Desired State Configuration Update with Jeffrey Snover @ RunAs Radio:
"After just over a year since the original version of DSC came out, Windows 2012 R2 has shipped and DSC has gone through 6 revisions.
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Jeffrey Snover is a Distinguished Engineer and the Lead Architect for the Windows Server Division. Snover is the inventor of Windows PowerShell, an object-based distributed automation engine, scripting language, and command line shell."
OMI is an open source project to further the development of a production quality implementation of the DMTF CIM/WBEM standards.
Wit — Natural language for the Internet of Things:
"Wit.AI enables developers to add a natural language interface to their app or device in minutes. It’s faster and more accurate than Siri, and requires no upfront investment, expertise, or training dataset."