Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partners
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| Kevin Hurni | |
| Birthday: Sept 12 | |
| Loudonville, NY | |
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In 1995 started with NetWare 3.12 and obtained CNA and CNE in NW 3.12. Worked for a local computer company (Computers Etc) and was fortunate enough to transfer to another company before they went bankrupt. Obtained NetWare 4.x CNE with Realtech Systems Corporation doing business with local private and public sector in Albany, NY. Went to lots of Novell Bootcamps (ah, the good old days) with BorderManager, ZEN, etc. Got to experience the fun and joy of migrating/upgrading GroupWise 4.1a on IBM OS/2 (OS-who? Did you say?) to GroupWise 5.5 on NetWare 4.11 for a large government agency. About the time that the .dot com bubble was just about ready to burst, I transferred companies again (before Realtech Systems went bankrupt) to another local company called Data Systems Networking Corporation. Achieved Master CNE status in 3 areas (Messaging, Intranet (BorderManager I think) and whatever the third one was).
I think I took every ZEN ATT that was offered (when Jason Blackett was still teaching). Started on an initial 2-week gig at the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation (aka: Encon) to create a new Windows NT 4.0 Domain and link NDS to it via NDS for NT. From there, apparently I did such a good job, that we rolled out ZEN 3.2 and GroupWise 5.5 EP.
The Data Systems Corp was bought/merged 3 times and we became DynTek. Dealing primarily with Albany NYS agencies. Expanded my skillset from NetWare, GroupWise and ZENworks to McAfee VSE and McAfee EPO, along with Citrix MetaFrame/Winframe, and Presentation Server. Assisted with migrating NDS for NT then on to Novell Account Management and then to IDM (DirXML).
As time wore on, continued to "bleed red" and was forced (haha) into learning SLES for OES2. Added on some iChain and then NAM to even out the mix and shake well.
I’ve dealt with IBM, HP, and Dell servers. Xiotech SAN gear, and random other bits of hardware.
A few things to know about me on a personal level:
I like to think I’m always right (even though I know I’m not) - haha. I don’t hate anyone and can’t stay mad for more than a day (could be a guy thing). I will ALWAYS do what’s in the best interest of the customer regardless of vendor loyalty. Willing to help others to avoid any mistakes I may have made or come across, and like to learn/play with new things
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