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Black-haired, muscular, and handsome, television and film actor
Dean Cain
is perhaps most famous for having played Superman on the hit TV show Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Born in Mt. Clemens, MI, Cain's interesting looks come from his Welsh, French, and Japanese heritage, while his last name comes from his step-father, director
Christopher Cain
The Karate Kid
That Was Then, This Is Now
). His mother moved Cain and his older brother to Los Angeles when they were children. He attended Santa Monica High school, where he rubbed shoulders with other young stars-to-be, including the Lowe brothers Rob and Chad, Sean and
Chris Penn
, and
Emilio Estevez
. An honor student and talented football player, Cain attended Princeton University where, as a first string football player, he set two N.C.A.A. records. In 1988, he graduated from Princeton with a B.A. in history and a contract as a free safety for the Buffalo Bills. A knee injury sustained during pre-season camp ended his football career. He returned to California, studied acting, and got his professional start appearing in numerous television commercials. After trying his hand at screenwriting for a while, he found work guest starring on various series, including Life Goes On and Beverly Hills, 90210. He had made his film debut with a small role in The Stone Boy (1984). A few small movie roles followed, but Cain didn't have a major role until he played an ex-Green Beret in
Best Men
(1998). ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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In the midst of an intense five-day war between Russia and the Georgian Republic, a rogue American journalist, his loyal cameraman, and a desperate local woman fight to reveal the truth about the atrocities being committed against innocent civilians. Andy Garcia, Val Kilmer, Rupert Friend, and Emmanuelle Chriqui star in this explosive war drama from Die Hard 2 director Renny Harlin. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Vietnam in HD
Created and produced by cable's History Channel, and intended as an unofficial companion piece to the earlier WWII in HD, this documentary saga deals with the thousands of Vietnam War draftees who came home from the United States seemingly in one piece. On a note of sad irony, the subjects at hand emerged "victorious" from an empty and meaningless conflict that never should have involved their home country in the first place. Using the same structural model as the WWII program and a comparable narrative approach, the saga draws from such elements as government archival footage, news clips, haunting period photographs and disturbing reflections - all used to re-evoke the era. As a word of warning, the documentary contains extremely graphic content, making it unsuitable for young viewers. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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Dirty Little Trick
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Michael Anderson (Dean Cain) makes the mistake of picking up a pretty hitchhiker (Christie Burson) who has just ripped off a violent criminal (Michael Madsen), and finds himself caught up in a volatile situation that's about to explode in this sun-scorched thriller from director Brian Skiba (Blood Moon Rising). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Bed & Breakfast
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After being jilted by his movie star soon to be ex-wife, Jake Sullivan (Dean Cain) discovers that he's inherited a quaint bed and breakfast in California's scenic wine country. But when fiery Brazilian urbanite Ana Villanova (Juliana Paes") discovers that her late father had a deed to the very same property, she decides that staking her claim on the establishment might be just what she needs to get a leg up on her own troubles. Soon, the two face off and the only question becomes whether the two opposites will attract, or drive each other crazy. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi
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Pure Country 2: The Gift
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Rising young country singer Bobbie (Katrina Elam) struggles to balance her faith with her newfound fame after rocketing to superstardom, and mysteriously losing her voice. With a little introspection and the friendship of a true country legend (George Strait), Bobbie summons the courage to atone for her past mistakes, and the strength to keep singing. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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A Nanny for Christmas
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A no-nonsense businesswoman receives the most precious Christmas gift she could have asked for in this yuletide comedy of errors starring Emmanuelle Vaugier and Dean Cain. Hard working Ally (Vaugier) is on the hunt for a job when she manages the impressive feat of landing an interview with overworked advertising executive Samantha (Cynthia Gibb), who's more in need of a nanny than an extra employee in the office. When Samantha offers Ally a job as an au pair, the ambitious applicant reluctantly accepts. Almost immediately thereafter, Ally has a chance encounter with handsome and charming businessman Justin (Richard Ruccolo), but experiences a severe bout of insecurity concerning her recent career path. Fortunately for Ally, straight-talking chocolatier Danny Donner (Cain) offers some wise words of wisdom that bestow her with the confidence needed to win Justin's heart. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger
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Two mortal enemies must band together to defend the ranch they've both staked their claim on in this rollicking western comedy starring Dean Cain and Natasha Henstrige. When B.J. (James Tupper) wagered half of his ranch in a bet with Shea (Cain), he never thought he'd come out on the losing end. Now that ownership of the ranch is split down the middle, the two gamblers can't quite agree on anything. The most hotly contested debate to result from the wager isn't the ranch, however, but the hand of the lovely Liz Calhoun (Allison Hossack). Both men want Liz, but neither man can have her. When a gang of bandits makes a bid for the ranch, B.J. and Shea momentarily put their differences aside to fight shoulder to shoulder against a common enemy. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Aussie and Ted
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Dean Cain and Kristen Eggers star in this family comedy about a dog willing to go to any lengths to return a very special teddy bear to his human friend Laney (Alyssa Shafer). ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
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Small town Sheriff Harry Bailey (Dean Cain) draws on the skills he learned as an FBI profiler to track down a vicious killer with a taste for human flesh. But the closer Harry gets to his suspect, the more it begins to appear as if the maniac is actually a mythical monster feared by locals for generations. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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$5 a Day
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A terminally-ill con man and his estranged son endeavor to live on $5 a day during a cross country drive in this road trip comedy from director Nigel Cole (Saving Grace, Calendar Girls). Nat (Christopher Walken) may be a great con man, but as a father to Flynn (Alessandro Nivola) he always came up short. Informed by his doctor that he's suffering from a terminal illness, Nat learns of an experimental treatment that could offer him a second chance at life. But that's all the way on the other side of the country, and in order to make the drive he'll need a wheelman. Enter Flynn: the son Nat never really knew. Despite the bitterness Flynn feels toward his ailing father, he eventually agrees to take the trip. Unfortunately money is tight these days, and if Nat and Flynn hope to reach their destination without coming up short, they'll have to meet the sizable challenge of living on just $5 a day. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Final Approach
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Dean Cain and Anthony Michael Hall go toe-to-toe at 30,000 feet in this action-packed mini-series that finds a radical terrorist poised to take down domestic flight or die trying. FBI hostage rescue specialist Jack Bender (Cain) is traveling across the country on a domestic flight when the members of the People's Separatist Movement attempts to take control of the aircraft. The leader of the terrorist group is Greg Gilliad (Hall), an unpredictable fanatic with visions of nuclear grandeur. When Jack's ex-wife, an FAA employee, announces that the only way to defeat Greg and his group may be to shoot the plan right out of the sky, the seasoned hostage rescue specialist attempts to draw on his extensive combat training in order to ensure that the flight touches down without incident. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness
Made for television and first telecast April 22, 2007 by CBS, Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness) is based on the true story of Kansas City contractor Bruce Murakami, played by Dean Cain. On November 16, 1998, Bruce's wife Cindy (Chelah Horsdal) and daughter Chelsea (Katie Pezarro) are killed in a street accident by drag-racing teenager Justin Suarez (Shiloh Fernandez). Despite the admonitions of Bruce's surviving sons Brody (Landon Liboiron) and Josh (Ryan Kennedy), and those of family friend Melissa (Julie Warner), the bitter, vengeance-driven Murakami hires attorney Erin Teller (Peri Gilpin) to see to it that Suarez is punished to the full extent of the law. But during the boy's trial, Bruce experiences an epiphany, and realizes that revenge is not the answer. Without tipping off the ending of the film (which unfortunately was telegraphed by CBS' publicity campaign--to say nothing of the film's title itself), it can be noted that the real Bruce Murakami is the founder of Safe Teen Driver Inc. Filmed in British Columbia, Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness was the 230th presention of The Hallmark Hall of Fame. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Ace of Hearts
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When the canine sidekick of a dedicated cop is framed for a crime that no upstanding pooch would dare commit, it's up to the policeman's thirteen year-old daughter to clear the dog of any wrongdoing. Officer Dan Harding (Dean Cain) may be a hero in the community, but to his adolescent daughter Julie (Britt McKipp) he's just another dad who's too busy to bond with his family. But Officer Harding's trusty partner Ace has recently landed in some pretty hot water, and the only one capable of clearing his good name is young Julie. Perhaps if Julie is able to prove Ace's innocence, she'll finally be able to get through to her absent but well-intentioned father. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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September Dawn
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Director Christopher Cain takes an up-close look at the devastation wrought by religious fanaticism with this romantic drama set against the backdrop of the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre. As a wagon train of westward-bound settlers makes its way across southern Utah, a confrontation with a congregation of Mormons soon leads to deadly consequences for all involved. Jon Voight, Lolita Davidovich, and Jon Gries co-star in a historical drama centered on the massacre, which continues to stir controversy over a century and a half after the fact. Terence Stamp and Dean Cain contribute small roles as Brigham Young and Joseph Smith, respectively -- who were not directly involved with the massacre but are pictured in flashbacks. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Dead and Deader
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A hard-nosed Special Forces officer is transformed into a zombie-human hybrid who provides the only hope for preventing a zombie plague from infecting every living man, woman, and child on the planet in an all-out tale of undead terror starring Dean Cain. Bobby Quinn (Cain) was the perfect Special Forces operative. Tough, quick on his feet, and always ready for action, Quinn awakens one day in the morgue to discover that he isn't entirely human anymore. It seems that the nefarious Dr. Scott has been plotting to achieve unlimited power, and a contaminated swarm of Jindoo scorpions from Cambodia have unleashed a deadly zombie plague that threatens to spell the end of the human race. There's still time to save mankind though, and as Quinn leaps into action with a little assistance from smoldering film student Holly, military chef Judson, and a motley crew of hard-charging allies, these dogged soldiers may be able to fend off the living dead after all. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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A Christmas Wedding
Emily (Sarah Paulson) and Ben (Eric Mabius) find their plans to marry on Christmas day coming apart at the seams when Ben is left to plan the wedding details after Emily is forced to go on a business trip. Though Emily, a perfectionist, is determined to have a fairytale wedding, she realizes that love is all that really matters when a freak storm threatens to keep her from making it home in time for the big day. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
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Las Vegas: Season 04
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10.5: Apocalypse
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For those who survived the earth-shaking terrors of 10.5, the tremors just keep on coming in this sequel that finds scientist Samantha Hill (Kim Delaney) and President Hollister (Beau Bridges) doing battle against Mother Nature as she unleashes her formidable wrath in the heartland. Extinct volcanoes are erupting at an alarming rate, and the ground is opening up to swallow entire cities, leading some to believe that the Apocalypse has finally begun. All hope isn't lost yet, however, and as FEMA leaps into action to provide assistance to those in need, volunteer firefighter Brad Malloy (Dean Cain) and kindly doctor Miguel Garcia (Carlos Bernard) do their best to get citizens out of the rapidly expanding danger zones. With even more destruction on the horizon, Samantha is forced to put the past behind her in hopes that her father, Dr. Earl Hill (Frank Langella), a rogue scientist whose ideas have found him exiled from mainstream science, can find a way to divert the path of the quake and save countless lives in the process. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Las Vegas: Season 03
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I Do (But I Don't)
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A woman is torn between her heart and her business in this made-for-cable romantic comedy. Lauren Crandall (Denise Richards) is a woman who makes a living planning weddings for other people, but she's never had much luck with her own love life. Lauren thinks she may have turned the corner when she meets Nick Corina (Dean Cain), a good-looking fireman, but then she makes the unfortunate discovery that Nick is engaged -- and she's been hired to help with the wedding. I Do (But I Don't) was produced for the Lifetime cable network, where it first aired on September 13, 2004. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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The phrase "it's a dog's life" takes on a whole new meaning in this family-friendly comedy. When eccentric billionaire Constance Pennington passes on, she leaves her entire fortune to her closest companion, Bailey. However, there's something that sets Bailey apart from most of the
nuevo riche
-- Bailey is a golden retriever dog. Bailey's best human friend is Ted (Dean Cain), a handsome but nerdy animal behaviorist who has learned to communicate with Bailey in "dogish." Ted looks after the wealthy pooch with Bailey's blessings, but Bailey's new fame and wealth don't sit well with everyone -- Caspar Pennington (Tim Curry), Constance's nephew, is infuriated that a dog has inherited his aunt's fortune. With the help of his shrewish wife, Dolores (Jennifer Tilly), Caspar sets up the Animal Rights and Research Foundation (ARRF), and installs Ted on the boards alongside Marge (Laurie Holden), a cute single mother and animal rights activist. But Caspar and Dolores hardly have benevolent aims in mind -- ARRF is supposed to keep Ted and Marge busy while the Penningtons kidnap Bailey and find a way to prove to the world that Ted has been abusing the dog. Jon Lovitz provides the speaking voice of Bailey. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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On December 24, 2002, a woman named Laci Peterson, eight months pregnant at the time, was reported missing to police in a suburban California community. Laci's husband, Scott Peterson, initially joined police in their investigation of his wife's disappearance, which was soon presumed to be the result of foul play; however, many details of what Scott was doing the night Laci vanished didn't add up, and a woman soon stepped forward to announce that she had been having an affair with Scott. As the case of the missing woman began to attract worldwide attention, many people began to speculate that Scott may have been involved in Laci's disappearance. When her body was finally recovered, Scott found himself behind bars, charged with the murder of his spouse. The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story is a made-for-cable movie that stars Dean Cain as Scott Peterson, following the story from Laci's disappearance to Scott being charged with homicide. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Post Impact
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The post-apocalyptic action film Post Impact stars Dean Cain as Captain Tom Parker, who, after a meteor has caused a new ice age on Earth, must travel across the desolate land that was once Europe with a hodgepodge of military officers and scientists in order to help save some of the few remaining humans. The film was directed by Christoph Schrewe. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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A man in the middle of nowhere finds his past catching up with him in this independent thriller. Jeremy Stanton (Dean Cain) is a businessman who is driving from Santa Barbara, CA, to his new home in a small town in Nevada. However, as Stanton makes his way through the desert, he loses his bearings, and before long, thanks to a few road closings, detours, out-of-date map listings, and faulty directions from an auto-club operator, he hasn't the foggiest notion of where he is. But when an angry man with a gun begins pursuing Stanton, it becomes evident that there's more to his story than just a few wrong turns. Also featuring Danny Trejo and Ashley Scott, Lost marked the directorial debut of screenwriter Darren Lemke. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Churg-Strauss Syndrome (cont.)Medical Author:
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William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACRDr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. Medical Editor:
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Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MDMelissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology. In this Article
How is Churg-Strauss syndrome diagnosed?Churg-Strauss syndrome is suggested when the symptoms described above occur in a patient with a history of asthma. Abnormalities of the lungs, skin, and nerves might be noted by the doctor during the examination. Blood pressure can be elevated. Blood examination generally shows elevated levels of an uncommon white blood cell, called an eosinophil, and other white blood cells are also elevated in number. Kidney function blood tests and urinalysis can be abnormal when the kidneys are affected (which is not common). If the lungs are inflamed, the chest x-ray image or CT scan of the chest can demonstrate areas of inflammation. The ultimate test for the diagnosis is a biopsy of involved tissue, which demonstrates a characteristic pattern of inflammation visible under a microscope. Eosinophil are also seen accumulated in the abnormal tissue. How is Churg-Strauss syndrome treated?
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The treatment of patients with Churg-Strauss syndrome is directed toward both immediately quieting the inflammation of the blood vessels (vasculitis) and suppressing the immune system. Treatment usually includes high doses of cortisone-related medication (such as prednisone or prednisolone) to calm the inflammation and suppression of the active immune system with cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan). Traditionally, cyclophosphamide has been given for a year or more in patients with Churg-Strauss syndrome. In a research study, Churg-Strauss syndrome patients did equally well if treated with cyclophosphamide for 6 or for 12 months. This study suggests that doctors might now be able to recommend a shorter (and, therefore, less toxic) course of Cytoxan for patients with Churg-Strauss syndrome. Patient CommentsViewers share their comments
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If you've done ConfigMgr OS deployments, you've probably seen an error dialog like this before:
Pretty simple, right? Distribute this package to a local DP and then try again. But there are often dozens (or in extreme cases, hundreds) of packages referenced by the package, so you might have to go through this cycle a few times before you get them all. Fortunately, there are some ConfigMgr WMI classes that can help figure out which packages are missing. With a little bit of PowerShell logic, we can automate the whole process, through these basic steps:
This process will take care of boot images, OS images, OS install packages, driver packages, software update packages, or any other type of packages that are referenced (because behind the scenes, packages are packages to ConfigMgr – only the UI differentiates).
The scripts needed to this are attached to this blog. You'll need to save the SCCM.psm1 file in an appropriate PowerShell module folder (see the comments in the script for more details) so that the CheckTaskSequences.ps1 script can find it (and of course you'll have to enable PowerShell script execution using something like "Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned"). Then, just run CheckTaskSequences.ps1 each time you create a new task sequence. It will very quickly identify the packages that need to be distributed and take care of those for you.
Note: Version 1.1 of the script is now attached (using version 1.5 of SCCM.psm1) to address a couple of bugs found in the current version. See the comments in CheckTaskSequences.ps1 for more information.
In the previous posting at http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/archive/2010/04/29/configmgr-2007-driver-management-the-novel-part-1.aspx, I mentioned that it should be possible to script the importing of drivers into the ConfigMgr driver store to help implement the "Added Predictability" (driver categories) and "Complete Control" scenarios by solving the duplicate driver import challenge using PowerShell. So that's the whole purpose of this posting.
Regardless of whether you want to use driver categories or driver packages, the same logic can be used to import drivers into the ConfigMgr driver store. This assumes that you have your physical driver store arranged appropriately, using Johan's blog at http://www.deployvista.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/82/language/en-US/Default.aspx as an example of how to do that. The attached scripts really take it further than just a recommendation: it's a requirement for the script to work. The script assumes that you will have a structure that looks something like this:
You can extract the script file from the Zip file attachment on this blog entry. You can place the ImportAllDrivers.ps1 script wherever you like, but the SCCM.psm1 module must be placed where PowerShell can find it; see the comments at the top of that script for more details.
The ImportAllDrivers.ps1 PowerShell script needs to be modified to specify the UNC path of the physical driver store (it must be a UNC) and the UNC path where the driver packages should be placed (package source folders that should be created). You also can specify whether to create driver packages by OS platform (e.g. "XPx86") or by OS platform and model (e.g. "XPx86-LatitudeD610"). If you want to use "Apply Driver Package" you'll want packages per model.
So in the script, edit these three lines as appropriate:
$driverStore = "\\mdt-r2-sccm\DriverStore"
$modelPackage = $false
$packageSource = \\mdt-r2-sccm\Packages
The flow of the script is then like this:
Assuming everything works properly, when this script is complete you can then add the necessary steps to the task sequences (either "Auto Apply Drivers" steps with one specific category selected in each and conditions on each, or "Apply Driver Package" steps with a different package on each and conditions on each), distribute the new driver packages to the needed distribution points, and you're set to go.
As I mentioned in the session, this script can be run multiple times and should be able to pick up any new folders or drivers added. But it doesn't contain any logic to remove extra folders or drivers – that's still going to be a separate effort.
Also, don't expect the script to run quickly – the process of hashing all the drivers and then copying them into the driver packages takes quite a while. In my test VM which has drivers for about 20 different models of machines (which haven't been cleaned up much at all) the script runs for hours. If you think about it, you would typically never process that many drivers at one time – you would do this incrementally, probably one model at a time. So the script is not really running that slow – it's just doing lots of work.
That actually points out another effort that this script doesn't help with: Cleaning up the physical store. For example, when I downloaded some "Windows 7 x86" drivers from the vendor's web site, I also got x64 drivers that I might not have needed or already have downloaded separately. I also got Windows XP and Windows Vista drivers that I might not need. And then there's all the other garbage (Windows Installer 2.x installers, videos, documentation, Linux drivers, MS-DOS drivers, etc.) that can also be pruned from the directory tree. The end result of the downloads and extractions was 14GB of driver files (not including another 6GB from the actual self-extracting installers, but I threw those away), even though only about 10-20% of that is really needed. Maybe someday someone will write a script or tool to help with the management of the physical store too. That's a much more complicated task though.
In the first part of this series, I talked about the three (well, four with Johan's) approaches for managing drivers with ConfigMgr 2007. There's actually another method that I didn't mention so far (one that we briefly mentioned at the end of the MMS session):
Honestly, I didn't think anyone did this for all of their drivers, although I did expect to see this done for a few limited drivers (such as the more complicated ones I mentioned before). But I have found a couple of customers who do exactly this: every driver is installed as an application. Still, I expect that to be rare in the "real world".
So that leads us to the topic of "hybrid scenarios" – you can mix and match these scenarios to address all of your driver needs, something I would strongly encourage. Imagine a task sequence that uses something like this:
See Chris Nacker's blog posting at http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/cnackers/archive/2010/04/09/configuration-manager-2007-r2-sp2-driver-management.aspx for a real-world example of how you might set up something like this.
In the session I also showed a simple script that created driver packages pointing to existing folders in the driver store, to quickly set up "Johan's Control Freak Method". That script was basically the same script as attached to the previous blog posting, with all the logic for importing drivers into the driver store stripped out, since that logic isn't used in Johan's scenario. That script, named CreateJohanDriverPackages.ps1 (which still depends on the SCCM.psm1 module), is attached to this blog posting.
Johan has also added a new blog posting detailing the MDT 2010 Lite Touch scenarios, which you can find at http://www.deployvista.com/Blog/JohanArwidmark/tabid/78/EntryID/132/language/en-US/Default.aspx.
A few other random driver-related items that may be of interest:
Several people asked me after the troubleshooting session I presented at MMS 2010 how to write a script to dump out all the task sequence variables. Here are a few samples showing how to do just that. (These examples work for ConfigMgr and MDT Lite Touch task sequences.)
First, the absolute "bare bones" approach:
Save that as "DumpVar.vbs" and run it via the task sequence, redirecting the output to a text file. For example, if you saved this script in the MDT "Scripts" folder, you could use a command line like this:
cmd.exe /c cscript.exe "%ScriptRoot%\DumpVar.vbs" >> %Temp%\DumpVar.txt
If you want to get fancier, you can use MDT's logging capabilities:
Set env = CreateObject("Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment") For each v in env.GetVariables oLogging.CreateEntry v & " = " & env(v), LogTypeInfo Next </script> </job>
Save that as "DumpVar.wsf" in the MDT "Scripts" folder, and run it with a simpler command line:
cscript.exe "%ScriptRoot%\DumpVar.wsf"
If you would prefer to use PowerShell, the same thing can be done with it:
# Start the logging Start-Transcript $logFile
# Write all the variables and their values $tsenv.GetVariables() | % { Write-Host "$_ = $($tsenv.Value($_))" }
# Stop logging Stop-Transcript
Save that as "DumpVar.ps1" in the MDT "Scripts" folder, and run it using PowerShell.exe (as long as execution of scripts has been enabled):
PowerShell.exe –File "%ScriptRoot%\DumpVar.ps1"
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A few people commented on how they could see my Administrator account and password details in the output of the script I was running, as I had specified that account for my ConfigMgr network access account. That's definitely not a best practice – you should specify an account that has the minimum rights required, typically just enough to connect to your distribution point shares. It should never have domain admin rights. (Yes, I was lazy and just reused the only account I set up in my demo VMs.)
You might wonder why the example script above that uses ZTIUtility.vbs doesn't log the password. That's because we have specific logic in that script that refuses to log any line that contains the word "password" as a security feature.
I can tell just starting out on this topic that it's going to be a long one. For those of you who attended the session that Johan and I presented at MMS 2010, we talked about various ways of managing drivers, with Johan focusing on MDT 2010 Deployment Workbench (Lite Touch) and me focusing on ConfigMgr 2007 (Zero Touch). We focused on the whole range of possibilities, ranging from "total chaos" through "complete control freak", mapping those into the capabilities provided by the product.
Since I focused on the ConfigMgr side of things in the session, I'll focus on the same thing here. Basically, here's how it maps out:
As we mentioned in the session, you will probably pick one of these scenarios as the "primary" one for your organization, but these can also be combined into "hybrid" approaches.
Historically I've always suggested that people use one of the first three mechanisms, but because of the way ConfigMgr handles duplicate drivers the second ("Added Predictability" with categories) and third ("Complete Control" with driver packages) are challenging, especially if you want to set those up by hand. Various people have proposed solutions around that, including articles like these and various newsgroup postings over the years: http://wbracken.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/adding-duplicate-drivers-to-sccm-sp1/
In fact, this is the same solution that Dell has implemented in their driver CABs available for download from http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Dell+Business+Client+Operating+System+Deployment+-+The+.CAB+Files: They put a "release.dat" file into each driver folder (with different content, to change the directory hash) so that ConfigMgr doesn't see any of the drivers as duplicates. That certainly solves the problem, but does it by defeating ConfigMgr duplicate detection process altogether. As a result, the ConfigMgr driver store will also end up being much bigger. That "release.dat" file also defeated the duplicate detection in MDT 2010's Deployment Workbench, so we added explicit logic to look for that file and ignore it when calculating hashes. That way we see the duplicates again (which keeps our driver store as small as possible too).
OK, so how do you implement the "Added Predictability" and "Complete Control" scenarios without either going to Johan's approach or defeating the duplicate detection (or doing it manually, a process that's really hard to do as finding the duplicate manually won't be easy)? That's where the PowerShell scripts came in. As I discovered early last year when researching this topic, ConfigMgr knows which driver is the duplicate (obviously) and will tell you which one it is when you make the request via the ConfigMgr WMI provider (not so obviously) – you just don't see that information through the UI. But with a script, you should be able to do something like this:
So the next posting will focus on that part: Using PowerShell to import drivers while handling the duplicates along the way.
Enough "driver babble" for now.
MMS 2010 is bound to be a busy week for everyone attending. But while you're there, be sure to attend the Birds of a Feather sessions in the evenings. There will be two sessions this year on Windows deployment, both on Tuesday evening. The first one I'll be moderating:
OE01 Ask the Experts: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Tuesday, April 20 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, Marco Polo 702 And if that isn't enough for you, the session immediately following that, which will be led by Chris Nackers:
OE31 Open Forum Discussion: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (MDT) and Configuration Manager 2007 OSD Tuesday, April 20 6:45 PM - 7:45 PM, Marco Polo 702 These sessions are designed for open discussions, so the actual topics discussed will be determined by the questions asked by the audience.
There's going to be a bumper crop of Windows deployment experts there this year too – hopefully most of them will be able to attend the Tuesday night sessions. Even if they can't, be sure to track them down during the week to at least say "hi". Some of those that will be around (assuming the volcanic ash and airlines cooperate) include:
Sorry if I missed anyone, and hope to see you all there.
Johan and I talked about various ways to handle drivers with MDT 2010 (Lite Touch) and ConfigMgr 2007 during our MMS 2010 session. We think we've addressed the common options and challenges that you are likely to encounter, but without your feedback we can't really confirm this.
Could you take a minute of your time and fill out the survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/S55HFPN? It's very short, with a total of four questions.
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Thanks to Rod, Chris, Reed, and others who helped encourage people to check out the driver management survey blog posting I made last night, I was quickly able to get over a hundred replies. Now that's what I call "instant feedback". So here's the interpreted results based on that sampling.
For those of you using MDT 2010 Deployment Workbench and Lite Touch deployments, the breakdown looks nice:
So 21% just import all the drivers and let the system figure it which ones to use on each computer (not too bad when the number of models is smaller). 27% import all drivers and then use selection profiles to control which drivers to use (typically per OS). And the majority of you are taking it even further and leveraging driver folders (DriverGroups), effectively becoming "control freaks".
While no one said they were using the "install drivers using applications" as their primary mechanism for handling drivers using Lite Touch, over 30% of those using Lite Touch said they were installing at least some drivers as applications once the OS was up and running – basically implementing hybrid scenarios.
For those of you using ConfigMgr 2007, the breakdown is a little different:
So 9% import all their drivers and let the "Auto Apply Drivers" step inject the best one. 24% use "Auto Apply Drivers" with categories to better control which drivers are used. The majority then use "Apply Driver Package", with 39% importing the drivers into the driver store (the way driver packages were intended to be used) and the remaining following Johan's approach (not importing drivers, creating driver packages pointing to the physical store).
So a lot of you are importing all of your drivers into the ConfigMgr driver store, but to make that work a significant percentage of you are purposely defeating the ConfigMgr duplicate driver detection by creating a unique file that results in a different has for every driver:
When you drill into the responses a little deeper, several of those that answered "manually handling duplicates" said that they were primarily Dell shops and were using the Dell driver CAB files. As I mentioned in the MMS session, these CAB files include a unique "release.dat" file so they defeat the duplicate detection process, so they are unknowingly in the other category. As a result, the percentages are probably flipped around, with the majority of customers preventing ConfigMgr from detecting duplicates.
So that means almost 60% of ConfigMgr OSD users are somehow working around the driver management challenges in the product (28% following Johan's advice, and about half of the 63% that are using driver categories and driver packages and defeating duplicate detection, so 28+63*0.50=59.5). I believe the PowerShell scripts I posted can help reduce this number, at least for OSD users willing to reconsider their approach, or new users just setting up their OSD driver management strategy.
As with Lite Touch, about 30% of ConfigMgr OSD users said they were installing some drivers as applications (packages). But again this wasn't the prevalent mechanism being used, it was being done for selected drivers as part of a hybrid scenario.
There are a variety of tools and sites being used to help with the driver acquisition/extraction process. Johan talked about some of these, like 7-Zip, WinRAR, Universal Extractor, the Windows Update Catalog, and the HP Softpaq Manager, during the MMS session we presented. Others that were mentioned in survey responses included DriverMax, Driver Magician (and the Lite version), DriverGrabber, and the Lenovo Update Retriever. But still the majority of you are still using the manual download-and-figure-out-how-to-extract-without-breaking-your-computer method (the mechanism I was struggling with before MMS).
There was a good deal of praise for the Dell driver CABs, and quite a few calls for other OEMs and vendors to start providing the same type of simple download. But many commented that the OEMs and vendors are still providing too much "junk" in their driver downloads, bloating drivers stores unnecessarily.
Many of you express frustration with mass storage drivers (probably a sign of how many of you are still using Windows XP, as these problems pretty much go away with later OSes). Some of you have run into issues running driver installers during a ConfigMgr task sequence (usually a result of the task sequence running in SYSTEM context with no user profile loaded – these probably are usually the sign of an InstallShield installer that wants to talk to a COM server, but that can't be used as COM isn't yet fully initialized while the task sequence is running).
A few of you would like tools to help with driver lifecycle management – helping with the driver store management, delivering driver updates to machines previously deployed, using tools like SCUP to help with driver deployment, making more OEM drivers available automatically through WSUS, etc.
Of course there were plenty of suggestions for things Microsoft could do to help and a few rather frustrated people who just want the whole problem to go away. But there is a larger group (still in the minority for sure) that says they've got this process mastered. Let's hope they all start blogging with all the details of how they're doing it
Overall, this does pretty much confirm what Johan and I were saying in our session: here are the scenarios that you can consider; here are the pros, cons, and challenges you are likely to encounter in each scenario; here are the tools that can help. Granted, even with a hundred responses this isn't a statistically valid survey, but it at least gives you some idea of what's going on in the real world.
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Remembered for his part in the match-fixing scandal, the former South Africa bowler now mentors young cricketers and rears racing pigeons
Firdose Moonda
January 17, 2013
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A hawk circled Boland Park before dropping a half-eaten pigeon just outside the groundsman's office. For most, it was a sight best ignored. For Henry Williams, it was worth a closer examination.
The bird's partly munched foot had a pink ring around it that Williams immediately recognised. A racing bird. Just like the 120 he has at home.
"It's an amazing hobby," Williams said. "You watch the birds, how they learn by looking around at the environment, how they get stronger and fly away a little bit but come back. Then, at six or seven months, you put them into pens, take them 150 kilometres away and leave the whole bunch there. They start circling, slowly, and then off they go. Back to where they came from. Amazing. Expensive but amazing."
Williams' highest-priced pigeon pair set him back R100,000 (about US$11,800) From them, he sold off studs to the value of R500,000 ($58,800). Of the 20 offspring that costly pair produced, 14 have already won events, making Williams one of the more successful owners in the industry.
It wasn't the same for him on the cricket field. His brief international career is only remembered for his involvement in the Hansie Cronje scandal, which grew new legs this week when Williams admitted he told the King Commission a different story from what actually happened. He realised this would only make him seem a liar, but it was a chance he was willing to take.
"Life has moved on," Williams said. He works as a scout for Cricket South Africa's youth department, as bowling coach of the Boland age-group sides, from Under-11 upwards, and used to be with the national U-19 side and the national women's team.
Those who still regard him as stained by the match-fixing allegations may be uneasy with his involvement in player development, but Williams paid his penance (a fine and a six-month ban) and has a wealth of experience to call on.
Few will know that he was one of the most economical bowlers in South African first-class cricket and finished his career with an economy rate of 2.3. He also pushed for a recall to the national team after the Nagpur nightmare, where he only bowled 11 balls in the match. Williams tore a lateral muscle in that fixture and needed serious surgery, before which he was warned he might never take the field again. "But I believed that I could play again, and then the operation was so successful that after seven months I came back.
"From 1992 until now, we keep thinking this guy will do it for us or that guy will, and it doesn't happen. We like to follow, we can't lead" Williams' on South Africa's lack of world titles | |||
"I was written off in the country's newspapers before that, but I took four five-wicket hauls in five matches for Western Province and people thought I had a bionic arm. I bowled sides to pieces. I was swinging the ball and guys were nicking off." Unlike Herschelle Gibbs, though, Williams never played for South Africa again.
He retired from domestic cricket when the franchise system was formed in 2004-05, but remained involved in club cricket, and played a particularly important part in mentoring Henry Davids, South Africa's new T20 opener. Davids' father and Williams were both racing-bird enthusiasts, and Williams first saw Davids play club cricket as a boy.
Years later Williams was in the same XI when Davids scored his maiden first-class century against Northerns. It was one of the matches in which Williams took five-fors on his return.
He remembers the details of Davids' success better than he does his own. "That side had Steve Elworthy bowling, and the shorter he bowled, the further Henry Davids hit him onto the banks. That night I called [Davids] and said, 'You will never see a short ball again. People will pitch the ball up and swing it away from you, so please make sure you make adjustments to counter that.' He didn't listen to me."
Davids continued to meander on the domestic circuit but one day decided to move upcountry to play in Centurion, where he had scored that first hundred.
"We had a function for him at our club," Williams said. "I said to him, 'Remember what I said to you a few years back. Now you are going to the same field where you made your debut century and you need to own that field. It's hard for somebody to go somewhere else and make it there."
Davids found form in limited-overs cricket and was rewarded with a call-up to the national side, which Williams thinks he could have been part of years ago. Williams was similarly unimpressed by the 20 Davids made on his South African debut. "I sent him an SMS that day to say that he reminded of an old club cricketer," he said.
The tough love worked. In the next match, Davids scored 55, and in the third, 68. Williams could finally smile. "He has flair and he hits the ball so sweetly. He also has to have a bit of selfishness. That's what made Jacques Kallis great. That little bit of self, but always in context with what the team needs," Williams said.
As one of the few people with a Level 4 coaching certificate in the country, Williams is trying to instill that sort of balance in the kids he deals with. "What I am trying to build in all the age groups is an understanding of what they need to do to get to the next level," he said.
"If you are at the U-19 level, you have to know what's required [to get] into an academy. There are too many people who come out of school and think they can play provincial cricket, but they can hardly make a step. There are a lot of parents that believe in me. They trust that I can make a difference."
Williams is heartened by the potential and progress he sees around him in the Cape, where the culture of cricket is strong. Evidence of that was obvious at the tour match between the New Zealanders and the South African Invitation XI, where more people were present than at most franchise matches. The first Test was a sellout at Newlands, and Williams hopes the South African team's performance will continue to resonate lower down.
"The Test team is playing at a different level now. In Perth, against Australia, South Africa actually batted them out of the game. If South Africa play Test cricket like that, no one can beat them," he said. Like many, he is concerned about whether that will translate to the one-day game and winning ICC silverware.
"We can't find consistency in one-day cricket. We have to find it sooner or later. Otherwise disappointment will be in our face again for the next World Cup. The approach was always very conservative. From 1992 until now, we keep thinking, this guy will do it for us or that guy will, and it doesn't happen. We like to follow, we can't lead."
A bit like a flock of birds, then. Williams laughed at that suggestion before reminding us of the one who never made it back. "I'm keeping this ring because it has a tracking number on it and I'll have to see whose bird it is. I'll tell them to come fetch the ring." Life really does go on.
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InterContinental Hotels just opened their Westminster location late last year but they're ready to do it again-- this time at The O2 Arena.
The InterContinental London The O2sky bar with 180-degree views over Canary Wharf and the River Thames. The hotel is also planning on having one of the largest pillar-free ballrooms in Europe. Alrighty then! The property will be managed by Arora Hotels under a franchise agreement with Meridian Hotel Operations.
No word on the price points but the InterCon Westminster goes for about $350 a night. We expect the InterCon O2 to be a little less than that, except of course when One Direction big acts are playing at the arena.
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If you're a fan of anything and everything Ritz-Carlton, you might remember the hotel brand having a property in Sydney that has since been merely part of fond memories of luxury digs and top-notch service in the upmarket inner-suburb of Double Bay. Now, some deep pockets are giving the old hotel new life by turning it into an InterContinetal Hotel.. This will be the second InterContinental Hotel for the city.
The new owners will fork over a wad of cash to transform the derelict building which was built as Australia's only Ritz in 1991 and eventually became the destination for the likes of Princess Diana, Madonna and Bill Clinton on their visits Down Under. In 1997, the hotel made an infamous list when INXS lead-man, Michael Hutchence, was hung himself in room 524 causing the hotel's reputation to nosedive. In 2001, it was turned into Sir Stamford which then closed in 2009 causing the building to go in ill-repair.
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From squeezy European Single to California King, we�ve done a lot of sleeping around here at HC. With hotel beds that is, of course. We hear about sleep concierges and pillow menus, see hotels hawking their goods for you take home, and encounter sheets that are somewhat past their use-by date.
If size is of importance (that�s your dirty mind, not ours), the InterContinental Park Lane might just have most hotels beat with the biggest bed we�ve seen in quite some time in its top-of-the-line Royal Suite. King what? Say hello to the Emperor bed, a whopping 7 feet wide.
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While in Sydney, father and son are staying in the lap of luxury at the centrally located, Intercontinental. The hotel is located smack dab in the middle of the city's most popular area, Circular Quay, and no doubt while Dad was busy doing his interviews, Pax and his carer hopped on a ferry to the Taronga Zoo for a quick Aussie animal fix.
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Last month, the 500-room Radisson Blu Mall of America became the second Radisson Blu to open in the US (after Radisson Blu Aqua Chicago). But one thing that sets this place apart from Chicago (and all other subsequent Rad Blus) is that it directly connects to the Mall of America, with its 530 shops, 5 major department stores, multiple food courts, indoor theme park, and 14-screen movie theater. If they want, hotel guests can even arrange for a personal shopper and bag pick-up to maximize the experience. Rates from $174/night.
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The InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) sold the luxurious, 447-room InterContinental London Park Lane to an affiliate of Constellation Hotels last week for about $460 million, building upon a fire sale that's been going on for the past decade. Since 2003, IHG has sold 191 hotels, at a rate of about 19 hotels a year, for a $6.1 billion profit.
They made a pretty penny on the Park Lane property, too, flipping it for 62% more than its December 2012 book value, by selling it to a Middle Eastern private investment group, and continuing a trend of Middle Eastern investment in London.
Recently, Qatar purchased Harrods department store and helped to finance the construction of the Shard skyscraper.
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If you haven't heard Ellen DeGeneres and wife, Portia de Rossi, headed Down Under, to Portia's motherland. It was a trip hugely publicized on Ellen's show and by Qantas Airways, one of the sponsors.
We got the scoop on which Aussie hotels got the chance to show one of TV's funniest females their hottest digs on their visit to both Sydney and Melbourne. It seems like the couple likes to stay in the lap of luxury and we can't blame them.
First stop was Sydney, and after getting their respective passports stamped, the pair headed to the historic InterContinental Sydney perched over Circular Quay with views of the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. Let's hope they had time to check out that awesome pool on the 31st floor overlooking the harbor; it couldn't get more 'Sydneysider' than that!
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We love a good hotel bathtub, especially when it has a view. During a recent visit to the London�s InterContinental Park Lane, we spotted a worthy entry for our Bathroom Tuesdays in the hotel�s lofty London Suite.
With its soaring two-story windows, this suite � and its bathroom � takes full advantage of the hotel�s vantage point on Hamilton Place, overlooking Hyde Park Corner and the gardens behind Buckingham Palace. Time it right, and you can watch the mounted Horse Guards pass underneath Wellington Arch right from the tub. More of a shower person? Not to worry, you�re covered too.
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We admit, we're borderline gym addicts. We love the muscle machines, the calisthenics classes, the inflatable balls, and hardwood floor studios. And judging from a poll we took last spring, it seems quite a few of you agree.
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London's Goring Hotel may have recently received a seal of approval with its Royal Warrant (gosh, we're still having a hard time with that name), but the InterContinental London Park Lane has its own special royal nod of recognition, too.
Sitting on the site of Queen Elizabeth II�s former childhood residence on Piccadilly, the hotel has just unveiled its Royal Suite, with queenly design elements tastefully scattered throughout, and a view over the Royal Parks, no doubt filled with Royal Squirrels. Heh.
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In the March/April 2010 issue of WAN-IFRA Magazine, we feature an article on Digital Asset Management (DAM) on pages 26-29. As there are numerous suppliers in this area and we have limited space in print, we could only publish a small portion of what each told us about their soltion. Here, we are publishing expanded interviews with the vendors for readers to get a fuller picutre of what each told us about their offering.
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Garavaglia: Right now, we have 227 customers using the Atex Content Solution, which includes publications such as La Stampa in Italy, O Estado de Sao Paulo, in Brazil and Newsquest in the UK.
WAN-IFRA: What developments are you working on in this area now – any planned updates for the near future?
Garavaglia: We are constantly reviewing our product roadmap to ensure that what we plan to develop will have an immediate impact on our customers. Looking at trends in the industry right now and what many media companies are trying to do in terms of consolidated publishing workflows, we are working to improve A Series' ability to use text mining to make archived content more valuable. Today, that includes functionality for shared taxonomies with both print and online. Archived content that's been text mined is also easier to use with targeted advertising. Lastly, we are working to make sure A Series can be used with tablet PCs and the Apple iPad.
Interview conducted by Brian Veseling, senior editor for Publishing, Editorial and General Management and WAN-IFRA Magazine.