Eric Troup's Blog

Running Windows 8 on a Lenovo X220 Laptop for Real Work

EGT75 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:33:00 GMT

I have been running Windows 8 Consumer Preview on my Lenovo X220 Laptop. It installed quickly without any problems. All devices installed without any manual intervention. On the road, it works as a conventional Laptop without a touch screen. In the...(read more)

Final Release of Hyper-V Drivers for OpenNebula

EGT75 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:01:54 GMT

OpenNebula has just announced the release of the final version of the Hyper-V drivers for OpenNebula 3.2 . As far as is known, this constitutes the most feature-rich, scalable and efficient integration of an open-source cloud stack with Microsoft...(read more)

Redknee TCB Benchmarked at 250 Million Subscribers on SQL Server 2012

EGT75 — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:14:48 GMT

The Redknee Turnkey Converged Billing (TCB) solution, built on SQL Server 2012, has been benchmarked to support 250 million subscribers. The 250 million-subscriber test exceeded the performance objectives for both invoicing and mediation, generating...(read more)

Open Source Developments on Microsoft Windows Azure

EGT75 — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:14:00 GMT

Today Microsoft announced a series of updates to Windows Azure including a wide range of Open Source developments on Windows Azure. These updates are the latest incremental improvements to Windows Azure that deliver on commitments to working with developer...(read more)

Business Analytics Solution Powered by Microsoft Business Analytics Accelerator for Telecom (BAAT) Solution Achieves TM Forum Frameworx Conformance Certification

EGT75 — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:09:43 GMT

Microsoft Business Analytics Solution powered by the Business Analytics Accelerator for Telecom (BAAT) solution has successfully completed TM Forum’s Frameworx Product Conformance Certification for the Information Framework (SID) and Business Process...(read more)

Windows 8 Build Conference Highlights

EGT75 — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:13:51 GMT

The Microsoft Windows Build Conference highlights are available online. At the Build Windows 8 site you can: Watch the keynotes and the individual sessions Download the Windows Developer Preview Go download the Windows Developer Preview and...(read more)

PaaS Means Really Following Enterprise SOA Best Practices

EGT75 — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:33:00 GMT

Since the early 1990s, the telecommunications industry and its associated ecosystem of software vendors have attempted over and over again to successfully embrace first object oriented software, then various Enterprise Frameworks, a slew of Service Buses...(read more)

Service Delivery Broker on Windows Azure

EGT75 — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:46:00 GMT

Microsoft , Portugal Telecom SAPO , and Telcordia will collaborate to take the TM Forum Service Delivery Broker catalyst project to the next level at Management World 2011 in Dublin during May. The PT SAPO SDB has been in production for five years at...(read more)

Windows Azure Starter Kit for Java now available as CTP

EGT75 — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:16:00 GMT

TheCommunity Technology Preview (CTP) of the Windows Azure Starter Kit for Java, was announced last Wednesday on the Interoperability @ Microsoft blog. This announcement adds yet another language to the list of options that Windows Azure developers have...(read more)

Service Delivery Broker Catalyst Demonstrates the 4th Cloud Layer

EGT75 — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:23:00 GMT

Microsoft and Portugal Telecom SAPO collaborated on and demonstrated the TM Forum Service Delivery Broker Catalyst for Management World Americas held in Orlando, Florida 9-11 November 2010. The Service Delivery Broker Catalyst was originally intended...(read more)

Integration of Hyper-V into the OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure

EGT75 — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 04:43:00 GMT

Microsoft has announced that it has partnered with Cloud.com and will support OpenStack with the integration of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V into the OpenStack cloud infrastructure. . OpenStack is an Open Source project, led by Rackspace and NASA...(read more)

The “Software Enabled Service Management” Solution

EGT75 — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:28:00 GMT

The concept of a Service Delivery Platform is relatively simple provided the services are all contained within one well-defined boundary: A Software Application Store or an SDP for one set of functions in a mobile operators network. However, once service...(read more)

Microsoft Windows Azure Platform Selected as FINALIST for TM Forum Business Innovation Excellence Award.

EGT75 — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:10:56 GMT

The TM Forum has selected Microsoft Azure Platform™ as a finalist in the upcoming TM Forum Excellence Awards 2010 in the category of Business Innovation. The awards will be announced on May 18th in Nice, France. A part of Microsoft’s “3 Screens...(read more)

Quest Software to Release Toad Extensions for Visual Studio 2010

EGT75 — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:50:22 GMT

Quest Software and the Microsoft Visual Studio product team are proud to announce that Quest Software will release Toad ® Extension for Visual Studio 2010, a database schema provider (DSP) for Oracle. Microsoft Visual Studio customers who...(read more)

OnLine Services Syndication a FINALIST for TM Forum Solution Excellence 2010 Award

EGT75 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:37:18 GMT

The TM Forum has selected the “Cloud Services Syndication, BSS/OSS for Service Syndication” entry as a finalist in the upcoming TM Forum Excellence Awards 2010 in the category of Solution Excellence. The awards will be announced on May 18th in Nice...(read more)

TMF WAVES Catalyst using Silverlight Analytics Framework

EGT75 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:56:28 GMT

For phase 2 of the TM Forum Dynamic Content Delivery WAVES Catalyst the team will be utilizing the Silverlight Analytics Framework. The Silverlight Analytics Framework will be used within the WAVES Catalyst to demonstrate how catalog offers can...(read more)

Effective Solution Design Patterns for the Windows Azure Platform

EGT75 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:23:42 GMT

One of the challenges in adopting a new platform is finding usable design patterns that work for developing effective solutions. The Catch-22 is that design patterns are discovered and not invented. Nevertheless, it is important to have some guidance...(read more)

Upcoming WebsiteSpark Training Event

EGT75 — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:47:54 GMT

Navi S ite & Microsoft Present: Win with WebsiteSpark – Training Event Get leads, free marketing, free software and tools to build websites, and discounted hosting. WebsiteSpark™ provides you software, tools, support and training that helps...(read more)

Convergys & Microsoft Form Strategic Relationship

EGT75 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:15:05 GMT

In Press Release published today, Convergys announced: Smart Communications Suite powered by Microsoft . “Combining the power of two market leaders, Convergys in customer care and billing and Microsoft in technology innovation, the companies will be delivering...(read more)

Building OSS with Microsoft System Center

EGT75 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:23:07 GMT

The TM Forum’s Management World Americas event is next week, 7-10 December 2009, in Orlando, Florida. One of the particularly interesting topics Microsoft will begin discussing at Management World will be next generation, customer focused OSS that...(read more)

Eclipse Gets Enhanced Interoperability with Microsoft Platforms

EGT75 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:30:13 GMT

In collaboration with the Eclipse Foundation and the broader open source community, Microsoft has improved interoperability between the Eclipse and Windows platforms. As a sponsor at the annual European Eclipse summit in Ludwigsburg, Microsoft announced...(read more)

Microsoft Professional Developer Conference

EGT75 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:55:37 GMT

Microsoft PDC 2009 is coming up soon. November 17 – 19, 2009 Workshops November 16 Los Angeles Convention Center Here is the link: http://microsoftpdc.com/...(read more)

Microsoft SolutionFrameworks.NET at the TM Forum

EGT75 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:49:15 GMT

The TMF has been working on a new initiative called the Solution Frameworks Blueprint . The effort seeks to bring together the work of two distinct work streams. NGOSS Solution Frameworks used to help architect next generation BSS and OSS. Service Delivery...(read more)

Service Delivery Platforms vs Service Delivery Frameworks

EGT75 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:32:01 GMT

What is a Service Delivery Platform (SDP)? What is a Service Delivery Framework (SDF)? The question came up again at the TM Forum’s Team Action Week held in Baltimore, MD this past week during a joint session with several representatives from...(read more)

Momentum Shift – Microsoft Increasingly Credible for BSS/OSS

EGT75 — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:23:47 GMT

If you look at just the numbers, Microsoft is used by only a very small percentage of BSS and OSS systems. In the true telecom BSS/OSS space, Microsoft can claim less than 10% market share today. The other 90% is split between legacy Mainframe...(read more)