I wanted to work on a quick license cost for one of the customer, where I realize that the software licensing cost is not straight forward. There are many tweaks and twist and how your implementation is planned. I thought of simplifying it a bit with following try
Thus as in MOSS 2007, we have following high level license breakup for SharePoint 2010. Please note the cost for INTRANET and INTERNET is separate and if you have a scenario where both can co-exist, you will end up buying license for both Intranet and Internet.
Intranet Scenario
• SharePoint Standard Edition
o Server License [ if there are multiple Server then each server will have a separate license]
o CAL license equal to number of Intranet users envisaged
o Fast Search is not available under Standard License
• SharePoint Enterprise Edition
o Server License [if there are multiple Server then each server will have a separate license]
o CAL license equal to number of Intranet users envisaged
o Fast Search is available under Enterprise License but need to get separate Fast Search Server 2010 license
• SharePoint Enterprise Edition with Fast Search
o Along with Enterprise edition, Fast Search Server separate license is required and should be equal to number of search server planned
• SharePoint Team Foundation Server 2010
o No Cost License & Free Download available
o Need to have license version of Windows Server OS
Internet Scenario
Now if you know exact number of users than intranet license can be exposed to extranet/intranet and Server/CAL license will work. In case you truly want internet model (Not sure about number of external users) then SharePoint for Internet License can be used
SharePoint Internet Licenses are Server only license and each Server will require one server license. Now the tricky part, if the server only license is used then intranet users can use it if they are authoring/reviewing content only related with Internet deployment. If there is a scenario where some content of intranet will be separate then internet then one has to purchase both Internet PLUS intranet (Server/CAL) license. A bit strange, but that it is
When you are looking for actual scenario, it is always good to check with your Microsoft focal to ensure nothing has changed.
Here I found a good site having a quick price calculator for SharePoint 2010 http://community.bamboosolutions.com/blogs/sharepoint-2010-price-calculator/default.aspx
Enjoy till next post
~Sajid
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Friday, December 3, 2010
Leap from Beginner to Intermediate Developer - PART IV
TIP # 4: Be Patient and keep practicing
As I had mentioned in my earlier post in this series of “Leap from Beginner to Intermediate developer” that as per the research it takes about ten years, or twenty thousand hours of deliberate practice to become an expert. That’s a lot of time. Becoming an expert does not always mean doing the same task for 10 years; it often means doing a wide variety of tasks within a particular domain for 10 years. It will take a lot of time and energy to become an “expert”; working as a developer for a few years is not enough. Want to become a senior Architect in your early 30s? Either start your education sooner or be willing to do a lot of work, reading, and practicing in your spare time. I have seen folks who started programming in high school/college time, and devoted a lot of off-hours to keeping up with the industry, learning new skills, and so on. As a result, they hit the intermediate and senior level developer positions significantly earlier in their career than most of their peers.
As I had mentioned in my earlier post in this series of “Leap from Beginner to Intermediate developer” that as per the research it takes about ten years, or twenty thousand hours of deliberate practice to become an expert. That’s a lot of time. Becoming an expert does not always mean doing the same task for 10 years; it often means doing a wide variety of tasks within a particular domain for 10 years. It will take a lot of time and energy to become an “expert”; working as a developer for a few years is not enough. Want to become a senior Architect in your early 30s? Either start your education sooner or be willing to do a lot of work, reading, and practicing in your spare time. I have seen folks who started programming in high school/college time, and devoted a lot of off-hours to keeping up with the industry, learning new skills, and so on. As a result, they hit the intermediate and senior level developer positions significantly earlier in their career than most of their peers.
Facebook Email
Facebook has announced it’s entry into Email applications arena by launching new service Facebook messaging. Facebook’s argument is, “email is too formal” and it’s product focuses on modern messaging system which needs to be lightweight, instant, informal and simple to use. It is being rolled out initially for invite only.
The key points that Facebook’s founder Zuckerberg mentioned at the launch is “Seamless Messaging”, “Conversation history”, “Social Inbox”. Users will be able to have @facebook.com email IDs and Facebook employees will be moved to FB.com. Apparently Facebook bought the FB.com domain from American Farm Bureau.
http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/15/facebook-acquired-fb-com-from-the-american-farm-bureau
On the technology front Facebook moves from Cassandra to hBase for the database. Facebook has put its biggest engineering team for this new product (15 engineers). To a post launch question about how will this impact competition with Google, Zuckerberg replied “Gmail is a great product”, and “email is still really important to a lot of people”.
With this new development it is going to be interesting to see how the email competition unfolds between biggies like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft etc.
The key points that Facebook’s founder Zuckerberg mentioned at the launch is “Seamless Messaging”, “Conversation history”, “Social Inbox”. Users will be able to have @facebook.com email IDs and Facebook employees will be moved to FB.com. Apparently Facebook bought the FB.com domain from American Farm Bureau.
http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/15/facebook-acquired-fb-com-from-the-american-farm-bureau
On the technology front Facebook moves from Cassandra to hBase for the database. Facebook has put its biggest engineering team for this new product (15 engineers). To a post launch question about how will this impact competition with Google, Zuckerberg replied “Gmail is a great product”, and “email is still really important to a lot of people”.
With this new development it is going to be interesting to see how the email competition unfolds between biggies like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft etc.
Siraj
OCTAWARE BLOGS: SUCCESS IN CAREER
OCTAWARE BLOGS: SUCCESS IN CAREER: "Why aren’t you succeeding in your career? It is heard from quite a few people who work for companies that just aren’t conducive to persona..."
SUCCESS IN CAREER
Why aren’t you succeeding in your career?
It is heard from quite a few people who work for companies that just aren’t conducive to personal success, e.g., the leaders are brutally unsupportive, the company infrastructure is unfocused and on a fast train to nowhere, etc. We understand the hardship of that, so the following advice may or may not apply to you. But it applies to most people.
If you think that you’re not going nowhere in your career because you haven’t moved up in the company hierarchy as fast as you think you should have, then one of two things may be wrong:
1. You have the wrong definition for success.
2. You’re looking up so much that you don’t do your present job very well.
3. You’re afraid to do the one thing that will ensure success-take chances.
Wrong definition of success
If you define success as a corner office, then you’re going to be sorely disappointed throughout your career. After all, there are only four of those, right? To feel successful, you need to stop defining success from the outside.
Titles and a steaming bowl of alphabet certs mean nothing in the business world unless they can be used to solve problems or improve the business. Are you solving problems with your programming skills? Is the business profiting from your networking know-how?
You’re looking up too much.
Know the difference between ceremony and substance. In other words, do you want that promotion because of the “prestige” it will give you or do you really have something worthwhile to give at that level? So many people focus on that pie in the sky that they fail to fulfill their current responsibilities. Do your current job extraordinarily well, and attention will follow naturally. Don’t have the attitude that you’re too smart to be in the trenches and that you’re just biding your time until someone recognizes your genius.
The key driver for career growth isn’t a Microsoft/Cisco/Oracle certification or your personal agenda; it is the value you create for the business. If you don’t have the work ethic, people skills, or initiative to accompany that cert or MBA, then you may have just wasted a lot of money.
Fear of taking chances
If you never make waves, your boat will not go anywhere. Grumbling because the executives at your company can’t see through your skin, bones and associated ligaments to see your breathtaking potential, is a waste of time. You have to take action. No one wants to hear how smart you are-they want to see it.
If you’re that good, formulate a plan that will save your company money or help end-users produce more. Plan, do your research, do your homework and then take a shot. Too many people wait for perfect and when it never comes, as it won’t, they simply abandon the effort.
Don’t be afraid of mistakes. If you don’t make any mistakes, you’re not doing anything. If you’ve done your research and the effort doesn’t pay off, at least you have your research as an example of your preparation. And failure can teach you that much more than some of your more timid coworkers will ever learn.
If you don’t like leaving your comfort zone, then don’t seek out growth. You can’t have both.
Contributed By : Mr.Zakir Chougle
- Trainee Software Engineer
It is heard from quite a few people who work for companies that just aren’t conducive to personal success, e.g., the leaders are brutally unsupportive, the company infrastructure is unfocused and on a fast train to nowhere, etc. We understand the hardship of that, so the following advice may or may not apply to you. But it applies to most people.
If you think that you’re not going nowhere in your career because you haven’t moved up in the company hierarchy as fast as you think you should have, then one of two things may be wrong:
1. You have the wrong definition for success.
2. You’re looking up so much that you don’t do your present job very well.
3. You’re afraid to do the one thing that will ensure success-take chances.
Wrong definition of success
If you define success as a corner office, then you’re going to be sorely disappointed throughout your career. After all, there are only four of those, right? To feel successful, you need to stop defining success from the outside.
Titles and a steaming bowl of alphabet certs mean nothing in the business world unless they can be used to solve problems or improve the business. Are you solving problems with your programming skills? Is the business profiting from your networking know-how?
You’re looking up too much.
Know the difference between ceremony and substance. In other words, do you want that promotion because of the “prestige” it will give you or do you really have something worthwhile to give at that level? So many people focus on that pie in the sky that they fail to fulfill their current responsibilities. Do your current job extraordinarily well, and attention will follow naturally. Don’t have the attitude that you’re too smart to be in the trenches and that you’re just biding your time until someone recognizes your genius.
The key driver for career growth isn’t a Microsoft/Cisco/Oracle certification or your personal agenda; it is the value you create for the business. If you don’t have the work ethic, people skills, or initiative to accompany that cert or MBA, then you may have just wasted a lot of money.
Fear of taking chances
If you never make waves, your boat will not go anywhere. Grumbling because the executives at your company can’t see through your skin, bones and associated ligaments to see your breathtaking potential, is a waste of time. You have to take action. No one wants to hear how smart you are-they want to see it.
If you’re that good, formulate a plan that will save your company money or help end-users produce more. Plan, do your research, do your homework and then take a shot. Too many people wait for perfect and when it never comes, as it won’t, they simply abandon the effort.
Don’t be afraid of mistakes. If you don’t make any mistakes, you’re not doing anything. If you’ve done your research and the effort doesn’t pay off, at least you have your research as an example of your preparation. And failure can teach you that much more than some of your more timid coworkers will ever learn.
If you don’t like leaving your comfort zone, then don’t seek out growth. You can’t have both.
Contributed By : Mr.Zakir Chougle
- Trainee Software Engineer
Thursday, December 2, 2010
How to communicate using your brand!!!
One needs to think about what it is that one wishes to communicate with the target audience. What are ones messages and why do they need to know these messages. Also how can one back these messages up, not only with evidence but also graphically in ones brand style, in the logo, the name of ones business, in ones typography and in ones copy.
All these things are a lot easier to make effective if they are proactive rather than reactive. By getting these things clear in ones head at the start can help one with everything else that follows. If one waist “to see how things go” then one may find that this simple process becomes a lot more complicated and expensive. Not only will getting these messages straight in someone’s head help one to sell ones service or product, but it will also help the employees and their motivation and behavior.
In terms of the design element of a brand – once one has got a solid style this needs to be implemented consistently across all marketing materials. Not only on the letter heads, business cards and compliment slips, but on the signage, leaflets, brochures, email signatures, PowerPoint presentations and website. Think MacDonald’s. It will cost you in money but not in respectability. There are so many businesses which have about 6 variations on their logo. This causes confusion in a target audience and gives one an unorganized persona.
One needs to make life easy for the target audience. If one can create consistency with the brand this leads to a comfort zone. Simplicity is the key. The messages may be complex but the way one communicates them needs to be simple.
When starting a company it’s important to start building brand identity. Reach potential customers through the use of logo products and create a favorable impression with fun freebies like stress balls and personalized travel mugs. The company logo is the most recognizable feature of ones business whether one has been in business for 2 days or 20 years. Take advantage of the benefits that promotional items can give you.
Next : Keeping own Employees in to confidence regarding Branding
Contribued by Najeeb
All these things are a lot easier to make effective if they are proactive rather than reactive. By getting these things clear in ones head at the start can help one with everything else that follows. If one waist “to see how things go” then one may find that this simple process becomes a lot more complicated and expensive. Not only will getting these messages straight in someone’s head help one to sell ones service or product, but it will also help the employees and their motivation and behavior.
In terms of the design element of a brand – once one has got a solid style this needs to be implemented consistently across all marketing materials. Not only on the letter heads, business cards and compliment slips, but on the signage, leaflets, brochures, email signatures, PowerPoint presentations and website. Think MacDonald’s. It will cost you in money but not in respectability. There are so many businesses which have about 6 variations on their logo. This causes confusion in a target audience and gives one an unorganized persona.
One needs to make life easy for the target audience. If one can create consistency with the brand this leads to a comfort zone. Simplicity is the key. The messages may be complex but the way one communicates them needs to be simple.
When starting a company it’s important to start building brand identity. Reach potential customers through the use of logo products and create a favorable impression with fun freebies like stress balls and personalized travel mugs. The company logo is the most recognizable feature of ones business whether one has been in business for 2 days or 20 years. Take advantage of the benefits that promotional items can give you.
Next : Keeping own Employees in to confidence regarding Branding
Contribued by Najeeb
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
RFID Technology: Spectrum used for RFID…Sequel II
Nowadays we are hearing news about 2G SPECTRUM Ghotala (Fraud). The biggest fraud in the history of India. It is under investigation!!! For RFID also some of bands (Spectrum) are used for its usage J but there would no Ghotala as such.
Last week, basic operation of RFID application and usage were discussed. Many of us were thinking about the frequencies being used in RFID application.
Three frequency ranges are generally distinguished for RFID systems, low, intermediate (medium) and high. The following table summarizes these three frequency ranges, along with the typical system characteristics and examples of major areas of application.
| Frequency Band | Characteristics | Typical Applications |
| Low 100-500kHz | Short to medium read range Inexpensive low reading speed | Access control Animal identification Inventory control Car immobiliser |
| HF 10-15MHz | Short to medium read range Potentially inexpensive Medium reading speed | Access control Smart cards |
| UHF 850-950MHz Ultra High Frequency | Long read range High reading speed Line of sight required Expensive | Railroad car monitoring Toll collection systems |
Next week, I will give brief about LF, HF & UHF for better understanding and usage of these spectrums. So Not possible for any Ghotala in RFID usage as government has allocated for RFIDJ.
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