Sadiq Iqbal

Sadiq Iqbal is a Systems Architect for Ensyst and was the only person in Australia to be invited to the first Windows 7 course run by the product developers in Singapore. In the last few months he has been working with Microsoft on their Early Technology Adoption Programme deploying Windows 7 to production desktop SOE’s for a number of handpicked organisations nationwide. Prior to this Sadiq has worked with a multitude of established IT Integrators and also ran his own IT consultancy in London. During this time he has designed and implemented a multitude of sizable infrastructure solutions for organisations around the globe and also has provided thought leadership and strategic direction to corporate enterprises.

Ensyst is an award-winning IT solutions and services provider helping organisations, small and large, in leveraging IT to achieve their business goals. Ensyst has clients having between tens and thousands of employees in size, across all major industries and in all states of Australia and is the current Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year. More detail can be found at the Ensyt Website.

We asked Sadiq five key questions and his answers can be heard by playing below. (This podcast took place on Friday 23rd October 2009 between Vinay Patankar of Ambition Technology and Sadiq Iqbal of Ensyst, at Ambition’s head office in Sydney, Australia.)

1) What are some of the new features involved in Windows 7?

2) Are there any flaws or concerns with in Windows 7?

3) How does Windows 7 compare with Vista and XP?

4) What has been the general feedback from clients who have already gone live with Windows 7?

5) Are you going to install Windows 7 at home, and why?