I have gotten some questions lately about some ways to enable the identification of alerts and send corresponding notifications to users and systems. One of the issues complicating the challenge is the need to identify simple events in a single system...

In the last few weeks and months on this blog, we’ve discussed some events, trends, and technology that we think signal a real momentum in the market to move the industry closer to realizing the full value potential of technology initiatives, such as...

No, I’m not talking about oil and gas flow, at least not directly. I’m talking about the flow of data throughout the operations technology, technical applications and line-of-business (LOB) systems used along the oil and gas value chain. We’re nearly...

With the October release of Windows 7, those clever advertising people at a competitor operating-system vendor are at it again, with their TV commercials characterizing a PC as a pudgy, middle-aged “geek” versus their hip, young and supposedly more reliable...

By Ali Ferling One of our Microsoft slogans is “People. The real energy in oil & gas.” This year at our 7 th annual Global Energy Forum (GEF) in Houston, customers, partners, and colleagues experienced that real energy first hand. With a record...

Yesterday, the Microsoft Oil and Gas Industry team hosted the Global Energy Forum in Houston, Tx. Almost 700 Customers attended. At the end of the day, CEO Steve Balmer spoke about Microsoft's continued focus on the Oil and Gas industry. http://www...

Almost every technical and business professional will agree—Excel is their favorite tool. Its ease of use combined with its ever-increasing robust calculation capabilities makes it a powerful tool for developing fast, accurate technical applications...

Anyone who uses or develops interactive software applications has been saying it for years: wouldn’t it be great if technical applications could have the same immersive feel as computer games? The ability to feel like you’re moving around inside a...

iStore was on had at PDC yesterday to show off their new Azure cloud based offering. Check out Hanu's blog post on the announcement . We'll be able to provide value to our customers right away because Windows Azure helps us eliminate a lot of operational...

The Oil and Gas team at Microsoft thinks that our solution approach means that you, our customers, don’t have to choose between leading-edge industry technology, ease of use and value—you can have it all. Our approach We partner with the industry...

A couple big events happened the last few days. Window 7 was released to manufactoring and the Release Candidate of Windows 7 XP mode was released. We have already talked about Windows 7 again but XP mode is something new to discuss. XP mode is a new...

E&P Magazine's Website posted an article this week that originated from my blog post back in December 2008 on Social networking and Oil and Gas. You can read the article here . Chris Van Dyke

In case you missed it yesterday, Microsoft made available the Windows 7 Release Candidate for public consumption. What this means for you is you can go and download, install and test drive Windows 7 until June 2010. I have been using it since February...

A new video has been posted on Office Labs ( link ) showing some ideas about how future workers will work and collaborate. It’s a good video to watch to get you creative juices flowing. Not just to see the Microsoft vision behind how people will be working...

At the Global Energy Forum in February, Microsoft and Accenture released the results of the Oil and Gas Collaboration Survey 2009 . The goal of the survey was to find out the effectiveness of collaboration technology to increase productivity and increase...

My last visit to this chart in November showed oil at $60/ bbl, and I had thought we were near the lows. Since then prices dropped an astounding 42% to a low of $35/ bbl. Having recovered to $48 yesterday, on today's inventory numbers U.S. crude for February...

Much has been made about the coming great crew change and the loss of a generation worth of knowledge and experience. But this age of technology has blessed (or cursed) us with another dilemma, how do we consume the vast amounts of technology generated...

Yesterday Schlumberger said its 2008 profit would fall below expectations. The slowdown in economic activity is being felt in the oil field services and machinery companies that support drilling activity, as they dial down activity in response to weakening...

I saw the following article on issues of concern to Oil & Gas CFO's .... Credit Capacity is Top Financial Concern of Energy CFOs, According to BDO Seidman, LLP Study © Business Wire 2008 2008-12-02 20:36:01 - See article @ http://www.pr-inside...

We all know we need alternative energy solutions in the next decade. However, I am wondering what the impact of energy price reductions are on current investments in alternative energy. Is this going to cause companies to stomp on the brakes in this category...

I am hearing about CAPEX budget cuts ranging from 15% to 40% for next year. The question on my mind is-- How these cuts being implemented? Are companies going through a rigorous process, looking at the impact of cuts on a consistent basis? Are you looking...

Front month crude oil prices increased 9.2% today. Such a huge daily movement shows once again the need for agile business systems that can anticpate the risks, and capture these environmental factors, and turn them into business oportunities.

Set in motion by the global financial markets collapse, oil and gas markets have suffered a huge setback since July of 2008, with commodity prices dropping 66% in just four months. Energy demand is falling in all sectors of the global economy, caused...