AddRemovePrograms.com
Sites
AddRemovePrograms is my resource for enterprise IT pros who package and manage Windows applications. The idea is simple: every application gets its own page…
#Packaging
24 stops on the timeline
2025
2024
AI-Driven Application Management
Speaking
I’ve been saying for some time that we’ll soon leverage GenAI for application management. That day is arriving earlier than many may have expected.…
AppDetails GPT
Products · Sites
I published a dedicated GPT that can be used to get extensive packaging and deployment related details for third party applications. I call it…
2023
MSIX Accelerators
Writing
This is one of those cases where I saw a problem, envisioned a solution, but could never make the time to execute upon it.…
2021
App Manage Event 2021
Speaking
I delivered a couple of sessions at the AppManageEvent as per usual, but it was also unusual. After 2020 being outright cancelled, I was…
2020
Packaging Experts Round-table Series
Speaking
Originally the plan was for six sessions, but despite a great response we had to cut it short due to resourcing constraints. UPDATE: I’m…
AdminStudio Customer Day 2020
Speaking
It’s always great to get out and get some face-time with my great team in Bangalore, India. It’s a about a 30 hour trip…
2019
MSIX – The Future of Software Packaging
Speaking
This was a particularly fun event. MSIX was announced as the new packaging format and demand for information on the topic was high. As…
2018
VMworld Europe 2018
Speaking
On November 6th, 2018 I had the pleasure of participating in a session with VMware in Barcelona to announce new integration between AdminStudio and Workspace…
Automating AdminStudio with PowerShell
Speaking
I wrote an article highlighting the video below as well as the script which is the focus of the presentation on the Flexera Blog,…
AppManagEvent 2018
Speaking
I had the pleasure of delivering a couple of sessions at the 2018 App Manage Event in Utrecht, Netherlands. Below were the abstracts for…
MSIX: Getting to Know Microsoft’s New Packaging and Deployment Technology
Speaking
This was a cool session; getting to team up with Rod Trent on a topic like MSIX. We’ve both got a reputation in the…
Product Insights (Video Series)
Speaking
After a brainstorming session about the fact that sites need to quickly, simply and easily provide answers that may be on the minds of…
A Proactive, Automated Approach to Application Readiness
Speaking
I was a speaker of the opening Keynote session for an IT Pro Today Virtual Event. The theme for the online event was Preparing for…
2014
Applying Agile Methodology to Application Deployment
Speaking
I was scheduled to do another keynote at the 2014 AppM anage Event (formerly known as the Packaging Event) and I almost turned down…
2013
Packaging Event 2013
Speaking
At the 2013 Packaging Event, I delivered a keynote session focused around packaging; addressing real-world problems and the solutions available. Including how to deal…
2012
Packaging Event 2012
Speaking
At the 2012 Packaging Event in Amsterdam, I spoke about the history and future of packaging and how the skills attained as a packager…
2010
New Technologies Available to Improve Repackaging
Writing
This was an article I wrote for Flexera in 2009. I can’t recall when it was actually published, but the file I stumbled upon…
2005
Consulting: Bear Creek
Writing
In May of 2005, I took a week vacation from my full time consulting job with Integrated Data Systems in Virginia to take on…
PackageCleaner
Products
After years of packaging and training people on packaging, it became increasingly clear to me that the most difficult thing to teach was the…
2004
Packaging and Customization Guide
Writing
In 2004, I wrote the below Packaging and Customization Guide. I don’t recall the circumstances around my authoring the paper, but I believe it…
The Many Possible Results of Deploying a Bad Package
Writing
This was one in a series of articles written for Flexera on 2004 entitled, The Many Possible Results of Deploying a Bad Package. Because it…
2002
Systems Management User Group: Silent Installation Options
Speaking
Bob spoke at the Systems Management User Group (SMUG) in the fall of 2002.
1999
AppDeploy
Sites
AppDeploy first launched in September of 1999. It was originally a collection of my own notes created while working as an administrator of…