Isn't technology marvellous. Sat in Terminal 3 at Heathrow - resisting the urge to buy something in the Armani sale and choosing to do email instead. That's dedication for you. Last night we had a gathering of 'like minded' people in Henley from over...

Well for a Monday, today was pretty good. Another long day in the office and this time in an all-day session with Group Partners - which turned out to be very enlightening. Some of the best brains in the business in the room thinking about the way forward...

Outsourcing in general is an emotive subject - we're used to seeing newspaper headlines with the words "redundancies....call centre......Bangalore" and widespread perception is that offshore software development is bad for UK plc. However, it seems it...

I mentioned earlier one of the vehicles we have created - Voices for Innovation - to help our partner community contribute to the IT debate and shape policy. Julie from VFI has just offered to help us with the next phase of our project with Trestle Group...

It's official - I have been bitten by the Blogging Bug. Came home rather late last night (after 12 hours in the office), fed the dogs, logged on and thought 'better write something' and as midnight came and went, I was still in full flow! And here I am...

In true Web 2.0 style I thought I’d turn to Wikipedia to see what they say on the subject. Quite a lot as it happens. One of our own guru’s at Microsoft, Director of Emerging Technologies – Gurprit Singh – says that Web 2.0 “refers to a second generation...

If you have a new start-up business and are interested in working with us, let our Emerging Business team know by profiling on our Start Up Zone . One of the many things they can do is help connect you the VC and investor community. Talking of Financing...

What a crazy few weeks! Is it me or does the Christmas break seem a long way off now? On the 10 th January, I had the privilege of representing Microsoft at the inaugural Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) forum in London along with our President of...

Microsoft in the UK are hosting an evening event in association with Harvey Nash on the 24th January in London aimed at introducing general concepts and raising awareness of potential issues. For more information and details of how to register, look here...

Armadillo: (noun) Mammal with hard-plated body - a burrowing mammal with a hard-plated body, found in temperate and tropical regions of the Americas. Family: Dasypodidae I know what you're thinking, a Microsoft blog, called 'Armadillo'. "What!"...