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Aharon Robbins (Intel)

Aharon Robbins is a Software Engineer in the group developing the SDK for Intel(R) AMT. He started at Intel in February of 2008. He has considerable experience with Unix and Linux and general software development in C, C++ and the Unix tools. In his other life (as Arnold Robbins) he maintains GNU Awk and has authored/co-authored a number of books from O'Reilly and Prentice Hall in the Unix/Linux realm (see http://www.skeeve.com). He is happily married, with four wonderful children. Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, he and his family have been living in Israel since late 1997.

AMT SDK High Level API (HLAPI) Technology Preview Now Available

By Aharon Robbins (Intel) (11 posts) on August 11, 2009 at 6:23 am
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Way back in April, I posted an initial blog (see Software Daydreams - AMT Programming Made Easy) on some of the work we are doing to make developing for Intel(R) AMT easier. I'm pleased to announce that the initial fruit of our labors is now available: The High Level API (HLAPI). The High Level API [...]

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Second Intel AMT SDK Web Based Training Now Available

By Aharon Robbins (Intel) (11 posts) on May 12, 2009 at 4:16 am
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The Intel AMT SDK team is proud to announce its second Web-based Training (WBT), on developing applications for Intel AMT.   This e-course is focused on developing applications to communicate with Intel AMT using the WS-Management protocol. The course provide an overview of the steps involved in the message flow to/from Intel AMT over WS-Management.  The [...]

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Software Daydreams - AMT Programming Made Easy

By Aharon Robbins (Intel) (11 posts) on April 30, 2009 at 8:28 am
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The Intel AMT SDK group is always working hard to make programming for AMT easier.  Intel AMT is a complex system, and programming for it is complex.  I have been daydreaming about, er, working hard on, yeah, ways to make programming for AMT easier.  These efforts center around a higher level API into the AMT features. [...]

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The Making of a Web-Based Training

By Aharon Robbins (Intel) (11 posts) on March 15, 2009 at 1:42 am
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Last week, Intel released a Web Based Training (WBT) on the Intel AMT Software Development Kit (SDK).  This WBT provides a brief introduction to Intel AMT and to the SDK used for developing applications that work with Intel AMT.  You can run the training using this link, and I will be posting a note with [...]

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For The AMT Developers - Why A Linux Guy Went To Microsoft Land

By Aharon Robbins (Intel) (11 posts) on September 22, 2008 at 12:20 am
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I just got back from attending the Microsoft Visual Studio Developer's Conference in Redmond, Washinton (USA), last week.  It was both interesting and enjoyable, and I learned lots of stuff about extending Visual Studio. (All the traveling and the jet lag are No Fun, but that's a different story [or blog post].) So, what was a [...]

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Any AMT SDK Users in Seattle?

By Aharon Robbins (Intel) (11 posts) on August 25, 2008 at 12:29 am
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I will be in Seattle September 15 and 16 for the Microsoft Visual Studio Developer's Conference, and will have some free time September 17. Is there anyone in Seattle using the AMT SDK? If so, I would love to talk to you, and here's your chance to talk to one of the SDK developers face-to-face.  (Or, if anyone [...]

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Simple activities are often the best

By Aharon Robbins (Intel) (11 posts) on August 13, 2008 at 3:43 am
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I've been back from vacation a bit, but wanted to share this thought. One day my mother and I took my three nieces and three of my four children bowling.  It was mid-morning, the bowling alley was pleasantly decorated and well lighted, and mostly empty. As you can imagine, with six kids aged 9 - 16, [...]

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My Latest Book Is Now Available

By Aharon Robbins (Intel) (11 posts) on August 5, 2008 at 8:47 am
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This is just a quick note to let the world know that the latest edition of one of my books is now available. The book is Learning The vi and Vim Editors, published by O'Reilly Media. Here is a link to the book on Amazon.com and at O'Reilly Media.  Enjoy!

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Chinese Medicine - who'd'a thunk it?

By Aharon Robbins (Intel) (11 posts) on August 4, 2008 at 8:31 am
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Hello out there. This is the first of several blog entries I want to write in the near future. I was on vacation for two weeks visiting family in the US (more on that soon), and have been back for almost a week, simultaneously recovering from jet-lag (which I hate) and catching up on Real [...]

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Rereading Classic Science Fiction

By Aharon Robbins (Intel) (11 posts) on July 13, 2008 at 1:06 am
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Hey, it's a blog, right? So here's something not related to software, Intel, or anything technical. As a result of giving my teenage daughter the classic Dragonrider books by Anne McCaffrey, she has become an averous science fiction reader.  The problem is keeping her supplied with enough things to read that are also appropriate for [...]

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Intel® AMT SDK: The Good, the Bad, or the Ugly?

By Aharon Robbins (Intel) (11 posts) on July 9, 2008 at 4:25 am
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This is my first blog post, so please be forgiving... That said, let's get on to the topic at hand. I am a new software engineer in the group that produces the Intel® AMT SDK (Software Development Kit). The SDK is made available to the wide world via Intel's web site. The SDK group, besides working [...]

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