In my previous posts, I addressed two pieces of security guidance as well as writing better code for web applications . I’m working hard to address the fact that security is a core requirement for software products. The need for applications which protect...

Howdy! That seems like a strange way to start a blog considering I was born in Southern California, but I just like the friendly ring to it. My name is Paul Burstein and I'm part of the Global ISV team, managing the Microsoft relationship with Autodesk...

On Earth Day, it’s only appropriate to announce the 2 nd Round winners of the Ingenuity Point contest. Around the world, awareness of the challenges we face as a global community are taking center stage. Problems and solutions are brought to the forefront...

In my last post, I mentioned the six IEC Council work streams. Office Productivity and Collaboration Tools, Developer Tools and Runtime, Systems Management, Security and Identity Management, Business Process Modeling, and Public Interoperability Policy...

The Interoperability Executive Customer (IEC) Council has been mentioned several times in recent announcements and blogs on interoperability. As someone deeply involved in the IEC Council, I want to share what the IEC Council is, how it is advising Microsoft...

Let’s be real, interoperability can be hard – at least that is what our customers and independent software vendors (ISV) are telling us. Two years ago, I joined Microsoft from an ISV that both partnered and competed with Microsoft. My opportunity was...

In follow up to my post about Open Source projects, here are more specifics about how we are addressing interoperability challenges. Solving interoperability issues requires building bridges because no other solution already exists. That’s what we are...

I was thrilled with last week’s approval of the vote on Open XML . I certainly have been dreaming, along with others in the XML Community, about the use of XML with documents. Open XML, now being an ISO standard, is a great step forward. Although Microsoft...

We think this is a timely and important topic, so we invited a guest, Tom Robertson from our interop group to write about this. Enjoy. As a consumer, an information worker, an IT pro, or the developer who supports them all, getting one device to talk...

I recently heard about a program where Microsoft is giving away advertising services using the Silverlight streaming video service and wanted to provide you with a link where you can read about how you can take advantage of this offer . If you take...