Meet Valy Greavu – SharePoint Server MVP from Romania
Tell us who you are?
Hi, I’m Valy Greavu, known as Valy Greavu on the community, I am a lecturer professor at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iasi, and also consultant for few companies from Romania, working in complex projects, based on SharePoint Technologies and associated: Active Directory, Security, Office Suite and others. Also I’m technical expert for implementing ISO 27001 standard in SharePoint environment. Since 2005 I was involved in Imagine Cup competition, former competitor, and finalist (2005, 2006) and now co-captain for IT Challenge section.
Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I awarded as a SharePoint MVP for 2009 and re-awarded for 2010.
What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies?
Most important for me is direct contact with technology, so I keep me on the last editions of the product, read blogs constantly and other product teams MVP, and most articles that appear on SharePoint. I also consider very important are issues of community users. They help me I create a basis for models of problems and their solving methods.
Microsoft Oman backs Comex 2010
Committed to providing innovative technology products and services to the country’s fast growing ICT market, Microsoft Oman signs on as a lead sponsor of Comex 2010, the largest IT, telecom and technology show in the Sultanate of Oman. A four-day ICT extravaganza, Comex 2010 will be held from April 26 to 30, 2010 at the Oman International Exhibition Centre, whilst the two-day ICT Conference will be organised from April 27 to 28 at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Seeb.
Nick Hodge, Managing Director of OITE, the event organiser, said ”The support of Microsoft Oman has been a big boost to the Sultanate’s ICT event. As organisers, we are delighted with Microsoft’s continuous support to Comex which helps sustain the growth and development of the ICT sector.”
Microsoft believes in contributing and impacting the local economy in the countries that it operates in. Microsoft Oman’s participation in the Sultanate’s largest ICT event is a testament to its commitment to help organisations manage the short and long tail of the downturn – driving down costs and improving operations in the short and long term.
Dell expands its Windows 7 Powered Inspiron range
Dell expands its Inspiron range to offer greater choice for personal computing, with chic personalisation options that reflect individual style at affordable prices. The improved design and features across the Inspiron line of netbooks, laptops and desktops is intended to offer consumers a reliable and well-designed device whatever their needs.
The economical Inspiron Zino HD is a mini-sized household PC that can fit in tight spaces and makes home networking easy. The Inspiron Zino HD includes standard HD-capable integrated graphics, HDMI output and built-in networking that make it smart for typical home and student computing activities such as word processing, e-mail, organising photos and music, and surfing the Internet.
With a choice of colours, the Inspiron Zino HD can be easily personalised to add flair to any room in the home, available in a wide range of stunning colours and patterns. It also comes with 4GB of RAM, a massive 1Terrabyte of hard drive storage, optical drive and Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium. It can also be configured into a powerful home media centre computer. In that capacity, the Inspiron Zino HD displays high-definition content from the Internet, and stores and delivers music, video and photos.
Tech.Ed Middle East 2010 in Pictures – Part 02
Tech.Ed Middle East is Microsoft’s premier, global platform that provided hands-on learning, deep product exploration and opportunities for IT professionals to connect with the industry and Microsoft experts. It is Microsoft’s technical education event that takes place across selected locations globally as shown in this video. This event was held from March 1-3, 2010 at the Dubai World Trade Center.
Etisalat Managed ICT solution and services edge highlighted at Microsoft Tech.Ed Middle East 2010
At the inaugural edition of Tech.Ed Middle East which is Microsoft’s premier technical education and networking event in Dubai which concluded recently, Etisalat executives presented attendees with insights into its comprehensive Managed ICT & services portfolio to showcase how customers can benefit from such services with enhanced business performance while optimizing capital investment and operational costs.
In a presentation entitled “Enhancing performance through High Speed IP networks”, Haider Khan, Business Development Manager, Etisalat and Rehan Sami, Solution Architect, Etisalat talked about the significance of MPLS IPVPNs to help attendees understand how Etisalat’s IP network can facilitate collaborative business models by converging voice and data and hence improve performance and operational efficiencies. With IP being the de facto protocol worldwide, Haider highlighted Etisalat efforts to set up its own IP nodes worldwide which would provide business customers with advantages like single point of contact and price guarantees in addition to a reliable quality of service(QOS). The service can also be offered as a Managed Service by Etisalat with end to end network management through Etisalat’s Managed Router Service which has 24×7x365 proactive monitoring thereby enabling UAE based companies to lower their TCO ( Total Cost of operations) and deal with a single vendor.
