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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
eek!   In these difficult economic times, we believe it is a great time to hear the voices of customers across various industry sectors , who are driving down costs, improving efficiency, and increasing agility and quality of solutions to business Read More...
Windows 7 Beta DVD for MDC Attendees
eek! Breaking news!!! Attend an upcoming MSDN Developer Conference and you will receive a Windows 7 Beta DVD. Note: The Windows 7 Beta DVDs may not be ready to hand out in time for the events, but we’ll definitely mail them out to you as soon as they Read More...
Bye Bye July!
eek! Happy August! In case this is your first visit, here are my July postings! Hey Architects, do you need insight? Can Social Computing with SharePoint Solve Business Problems? You Decide... Ready for some EduFun? From CAB to Prism - a find! Pumping Read More...
Software + Services becomes real with Microsoft Online Services
so we meet again... Microsoft Online Services is making our talk about Software + Services real. I recently blogged about some cool resources for the architect/developer set, well here is something to warm the hearts of your infrastructure leadership... Read More...
Got Innovation? Click, Start, Run - Microsoft Startup Accelerator
so we meet again... This recent news article reminded me of all the great work Microsoft is doing to foster Innovation in the industry: Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program Expands Support for Innovative Startups Worldwide Program designed to foster Read More...
Mainframe Migration and BizTalk Server 2006 R2
so we meet again... Catching up on my reading when I saw this provocative question... Who wouldn’t want to participate in a world of reduced cost, increased agility, higher performance and quicker response to ever-changing business needs? http://www.windowsfs.com/tabid/54/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/832/Default.aspx Read More...
Need a Microsoft Friend in High Performance Computing?
so we meet again... Seen this before? I discovered that it is a gateway into the world of High Performance Computing with Microsoft technologies. Today, I'm learning about the features of Windows HPC Server 2008 (infrastructure and development). I'll Read More...
Students to Business: Think Win-Win!
so we meet again... Let's face it summer interns are cheap (yes!) and can be extremely valuable. I was fortunate to have been given a chance as a summer intern and my experiences made me a good full time employee for many years (they hired me back!) and Read More...
Seriously Cool: Inspiration meet Innovation
Get inspired, share your story, judge a little, vote! Microsoft Worldwide ISV Contest - did you know about this??? var addthis_pub = 'allandcp'; Read More...
What is an Automated Service Agent - Web 2.0 meets Cylons?
Chris Barry, from our Industry Solutions team, is very passionate about Microsoft Automated Service Agent (ASA) Solutions. He can easily spend several hours detailing the business benefits and technical ramifications of incorporating ASA into existing Read More...
On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: Two Cool Industry Conferences
Inspired by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_%28song%29 ; enabled by Windows Live Writer ! On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Two cool industry conferences, And the source code to Tafiti . :) Our team is gearing Read More...
LINQ and Parallel Computing - magic, power, performance
MSDN magazine October 2007 had a nice little gem tucked away in an article about Parallel LINQ [1] (emphasis mine): Compelling Scenarios (from http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/10/PLINQ/ ) "While reading this article,  you have probably Read More...
Industry Innovation @ Microsoft
I didn't realize the Industry Innovation Group at Microsoft had a public facing site . Definitely a fun and worthwhile time sink. Check it out. Yes Dan , I'm working; I was checking their Financial Services and Healthcare feeds. Innovation is everybody's Read More...
While I was sleeping
Snore! If you were looking for the best week ever, you'd have realized that after my Madison, WI holiday late last year, I've been silent. Blame the eggnog. So what happened while I was asleep? Windows PowerShell 1.0 for Windows Vista Pasted from < Read More...
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