I’m a Microsoft HealthVault Fan on Facebook and I just found out that the session recordings from the Microsoft Connected Health Conference earlier this month are available. Check out the website for abstracts and presentation/video links. I’ve shown...

In these difficult economic times, we believe it is a great time to hear the voices of customers across various industry sectors , who are driving down costs, improving efficiency, and increasing agility and quality of solutions to business problems....

The Live Framework team recently published a short (but to the point) white paper entitled The Live Framework: What is it and Why Should I Care? “The Live Framework provides a platform-agnostic, HTTP-based, resource-oriented programming model for accessing...

Breaking news!!!   Attend an upcoming MSDN Developer Conference and you will receive a Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD. Note:  The Windows 7 DVDs will not be ready to hand out in time for the events happening in December, but we’ll definitely mail...

    Recently, I had an opportunity to do a 2 month work rotation in China.  My primary work assignment was to experience China Healthcare first hand, exchanging best practices and industry experiences with the local Microsoft teams. ...

Have you seen the new stadium they are building for Visual Studio Team System? Complete with stadium seating, here's a picture... Follow a blend of technology, resources and practical tips at the Visual Studio Team System Cafe and join us for a Lap Around...

Join me at the Code Camp in Stamford, Connecticut this Saturday . I'll be presenting 2 sessions - What I learned at the PDC *and* Silverlight+WCF *or* PowerShell for Developers (or all 3). As far as the actual event goes, from the organizers... We have...

Coming to a city near you, check for yours. The MSDN Developer Conference will sell out early. Register today. The cities... The agenda... The details... Conference web site with additional information and details.

Microsoft just announced a new version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit . What is it (emphasis mine)? MAP is a scalable and agent-less assessment platform designed to make it easier for you to adopt the latest Microsoft technologies. In...

Just in time for the PDC, the latest Architecture Journal is focused on Distributed Computing . Check it out! P.S. If you are a fan of the WPF based Reader like I am – great for offline and great digital reading experience, a reliable source mentioned...

Say it fast and it rhymes! I was reading the press announcement that Silverlight 2.0 is ready (the bits should propagate to the web soon), and I liked this nugget: This is great, following the link to the Soyatec's eclipse4SL page gives some screen shots...

I know it is a horrible expression, but if you are looking to get some questions answered about IE8 (Beta 2 has been out since end of August), you will want to mark your calendars for this Thursday : The transcripts of older conversations are a great...

Dublin? Check out Steve Martin's blog for details. Follow the links for what is coming to Windows Server :

Nice to see Microsoft HealthVault (is a platform not a product ) getting play on the MIX Online site. Worth downloading and reviewing the 15 minute interview . And for a timely, thoughtful and thought provoking video message, hop over to the HealthBlog...

Microsoft global presence is evident in Healthcare.  It is a well kept secret intentionally or unintentionally that Microsoft has made significant investments in the healthcare industry.  This is a long term investment to improve health around...

In Technology Circles, we use acronyms like B2B, B2G and B2C and they are generally understood by most people...In China there's a acronym widely discussed called "C2C"...or, Copy to China.  Perhaps in a jokingly sort of way...but, If you...

Hey enterprise developers, are you ready for IE 8? There is an all in one IE 8 compatibility page that talks about the whys and the hows . Check it out! P.S. You'll see links to adding the X-UA-Compatible tag for IIS and Apache. Nice. <meta http-equiv...

Sept 12th - Today, I was privileged to take part in a tour of a real Chinese Hospital System in operation with my Microsoft colleagues in China.  Our host was Dr. Liu, CIO of Zhongshan City People's Hospital.  James Chen, Microsoft Dir. of Strategic...

While doing a rotation in Beijing China, I was able to purchase a local SIM card from China Mobile for local cell and email.  As we traveled from city to city, I kept getting these strange text messages...     Same number with boxes every...

During my trip back to the homeland, I was able to visit among many things the newly opened office of Microsoft Cambodia MDP on August 15th, 2008.  Microsoft Office in Cambodia. Left to right: Chhaykalyan Prak (PAM), Tony Seng (Acct Mgr), Pily Wong...

 

 

Ni Hao From a distance, you would assume that China has a socialized Healthcare model that covers the entire population...similar to the UK or France.  Actually, their Insurance model is somewhat similar to ours here in the states.  Prior to...

I just ate a little during vacation, that's all...and now this new Facebook App drives home the point. Join me on Facebook and play! I'm gonna toss you a muffin top! P.S. This is one of the innovative and viral applications designed by a team I met recently...