User:12Knocksinna/Tony.Redmond

Tony Redmond is an independent consultant who specializes in Microsoft collaboration technologies. He works with companies around the world to understand, use, and exploit these technologies, including assisting independent software vendors to develop products that leverage the Microsoft ecosystem. He is a Senior Contributing Editor for WindowsITPro.com where he writes a twice-weekly blog. Tony also maintains a personal blog at Thoughtsofanidlemind.com and is available on Twitter.

To date, Tony has written 14 books about email and collaboration technology. These are:


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Inside Out: Mailbox and High Availability(Microsoft Press, 2013)
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out (Microsoft Press, 2011)
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with SP1 (Digital Press, 2008)
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 (Digital Press, 2007)
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP1 (Digital Press, 2005)
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 (Digital Press, 2004)
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 (Digital Press, 2000)
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 (Digital Press, 1998)
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 (Digital Press, 1997)
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 (Digital Press, 1996)
 * Working with TeamLinks 2.0 (Digital Press, 1995)
 * Working with TeamLinks, First Edition (Digital Press, 1994)
 * ALL-IN-1: Managing and Programming V3.0 (Digital Press, 1993)
 * ALL-IN-1: A Technical Odyssey (Digital Press, 1992)

His books have been translated into German, Italian, and Japanese.

Tony retired from Hewlett-Packard (HP) in March 2010. During his corporate career, he held positions including Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for HP Services, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Compaq Global Services, and Director of Messaging Services at Digital Equipment Corporation. He has worked and lived in Ireland, the United States, France, and Italy. He currently resides in Dublin, Ireland.

Tony still referees rugby, but only for fun. In the past, he was a contracted (semi-professional) referee for 12 years with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and refereed at all levels up to and including full international (but just one - Denmark vs. Sweden, Rugby World Cup qualifier in October 2001) and seven European professional fixtures. He was the Irish referee at the FIRA/AER Under-19 Rugby World Cup in Wales in 1999 and refereed the Wales v. South Africa semi-final in Bridgend and three other games at the tournament. He was also a TV Match Official (TMO) for the International Rugby Board between 2010 and 2012 and participated in 12 international games, including four Six Nations fixtures.