March, 2008

I was grabbing a map for a new drummer so that he could attend our practice tomorrow and I chose Windows Live Map this time. Wow, has it improved; faster, slicker, and more intuitive to use, it will become my fav mapping web site for the time being. There...

I was rewatching Steve Ballmer's keynote address at Convergence 2008 and it was obvious to me that he is most definitely a CRM Fan. Steve highlighted CRM and CRM Live with two demos including the Softward+Services capabilities. You can watch the keynote...

Partners, Customers and Field personnel with complex data migration needs will find the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Advanced Data Migration Map Editor on CodePlex to be a very intriguing solution. The Map Editor allows users to prepare the advanced XML...

Microsoft’s Platform as a Service Plans: Putting the Pieces Together talks about Microsoft's PaaS. Not family with that acronym yet? It's all about platform as a service and the cloud computing model. "What this further refinement to Microsoft’s cloud...

When you buy Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, you receive a wealth of resources at your fingertips. In addition to a comprehensive set of Help available in the product, and a Resource Center that links you to the thriving CRM community, we provide a diverse...

Marketing campaigns can span months, years, and dozens of tasks and activities. Here's one example, titled Campaigns from Start to Finish , of how a marketing team can use Microsoft Dynamics CRM to plan, run, and track its campaigns from start to finish...

This has been reported many places including ChannelWeb : "Microsoft is making it clear that its software-as-a-service CRM application, now being rolled out to the general marketplace, isn't just for small businesses. So the vendor is changing its name...

Many families, organizations, and friends have been looking for a way to share their various artifacts from hobbies and such. FolderShare.com offers a way to share and access files from your computer anywhere in the world. Note that this is a beta release...

March 12, 2008 (IDG News Service) ORLANDO -- "CEO Steve Ballmer used his opening keynote at Microsoft Corp's Convergence user conference here not only to preview a number of updates to the company's Dynamics line of business software, but also to make...

This from xkcd.com just tickled me. I've added xkcd.com to my RSS. Have you? (Photo by AP/Larry Crowe) ValleyWag reminds me that today is Pi Day , potentially the nerdiest holiday of all holidays. Happy Friday. :o) I'm listening to 'A Narnia Lullaby'...