacked the capability to track detailed movement through the refurbishment workflow, and therefore required staff to enter data manually into ad hoc spreadsheets. As a result, DSI began experiencing heavier call load to service centers, delays in processing and ultimately some unhappy customers.\n\nBased on Microsoft’s SharePoint, eGroup quickly designed, developed and rolled out a central site which embedded the existing service delivery processes into the collaboration platform. Instead of DSI staff having to print 100 page reports each day, eGroup built a dashboard which allowed for easy viewing, as well as provided the capability to perform movement updates from one screen thereby reducing the time to process by more than 50 percent. The new Equipment Movement Tracking (EMT) process enabled a significant cost savings, allowing growth without requiring additional people. Without the new EMT process a new full time position would have been required.\n\nRick Fowler, Application Consultant, eGroup, said: “At eGroup, we believe each and every SharePoint project is unique to the specific requirements of the business. For example, during the discovery and interview process at DSI, we noticed the large number of emails that were sent and received during a typical request. After doing some fact finding, the pattern of communication was documented and the automatic sending of emails was integrated into the workflow to alert appropriate internal and external contacts of the updated status. This one automated step keeps all constituents coordinated and aware.  Similar email processes were used to send alerts when delays occurred. These alerts improved the company’s SLA performance, thereby improving customer satisfaction. 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The existing system lacked the capability to track detailed movement through the refurbishment workflow, and therefore required staff to enter data manually into ad hoc spreadsheets. As a result, DSI began experiencing heavier call load to service centers, delays in processing and ultimately some unhappy customers.\n\nBased on Microsoft’s SharePoint, eGroup quickly designed, developed and rolled out a central site which embedded the existing service delivery processes into the collaboration platform. Instead of DSI staff having to print 100 page reports each day, eGroup built a dashboard which allowed for easy viewing, as well as provided the capability to perform movement updates from one screen thereby reducing the time to process by more than 50 percent. The new Equipment Movement Tracking (EMT) process enabled a significant cost savings, allowing growth without requiring additional people. Without the new EMT process a new full time position would have been required.\n\nRick Fowler, Application Consultant, eGroup, said: “At eGroup, we believe each and every SharePoint project is unique to the specific requirements of the business. For example, during the discovery and interview process at DSI, we noticed the large number of emails that were sent and received during a typical request. After doing some fact finding, the pattern of communication was documented and the automatic sending of emails was integrated into the workflow to alert appropriate internal and external contacts of the updated status. This one automated step keeps all constituents coordinated and aware.  Similar email processes were used to send alerts when delays occurred. These alerts improved the company’s SLA performance, thereby improving customer satisfaction. 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It becomes a true information hub, as it is intended.”','eGroup Delivers Significant Supply Chain Efficiencies for Dispenser Services, Inc. (DSI)','','inherit','open','open','','7709-autosave','','','2012-11-19 14:26:01','2012-11-19 19:26:01','',7709,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7709-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(7713,40,'2012-11-19 13:05:59','2012-11-19 18:05:59','<p align=\"center\"><em>eGroup’s Application Services team uses Microsoft’s SharePoint as the corporate information hub; ensures user success by outlining comprehensive adoption plan <em></em></em></p>\r\n<strong>MT. 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The existing system lacked the capability to track detailed movement through the refurbishment workflow, and therefore required staff to enter data manually into ad hoc spreadsheets. As a result, DSI began experiencing heavier call load to service centers, delays in processing and ultimately some unhappy customers.\r\n\r\nBased on Microsoft’s SharePoint, eGroup quickly designed, developed and rolled out a central site which embedded the existing service delivery processes into the collaboration platform. Instead of DSI staff having to print 100 page reports each day, eGroup built a dashboard which allowed for easy viewing, as well as provided the capability to perform movement updates from one screen thereby reducing the time to process by more than 50 percent. The new Equipment Movement Tracking (EMT) process enabled a significant cost savings, allowing growth without requiring additional people. 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As we believe that SharePoint is about collaboration, we set out to ensure it served as an integral part of DSI’s workflow, not a peripheral added task or added step.”\r\n\r\nOver the course of the implementation, eGroup closely interacted with DSI staff performing the process to spot these opportunities for improving the entire plan which magnified the benefits. In addition, eGroup instituted a formal user adoption plan which incorporated best-practices around internal training and communications, content migrations, user support, empowering feedback loops, and user incentives.\r\n\r\nFowler continued: “These types of wins for users are paramount for creating a successful SharePoint site – one that is truly collaborative and integrated into the enterprise. When daily tasks are part of the SharePoint environment, then all of the information becomes more valuable. 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PLEASANT, S.C. – November 19, 2012</strong> – <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/\">eGroup</a>, the Southeast’s leading provider of <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/cloud-services\">cloud</a>, <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/application-services\">application</a> and<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/end-user-computing\"> end-user computing</a> services, today announced the success of its recent supply chain process improvement project at <a href=\"http://www.dispenserservices.com/\">Dispenser Services, Inc.</a> (DSI). DSI services over 25,000 beverage dispensers across 2,500 customer locations in the Southeast.\r\n\r\nDue to limitations with DSI’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, the company relied on various manual processes which delayed communication between customers and the field service team regarding the availability of equipment needed at customer sites. The existing system lacked the capability to track detailed movement through the refurbishment workflow, and therefore required staff to enter data manually into ad hoc spreadsheets. As a result, DSI began experiencing heavier call load to service centers, delays in processing and ultimately some unhappy customers.\r\n\r\nBased on Microsoft’s SharePoint, eGroup quickly designed, developed and rolled out a central site which embedded the existing service delivery processes into the collaboration platform. Instead of DSI staff having to print 100 page reports each day, eGroup built a dashboard which allowed for easy viewing, as well as provided the capability to perform movement updates from one screen thereby reducing the time to process by more than 50 percent. The new Equipment Movement Tracking (EMT) process enabled a significant cost savings, allowing growth without requiring additional people. Without the new EMT process a new full time position would have been required.\r\n\r\nRick Fowler, Application Consultant, eGroup, said: “At eGroup, we believe each and every SharePoint project is unique to the specific requirements of the business. For example, during the discovery and interview process at DSI, we noticed the large number of emails that were sent and received during a typical request. After doing some fact finding, the pattern of communication was documented and the automatic sending of emails was integrated into the workflow to alert appropriate internal and external contacts of the updated status. This one automated step keeps all constituents coordinated and aware.  Similar email processes were used to send alerts when delays occurred. These alerts improved the company’s SLA performance, thereby improving customer satisfaction. As we believe that SharePoint is about collaboration, we set out to ensure it served as an integral part of DSI’s workflow, not a peripheral added task or added step.”\r\n\r\nOver the course of the implementation, eGroup closely interacted with DSI staff performing the process to spot these opportunities for improving the entire plan which magnified the benefits. In addition, eGroup instituted a formal user adoption plan which incorporated best-practices around internal training and communications, content migrations, user support, empowering feedback loops, and user incentives.\r\n\r\nFowler continued: “These types of wins for users are paramount for creating a successful SharePoint site – one that is truly collaborative and integrated into the enterprise. When daily tasks are part of the SharePoint environment, then all of the information becomes more valuable. 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Despite the fact it was 6:30 am PT when the Roundtable kicked off, both Jason and Brad were clear, concise, informative and dialed into their SharePoint A-games.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you\'re looking for discussion on any of the below topics, you need to listen to this 50-minute Roundtable.</span>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Business Management, Workflow and Collaboration</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Business Intelligence and Analytics</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Application Development</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Content Management</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Enterprise Search</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-14-09.32-eGroup-Roundtable_-Live-from-SharePoint-Conference-2012.wmv\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">eGroup Roundtable_ Live from SharePoint Conference 2012!</span></a><a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/eGroup-Roundtable_SCFB_VDI.wmv\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\r\n</span></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">For more on eGroup\'s Application Services team and SharePoint expertise, be sure to visit our <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/application-services/sharepoint-planning-services\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SharePoint Planning Services</span></a> page.</span>','eGroup Roundtable Series: Live from SharePoint Conference 2012','','inherit','open','open','','7723-revision-5','','','2012-11-26 15:16:57','2012-11-26 20:16:57','',7723,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7723-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(7809,40,'2012-12-21 13:01:57','2012-12-21 18:01:57','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BI.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7802\" alt=\"Business Intelligence &amp; Big Data\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BI-300x228.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" /></a>\n\nIn eGroup’s latest Roundtable Series, Jason Webster and Ian Jones discuss Microsoft\'s Business Intelligence and Big Data solutions and how customers are leveraging the tools to gain better insight into operations. 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Despite the fact it was 6:30 am PT when the Roundtable kicked off, both Jason and Brad were clear, concise, informative and dialed into their SharePoint A-games.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you\'re looking for discussion on any of the below topics, you need to listen to this 50-minute Roundtable.</span>\n<ul>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Business Management, Workflow and Collaboration</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Business Intelligence and Analytics</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Application Development</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Content Management</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Enterprise Search</span></li>\n</ul>\nClick <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-11-14-09.32-eGroup-Roundtable_-Live-from-SharePoint-Conference-2012.mp4\">Live from SharePoint Conference 2012</a>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">For more on eGroup\'s Application Services team and SharePoint expertise, be sure to visit our <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/application-services/sharepoint-planning-services\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SharePoint Planning Services</span></a> page.</span>','eGroup Roundtable Series: Live from SharePoint Conference 2012','','inherit','open','open','','7723-autosave','','','2012-12-21 12:27:04','2012-12-21 17:27:04','',7723,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7723-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(7739,40,'2012-12-05 12:12:16','2012-12-05 17:12:16','http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7FxnXXGUzQ\r\n\r\nAs many of our readers know, eGroup recently relocated into its new <a href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/G2nxr\" target=\"_blank\">Mt. 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Despite the fact it was 6:30 am PT when the Roundtable kicked off, both Jason and Brad were clear, concise, informative and dialed into their SharePoint A-games.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you\'re looking for discussion on any of the below topics, you need to listen to this 50-minute Roundtable.</span>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Business Management, Workflow and Collaboration</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Business Intelligence and Analytics</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Application Development</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Content Management</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Enterprise Search</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nClick <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2012-11-14-09.32-eGroup-Roundtable_-Live-from-SharePoint-Conference-2012.mp4\">Live from SharePoint Conference 2012</a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">For more on eGroup\'s Application Services team and SharePoint expertise, be sure to visit our <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/what-we-do/services/application-services/sharepoint-planning-services\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SharePoint Planning Services</span></a> page.</span>','eGroup Roundtable Series: Live from SharePoint Conference 2012','','publish','open','open','','egroup-roundtable-series-live-from-sharepoint-conference-2012','','','2012-12-21 12:25:58','2012-12-21 17:25:58','',0,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/?p=7723',0,'post','',0),(7724,40,'2012-11-26 14:52:52','2012-11-26 19:52:52','','SharePoint Conference Roundtable Slide','','inherit','open','open','','sharepoint-conference-roundtable-slide','','','2012-11-26 14:52:52','2012-11-26 19:52:52','',7723,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SharePoint-Conference-Roundtable-Slide.pptx',0,'attachment','application/vnd.ms-powerpoint',0),(7725,40,'2012-11-26 14:56:05','2012-11-26 19:56:05','','SharePoint Slide','','inherit','open','open','','sp-slide','','','2012-11-26 14:56:05','2012-11-26 19:56:05','',7723,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SP-Slide.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(7726,40,'2012-11-26 15:05:00','2012-11-26 20:05:00','<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-11-14-09.32-eGroup-Roundtable_-Live-from-SharePoint-Conference-2012.wmv\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7725\" title=\"SharePoint Slide\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SP-Slide-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"SharePoint\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" /></a>\n\nIn eGroup’s latest Roundtable Series, Jason Webster and Brad Shannon walk us through the latest buzz from the SharePoint Conference show floor. 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You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Inside-Sales-Executive1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical 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 customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>: The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More.</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will respond to and investigate end user inquiries, concerns, and issues via phone, Internet, e‐mail, and in person in a timely and courteous manner, and will recommend or perform actions to correct problems based on intimate knowledge of the technology or specific systems.  You should be proficient in communication both verbal and written, and be extremely passionate about technology. You should be a self‐motivated and driven individual capable of learning quickly and adapting to the latest industry trends and best practices. As a representative of eGroup, you must demonstrate a positive attitude and willingness to go above and beyond to ensure complete customer satisfaction. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Systems-Engineer2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2012-12-05 15:17:54','2012-12-05 20:17:54','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/4668-revision-61',0,'revision','',0),(7755,2,'2012-12-05 15:27:36','2012-12-05 20:27:36','','More','','inherit','open','open','','enduserappsengineer','','','2012-12-05 15:27:36','2012-12-05 20:27:36','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(7756,2,'2012-12-05 15:28:38','2012-12-05 20:28:38','','More','','inherit','open','open','','juniorenduserappsengineer','','','2012-12-05 15:28:38','2012-12-05 20:28:38','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(7757,2,'2012-12-05 15:27:10','2012-12-05 20:27:10','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You 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. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Sales-Account-Executive2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Inside-Sales-Executive1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical 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 customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More.</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will respond to and investigate end user inquiries, concerns, and issues via phone, Internet, e‐mail, and in person in a timely and courteous manner, and will recommend or perform actions to correct problems based on intimate knowledge of the technology or specific systems.  You should be proficient in communication both verbal and written, and be extremely passionate about technology. You should be a self‐motivated and driven individual capable of learning quickly and adapting to the latest industry trends and best practices. As a representative of eGroup, you must demonstrate a positive attitude and willingness to go above and beyond to ensure complete customer satisfaction. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Systems-Engineer2.pdf\">More</a>\r\n<strong></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a>\r\n</span></li>\r\n	<li><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>: <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>: <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. More\r\n</span></li>\r\n	<li><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>: <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. </span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2012-12-05 15:27:10','2012-12-05 20:27:10','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/4668-revision-62',0,'revision','',0),(7758,2,'2012-12-05 15:29:33','2012-12-05 20:29:33','','More','','inherit','open','open','','juniordataservicesengineer-2','','','2012-12-05 15:29:33','2012-12-05 20:29:33','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(7759,2,'2012-12-05 15:28:48','2012-12-05 20:28:48','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You 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. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Sales-Account-Executive2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Inside-Sales-Executive1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical 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 customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More.</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will respond to and investigate end user inquiries, concerns, and issues via phone, Internet, e‐mail, and in person in a timely and courteous manner, and will recommend or perform actions to correct problems based on intimate knowledge of the technology or specific systems.  You should be proficient in communication both verbal and written, and be extremely passionate about technology. You should be a self‐motivated and driven individual capable of learning quickly and adapting to the latest industry trends and best practices. As a representative of eGroup, you must demonstrate a positive attitude and willingness to go above and beyond to ensure complete customer satisfaction. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Systems-Engineer2.pdf\">More</a>\r\n<strong></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a>\r\n</span></li>\r\n	<li><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>: <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>: <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a>\r\n</span></li>\r\n	<li><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>: <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2012-12-05 15:28:48','2012-12-05 20:28:48','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/4668-revision-63',0,'revision','',0),(7760,2,'2012-12-05 15:30:03','2012-12-05 20:30:03','Headquartered in South Carolina with offices throughout the entire southeast, eGroup is always looking for upbeat, driven and self-motivated \"go getters\" to join our rapidly growing team! Available positions include:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Sales Account Executive</strong></span>: As an eGroup Sales Executive, you will utilize your sales experience to extend eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to executive management in a defined geography or strategic area, with an emphasis on selling products and services as “solutions” designed to directly address the business initiatives and requirements of these customers. Professional territory management and account development skills are a must. You 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. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Sales-Account-Executive2.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Inside Sales Executive</strong></span>: This is an excellent opportunity for the sales professional with a positive, “can do” attitude. The right individual will be responsible for engaging customers, vendors, distributors, and manufacturers to assist eGroup in building maintaining, and delivering its sales pipeline. This will include lead qualification, proposal development, and writing with customer follow-up. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a growing organization while mastering your skills. As an eGroup Inside Sales Executive, you will utilize your skills and drive to assist our Outside Sales team in extending eGroup’s products, services, and solutions to customers and prospects. You must be motivated to provide excellent customer service, work well in a team environment, and be self-reliant. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Inside-Sales-Executive1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Technical Consultant</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated technical 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 customers with increasingly complex needs. This position primarily focuses on consultation, design and deployment of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will work directly with our outside and inside sales teams to meet with current and prospective customers, understand their needs, and propose technology solutions to help them overcome their challenges based on intimate knowledge of eGroup services, products and technologies. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Technical-Consultant.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: An excellent opportunity for the motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of application and development focused professionals; the role of the Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment  and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You will be customer facing, must be able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Junior Applications Services Engineer</strong></span>: The role of the Junior Application Services Engineer is to assist in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs.  You may work as part of a team or individually on tasks and projects of varying size and scope, clearly  documenting and delivering solutions that directly address customer requirements on time and within the defined scope of work.  You should have a firm understanding of theoretical computer science and applications development using object oriented techniques.   <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorApplicationServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Senior Applications Services Engineer</strong>:</span> The role of the Senior Application Services Engineer is to lead in the design, deployment and support of custom-developed and commercial application solutions that address business needs. You will be customer facing, able to discuss with customers their unique business challenges and to communicate complex technical objectives in a detailed manner that can be received by audiences of all technical levels. You will work with the Application Services team to identify and develop new opportunities within the existing customer base. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SeniorApplicationServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More.</a></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eGroup Systems Engineer</strong></span>:  This position primarily focuses on design, deployment, and support of VMware, EMC, Cisco, Microsoft and Citrix technologies. You will respond to and investigate end user inquiries, concerns, and issues via phone, Internet, e‐mail, and in person in a timely and courteous manner, and will recommend or perform actions to correct problems based on intimate knowledge of the technology or specific systems.  You should be proficient in communication both verbal and written, and be extremely passionate about technology. You should be a self‐motivated and driven individual capable of learning quickly and adapting to the latest industry trends and best practices. As a representative of eGroup, you must demonstrate a positive attitude and willingness to go above and beyond to ensure complete customer satisfaction. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/eGROUP-Systems-Engineer2.pdf\">More</a>\r\n<strong></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>eGroup Data Services Engineer</strong>:  <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Data Services Engineer is to lead in the design and implementation of eGroup’s ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DataServicesEngineer.pdf\">More</a>\r\n</span><strong></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>eGroup Junior Data Services Engineer</strong>: <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior Data Services Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of ETL, Business Intelligence, and Big Data projects. </span> <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorDataServicesEngineer1.pdf\">More</a></li>\r\n	<li><strong>eGroup End-User Applications Engineer</strong>: <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the End User Applications Engineer is to design and implement end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a>\r\n</span><strong></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>eGroup Junior End-User Applications Engineer</strong>: <span style=\"font-size: small;\">An excellent opportunity for the accomplished and motivated professional to be a part of a growing team of Applications and Data focused professionals; the role of the Junior End User Applications Engineer is to assist in the support and implementation of end user computing solutions focused on Applications Delivery. <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/JuniorEndUserAppsEngineer.pdf\">More</a></span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>To apply or for more information: <a href=\"mailto:hr@eGroup-us.com\">hr@eGroup-us.com</a></strong>','Careers','','inherit','open','open','','4668-revision-v1','','','2012-12-05 15:30:03','2012-12-05 20:30:03','',4668,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/4668-revision-64',0,'revision','',0),(7783,40,'2012-12-13 11:06:30','2012-12-13 16:06:30','Zimbra is truly the Exchange alternative that we all have been looking for.  I am excited to see some actual competition to Exchange, but with Zimbra, you really get Exchange, Sharepoint capabilities, SalesForce Plugins, Google Apps, and more all in one package.\n\nThere you have it, the top 8 reasons why Zimbra 8 will change your life for the better. Now it’s your turn to play around with Zimbra 8 and let us know what you think. http://blog.zimbra.com/blog/archives/2012/09/8-on-8.html\n\nhttp://egroup.jasonmangone.com/?s=zimbra\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nhttp://bit.ly/Uno62f','','','inherit','open','open','','7782-revision','','','2012-12-13 11:06:30','2012-12-13 16:06:30','',7782,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7782-revision',0,'revision','',0),(7761,40,'2012-12-05 16:16:04','2012-12-05 21:16:04','<strong>Microsoft\'s Big Data &amp; Business Intelligence Solution</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Wednesday, December 12 at 9:30 a.m.</strong><strong><em>\r\n</em></strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001xFT9d2kkDC9x3T-O8KjdFbEuv1MlSNLolC5qUe5dDky82San2fIZcOZI_khqxUS2eI-hGh-SZDqzM_SzJ73fnCBt3DmLmXPanRILVfFdp7tgfUMlEUryEnKh7cPFX3KbW-0LZ66XuoC8VTQbG0tFWw==\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\">Join us</a> for the next eGroup Roundtable webinar on Wednesday, December 12, and learn more about:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The state of Big Data/Business Intelligence in SQL Server 2012</li>\r\n	<li>How Microsoft has made Business Intelligence realistic through self-service Business Intelligence</li>\r\n	<li>Microsoft\'s strategy for Big Data and how that works with traditional Business Intelligence</li>\r\n	<li>Ease of use and user adoption through familiar tools such as Excel Services</li>\r\n	<li>New intuitive Business Intelligence tools that abstract complexity from end users such as PowerView</li>\r\n	<li>What a Microsoft Intelligent Solution looks like</li>\r\n</ul>','eGroup Roundtable Series','','publish','closed','closed','','egroup-roundtable-series','','','2012-12-05 16:29:53','2012-12-05 21:29:53','',0,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/multiple-sidebars/egroup-roundtable-series',0,'multiple-sidebars','',0),(7762,40,'2012-12-05 16:29:38','2012-12-05 21:29:38','<strong>Microsoft\'s Big Data &amp; Business Intelligence Solution</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Wednesday, December 12 at 9:30 a.m.</strong><strong><em>\r\n</em></strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001xFT9d2kkDC9x3T-O8KjdFbEuv1MlSNLolC5qUe5dDky82San2fIZcOZI_khqxUS2eI-hGh-SZDqzM_SzJ73fnCBt3DmLmXPanRILVfFdp7tgfUMlEUryEnKh7cPFX3KbW-0LZ66XuoC8VTQbG0tFWw==\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\">Join us</a> for the next eGroup Roundtable webinar on Wednesday, December 12, and learn more about:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The state of Big Data/Business Intelligence in SQL Server 2012</li>\r\n	<li>How Microsoft has made Business Intelligence realistic through self-service Business Intelligence</li>\r\n	<li>Microsoft\'s strategy for Big Data and how that works with traditional Business Intelligence</li>\r\n	<li>Ease of use and user adoption through familiar tools such as Excel Services</li>\r\n	<li>New intuitive Business Intelligence tools that abstract complexity from end users such as PowerView</li>\r\n	<li>What a Microsoft Intelligent Solution looks like</li>\r\n</ul>','eGroup Roundtable Series','','inherit','open','open','','7761-autosave','','','2012-12-05 16:29:38','2012-12-05 21:29:38','',7761,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7761-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(7763,40,'2012-10-16 11:26:49','2012-10-16 15:26:49','This is regarding the issue with Citrix Receiver, when launching the Citrix application through a URL, we were getting an error “Citrix online plug-in Configuration Manager: No value could be found for (Allowhotkey) that satisfies all lockdown requirements. The lockdown requirements in force may be conflicting.” After reinstalling and installing Citrix Receiver many times there was still no fix for the issue. It wasn’t until I dug deeper into the registry of my desktop. Follow these steps and you will be back to work in no time!\r\n\r\nThe following Steps will resolve this issue.\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Deleting the following entries under the registry location\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Citrix\\ICA Client\\Engine\\Lockdown Profiles\\All Regions\\Lockdown\\Virtual Channels\\Control</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>Search for (AllowHotKey)\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Delete “AllowHotKey”</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>Log back into Citrix\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Another error should pop up mentioning “URLRedirection”</li>\r\n	<li>Search within the registry for “URLRedirection”</li>\r\n	<li>Delete “URLRedirection”</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>Log into Citrix again\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Another similar error should populate mentioning “ClientHostedApps”</li>\r\n	<li>Search within the registry for “ClientHostedApps”</li>\r\n	<li>Delete “ClientHostedApps”</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>Log into Citrix once more, and you should be good to go.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nWe know Citrix so if you have any other issues or questions, let us know in the comments below!','Citrix Receiver/Online Plugin (AllowHotKey)','','inherit','open','open','','6875-revision-5','','','2012-10-16 11:26:49','2012-10-16 15:26:49','',6875,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/6875-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(7764,40,'2012-12-05 16:32:55','2012-12-05 21:32:55','This is regarding the issue with Citrix Receiver, when launching the Citrix application through a URL, we were getting an error “Citrix online plug-in Configuration Manager: No value could be found for (Allowhotkey) that satisfies all lockdown requirements. The lockdown requirements in force may be conflicting.” After reinstalling and installing Citrix Receiver many times there was still no fix for the issue. It wasn’t until I dug deeper into the registry of my desktop. Follow these steps and you will be back to work in no time!\r\n\r\nThe following Steps will resolve this issue.\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Deleting the following entries under the registry location\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Citrix\\ICA Client\\Engine\\Lockdown Profiles\\All Regions\\Lockdown\\Virtual Channels\\Control</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>Search for (AllowHotKey)\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Delete “AllowHotKey”</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>Log back into Citrix\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Another error should pop up mentioning “URLRedirection”</li>\r\n	<li>Search within the registry for “URLRedirection”</li>\r\n	<li>Delete “URLRedirection”</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>Log into Citrix again\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Another similar error should populate mentioning “ClientHostedApps”</li>\r\n	<li>Search within the registry for “ClientHostedApps”</li>\r\n	<li>Delete “ClientHostedApps”</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>Log into Citrix once more, and you should be good to go.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nWe know Citrix so if you have any other issues or questions, let us know in the comments below!','Citrix Receiver/Online Plugin (AllowHotKey)','','inherit','open','open','','6875-revision-6','','','2012-12-05 16:32:55','2012-12-05 21:32:55','',6875,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/6875-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(7766,22,'2012-12-06 16:11:21','2012-12-06 21:11:21','I\'ve been struggling for a few months to find the answers to all of life\'s questions... err.. I mean how to integrate an RSA SecurID soft-token with the VMware View iPad Client.\r\n\r\nWhy?\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>PCI Compliance requires multi-factor authentication for remote access to your cardholder data environment.  It\'s also a good security practice if you use remote access.</li>\r\n	<li>RSA SecurID is the most widely used form of multi-factor authentication, but there are certainly other options (Note: View only supports integration with RSA or RADIUS at this time).</li>\r\n	<li>Users do not have to carry around a physical RSA keyfob.</li>\r\n	<li>Users do not have to pull up the RSA app on their mobile device and remember the 8-digit token then fly over to the vmware view app and type in that code all within the 60- (or 30-) second window.  That\'s a little much for some folks to handle.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<div>The intended audience of this technical post is your \"all-in-one\" administrator (like me) or a team of administrators across your compliance/security, VDI, or vSphere IT groups.</div>\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nPrerequisites:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>RSA Server 7.1 SP4 (This is what I tested against)</li>\r\n	<li>View 5.1 with RSA enabled</li>\r\n	<li>VMware View iPad App</li>\r\n	<li>Access to your RSA server\'s admin page or be able to get the specific type of token from your RSA administrator in your organization.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>One point of clarification:</strong>\r\n<blockquote><strong> What is the difference between PIN, tokencode and PASSCODE?</strong>\r\n\r\nThe terminology can be very confusing. With two-factor authentication there are two components that a user needs in order to authenticate. The two factors are “something the user has – RSA Token which displays a tokencode” and “something the user knows - PIN”.  The PASSCODE is a combination of the user’s PIN followed by the tokencode. For example, if your PIN is abc1234 and the current tokencode is 987654, your PASSCODE is abc1234987654.</blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>There are several broad steps in the beginning and I will be focusing this post on the last few steps -- but -- I have included all of the steps to make sure you\'re doing everything that needs to be done with info on how to do it.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<strong>1. Setup VMware View 5.1, a security server, and a connection server.  </strong>You should be able to access your view environment from outside your corporate network.\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>2. Setup RSA Server 7.1 SP4.</strong>  Or have your RSA admin upgrade you to this version. Make sure this is integrated into your Active Directory environment to sync up beautifully with View. *Tip: Make sure your RSA server\'s computer name is all lowercase and never ever change the name.  Strange things happen if you do. *\r\n<blockquote><strong>Here are some other things you have to do but I will not be providing detailed instructions in this post:</strong>\r\n\r\nSetup your internal view connection server (paired with security server) as an \"authentication agent\" in RSA.\r\n\r\nDownload the SDCONF.REC file from your RSA server.\r\n\r\nConfigure your View Connection Server to force RSA authentication before Active Directory authentication.  Once you\'re ready to force users to use RSA (After training, and token setup, of course), you need to follow the instructions from the VMware View documentation, found <a href=\"http://pubs.vmware.com/view-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.view.administration.doc%2FGUID-70879B1F-1DB3-45EA-8D12-C93906F11959.html\">here</a>.</blockquote>\r\n<strong>3. Install the iPhone software token device type. </strong>  Go <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/iphone-and-ipad.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and download the documentation and device definition file.  You or your RSA admin will need to install the iPhone device type into the RSA console.\r\n\r\n<strong>4. Assign a software token to a user.</strong>  Instructions are on page 39 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".\r\n\r\n<strong>5. Edit the user\'s token issue the token.</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Go to Authentication &gt; SecurID Tokens &gt; Manage Existing.</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Find the new user\'s token, press the down arrow beside it and press edit.</strong></li>\r\n	<li>Start and follow the steps beginning on page 40 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSome settings of note (the instructions refer you back to Steps 1-4 of thee previous section, so check these settings):\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Pages 35-36 - If you want to restrict delivery of the token to ONE Device, then follow those instructions to retrieve the info from the user\'s RSA app, replace the GUID serial number field, then issue the token.  BE WARNED:  This will BIND your token to that device.  If a user changes devices, then you will need to issue a new token.  This is also a 1-to-1 bind.  This means one software token license equals one device token.  In my use case, I am NOT binding tokens to devices and the user can use the same token in their View iPad app, on their iPad RSA app, and on their iPhone/Droid RSA app.</li>\r\n	<li>Press \"Save and Distribute Token.\"</li>\r\n	<li>Choose Distribution Method: \"Issue Token File SDTID\".</li>\r\n	<li>Page 37 - follow the suggestions in the graphic for \"software token settings.\"</li>\r\n	<li>Turn back to page 40, picking up at step 3.  Give your token a password (required to install the token on their device - a 4 digit pin is ok, for example 5672).</li>\r\n	<li>Press Next to issue the token file and download the zip file. Extract it and get ready to use.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>5. Setup the Token Converter tool. </strong>Download the software token converter tool from RSA\'s website <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/converter.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.  Setup a converter folder on your computer and put the \"TokenConverter.exe\" and \"sdti2tsf.dll\" files in this folder (like C:\\Temp).  Drop all of the downloaded and extracted SDTID files (from step 4) into the folder as well.  You can identify them by the file name  ... should be \"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">username_0000135562626.sdtid</span>\" (where the numbers are the token ID.\r\n\r\n<strong>6. Convert the SDTID files into the iPhone software token format</strong>.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>With your token converter files and the .SDTID files in one directory, open up a command prompt and navigate to that directory.</li>\r\n	<li>The command to execute is below.  The NAMEtokenfile.txt is the output file (Name it whatever you like).  The output file consists of the \"url\" that you will send to each user via email, so you probably want to make the file name user specific as to not get confused.  The underlined portion is that specific SDTID file you want to convert.  5672 is the example password on the token that you or your admin put on the token file.\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>TokenConverter.exe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">username_0000135562626.sdtid</span> -p 5672 -mobile -o NAMEtokenfile.txt</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7772\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert-300x35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"35\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">(Click to enlarge the graphic)</p>\r\n<strong>7. Send the token code to your user(s).  </strong>Open up your NAMEtokenfile.txt file(s) and copy the \"url\" out of the file and e-mail that to your user(s).  The URL is going to look something like this (I\'ve changed the numbers so you can\'t steal my token):  com.rsa.securid://ctf?ctfData=202222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222722\r\n\r\n<strong>8. Users should setup their RSA Accounts on your network.</strong>  You can make the RSA Server public through your DMZ but that\'s really not necessary for this purpose.  But you can.  In the same e-mail, direct your users to the link below.  They should click that link.  Login with their WINDOWS active directory username and password.  Then they will setup their PIN code and security questions.\r\n\r\nhttps://rsaauthmgr.yourlocal.domain:7004/console-selfservice/SelfService.do\r\n\r\n<strong>9. Install the token into the RSA app on your iPhone/iPad.</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Users should have the iPhone/iPad apps installed on their devices already (from the iTunes App store).</li>\r\n	<li>Then they should open up their e-mail and click on the link you just sent them.</li>\r\n	<li>This will open up the app and ask for the password (5672 in my example).</li>\r\n	<li>It might also ask for the PIN code that they setup in the step above.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>10. Install the token into your VMware View Client iPad app on your iPhone/iPad only after your connection server is RSA enabled. </strong>\r\n\r\n*Note: Remember that if in step 5, you chose to bind the token to a specific device, that you must use one token per app.  You cannot use the token for both #9 and #10.*\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Users should already have the VMware View iPad app installed, available for free from the iTunes App store.</li>\r\n	<li>Copy the URL from the email (The whole text) to the iPad/iPhone clipboard.</li>\r\n	<li>Open the View Client app.</li>\r\n	<li>Go into your view connection server - click \"external token\"</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Token Description:</strong> call it whatever you want (plain text)</li>\r\n	<li><strong>URL:</strong> paste the complete URL from the e-mail (output of the NAMEtokenfile.txt)</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Password:</strong> if you put a password on the token (which you should have), then type that in (my example was 5672).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYour login screen on your iPad now looks like this (click to enlarge):\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/RSALoginScreen.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7778\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/RSALoginScreen-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd if you press \"token code available..\" you get the next screen where you can actually authenticate using an external token (if someone else needs to login with their credentials on your iPad/iPhone) (click to enlarge):\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/RSATokenScreen.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7779\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/RSATokenScreen-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>So once you have everything setup, you/your user clicks the View connection server in the app.  They enter their windows username and their RSA PIN (since the token is stored), then press done.  (it authenticates to RSA).  Then you/your user logs in with the windows username and password.</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>And BAM - your user\'s lives are easier while at the same time securing your critical data and being PCI Compliant!</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShoot me a note if you have any questions on twitter or send me an email to phillip(at)phillipreynolds(dot)com.\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nPhillip Reynolds is a guest blogger for eGroup and you can find more of his posts <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/author/phillip-reynolds\">here</a>.  You can also keep up with him on Twitter @<a href=\"http://twitter.com/philvirtual\">philvirtual</a>.','Integrating RSA SecurID with VMware View iPad Client - eGroup','','publish','open','open','','integrating-rsa-securid-with-vmware-view-ipad-client-egroup','','','2012-12-06 16:11:21','2012-12-06 21:11:21','',0,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/?p=7766',0,'post','',0),(7767,22,'2012-12-06 09:14:53','2012-12-06 14:14:53','I\'ve been struggling for a few months to find the answers to all of life\'s questions... err.. I mean how to integrate an RSA SecurID soft-token with the VMware View iPad Client.\n\nWhy?\n<ul>\n	<li>Users do not have to carry around a physical RSA keyfob.</li>\n	<li>Users do not have to pull up the RSA app on their mobile device and remember the 8-digit token then fly over to the vmware view app and type in that code all within the 60- (or 30-) second window.  That\'s a little much for some folks to handle.</li>\n</ul>\n<!--more-->\n\nPrerequisites:\n<ul>\n	<li>RSA Server 7.1 SP4 (This is what I tested against)</li>\n	<li>View 5.1 with RSA enabled</li>\n	<li>VMware View iPad App</li>\n	<li>Access to your RSA server\'s admin page or be able to get the specific type of token from your RSA administrator in your organization.</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\nThere are several broad steps and I will be focusing this post on the last step -- but -- I have included all of the steps to make sure you\'re doing everything that needs to be done with info on how to do it.\n<ol>\n	<li><strong>Setup VMware View 5.1, a security server, and a connection server.</strong>  You should be able to access your view environment from outside your corporate network.</li>\n	<li><strong>Setup RSA Server 7.1 SP4.</strong>  Or have your RSA admin upgrade you to</li>\n</ol>','Integrating RSA SecurID with VMware View iPad Client - eGroup','','inherit','open','open','','7766-revision','','','2012-12-06 09:14:53','2012-12-06 14:14:53','',7766,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7766-revision',0,'revision','',0),(7768,22,'2012-12-06 09:50:36','2012-12-06 14:50:36','I\'ve been struggling for a few months to find the answers to all of life\'s questions... err.. I mean how to integrate an RSA SecurID soft-token with the VMware View iPad Client.\n\nWhy?\n<ul>\n	<li>Users do not have to carry around a physical RSA keyfob.</li>\n	<li>Users do not have to pull up the RSA app on their mobile device and remember the 8-digit token then fly over to the vmware view app and type in that code all within the 60- (or 30-) second window.  That\'s a little much for some folks to handle.</li>\n</ul>\n<!--more-->\n\nPrerequisites:\n<ul>\n	<li>RSA Server 7.1 SP4 (This is what I tested against)</li>\n	<li>View 5.1 with RSA enabled</li>\n	<li>VMware View iPad App</li>\n	<li>Access to your RSA server\'s admin page or be able to get the specific type of token from your RSA administrator in your organization.</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\nThere are several broad steps and I will be focusing this post on the last step -- but -- I have included all of the steps to make sure you\'re doing everything that needs to be done with info on how to do it.\n\n<strong>1. Setup VMware View 5.1, a security server, and a connection server.</strong>  You should be able to access your view environment from outside your corporate network.\n<strong></strong>\n\n<strong>2. Setup RSA Server 7.1 SP4.</strong>  Or have your RSA admin upgrade you to this version.\n<strong></strong>\n\n<strong>3. Install the iPhone software token device type. </strong>  Go <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/iphone-and-ipad.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and download the documentation and device definition file.  You or your RSA admin will need to install the iPhone device type into the RSA console.\n\n<strong>4. Assign a software token to a user.</strong>  Instructions are on page 39.\n\n<strong>5. Edit the user\'s token issue the token.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>Go to Authentication &gt; SecurID Tokens &gt; Manage Existing.</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Find the new user\'s token, press the down arrow beside it and press edit.</strong></li>\n	<li>Start and follow the steps beginning on page 40 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".</li>\n</ul>\nSome settings of note (the instructions refer you back to Steps 1-4 of thee previous section, so check these settings):\n<ul>\n	<li>Pages 35-36 - If you want to restrict delivery of the token to ONE Device, then follow those instructions to retrieve the info from the user\'s RSA app, replace the GUID serial number field, then issue the token.  BE WARNED:  This will BIND your token to that device.  If a user changes devices, then you will need to issue a new token.  This is also a 1-to-1 bind.  This means one software token license equals one device token.  In my use case, I am NOT binding tokens to devices and the user can use the same token in their View iPad app, on their iPad RSA app, and on their iPhone/Droid RSA app.</li>\n	<li>Press \"Save and Distribute Token.\"</li>\n	<li>Choose Distribution Method: \"Issue Token File SDTID\".</li>\n	<li>Page 37 - follow the suggestions in the graphic for \"software token settings.\"</li>\n	<li>Turn back to page 40, picking up at step 3.  Give your token a password (required to install the token on their device - a 4 digit pin is ok).</li>\n	<li>Press Next to issue the token file and download the zip file. Extract it and get ready to use.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>5. Setup the Token Converter tool. </strong>Download the software token converter tool from RSA\'s website <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/converter.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.  Setup a converter folder on your computer and put the \"TokenConverter.exe\" and \"sdti2tsf.dll\" files in this folder (like C:\\Temp).  Drop all of the downloaded and extracted SDTID files (from step 4) into the folder as well.  You can identify them by the file name  ... should be \"username_0000135562626.sdtid\" (where the numbers are the token ID.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Integrating RSA SecurID with VMware View iPad Client - eGroup','','inherit','open','open','','7766-revision-2','','','2012-12-06 09:50:36','2012-12-06 14:50:36','',7766,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7766-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(7769,22,'2012-12-06 09:54:09','2012-12-06 14:54:09','I\'ve been struggling for a few months to find the answers to all of life\'s questions... err.. I mean how to integrate an RSA SecurID soft-token with the VMware View iPad Client.\n\nWhy?\n<ul>\n	<li>Users do not have to carry around a physical RSA keyfob.</li>\n	<li>Users do not have to pull up the RSA app on their mobile device and remember the 8-digit token then fly over to the vmware view app and type in that code all within the 60- (or 30-) second window.  That\'s a little much for some folks to handle.</li>\n</ul>\n<!--more-->\n\nPrerequisites:\n<ul>\n	<li>RSA Server 7.1 SP4 (This is what I tested against)</li>\n	<li>View 5.1 with RSA enabled</li>\n	<li>VMware View iPad App</li>\n	<li>Access to your RSA server\'s admin page or be able to get the specific type of token from your RSA administrator in your organization.</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>There are several broad steps in the beginning and I will be focusing this post on the last few steps -- but -- I have included all of the steps to make sure you\'re doing everything that needs to be done with info on how to do it.</strong></span>\n\n<strong>1. Setup VMware View 5.1, a security server, and a connection server.  </strong>You should be able to access your view environment from outside your corporate network.\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>2. Setup RSA Server 7.1 SP4.</strong>  Or have your RSA admin upgrade you to this version. Make sure this is integrated into your Active Directory environment to sync up beautifully with View.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>3. Install the iPhone software token device type. </strong>  Go <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/iphone-and-ipad.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and download the documentation and device definition file.  You or your RSA admin will need to install the iPhone device type into the RSA console.\n\n<strong>4. Assign a software token to a user.</strong>  Instructions are on page 39.\n\n<strong>5. Edit the user\'s token issue the token.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>Go to Authentication &gt; SecurID Tokens &gt; Manage Existing.</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Find the new user\'s token, press the down arrow beside it and press edit.</strong></li>\n	<li>Start and follow the steps beginning on page 40 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".</li>\n</ul>\nSome settings of note (the instructions refer you back to Steps 1-4 of thee previous section, so check these settings):\n<ul>\n	<li>Pages 35-36 - If you want to restrict delivery of the token to ONE Device, then follow those instructions to retrieve the info from the user\'s RSA app, replace the GUID serial number field, then issue the token.  BE WARNED:  This will BIND your token to that device.  If a user changes devices, then you will need to issue a new token.  This is also a 1-to-1 bind.  This means one software token license equals one device token.  In my use case, I am NOT binding tokens to devices and the user can use the same token in their View iPad app, on their iPad RSA app, and on their iPhone/Droid RSA app.</li>\n	<li>Press \"Save and Distribute Token.\"</li>\n	<li>Choose Distribution Method: \"Issue Token File SDTID\".</li>\n	<li>Page 37 - follow the suggestions in the graphic for \"software token settings.\"</li>\n	<li>Turn back to page 40, picking up at step 3.  Give your token a password (required to install the token on their device - a 4 digit pin is ok).</li>\n	<li>Press Next to issue the token file and download the zip file. Extract it and get ready to use.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>5. Setup the Token Converter tool. </strong>Download the software token converter tool from RSA\'s website <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/converter.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.  Setup a converter folder on your computer and put the \"TokenConverter.exe\" and \"sdti2tsf.dll\" files in this folder (like C:\\Temp).  Drop all of the downloaded and extracted SDTID files (from step 4) into the folder as well.  You can identify them by the file name  ... should be \"username_0000135562626.sdtid\" (where the numbers are the token ID.\n\n<strong>6. Convert the SDTID files into the iPhone software token format</strong>.\n\n<strong> Configure your View Connection Server to force RSA authentication before Active Directory authentication</strong>.  Once you\'re ready to force users to use RSA (After training, and token setup, of course).','Integrating RSA SecurID with VMware View iPad Client - eGroup','','inherit','open','open','','7766-revision-3','','','2012-12-06 09:54:09','2012-12-06 14:54:09','',7766,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7766-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(7770,22,'2012-12-06 09:57:37','2012-12-06 14:57:37','I\'ve been struggling for a few months to find the answers to all of life\'s questions... err.. I mean how to integrate an RSA SecurID soft-token with the VMware View iPad Client.\n\nWhy?\n<ul>\n	<li>Users do not have to carry around a physical RSA keyfob.</li>\n	<li>Users do not have to pull up the RSA app on their mobile device and remember the 8-digit token then fly over to the vmware view app and type in that code all within the 60- (or 30-) second window.  That\'s a little much for some folks to handle.</li>\n</ul>\n<div>The intended audience of this technical post is your \"all-in-one\" administrator (like me) or a team of administrators across your compliance/security, VDI, or vSphere IT groups.</div>\n<!--more-->\n\nPrerequisites:\n<ul>\n	<li>RSA Server 7.1 SP4 (This is what I tested against)</li>\n	<li>View 5.1 with RSA enabled</li>\n	<li>VMware View iPad App</li>\n	<li>Access to your RSA server\'s admin page or be able to get the specific type of token from your RSA administrator in your organization.</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>There are several broad steps in the beginning and I will be focusing this post on the last few steps -- but -- I have included all of the steps to make sure you\'re doing everything that needs to be done with info on how to do it.</strong></span>\n\n<strong>1. Setup VMware View 5.1, a security server, and a connection server.  </strong>You should be able to access your view environment from outside your corporate network.\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>2. Setup RSA Server 7.1 SP4.</strong>  Or have your RSA admin upgrade you to this version. Make sure this is integrated into your Active Directory environment to sync up beautifully with View.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>3. Install the iPhone software token device type. </strong>  Go <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/iphone-and-ipad.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and download the documentation and device definition file.  You or your RSA admin will need to install the iPhone device type into the RSA console.\n\n<strong>4. Assign a software token to a user.</strong>  Instructions are on page 39.\n\n<strong>5. Edit the user\'s token issue the token.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>Go to Authentication &gt; SecurID Tokens &gt; Manage Existing.</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Find the new user\'s token, press the down arrow beside it and press edit.</strong></li>\n	<li>Start and follow the steps beginning on page 40 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".</li>\n</ul>\nSome settings of note (the instructions refer you back to Steps 1-4 of thee previous section, so check these settings):\n<ul>\n	<li>Pages 35-36 - If you want to restrict delivery of the token to ONE Device, then follow those instructions to retrieve the info from the user\'s RSA app, replace the GUID serial number field, then issue the token.  BE WARNED:  This will BIND your token to that device.  If a user changes devices, then you will need to issue a new token.  This is also a 1-to-1 bind.  This means one software token license equals one device token.  In my use case, I am NOT binding tokens to devices and the user can use the same token in their View iPad app, on their iPad RSA app, and on their iPhone/Droid RSA app.</li>\n	<li>Press \"Save and Distribute Token.\"</li>\n	<li>Choose Distribution Method: \"Issue Token File SDTID\".</li>\n	<li>Page 37 - follow the suggestions in the graphic for \"software token settings.\"</li>\n	<li>Turn back to page 40, picking up at step 3.  Give your token a password (required to install the token on their device - a 4 digit pin is ok).</li>\n	<li>Press Next to issue the token file and download the zip file. Extract it and get ready to use.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>5. Setup the Token Converter tool. </strong>Download the software token converter tool from RSA\'s website <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/converter.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.  Setup a converter folder on your computer and put the \"TokenConverter.exe\" and \"sdti2tsf.dll\" files in this folder (like C:\\Temp).  Drop all of the downloaded and extracted SDTID files (from step 4) into the folder as well.  You can identify them by the file name  ... should be \"username_0000135562626.sdtid\" (where the numbers are the token ID.\n\n<strong>6. Convert the SDTID files into the iPhone software token format</strong>.\n\nSetup your internal view connection (paired with security server) server as an \"authentication\n\nDownload the SDCONF.REC file from your RSA server.\n\n<strong> Configure your View Connection Server to force RSA authentication before Active Directory authentication</strong>.  Once you\'re ready to force users to use RSA (After training, and token setup, of course), you need to follow the instructions from the VMware View documentation, found <a href=\"http://pubs.vmware.com/view-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.view.administration.doc%2FGUID-70879B1F-1DB3-45EA-8D12-C93906F11959.html\">here</a>.','Integrating RSA SecurID with VMware View iPad Client - eGroup','','inherit','open','open','','7766-revision-4','','','2012-12-06 09:57:37','2012-12-06 14:57:37','',7766,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7766-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(7771,22,'2012-12-06 12:14:55','2012-12-06 17:14:55','I\'ve been struggling for a few months to find the answers to all of life\'s questions... err.. I mean how to integrate an RSA SecurID soft-token with the VMware View iPad Client.\n\nWhy?\n<ul>\n	<li>Users do not have to carry around a physical RSA keyfob.</li>\n	<li>Users do not have to pull up the RSA app on their mobile device and remember the 8-digit token then fly over to the vmware view app and type in that code all within the 60- (or 30-) second window.  That\'s a little much for some folks to handle.</li>\n</ul>\n<div>The intended audience of this technical post is your \"all-in-one\" administrator (like me) or a team of administrators across your compliance/security, VDI, or vSphere IT groups.</div>\n<!--more-->\n\nPrerequisites:\n<ul>\n	<li>RSA Server 7.1 SP4 (This is what I tested against)</li>\n	<li>View 5.1 with RSA enabled</li>\n	<li>VMware View iPad App</li>\n	<li>Access to your RSA server\'s admin page or be able to get the specific type of token from your RSA administrator in your organization.</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>There are several broad steps in the beginning and I will be focusing this post on the last few steps -- but -- I have included all of the steps to make sure you\'re doing everything that needs to be done with info on how to do it.</strong></span>\n\n<strong>1. Setup VMware View 5.1, a security server, and a connection server.  </strong>You should be able to access your view environment from outside your corporate network.\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>2. Setup RSA Server 7.1 SP4.</strong>  Or have your RSA admin upgrade you to this version. Make sure this is integrated into your Active Directory environment to sync up beautifully with View. *Tip: Make sure your RSA server\'s computer name is all lowercase and never ever change the name.  Strange things happen if you do. *\\\n\n<strong>3. Install the iPhone software token device type. </strong>  Go <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/iphone-and-ipad.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and download the documentation and device definition file.  You or your RSA admin will need to install the iPhone device type into the RSA console.\n\n<strong>4. Assign a software token to a user.</strong>  Instructions are on page 39 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".\n\n<strong>5. Edit the user\'s token issue the token.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>Go to Authentication &gt; SecurID Tokens &gt; Manage Existing.</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Find the new user\'s token, press the down arrow beside it and press edit.</strong></li>\n	<li>Start and follow the steps beginning on page 40 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".</li>\n</ul>\nSome settings of note (the instructions refer you back to Steps 1-4 of thee previous section, so check these settings):\n<ul>\n	<li>Pages 35-36 - If you want to restrict delivery of the token to ONE Device, then follow those instructions to retrieve the info from the user\'s RSA app, replace the GUID serial number field, then issue the token.  BE WARNED:  This will BIND your token to that device.  If a user changes devices, then you will need to issue a new token.  This is also a 1-to-1 bind.  This means one software token license equals one device token.  In my use case, I am NOT binding tokens to devices and the user can use the same token in their View iPad app, on their iPad RSA app, and on their iPhone/Droid RSA app.</li>\n	<li>Press \"Save and Distribute Token.\"</li>\n	<li>Choose Distribution Method: \"Issue Token File SDTID\".</li>\n	<li>Page 37 - follow the suggestions in the graphic for \"software token settings.\"</li>\n	<li>Turn back to page 40, picking up at step 3.  Give your token a password (required to install the token on their device - a 4 digit pin is ok).</li>\n	<li>Press Next to issue the token file and download the zip file. Extract it and get ready to use.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>5. Setup the Token Converter tool. </strong>Download the software token converter tool from RSA\'s website <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/converter.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.  Setup a converter folder on your computer and put the \"TokenConverter.exe\" and \"sdti2tsf.dll\" files in this folder (like C:\\Temp).  Drop all of the downloaded and extracted SDTID files (from step 4) into the folder as well.  You can identify them by the file name  ... should be \"username_0000135562626.sdtid\" (where the numbers are the token ID.\n\n<strong>6. Convert the SDTID files into the iPhone software token format</strong>.\n<ul>\n	<li>With your token converter files and the .SDTID files in one directory, open up a command prompt and navigate to that directory.</li>\n	<li>The command to execute is below.  The NAMEtokenfile.txt is the output file (Name it whatever you like).  The output file consists of the \"url\" that you will send to each user via email, so you probably want to make the file name user specific as to not get confused.</li>\n	<li></li>\n</ul>\nSetup your internal view connection server (paired with security server) as an \"authentication agent\" in RSA.\n\nDownload the SDCONF.REC file from your RSA server.\n\n<strong> Configure your View Connection Server to force RSA authentication before Active Directory authentication</strong>.  Once you\'re ready to force users to use RSA (After training, and token setup, of course), you need to follow the instructions from the VMware View documentation, found <a href=\"http://pubs.vmware.com/view-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.view.administration.doc%2FGUID-70879B1F-1DB3-45EA-8D12-C93906F11959.html\">here</a>.','Integrating RSA SecurID with VMware View iPad Client - eGroup','','inherit','open','open','','7766-revision-5','','','2012-12-06 12:14:55','2012-12-06 17:14:55','',7766,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7766-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(7772,22,'2012-12-06 12:23:44','2012-12-06 17:23:44','','token-convert','','inherit','open','open','','token-convert','','','2012-12-06 12:23:44','2012-12-06 17:23:44','',7766,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(7773,22,'2012-12-06 12:37:38','2012-12-06 17:37:38','I\'ve been struggling for a few months to find the answers to all of life\'s questions... err.. I mean how to integrate an RSA SecurID soft-token with the VMware View iPad Client.\n\nWhy?\n<ul>\n	<li>Users do not have to carry around a physical RSA keyfob.</li>\n	<li>Users do not have to pull up the RSA app on their mobile device and remember the 8-digit token then fly over to the vmware view app and type in that code all within the 60- (or 30-) second window.  That\'s a little much for some folks to handle.</li>\n</ul>\n<div>The intended audience of this technical post is your \"all-in-one\" administrator (like me) or a team of administrators across your compliance/security, VDI, or vSphere IT groups.</div>\n<!--more-->\n\nPrerequisites:\n<ul>\n	<li>RSA Server 7.1 SP4 (This is what I tested against)</li>\n	<li>View 5.1 with RSA enabled</li>\n	<li>VMware View iPad App</li>\n	<li>Access to your RSA server\'s admin page or be able to get the specific type of token from your RSA administrator in your organization.</li>\n</ul>\nOne point of clarificati\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>There are several broad steps in the beginning and I will be focusing this post on the last few steps -- but -- I have included all of the steps to make sure you\'re doing everything that needs to be done with info on how to do it.</strong></span>\n\n<strong>1. Setup VMware View 5.1, a security server, and a connection server.  </strong>You should be able to access your view environment from outside your corporate network.\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>2. Setup RSA Server 7.1 SP4.</strong>  Or have your RSA admin upgrade you to this version. Make sure this is integrated into your Active Directory environment to sync up beautifully with View. *Tip: Make sure your RSA server\'s computer name is all lowercase and never ever change the name.  Strange things happen if you do. *\n\n<strong>3. Install the iPhone software token device type. </strong>  Go <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/iphone-and-ipad.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and download the documentation and device definition file.  You or your RSA admin will need to install the iPhone device type into the RSA console.\n\n<strong>4. Assign a software token to a user.</strong>  Instructions are on page 39 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".\n\n<strong>5. Edit the user\'s token issue the token.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>Go to Authentication &gt; SecurID Tokens &gt; Manage Existing.</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Find the new user\'s token, press the down arrow beside it and press edit.</strong></li>\n	<li>Start and follow the steps beginning on page 40 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".</li>\n</ul>\nSome settings of note (the instructions refer you back to Steps 1-4 of thee previous section, so check these settings):\n<ul>\n	<li>Pages 35-36 - If you want to restrict delivery of the token to ONE Device, then follow those instructions to retrieve the info from the user\'s RSA app, replace the GUID serial number field, then issue the token.  BE WARNED:  This will BIND your token to that device.  If a user changes devices, then you will need to issue a new token.  This is also a 1-to-1 bind.  This means one software token license equals one device token.  In my use case, I am NOT binding tokens to devices and the user can use the same token in their View iPad app, on their iPad RSA app, and on their iPhone/Droid RSA app.</li>\n	<li>Press \"Save and Distribute Token.\"</li>\n	<li>Choose Distribution Method: \"Issue Token File SDTID\".</li>\n	<li>Page 37 - follow the suggestions in the graphic for \"software token settings.\"</li>\n	<li>Turn back to page 40, picking up at step 3.  Give your token a password (required to install the token on their device - a 4 digit pin is ok, for example 5672).</li>\n	<li>Press Next to issue the token file and download the zip file. Extract it and get ready to use.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>5. Setup the Token Converter tool. </strong>Download the software token converter tool from RSA\'s website <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/converter.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.  Setup a converter folder on your computer and put the \"TokenConverter.exe\" and \"sdti2tsf.dll\" files in this folder (like C:\\Temp).  Drop all of the downloaded and extracted SDTID files (from step 4) into the folder as well.  You can identify them by the file name  ... should be \"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">username_0000135562626.sdtid</span>\" (where the numbers are the token ID.\n\n<strong>6. Convert the SDTID files into the iPhone software token format</strong>.\n<ul>\n	<li>With your token converter files and the .SDTID files in one directory, open up a command prompt and navigate to that directory.</li>\n	<li>The command to execute is below.  The NAMEtokenfile.txt is the output file (Name it whatever you like).  The output file consists of the \"url\" that you will send to each user via email, so you probably want to make the file name user specific as to not get confused.  The underlined portion is that specific SDTID file you want to convert.  5672 is the example password on the token that you or your admin put on the token file.\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>TokenConverter.exe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">username_0000135562626.sdtid</span> -p 5672 -mobile -o NAMEtokenfile.txt</strong></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7772\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert-300x35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"35\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">(Click to enlarge the graphic)</p>\n<strong>7. Send the token code to your user(s).  </strong>Open up your NAMEtokenfile.txt file(s) and copy the \"url\" out of the file and e-mail that to your user(s).  The URL is going to look something like this (I\'ve changed the numbers so you can\'t steal my token):  com.rsa.securid://ctf?ctfData=202222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222722\n\n<strong>8. Users should setup their RSA Accounts on your network.</strong>  You can make the RSA Server public through your DMZ but that\'s really not necessary for this purpose.  But you can.  In the same e-mail, direct your users to the link below.  They should click that link.  Login with their WINDOWS active directory username and password.  Then they will setup their PIN code and security questions.\n\nhttps://rsaauthmgr.yourlocal.domain:7004/console-selfservice/SelfService.do\n\n<strong>9. INSTALL THE TOKEN TO THE RSA APP.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Users should have the iPhone/iPad apps installed on their devices already (from the iTunes App store).</li>\n	<li>Then they should open up their e-mail and click on the link you just sent them.</li>\n	<li>This will open up the app and ask for the password (5672 in my example).</li>\n	<li>It might also ask for the PIN code that they setup in the step above.</li>\n</ul>\nSetup your internal view connection server (paired with security server) as an \"authentication agent\" in RSA.\n\nDownload the SDCONF.REC file from your RSA server.\n\n<strong> Configure your View Connection Server to force RSA authentication before Active Directory authentication</strong>.  Once you\'re ready to force users to use RSA (After training, and token setup, of course), you need to follow the instructions from the VMware View documentation, found <a href=\"http://pubs.vmware.com/view-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.view.administration.doc%2FGUID-70879B1F-1DB3-45EA-8D12-C93906F11959.html\">here</a>.','Integrating RSA SecurID with VMware View iPad Client - eGroup','','inherit','open','open','','7766-revision-6','','','2012-12-06 12:37:38','2012-12-06 17:37:38','',7766,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7766-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(7774,22,'2012-12-06 12:39:03','2012-12-06 17:39:03','I\'ve been struggling for a few months to find the answers to all of life\'s questions... err.. I mean how to integrate an RSA SecurID soft-token with the VMware View iPad Client.\n\nWhy?\n<ul>\n	<li>Users do not have to carry around a physical RSA keyfob.</li>\n	<li>Users do not have to pull up the RSA app on their mobile device and remember the 8-digit token then fly over to the vmware view app and type in that code all within the 60- (or 30-) second window.  That\'s a little much for some folks to handle.</li>\n</ul>\n<div>The intended audience of this technical post is your \"all-in-one\" administrator (like me) or a team of administrators across your compliance/security, VDI, or vSphere IT groups.</div>\n<!--more-->\n\nPrerequisites:\n<ul>\n	<li>RSA Server 7.1 SP4 (This is what I tested against)</li>\n	<li>View 5.1 with RSA enabled</li>\n	<li>VMware View iPad App</li>\n	<li>Access to your RSA server\'s admin page or be able to get the specific type of token from your RSA administrator in your organization.</li>\n</ul>\nOne point of clarification:\n<blockquote> <strong>What is the difference between PIN, tokencode and PASSCODE?</strong>\n\nThe terminology can be very confusing. With two-factor authentication there are two components that a user needs in order to authenticate. The two factors are “something the user has – RSA Token which displays a tokencode” and “something the user knows - PIN”.  The PASSCODE is a combination of the user’s PIN followed by the tokencode. For example, if your PIN is abc1234 and the current tokencode is 987654, your PASSCODE is abc1234987654.</blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>There are several broad steps in the beginning and I will be focusing this post on the last few steps -- but -- I have included all of the steps to make sure you\'re doing everything that needs to be done with info on how to do it.</strong></span>\n\n<strong>1. Setup VMware View 5.1, a security server, and a connection server.  </strong>You should be able to access your view environment from outside your corporate network.\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>2. Setup RSA Server 7.1 SP4.</strong>  Or have your RSA admin upgrade you to this version. Make sure this is integrated into your Active Directory environment to sync up beautifully with View. *Tip: Make sure your RSA server\'s computer name is all lowercase and never ever change the name.  Strange things happen if you do. *\n\n<strong>3. Install the iPhone software token device type. </strong>  Go <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/iphone-and-ipad.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and download the documentation and device definition file.  You or your RSA admin will need to install the iPhone device type into the RSA console.\n\n<strong>4. Assign a software token to a user.</strong>  Instructions are on page 39 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".\n\n<strong>5. Edit the user\'s token issue the token.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>Go to Authentication &gt; SecurID Tokens &gt; Manage Existing.</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Find the new user\'s token, press the down arrow beside it and press edit.</strong></li>\n	<li>Start and follow the steps beginning on page 40 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".</li>\n</ul>\nSome settings of note (the instructions refer you back to Steps 1-4 of thee previous section, so check these settings):\n<ul>\n	<li>Pages 35-36 - If you want to restrict delivery of the token to ONE Device, then follow those instructions to retrieve the info from the user\'s RSA app, replace the GUID serial number field, then issue the token.  BE WARNED:  This will BIND your token to that device.  If a user changes devices, then you will need to issue a new token.  This is also a 1-to-1 bind.  This means one software token license equals one device token.  In my use case, I am NOT binding tokens to devices and the user can use the same token in their View iPad app, on their iPad RSA app, and on their iPhone/Droid RSA app.</li>\n	<li>Press \"Save and Distribute Token.\"</li>\n	<li>Choose Distribution Method: \"Issue Token File SDTID\".</li>\n	<li>Page 37 - follow the suggestions in the graphic for \"software token settings.\"</li>\n	<li>Turn back to page 40, picking up at step 3.  Give your token a password (required to install the token on their device - a 4 digit pin is ok, for example 5672).</li>\n	<li>Press Next to issue the token file and download the zip file. Extract it and get ready to use.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>5. Setup the Token Converter tool. </strong>Download the software token converter tool from RSA\'s website <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/converter.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.  Setup a converter folder on your computer and put the \"TokenConverter.exe\" and \"sdti2tsf.dll\" files in this folder (like C:\\Temp).  Drop all of the downloaded and extracted SDTID files (from step 4) into the folder as well.  You can identify them by the file name  ... should be \"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">username_0000135562626.sdtid</span>\" (where the numbers are the token ID.\n\n<strong>6. Convert the SDTID files into the iPhone software token format</strong>.\n<ul>\n	<li>With your token converter files and the .SDTID files in one directory, open up a command prompt and navigate to that directory.</li>\n	<li>The command to execute is below.  The NAMEtokenfile.txt is the output file (Name it whatever you like).  The output file consists of the \"url\" that you will send to each user via email, so you probably want to make the file name user specific as to not get confused.  The underlined portion is that specific SDTID file you want to convert.  5672 is the example password on the token that you or your admin put on the token file.\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>TokenConverter.exe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">username_0000135562626.sdtid</span> -p 5672 -mobile -o NAMEtokenfile.txt</strong></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7772\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert-300x35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"35\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">(Click to enlarge the graphic)</p>\n<strong>7. Send the token code to your user(s).  </strong>Open up your NAMEtokenfile.txt file(s) and copy the \"url\" out of the file and e-mail that to your user(s).  The URL is going to look something like this (I\'ve changed the numbers so you can\'t steal my token):  com.rsa.securid://ctf?ctfData=202222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222722\n\n<strong>8. Users should setup their RSA Accounts on your network.</strong>  You can make the RSA Server public through your DMZ but that\'s really not necessary for this purpose.  But you can.  In the same e-mail, direct your users to the link below.  They should click that link.  Login with their WINDOWS active directory username and password.  Then they will setup their PIN code and security questions.\n\nhttps://rsaauthmgr.yourlocal.domain:7004/console-selfservice/SelfService.do\n\n<strong>9. INSTALL THE TOKEN TO THE RSA APP.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Users should have the iPhone/iPad apps installed on their devices already (from the iTunes App store).</li>\n	<li>Then they should open up their e-mail and click on the link you just sent them.</li>\n	<li>This will open up the app and ask for the password (5672 in my example).</li>\n	<li>It might also ask for the PIN code that they setup in the step above.</li>\n</ul>\nSetup your internal view connection server (paired with security server) as an \"authentication agent\" in RSA.\n\nDownload the SDCONF.REC file from your RSA server.\n\n<strong> Configure your View Connection Server to force RSA authentication before Active Directory authentication</strong>.  Once you\'re ready to force users to use RSA (After training, and token setup, of course), you need to follow the instructions from the VMware View documentation, found <a href=\"http://pubs.vmware.com/view-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.view.administration.doc%2FGUID-70879B1F-1DB3-45EA-8D12-C93906F11959.html\">here</a>.','Integrating RSA SecurID with VMware View iPad Client - eGroup','','inherit','open','open','','7766-revision-7','','','2012-12-06 12:39:03','2012-12-06 17:39:03','',7766,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7766-revision-7',0,'revision','',0),(7775,22,'2012-12-06 12:42:24','2012-12-06 17:42:24','I\'ve been struggling for a few months to find the answers to all of life\'s questions... err.. I mean how to integrate an RSA SecurID soft-token with the VMware View iPad Client.\n\nWhy?\n<ul>\n	<li>Users do not have to carry around a physical RSA keyfob.</li>\n	<li>Users do not have to pull up the RSA app on their mobile device and remember the 8-digit token then fly over to the vmware view app and type in that code all within the 60- (or 30-) second window.  That\'s a little much for some folks to handle.</li>\n</ul>\n<div>The intended audience of this technical post is your \"all-in-one\" administrator (like me) or a team of administrators across your compliance/security, VDI, or vSphere IT groups.</div>\n<!--more-->\n\nPrerequisites:\n<ul>\n	<li>RSA Server 7.1 SP4 (This is what I tested against)</li>\n	<li>View 5.1 with RSA enabled</li>\n	<li>VMware View iPad App</li>\n	<li>Access to your RSA server\'s admin page or be able to get the specific type of token from your RSA administrator in your organization.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>One point of clarification:</strong>\n<blockquote><strong> What is the difference between PIN, tokencode and PASSCODE?</strong>\n\nThe terminology can be very confusing. With two-factor authentication there are two components that a user needs in order to authenticate. The two factors are “something the user has – RSA Token which displays a tokencode” and “something the user knows - PIN”.  The PASSCODE is a combination of the user’s PIN followed by the tokencode. For example, if your PIN is abc1234 and the current tokencode is 987654, your PASSCODE is abc1234987654.</blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>There are several broad steps in the beginning and I will be focusing this post on the last few steps -- but -- I have included all of the steps to make sure you\'re doing everything that needs to be done with info on how to do it.</strong></span>\n\n<strong>1. Setup VMware View 5.1, a security server, and a connection server.  </strong>You should be able to access your view environment from outside your corporate network.\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>2. Setup RSA Server 7.1 SP4.</strong>  Or have your RSA admin upgrade you to this version. Make sure this is integrated into your Active Directory environment to sync up beautifully with View. *Tip: Make sure your RSA server\'s computer name is all lowercase and never ever change the name.  Strange things happen if you do. *\n<blockquote><strong>Here are some other things you have to do but I will not be providing detailed instructions in this post:</strong>\n\n<strong>Setup your internal view connection server (paired with security server) as an \"authentication agent\" in RSA.</strong>\n\n<strong>Download the SDCONF.REC file from your RSA server.</strong>\n\n<strong> Configure your View Connection Server to force RSA authentication before Active Directory authentication.  Once you\'re ready to force users to use RSA (After training, and token setup, of course), you need to follow the instructions from the VMware View documentation, found <a href=\"http://pubs.vmware.com/view-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.view.administration.doc%2FGUID-70879B1F-1DB3-45EA-8D12-C93906F11959.html\">here</a>.</strong></blockquote>\n<strong>3. Install the iPhone software token device type. </strong>  Go <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/iphone-and-ipad.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and download the documentation and device definition file.  You or your RSA admin will need to install the iPhone device type into the RSA console.\n\n<strong>4. Assign a software token to a user.</strong>  Instructions are on page 39 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".\n\n<strong>5. Edit the user\'s token issue the token.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>Go to Authentication &gt; SecurID Tokens &gt; Manage Existing.</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Find the new user\'s token, press the down arrow beside it and press edit.</strong></li>\n	<li>Start and follow the steps beginning on page 40 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".</li>\n</ul>\nSome settings of note (the instructions refer you back to Steps 1-4 of thee previous section, so check these settings):\n<ul>\n	<li>Pages 35-36 - If you want to restrict delivery of the token to ONE Device, then follow those instructions to retrieve the info from the user\'s RSA app, replace the GUID serial number field, then issue the token.  BE WARNED:  This will BIND your token to that device.  If a user changes devices, then you will need to issue a new token.  This is also a 1-to-1 bind.  This means one software token license equals one device token.  In my use case, I am NOT binding tokens to devices and the user can use the same token in their View iPad app, on their iPad RSA app, and on their iPhone/Droid RSA app.</li>\n	<li>Press \"Save and Distribute Token.\"</li>\n	<li>Choose Distribution Method: \"Issue Token File SDTID\".</li>\n	<li>Page 37 - follow the suggestions in the graphic for \"software token settings.\"</li>\n	<li>Turn back to page 40, picking up at step 3.  Give your token a password (required to install the token on their device - a 4 digit pin is ok, for example 5672).</li>\n	<li>Press Next to issue the token file and download the zip file. Extract it and get ready to use.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>5. Setup the Token Converter tool. </strong>Download the software token converter tool from RSA\'s website <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/converter.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.  Setup a converter folder on your computer and put the \"TokenConverter.exe\" and \"sdti2tsf.dll\" files in this folder (like C:\\Temp).  Drop all of the downloaded and extracted SDTID files (from step 4) into the folder as well.  You can identify them by the file name  ... should be \"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">username_0000135562626.sdtid</span>\" (where the numbers are the token ID.\n\n<strong>6. Convert the SDTID files into the iPhone software token format</strong>.\n<ul>\n	<li>With your token converter files and the .SDTID files in one directory, open up a command prompt and navigate to that directory.</li>\n	<li>The command to execute is below.  The NAMEtokenfile.txt is the output file (Name it whatever you like).  The output file consists of the \"url\" that you will send to each user via email, so you probably want to make the file name user specific as to not get confused.  The underlined portion is that specific SDTID file you want to convert.  5672 is the example password on the token that you or your admin put on the token file.\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>TokenConverter.exe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">username_0000135562626.sdtid</span> -p 5672 -mobile -o NAMEtokenfile.txt</strong></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7772\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert-300x35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"35\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">(Click to enlarge the graphic)</p>\n<strong>7. Send the token code to your user(s).  </strong>Open up your NAMEtokenfile.txt file(s) and copy the \"url\" out of the file and e-mail that to your user(s).  The URL is going to look something like this (I\'ve changed the numbers so you can\'t steal my token):  com.rsa.securid://ctf?ctfData=202222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222722\n\n<strong>8. Users should setup their RSA Accounts on your network.</strong>  You can make the RSA Server public through your DMZ but that\'s really not necessary for this purpose.  But you can.  In the same e-mail, direct your users to the link below.  They should click that link.  Login with their WINDOWS active directory username and password.  Then they will setup their PIN code and security questions.\n\nhttps://rsaauthmgr.yourlocal.domain:7004/console-selfservice/SelfService.do\n\n<strong>9. INSTALL THE TOKEN TO THE RSA APP.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Users should have the iPhone/iPad apps installed on their devices already (from the iTunes App store).</li>\n	<li>Then they should open up their e-mail and click on the link you just sent them.</li>\n	<li>This will open up the app and ask for the password (5672 in my example).</li>\n	<li>It might also ask for the PIN code that they setup in the step above.</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Integrating RSA SecurID with VMware View iPad Client - eGroup','','inherit','open','open','','7766-revision-8','','','2012-12-06 12:42:24','2012-12-06 17:42:24','',7766,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7766-revision-8',0,'revision','',0),(7776,22,'2012-12-06 13:05:35','2012-12-06 18:05:35','I\'ve been struggling for a few months to find the answers to all of life\'s questions... err.. I mean how to integrate an RSA SecurID soft-token with the VMware View iPad Client.\n\nWhy?\n<ul>\n	<li>PCI Compliance requires multi-factor authentication for remote access to your cardholder data environment.  It\'s also a good security practice if you use remote access.</li>\n	<li>RSA SecurID is the most widely used form of multi-factor authentication, but there are certainly other options (Note: View only supports integration with RSA or RADIUS at this time).</li>\n	<li>Users do not have to carry around a physical RSA keyfob.</li>\n	<li>Users do not have to pull up the RSA app on their mobile device and remember the 8-digit token then fly over to the vmware view app and type in that code all within the 60- (or 30-) second window.  That\'s a little much for some folks to handle.</li>\n</ul>\n<div>The intended audience of this technical post is your \"all-in-one\" administrator (like me) or a team of administrators across your compliance/security, VDI, or vSphere IT groups.</div>\n<!--more-->\n\nPrerequisites:\n<ul>\n	<li>RSA Server 7.1 SP4 (This is what I tested against)</li>\n	<li>View 5.1 with RSA enabled</li>\n	<li>VMware View iPad App</li>\n	<li>Access to your RSA server\'s admin page or be able to get the specific type of token from your RSA administrator in your organization.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>One point of clarification:</strong>\n<blockquote><strong> What is the difference between PIN, tokencode and PASSCODE?</strong>\n\nThe terminology can be very confusing. With two-factor authentication there are two components that a user needs in order to authenticate. The two factors are “something the user has – RSA Token which displays a tokencode” and “something the user knows - PIN”.  The PASSCODE is a combination of the user’s PIN followed by the tokencode. For example, if your PIN is abc1234 and the current tokencode is 987654, your PASSCODE is abc1234987654.</blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>There are several broad steps in the beginning and I will be focusing this post on the last few steps -- but -- I have included all of the steps to make sure you\'re doing everything that needs to be done with info on how to do it.</strong></span>\n\n<strong>1. Setup VMware View 5.1, a security server, and a connection server.  </strong>You should be able to access your view environment from outside your corporate network.\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>2. Setup RSA Server 7.1 SP4.</strong>  Or have your RSA admin upgrade you to this version. Make sure this is integrated into your Active Directory environment to sync up beautifully with View. *Tip: Make sure your RSA server\'s computer name is all lowercase and never ever change the name.  Strange things happen if you do. *\n<blockquote><strong>Here are some other things you have to do but I will not be providing detailed instructions in this post:</strong>\n\nSetup your internal view connection server (paired with security server) as an \"authentication agent\" in RSA.\n\nDownload the SDCONF.REC file from your RSA server.\n\nConfigure your View Connection Server to force RSA authentication before Active Directory authentication.  Once you\'re ready to force users to use RSA (After training, and token setup, of course), you need to follow the instructions from the VMware View documentation, found <a href=\"http://pubs.vmware.com/view-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.view.administration.doc%2FGUID-70879B1F-1DB3-45EA-8D12-C93906F11959.html\">here</a>.</blockquote>\n<strong>3. Install the iPhone software token device type. </strong>  Go <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/iphone-and-ipad.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and download the documentation and device definition file.  You or your RSA admin will need to install the iPhone device type into the RSA console.\n\n<strong>4. Assign a software token to a user.</strong>  Instructions are on page 39 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".\n\n<strong>5. Edit the user\'s token issue the token.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>Go to Authentication &gt; SecurID Tokens &gt; Manage Existing.</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Find the new user\'s token, press the down arrow beside it and press edit.</strong></li>\n	<li>Start and follow the steps beginning on page 40 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".</li>\n</ul>\nSome settings of note (the instructions refer you back to Steps 1-4 of thee previous section, so check these settings):\n<ul>\n	<li>Pages 35-36 - If you want to restrict delivery of the token to ONE Device, then follow those instructions to retrieve the info from the user\'s RSA app, replace the GUID serial number field, then issue the token.  BE WARNED:  This will BIND your token to that device.  If a user changes devices, then you will need to issue a new token.  This is also a 1-to-1 bind.  This means one software token license equals one device token.  In my use case, I am NOT binding tokens to devices and the user can use the same token in their View iPad app, on their iPad RSA app, and on their iPhone/Droid RSA app.</li>\n	<li>Press \"Save and Distribute Token.\"</li>\n	<li>Choose Distribution Method: \"Issue Token File SDTID\".</li>\n	<li>Page 37 - follow the suggestions in the graphic for \"software token settings.\"</li>\n	<li>Turn back to page 40, picking up at step 3.  Give your token a password (required to install the token on their device - a 4 digit pin is ok, for example 5672).</li>\n	<li>Press Next to issue the token file and download the zip file. Extract it and get ready to use.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>5. Setup the Token Converter tool. </strong>Download the software token converter tool from RSA\'s website <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/converter.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.  Setup a converter folder on your computer and put the \"TokenConverter.exe\" and \"sdti2tsf.dll\" files in this folder (like C:\\Temp).  Drop all of the downloaded and extracted SDTID files (from step 4) into the folder as well.  You can identify them by the file name  ... should be \"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">username_0000135562626.sdtid</span>\" (where the numbers are the token ID.\n\n<strong>6. Convert the SDTID files into the iPhone software token format</strong>.\n<ul>\n	<li>With your token converter files and the .SDTID files in one directory, open up a command prompt and navigate to that directory.</li>\n	<li>The command to execute is below.  The NAMEtokenfile.txt is the output file (Name it whatever you like).  The output file consists of the \"url\" that you will send to each user via email, so you probably want to make the file name user specific as to not get confused.  The underlined portion is that specific SDTID file you want to convert.  5672 is the example password on the token that you or your admin put on the token file.\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>TokenConverter.exe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">username_0000135562626.sdtid</span> -p 5672 -mobile -o NAMEtokenfile.txt</strong></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7772\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert-300x35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"35\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">(Click to enlarge the graphic)</p>\n<strong>7. Send the token code to your user(s).  </strong>Open up your NAMEtokenfile.txt file(s) and copy the \"url\" out of the file and e-mail that to your user(s).  The URL is going to look something like this (I\'ve changed the numbers so you can\'t steal my token):  com.rsa.securid://ctf?ctfData=202222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222722\n\n<strong>8. Users should setup their RSA Accounts on your network.</strong>  You can make the RSA Server public through your DMZ but that\'s really not necessary for this purpose.  But you can.  In the same e-mail, direct your users to the link below.  They should click that link.  Login with their WINDOWS active directory username and password.  Then they will setup their PIN code and security questions.\n\nhttps://rsaauthmgr.yourlocal.domain:7004/console-selfservice/SelfService.do\n\n<strong>9. Install the token into the RSA app on your iPhone/iPad.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Users should have the iPhone/iPad apps installed on their devices already (from the iTunes App store).</li>\n	<li>Then they should open up their e-mail and click on the link you just sent them.</li>\n	<li>This will open up the app and ask for the password (5672 in my example).</li>\n	<li>It might also ask for the PIN code that they setup in the step above.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>10. Install the token into your VMware View Client iPad app on your iPhone/iPad only after your connection server is RSA enabled. </strong>\n\n*Note: Remember that if in step 5, you chose to bind the token to a specific device, that you must use one token per app.  You cannot use the token for both #9 and #10.*\n<ul>\n	<li>Users should already have the VMware View iPad app installed, available for free from the iTunes App store.</li>\n	<li>Copy the URL from the email (The whole text) to the iPad/iPhone clipboard.</li>\n	<li>Open the View Client app.</li>\n	<li>Go into your view connection server - click \"external token\"</li>\n	<li></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nPhillip Reynolds is a guest blogger for eGroup and you can find more of his posts <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/author/phillip-reynolds\">here</a>.  You can also keep up with him on Twitter @<a href=\"http://twitter.com/philvirtual\">philvirtual</a>.','Integrating RSA SecurID with VMware View iPad Client - eGroup','','inherit','open','open','','7766-revision-9','','','2012-12-06 13:05:35','2012-12-06 18:05:35','',7766,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7766-revision-9',0,'revision','',0),(7777,22,'2012-12-06 13:07:53','2012-12-06 18:07:53','I\'ve been struggling for a few months to find the answers to all of life\'s questions... err.. I mean how to integrate an RSA SecurID soft-token with the VMware View iPad Client.\n\nWhy?\n<ul>\n	<li>PCI Compliance requires multi-factor authentication for remote access to your cardholder data environment.  It\'s also a good security practice if you use remote access.</li>\n	<li>RSA SecurID is the most widely used form of multi-factor authentication, but there are certainly other options (Note: View only supports integration with RSA or RADIUS at this time).</li>\n	<li>Users do not have to carry around a physical RSA keyfob.</li>\n	<li>Users do not have to pull up the RSA app on their mobile device and remember the 8-digit token then fly over to the vmware view app and type in that code all within the 60- (or 30-) second window.  That\'s a little much for some folks to handle.</li>\n</ul>\n<div>The intended audience of this technical post is your \"all-in-one\" administrator (like me) or a team of administrators across your compliance/security, VDI, or vSphere IT groups.</div>\n<!--more-->\n\nPrerequisites:\n<ul>\n	<li>RSA Server 7.1 SP4 (This is what I tested against)</li>\n	<li>View 5.1 with RSA enabled</li>\n	<li>VMware View iPad App</li>\n	<li>Access to your RSA server\'s admin page or be able to get the specific type of token from your RSA administrator in your organization.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>One point of clarification:</strong>\n<blockquote><strong> What is the difference between PIN, tokencode and PASSCODE?</strong>\n\nThe terminology can be very confusing. With two-factor authentication there are two components that a user needs in order to authenticate. The two factors are “something the user has – RSA Token which displays a tokencode” and “something the user knows - PIN”.  The PASSCODE is a combination of the user’s PIN followed by the tokencode. For example, if your PIN is abc1234 and the current tokencode is 987654, your PASSCODE is abc1234987654.</blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>There are several broad steps in the beginning and I will be focusing this post on the last few steps -- but -- I have included all of the steps to make sure you\'re doing everything that needs to be done with info on how to do it.</strong></span>\n\n<strong>1. Setup VMware View 5.1, a security server, and a connection server.  </strong>You should be able to access your view environment from outside your corporate network.\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>2. Setup RSA Server 7.1 SP4.</strong>  Or have your RSA admin upgrade you to this version. Make sure this is integrated into your Active Directory environment to sync up beautifully with View. *Tip: Make sure your RSA server\'s computer name is all lowercase and never ever change the name.  Strange things happen if you do. *\n<blockquote><strong>Here are some other things you have to do but I will not be providing detailed instructions in this post:</strong>\n\nSetup your internal view connection server (paired with security server) as an \"authentication agent\" in RSA.\n\nDownload the SDCONF.REC file from your RSA server.\n\nConfigure your View Connection Server to force RSA authentication before Active Directory authentication.  Once you\'re ready to force users to use RSA (After training, and token setup, of course), you need to follow the instructions from the VMware View documentation, found <a href=\"http://pubs.vmware.com/view-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.view.administration.doc%2FGUID-70879B1F-1DB3-45EA-8D12-C93906F11959.html\">here</a>.</blockquote>\n<strong>3. Install the iPhone software token device type. </strong>  Go <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/iphone-and-ipad.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and download the documentation and device definition file.  You or your RSA admin will need to install the iPhone device type into the RSA console.\n\n<strong>4. Assign a software token to a user.</strong>  Instructions are on page 39 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".\n\n<strong>5. Edit the user\'s token issue the token.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>Go to Authentication &gt; SecurID Tokens &gt; Manage Existing.</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Find the new user\'s token, press the down arrow beside it and press edit.</strong></li>\n	<li>Start and follow the steps beginning on page 40 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".</li>\n</ul>\nSome settings of note (the instructions refer you back to Steps 1-4 of thee previous section, so check these settings):\n<ul>\n	<li>Pages 35-36 - If you want to restrict delivery of the token to ONE Device, then follow those instructions to retrieve the info from the user\'s RSA app, replace the GUID serial number field, then issue the token.  BE WARNED:  This will BIND your token to that device.  If a user changes devices, then you will need to issue a new token.  This is also a 1-to-1 bind.  This means one software token license equals one device token.  In my use case, I am NOT binding tokens to devices and the user can use the same token in their View iPad app, on their iPad RSA app, and on their iPhone/Droid RSA app.</li>\n	<li>Press \"Save and Distribute Token.\"</li>\n	<li>Choose Distribution Method: \"Issue Token File SDTID\".</li>\n	<li>Page 37 - follow the suggestions in the graphic for \"software token settings.\"</li>\n	<li>Turn back to page 40, picking up at step 3.  Give your token a password (required to install the token on their device - a 4 digit pin is ok, for example 5672).</li>\n	<li>Press Next to issue the token file and download the zip file. Extract it and get ready to use.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>5. Setup the Token Converter tool. </strong>Download the software token converter tool from RSA\'s website <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/converter.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.  Setup a converter folder on your computer and put the \"TokenConverter.exe\" and \"sdti2tsf.dll\" files in this folder (like C:\\Temp).  Drop all of the downloaded and extracted SDTID files (from step 4) into the folder as well.  You can identify them by the file name  ... should be \"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">username_0000135562626.sdtid</span>\" (where the numbers are the token ID.\n\n<strong>6. Convert the SDTID files into the iPhone software token format</strong>.\n<ul>\n	<li>With your token converter files and the .SDTID files in one directory, open up a command prompt and navigate to that directory.</li>\n	<li>The command to execute is below.  The NAMEtokenfile.txt is the output file (Name it whatever you like).  The output file consists of the \"url\" that you will send to each user via email, so you probably want to make the file name user specific as to not get confused.  The underlined portion is that specific SDTID file you want to convert.  5672 is the example password on the token that you or your admin put on the token file.\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>TokenConverter.exe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">username_0000135562626.sdtid</span> -p 5672 -mobile -o NAMEtokenfile.txt</strong></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7772\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert-300x35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"35\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">(Click to enlarge the graphic)</p>\n<strong>7. Send the token code to your user(s).  </strong>Open up your NAMEtokenfile.txt file(s) and copy the \"url\" out of the file and e-mail that to your user(s).  The URL is going to look something like this (I\'ve changed the numbers so you can\'t steal my token):  com.rsa.securid://ctf?ctfData=202222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222722\n\n<strong>8. Users should setup their RSA Accounts on your network.</strong>  You can make the RSA Server public through your DMZ but that\'s really not necessary for this purpose.  But you can.  In the same e-mail, direct your users to the link below.  They should click that link.  Login with their WINDOWS active directory username and password.  Then they will setup their PIN code and security questions.\n\nhttps://rsaauthmgr.yourlocal.domain:7004/console-selfservice/SelfService.do\n\n<strong>9. Install the token into the RSA app on your iPhone/iPad.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Users should have the iPhone/iPad apps installed on their devices already (from the iTunes App store).</li>\n	<li>Then they should open up their e-mail and click on the link you just sent them.</li>\n	<li>This will open up the app and ask for the password (5672 in my example).</li>\n	<li>It might also ask for the PIN code that they setup in the step above.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>10. Install the token into your VMware View Client iPad app on your iPhone/iPad only after your connection server is RSA enabled. </strong>\n\n*Note: Remember that if in step 5, you chose to bind the token to a specific device, that you must use one token per app.  You cannot use the token for both #9 and #10.*\n<ul>\n	<li>Users should already have the VMware View iPad app installed, available for free from the iTunes App store.</li>\n	<li>Copy the URL from the email (The whole text) to the iPad/iPhone clipboard.</li>\n	<li>Open the View Client app.</li>\n	<li>Go into your view connection server - click \"external token\"</li>\n	<li><strong>Token Description:</strong> call it whatever you want (plain text)</li>\n	<li><strong>URL:</strong> paste the complete URL from the e-mail (output of the NAMEtokenfile.txt)</li>\n	<li><strong>Password:</strong> if you put a password on the token (which you should have), then type that in (my example was 5672).</li>\n	<li></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nPhillip Reynolds is a guest blogger for eGroup and you can find more of his posts <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/author/phillip-reynolds\">here</a>.  You can also keep up with him on Twitter @<a href=\"http://twitter.com/philvirtual\">philvirtual</a>.','Integrating RSA SecurID with VMware View iPad Client - eGroup','','inherit','open','open','','7766-revision-10','','','2012-12-06 13:07:53','2012-12-06 18:07:53','',7766,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7766-revision-10',0,'revision','',0),(7778,22,'2012-12-06 16:08:03','2012-12-06 21:08:03','','RSALoginScreen','','inherit','open','open','','rsaloginscreen','','','2012-12-06 16:08:03','2012-12-06 21:08:03','',7766,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/RSALoginScreen.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(7779,22,'2012-12-06 16:08:58','2012-12-06 21:08:58','','RSATokenScreen','','inherit','open','open','','rsatokenscreen','','','2012-12-06 16:08:58','2012-12-06 21:08:58','',7766,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/RSATokenScreen.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(7780,22,'2012-12-06 16:10:53','2012-12-06 21:10:53','I\'ve been struggling for a few months to find the answers to all of life\'s questions... err.. I mean how to integrate an RSA SecurID soft-token with the VMware View iPad Client.\n\nWhy?\n<ul>\n	<li>PCI Compliance requires multi-factor authentication for remote access to your cardholder data environment.  It\'s also a good security practice if you use remote access.</li>\n	<li>RSA SecurID is the most widely used form of multi-factor authentication, but there are certainly other options (Note: View only supports integration with RSA or RADIUS at this time).</li>\n	<li>Users do not have to carry around a physical RSA keyfob.</li>\n	<li>Users do not have to pull up the RSA app on their mobile device and remember the 8-digit token then fly over to the vmware view app and type in that code all within the 60- (or 30-) second window.  That\'s a little much for some folks to handle.</li>\n</ul>\n<div>The intended audience of this technical post is your \"all-in-one\" administrator (like me) or a team of administrators across your compliance/security, VDI, or vSphere IT groups.</div>\n<!--more-->\n\nPrerequisites:\n<ul>\n	<li>RSA Server 7.1 SP4 (This is what I tested against)</li>\n	<li>View 5.1 with RSA enabled</li>\n	<li>VMware View iPad App</li>\n	<li>Access to your RSA server\'s admin page or be able to get the specific type of token from your RSA administrator in your organization.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>One point of clarification:</strong>\n<blockquote><strong> What is the difference between PIN, tokencode and PASSCODE?</strong>\n\nThe terminology can be very confusing. With two-factor authentication there are two components that a user needs in order to authenticate. The two factors are “something the user has – RSA Token which displays a tokencode” and “something the user knows - PIN”.  The PASSCODE is a combination of the user’s PIN followed by the tokencode. For example, if your PIN is abc1234 and the current tokencode is 987654, your PASSCODE is abc1234987654.</blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>There are several broad steps in the beginning and I will be focusing this post on the last few steps -- but -- I have included all of the steps to make sure you\'re doing everything that needs to be done with info on how to do it.</strong></span>\n\n<strong>1. Setup VMware View 5.1, a security server, and a connection server.  </strong>You should be able to access your view environment from outside your corporate network.\n<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>2. Setup RSA Server 7.1 SP4.</strong>  Or have your RSA admin upgrade you to this version. Make sure this is integrated into your Active Directory environment to sync up beautifully with View. *Tip: Make sure your RSA server\'s computer name is all lowercase and never ever change the name.  Strange things happen if you do. *\n<blockquote><strong>Here are some other things you have to do but I will not be providing detailed instructions in this post:</strong>\n\nSetup your internal view connection server (paired with security server) as an \"authentication agent\" in RSA.\n\nDownload the SDCONF.REC file from your RSA server.\n\nConfigure your View Connection Server to force RSA authentication before Active Directory authentication.  Once you\'re ready to force users to use RSA (After training, and token setup, of course), you need to follow the instructions from the VMware View documentation, found <a href=\"http://pubs.vmware.com/view-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.view.administration.doc%2FGUID-70879B1F-1DB3-45EA-8D12-C93906F11959.html\">here</a>.</blockquote>\n<strong>3. Install the iPhone software token device type. </strong>  Go <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/iphone-and-ipad.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> and download the documentation and device definition file.  You or your RSA admin will need to install the iPhone device type into the RSA console.\n\n<strong>4. Assign a software token to a user.</strong>  Instructions are on page 39 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".\n\n<strong>5. Edit the user\'s token issue the token.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>Go to Authentication &gt; SecurID Tokens &gt; Manage Existing.</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Find the new user\'s token, press the down arrow beside it and press edit.</strong></li>\n	<li>Start and follow the steps beginning on page 40 of the admin guide, \"Provisioning File-Based Tokens\".</li>\n</ul>\nSome settings of note (the instructions refer you back to Steps 1-4 of thee previous section, so check these settings):\n<ul>\n	<li>Pages 35-36 - If you want to restrict delivery of the token to ONE Device, then follow those instructions to retrieve the info from the user\'s RSA app, replace the GUID serial number field, then issue the token.  BE WARNED:  This will BIND your token to that device.  If a user changes devices, then you will need to issue a new token.  This is also a 1-to-1 bind.  This means one software token license equals one device token.  In my use case, I am NOT binding tokens to devices and the user can use the same token in their View iPad app, on their iPad RSA app, and on their iPhone/Droid RSA app.</li>\n	<li>Press \"Save and Distribute Token.\"</li>\n	<li>Choose Distribution Method: \"Issue Token File SDTID\".</li>\n	<li>Page 37 - follow the suggestions in the graphic for \"software token settings.\"</li>\n	<li>Turn back to page 40, picking up at step 3.  Give your token a password (required to install the token on their device - a 4 digit pin is ok, for example 5672).</li>\n	<li>Press Next to issue the token file and download the zip file. Extract it and get ready to use.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>5. Setup the Token Converter tool. </strong>Download the software token converter tool from RSA\'s website <a href=\"http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid/rsa-securid-software-authenticators/converter.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.  Setup a converter folder on your computer and put the \"TokenConverter.exe\" and \"sdti2tsf.dll\" files in this folder (like C:\\Temp).  Drop all of the downloaded and extracted SDTID files (from step 4) into the folder as well.  You can identify them by the file name  ... should be \"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">username_0000135562626.sdtid</span>\" (where the numbers are the token ID.\n\n<strong>6. Convert the SDTID files into the iPhone software token format</strong>.\n<ul>\n	<li>With your token converter files and the .SDTID files in one directory, open up a command prompt and navigate to that directory.</li>\n	<li>The command to execute is below.  The NAMEtokenfile.txt is the output file (Name it whatever you like).  The output file consists of the \"url\" that you will send to each user via email, so you probably want to make the file name user specific as to not get confused.  The underlined portion is that specific SDTID file you want to convert.  5672 is the example password on the token that you or your admin put on the token file.\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>TokenConverter.exe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">username_0000135562626.sdtid</span> -p 5672 -mobile -o NAMEtokenfile.txt</strong></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7772\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/token-convert-300x35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"35\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">(Click to enlarge the graphic)</p>\n<strong>7. Send the token code to your user(s).  </strong>Open up your NAMEtokenfile.txt file(s) and copy the \"url\" out of the file and e-mail that to your user(s).  The URL is going to look something like this (I\'ve changed the numbers so you can\'t steal my token):  com.rsa.securid://ctf?ctfData=202222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222722\n\n<strong>8. Users should setup their RSA Accounts on your network.</strong>  You can make the RSA Server public through your DMZ but that\'s really not necessary for this purpose.  But you can.  In the same e-mail, direct your users to the link below.  They should click that link.  Login with their WINDOWS active directory username and password.  Then they will setup their PIN code and security questions.\n\nhttps://rsaauthmgr.yourlocal.domain:7004/console-selfservice/SelfService.do\n\n<strong>9. Install the token into the RSA app on your iPhone/iPad.</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>Users should have the iPhone/iPad apps installed on their devices already (from the iTunes App store).</li>\n	<li>Then they should open up their e-mail and click on the link you just sent them.</li>\n	<li>This will open up the app and ask for the password (5672 in my example).</li>\n	<li>It might also ask for the PIN code that they setup in the step above.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>10. Install the token into your VMware View Client iPad app on your iPhone/iPad only after your connection server is RSA enabled. </strong>\n\n*Note: Remember that if in step 5, you chose to bind the token to a specific device, that you must use one token per app.  You cannot use the token for both #9 and #10.*\n<ul>\n	<li>Users should already have the VMware View iPad app installed, available for free from the iTunes App store.</li>\n	<li>Copy the URL from the email (The whole text) to the iPad/iPhone clipboard.</li>\n	<li>Open the View Client app.</li>\n	<li>Go into your view connection server - click \"external token\"</li>\n	<li><strong>Token Description:</strong> call it whatever you want (plain text)</li>\n	<li><strong>URL:</strong> paste the complete URL from the e-mail (output of the NAMEtokenfile.txt)</li>\n	<li><strong>Password:</strong> if you put a password on the token (which you should have), then type that in (my example was 5672).</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\nYour login screen on your iPad now looks like this (click to enlarge):\n\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/RSALoginScreen.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7778\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/RSALoginScreen-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd if you press \"token code available..\" you get the next screen where you can actually authenticate using an external token (if someone else needs to login with their credentials on your iPad/iPhone) (click to enlarge):\n\n<a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/RSATokenScreen.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7779\" src=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/RSATokenScreen-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>So once you have everything setup, you/your user clicks the View connection server in the app.  They enter their windows username and their RSA PIN (since the token is stored), then press done.  (it authenticates to RSA).  Then you/your user logs in with the windows username and password.</strong>\n\nAnd BAM - your user\'s lives are easier while at the same time securing your critical data and\n\n&nbsp;\n\nShoot me a note if you have any questions on twitter or send me an email to phillip(at)phillipreynolds(dot)com.\n\n----------------------------------------------\n\nPhillip Reynolds is a guest blogger for eGroup and you can find more of his posts <a href=\"http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/author/phillip-reynolds\">here</a>.  You can also keep up with him on Twitter @<a href=\"http://twitter.com/philvirtual\">philvirtual</a>.','Integrating RSA SecurID with VMware View iPad Client - eGroup','','inherit','open','open','','7766-revision-11','','','2012-12-06 16:10:53','2012-12-06 21:10:53','',7766,'http://egroup.jasonmangone.com/7766-revision-11',0,'revision','',0),