The role of any IT department in an organisation is to deliver business value through information technology. This distils down to delivering a set of applications to the business users to enable them to do their roles more efficiently. Anything outside...

The adoption of the PC by businesses in the 90s dramatically changed the traditional mainframe/mini-computer environment that dominated the world of enterprise IT. It empowered individuals to apply technology creatively and broadly across organisations...

I had the good fortune to attend a Black Marble event on cloud computing last week.   One of the things that Simon Davies (a friend and colleague at Microsoft) talked about was the future of Azure and the Microsoft cloud offerings.  At...

Would you like to see the forthcoming Microsoft Project 2010 release demonstrated live? Keshav Puttaswamy, Group Program Manager, Microsoft, will discuss and demonstrate core capabilities and features of the upcoming release – Microsoft Project 2010....

Here is an interesting new report http://nsslabs.com/test-reports/NSS%20Labs%20Browser%20Security%20-%20Socially%20Engineered%20Malware%20Q3%202009.pdf  

The Microsoft Public Sector team is running a series of Live Meetings on a range of technology topics between October and December 2009.  Our Live Meetings will provide insight, demonstrations and customer examples from the Public Sector to demonstrate...

3 rd June 2009 – 12:00-13:00 This session will discuss how the adoption of unified communications technologies within daily working practices is eliminating the need for travel between trust locations for virtual teams; providing more agile and cost effective...

http://www.facultyresourcecenter.com/curriculum/pfv.aspx?ID=7992 "Getting Started Making Games with C# and XNA Game Studio" is a programming course for senior high school or undergraduate students with no prior programming experience. It is...

When: 20/05/2009 - 09:30 till 14:00 Where: Liverpool What: Black Marble and Microsoft are demonstrating how small efficiencies can add up to big savings through the Microsoft family of collaboration tools. Drawing on the wealth of knowledge created by...

Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 provides an integrated solution for managing your time and information, connecting across boundaries, and remaining in control of the information that reaches you. Office Outlook 2007 delivers innovations you can use to...

  Forefront suite One of the key security products used by the NHS today to protect the Network Perimeter is the Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) which is part of the Forefront suite of products, its typical uses are:  ...

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 dramatically changes the way people work – for the better. The Internal Buzz Kit is designed to help you generate demand for your newly deployed SharePoint Server 2007 sites, increasing your Return on Investment...

  So who is logging onto my network? NHS organisations typically store identity information in many places, this can lead to inconsistency in information but also provide challenges when people join or leave the organisation. Microsoft Identity Lifecycle...

Unified. Now. Increase productivity and unleash the true potential of your mobile workforce. You and your colleagues are cordially invited to join us at the Voice of Unified Communications Roadshow coming to London, Cardinal Place, Victoria on 16 th Match...

  Latest release of Public Source SharePoint accessibility solution broadens customization for ease-of-use and provides additional regulatory standard support Nashua, NH – March 9, 2009 – HiSoftware Inc. ( www.hisoftware.com ), a leading...

Increasingly in Healthcare we see a diverse and mobile workforce with information and technology being the key enablers. This does present the IT professional with a number of issues, the ‘edge’ of the network suddenly becomes blurred and...

I want to send an email or a document securely Ensuring Privacy and protection of digital files and information is a difficult ongoing task. Traditional solutions in NHS organisations protect initial access using a combination of perimeter-based security...

I need to ensure that my database is secure Before joining Microsoft I worked for a large distribution company, we created a high level data model for the organisation – identifying our key information, where it was held and in what technology. The interesting...

            Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure Design Green Maturity Model for Virtualization Application Patterns for Green IT Architecture Journal Profile: Udi Dahan Profiling Energy Usage for Efficient Consumption...

Product Overview Verdiem’s Edison is a free energy-monitoring application for eco-conscious consumers. You can use it to more actively control your PC’s energy consumption — and subsequently your household’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Feature Summary...

Virtualisation technologies enable you to cut costs and save energy.   Microsoft has just launched a fantastic new site that helps you understand the benefits of virtualising your  IT infrastructure. Here you can read case studies pick...

  28th January 2009 – 12:00-12:45GMT This session will briefly introduce the business drivers for the overall project and highlight the impact these had on design decisions.  It will also attempt to walk through the fully integrated Microsoft...

Content and Code, Sapphire and Microsoft would like to invite you to our exclusive roundtable seminar, SharePoint for the NHS, held at Microsoft London Victoria, on Thursday 22nd January 2009. Enjoy interactive and informative roundtable discussions as...

We are pleased to announce a new series of TechNet events. These are delivered by Microsoft technical professionals and deliver level 200 technical “how to” information for IT professionals. They are free to attend. TechNet Events Live: 10...

Overview With the increasing deployment of RFID across a variety of business domains, from traditional supply-chain scenarios through to tracking of any critical assets within a business such as specialist equipment within a health-care environment, criminal...