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Gunther Lenz ISV Architect Evangelist with Microsoft, interviews Jim Zimmerman, CTO of Thuzi and author of the Windows Azure Toolkit for Facebook and the CloudPoll reference application. Learn what the toolkit has in store and check out CloudPoll http...

In this quick overview, Gunther Lenz ISV Architect Evangelist with Microsoft, shows how to set-up a Facebook developer account and configure the Windows Azure toolkit for Facebook to run the samples provided in the Codeplex download. The toolkit significantly...

Outback Steakhouse started a series of polls on Facebook to learn more about the demographics, preferences, and habits of their fans. CloudPoll gives them a fully featured, easy to use, free Facebook application to just do that. CloudPoll provides the...

Two weeks back I had the chance to talk to Guy Mounier, CTO at BA-Insight , about the  innovative SharePoint search solution offered by BA-Insight. The solution integrates with other enterprise systems such as SAP, ERP, CRM, … and provides a innovative...

In this interview Guy Mounier, CTO at BA-Insight , talks about BA-Insight's next generation solution using Windows Auzure, Microsoft SharePoint, .NET, and Silverlight. With development efforts under way, BA-Insight strives to  build an innovative...

  A couple of weeks back I had the chance to chat with Michael Levy, Software Architect at SpeechCycle , about their Rich Phone Applications and how SpeechCycle leverages Visual Studio, .NET, and the Windows Azure for a very innovative solution for...

In a recent interview I had the chance to talk Al Perez, Chief Architect at Total Computer ,about their latest release of Total Enforcement and how Microsoft technologies, and in particular,  the new Windows 7 features were essential for the rapid...

+ = Windows Azure Toolkit for Facebook One of the exciting announcements last week at sxsw was the release of the Facebook Azure Toolkit ( http://bit.ly/azurfb ) for download at codeplex by Jim Zimmerman (Thuzi) and Gunther Lenz (Microsoft). The...

Top Start-up Pitches and Award Ceremony Join us for the exciting finale of this two day event! January 29th from 1 pm to 4 pm http://bit.ly/BizCampNYC BizSparkCamp is a 2 day event where startups can leverage expert help from Microsoft, third parties...

This calls for your immediate attention please. Microsoft's BizSpark program and NYEBN will be putting on a great show this coming Monday, Jan. 11th . The event is free for any NYEBN members who are interested in learning how to use technology to develop...

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Pictures from the Software Architecture Workshop in NYC :-).   Technorati Tags: Gunther , Lenz , Bill , Zack , Ashish , Jaiman

ISV Software Architecture Workshop Dec 10 th 2009, Microsoft NYC Context: The second ISV Software Architecture Workshop organized in NYC this year took place on December 10 th . The turnout was great and it is great to see that almost half of the participants...

They come from different backgrounds, using different platforms and different languages to accomplish different goals. The common denominator is a need to build quickly on a reliable, versatile framework. They use the .NET Framework. Check out their stories...

Upon request, I started updating my screen-cast series on Windows 7 light-up features to show the implementation using the released version of the WindowsAPICodePack. Stay tuned for the videos on the progress bar, preview, and sensor capabilities of Windows...

With all the buzz generated around the Windows 7 launch and the raving reviews of the newest Windows version, I wanted to make sure you are aware of the opportunity to not only get your free copy of Windows 7 but also how to receive other exclusive benefits...

The Windows Cache Extension for PHP is a PHP accelerator that is used to increase the speed of PHP code running on the Windows Operating System. The extension increases PHP performance by: Caching the contents of PHP script files in shared memory, which...

The Silicon Alley Council in NYC invites you to another great session, Part II of our series with focus on cloud computing: http://www.meetup.com/siliconalleycouncil/ This month’s event is VERY exciting. We are going to hear directly from the creators...

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Zune HD, the next generation of Microsoft Corp.’s portable digital media player, is available now for pre-order and is set to hit store shelves on Sept. 15. The player, available in 16GB and 32GB capacities, is the first touch-screen Zune and includes...

Yesterday I installed the Windows 7 Enterprise RTM version on my Laptop, followed by VSTS 2010 beta, and SQL 2008. Everything appeared to be going well, but then later this morning I tried to install some other application and I got a variety of errors...

Are you or do you want to be an Entrepreneur ? Do you have a great idea about a software product or service ? Could you use technical expertise from Microsoft experts to implement your idea?  Could you use exposure of your product and company through...

Brandon LeBlanc posted the detailed release dates for Windows 7 on The Windows Blog . Below you can find a summary of the information: For Partners & OEMs download Windows 7 RTM from Microsoft Connect or MSDN on August 6th . Microsoft Partner Program...