At the beginning of October, itSMF (Information Technology Service Management Forum) Macedonia had its first meeting.

 

itSMF Macedonia is organized as a non-profit organization affiliated to the itSMF International. It is established as a forum for Information Technology (IT) service/product providers, IT service/product users, and related parties to explore all means available to maximize IT business value.

 

More information on http://www.itsmf.org.mk

 

Congratulations!

 

The biggest Microsoft event in Macedonia, conference Microsoft Vizija (Vision) 2007 has now concluded.

 

More than 600 delegates attended, which is the biggest number so far.

 

There were 30 sessions with newest technologies presented, such as Microsoft Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, also a lot of interesting sessions about Unified Messaging, real-world scenarios and solutions.

 

Speakers were recognized professionals, MVPs (Aleksandar Talev), Microsoft employees (from US and the region) and Microsoft Partners.

 

I am glad that attendees were very interested about my session  "Monitoring Exchange Organization using OpsMgr 2007".

 

More information about the conference on this link (on Macedonian language only): http://www.microsoft.com.mk/vizija

 

Yesterday early in the morning, one of the greatest Macedonian pop-singers ever (also famous and very popular in South-Eastern European countries) Toshe Proeski, lost his life in a car accident.

He was only 26 years old, and already had 10 year career with 7 CDs recorded, a lot of hits and concerts. The last concert he had was several days ago in Skopje, in front of more than 30.000 people. His biggest fans were young people and the children.

A lot of his concerts were for charity, helping schools and children’s hospitals. He was also awarded as UNICEF ambassador.

Because of his extraordinary voice (referred by his fans as an angel voice), he was often invited to sing in opera houses, too.

All radio, TV stations and coffee bars in Macedonia are playing his music 24 hours these two days.

Last year in December he was asked what his wishes are for the next year. He just said:” I don’t want to make any plans, I just want to live my life and have a good health”.

Unfortunately his only wish didn’t come true.

So long Toshe, and rest in peace.

 

 

Congratulations,

 

Macedonian Exchange User Group (MEUG) had its official start.

 

The first meeting was held on 27th of September at Microsoft Offices in Skopje. About 20 professionals were present from various companies and organizations.

 

It will be a volunteer group, bringing together IT professionals, administrators and everyone  who is interested in Microsoft Exchange Server technologies. The members will exchange their knowledge, experience, ideas, and what is most important, they will develop the community.

 

Thanks Microsoft for the meeting room, logistical support and refreshments.

 

 

Only one week left before Microsoft Conference - "Vizija (Vision)" in Skopje starts. It will be held on 9th and 10th of October, containing technical and business sessions based on Microsoft technologies. 

I am going to speak on Wednesday, with a session title "Managing your Exchange Organization using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007". 

It will be my third appearance on this conference as a speaker. My previous sessions were about MOM 2005, OpsMgr 2007, Exchange 2003 and 2007.

The conference is celebrating its 5th anniversary.

Congratulations and have a great success in the future.