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Meet Mohammad Asem Alhourani – Configuration Manager MVP from Saudi Arabia
Tell us who you are?
My name is Mohammad Asem Alhourani AKA Asem Alhourani, I work as a management consultant, I’m a Palestinian placed in Saudi Arabia.
Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I was first awarded in July 2008, it was really a great pleasure to be nominated by my peer IT pros along with some people I work with in the Microsoft subsidiary in Saudi.
What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies?
Reading, lots of it! But specifically by working with communities and align with other IT Pros. Working in communities enhances your ability to learn and share the knowledge you earn.
What does being an MVP mean to you?
A reward that I’m proud of and a recognition which I’m planning to keep.
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 Security Essentials” gets ready to Launch!
Microsoft Security Essentials is a free security software that is being developed by Microsoft. The security software was released as a limited beta to users in the United States, Brazil and China.MSE replaces Windows Live OneCare — a subscription antivirus service — and Windows Defender, which only protects users from adware and spyware. MSE is a small-footprint program ideal for computers that lack processing power or broadband Internet connections, such as netbooks.
Several updates of Microsoft Security Essentials were released since then and it was rumored that Microsoft aimed for a October 22 release to give Windows 7 users a chance to use the final version of the software program. The announcement that Microsoft Security Essentials would be released in the coming weeks was spread to all beta participants who received an email that informed them of an upgrade and the projected release in the coming weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
