September, 2007

When I was last in Seattle I heard the Microsoft leaders in this area speak about the creation of a Green Data Center and power reduction enhancements being built into the OS and Server products. I discovered via TechNet email today the following article...

This is a product I had a look at when at Microsoft Redmond in July "Introducing System Center Service Manager". One of the reasons it hasn't been in the front of mind was that it was in early beta at the time. You can find detailed information here:...

As some of my friends and colleagues know I like my gadgets. Thanks to ebay and others I have turned around one Microsoft Mobile (CE/PocketPc) every year for the past 10 years. Here are the phones: Picture Model Year (ish) Reason for change Other Philips...

These stats go to show that blogging is actually quite big: Over 12 million American adults currently maintain a blog. More than 147 million Americans use the Internet. Over 57 million Americans read blogs. 1.7 million American adults list making money...

Thomson Portia’s work with .Net 3.0 continues to get people’s attention around the company. A story regarding their work was the cover story in the August issue of Redmond Developer News. For more information please read "Developers find ways to open...

At home I have a Mac Mini as my Vista Media Center. My two upgrades I would like to do are: 1) CPU - E.g. http://www.o0o.it/mini/ 2) HDD - E.g. clone existing drive but make Windows partiion bigger Only 6 months ago I put in a 200gb drive which...

This fifth full version of BizTalk Server hit a number of key milestones including: · 7,000 customers globally · 90 of the Fortune Global 100 run BizTalk Server · 12 of the 15 largest Retailers in the World run BizTalk Server · 9 of the 10 largest Insurance...