Several members of the JISC executive committee visited Microsoft’s Reading office yesterday for the opportunity to jointly share some of the work we are doing in Higher Education. Here’s the agenda: FINAL AGENDA 10:30 – 10:45 ...

For more information on Microsoft's Anti Spyware strategy, please look at the following links. I've been using Microsoft Anti-Spyware for several months now and have found it to be most effective in protecting my PC from malicious and unwanted software...

The ESC (Education Support Centre) The ESC, launched in March 2004, is a dedicated resource providing colleges and universities throughout the UK with expert, affordable and effective frontline technical help and advice on Microsoft's technologies...

Find out how Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003 can help reduce the cost, risk, and complexity associated with building, deploying, and maintaining an end-to-end identity and access management solution. ...

It's a new year, the students are heading back and everything is in place, working and ready for the rush that's about to happen. For some, the summer is a time to relax but in academia it's often the busiest time of the year. So, I know many are planning...

I had an interesting meeting with Mark McManus from Salford Software yesterday. SS is keen to be positioned as an Identity Management partner for Higher Education . I think that this will be a help to those universities that our considering an enterprise...

The other day I was involved in a live meeting with Microsoft Corp. to learn more about an offering from MSN for higher education. MSN is offering to host universities' student email accounts, provide messenger functionality and blogging/e-folio capability...

Today I'll be meeting Salford Software and Dell . I'm really looking forward to meeting Salford Software as they are someone that I know Microsoft has been close to before but in recent years it seems that we have had less contact so this isa real opportunity...