Andrew Garcia

At TechEd 2010, Justin Graham, Microsoft ‘s senior product manager for the Windows Server Group, sat down with eWEEK Labs to discuss some of the new features coming online with the first Service Pack for Windows Server 2008 R2. The beta version of the service pack should be available in July.

Kicking off Microsoft’s 2010 TechEd conference in New Orleans is Bob Muglia, Microsoft’s President of the Server and Tools Business, delivering a keynote address on Microsoft’s continued push towards the cloud. eWEEK Labs is front and center for a little live blogging. We’re also alpha testing Google Wave as a live blogging platform, so bear […]

BlackBerry Bold 9650 Solid but Uninspired by Andrew Garcia Front RIM’s BlackBerry Bold 9650 for Sprint is designed for CDMA/EVDO REV A. for domestic use, with support for GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS (2,100MHz band) internationally. Back The backplate has the leatherette texture common to the Bold family of smartphones. The camera is for video and still […]

Motorola’s Droid X for Verizon Networks delivers fine multimedia playback and recording capabilities, baseline support for Exchange security policies, and a somewhat flaky 802.11n radio. Touted for its support for Adobe Flash 10.1, the Droid X smartphone will lack that feature at launch, unfortunately. Read my full review at eweek.com.

Reporter’s Notebook: Expected in July, the first beta of Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 delivers needed enhancements for VDI customers, although implementation requires a significant hardware refresh in the data center and possibly also at the edge. Read my full review at eweek.com.

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 treads a beaten path, delivering features and forms seen time and again. While Bold 9650 is a good device overall, now may not be the best time to buy a new BlackBerry. Read my full review at eweek.com.

Tech Analysis: With the right technology improvements and some vision, could Google and the nascent Google Wave be ground zero for Unified Communications interoperability? Read my full review at eweek.com.

Last week, ShoreTel invited a few journalists and analysts to AT&T Park in San Francisco for a behind-the-scenes look at the San Francisco Giants’ deployment of ShoreTel’s voice over IP equipment. Giants CIO Bill Schlough led the tour, explaining the rationale for their migration and a few of the reasons why the team chose ShoreTel […]

Rove Takes Data Center Management Mobile by Andrew Garcia Microsoft Management Tools Mobile Admin Basics includes a variety of standard Windows management tools, shown here via the Web interface and the iPhone application (bottom left). Mobile Admin Administer Mobile Admin Administrators can build templates of manageable devices for other IT staffers. Whereas previously Mobile Admin […]

MERU E(z)RF Service Assurance Monitors WLAN Performance by Andrew Garcia Health Check Status Admins can quickly scan health check performance against the baseline results. When setting up the health check, admins designate the bad and fair thresholds as a percentage of baseline performance. Tale of Two Sweeps Two sweeps with dramatically different results, showing the […]