It’s been a year when we were surprised to get Windows Server and System Center 2012 R2, as well as a free Windows 8.1. Storage got interesting with the emergence of Storage Spaces and CiB hardware. We had a quarter where VMware market share actually fell while Hyper-V continued to make up ground. And we now know what the Microsoft hybrid cloud vision is.
Personally, 2013 was a year of more-of-the-same nose-to-the-grindstone, work giving me some interesting stuff to do, an amazing opportunity in the media with Petri, and dreadful time for my family. However the end of 2013 and the start of 2014 contrasts with that bitter time, with me being the happiest I’ve ever been.
I hope you enjoyed whatever holiday you’ve been celebrating, be it Christmas or something else, and I hope 2014 is good to you.
Happy new year!