About WMUG

The WMUG was formed by IT Management professionals who are passionate about everything to do with the Windows Management space and the groups goal is to bring together other like minded Professionals so  experiences can be shared, hints and tips swapped and advice exchanged.

We will be arranging a meeting every two months at various locations around the UK so we can meet face to face and talk about Windows Management tools and procedures, get problems answered, and recieve advice from industry leaders, specialists and product vendors
Please feel free to sign up and join our community, and watch this space for news of forthcoming events.

So, who are the guys behind WMUG?

Rob Marshall

I've pretty much dedicated the last handful of years on SMS, but i come from a varied and deeply technical background in computing. It all began with a ZX80 back when I was 13/14 years old. I was instantly hooked. I like to think my "Golden years" where programming 68000 assembler for the Commodore A500. I had so much fun with that system and it's custom chipsets, writing demo's and stuff. That machine was way beyond it's time. I moved to a PC, tried Assembler there but who wants to address memory in a non-linear fashion? urgh it put me off so i ended up tinkering with Turbo Pascal and Visual Basic then gave up programming all-together and instead focused on Microsoft desktop\server technologies. Unfortunately my l33t programming skillz(TM) fell to the wayside, replaced by Scripting skillz(TM) when I need to get something done.

My blog is here. But be warned, if your the type looking for constant technical content you'll be partly disappointed by the content on my blog, as I switch from technical to non-technical on a regular basis. If you need technical content go visit slashdot.org, or the IEEE website ;-)

An initial founder of WMUG in 2006, I like to share, learn and enjoy SMS with other like minded folk. I like to script up some crazy stuff to fill gaps in what a product can do, and what a customer wants. I currently work for a Bank in the City of London, working towards all Green lights in the site Hierarchy ;-)

Two of my favourite sayings are:

"Never be afraid to ask a silly question"

"From one idiot to another"

Cliff Hobbs - MVP 

Cliff Hobbs is a UK-based systems management consultant who specialises in the various systems management tools covered by this site such as Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS). He has extensive experience of designing, deploying, and supporting large enterprise-wide systems management solutions on behalf of companies such as EDS, 1E and Getronics. In recognition of his contribution to the Systems Management community Microsoft awarded Cliff the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for SMS in January 2004 which has been re-awarded in all subsequent years. Having grown up with the PC from the days of the IBM AT and PC-DOS 3.3, he has an extensive knowledge of several operating systems and applications gained through his present and past employment with companies such as EDS, Du Pont, Abbey National and Getronics, amongst others. The prime goal of FAQShop is to help people use Systems Management technology to make their lives easier - not for technology to control their lives which is reflected in this site's mission statement: 'Ensuring you get the best of IT'. Feel free to email Cliff at anytime.