At the Microsoft MIX 2011 conference we discussed the fact that both IDC and Gartner issued reports indicating that by 2015 the Windows Phone ecosystem will be the second largest phone ecosystem in the world ( IDC press release , Gartner press release ...read more

I had the opportunity to participate at this year’s CloudConnect conference, with my session on Building Highly Scalable Applications on Windows Azure, which is mostly an update from my earlier... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...read more

In London this morning Nokia and Microsoft announced plans for a broad strategic partnership, creating a new global mobile ecosystem. “I am excited about this partnership with Nokia”, said Steven Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO. “Ecosystems thrive when fueled ...read more

I wanted to take the opportunity and talk about the cloud-optimized architecture, the implementation model instead of the popular perceptions around leveraging cloud computing as a deployment model.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my ...read more

Yes that is a book and it is now available! http://soabooks.com/net http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131582313 http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0131582313 I had the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full ...read more

In time for the summer Flixster the leading online destination for movie enthusiasts with over 30M unique visitors per month and 2 billion movie ratings that leading movie application on Facebook , MySpace, iPhone have released this week a Internet Explorer8 ...read more

Each month through June 2010, we’ll bring you a 60-minute Architect focused Webcast to educate on the latest trends/topics and how new technologies can align with your business needs.   March 25, 2010 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST Title: Extending Your Sites ...read more

Can’t make it to Los Angeles for The Underground @ PDC? You will miss hanging out with the Lakers Girls, 500+ techies, drinks, etc.; but you can still be a part of the action! The Underground will... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my ...read more

OK, you’re all aware of BizSpark and how it helps development focused startups to get easy access to Microsoft tools. Well, now we’ve launched WebsiteSpark for Web Developers and Designers! Similar to BizSpark, the idea is to make access to the Microsoft Web Platform as simple as possible (in Microsoft...

Microsoft Wave (nothing to do with Google Wave) is a cool new site from Microsoft’s UK team.  It shows off the latest developments and products that are coming out of Microsoft. You will find information on technologies like Photosynth , Worldwide Telescope and Deepzoom Composer , as well as Project...

Most people with ANY job today are happy and I would certainly include myself in that category. However, there are jobs that have inherent “opportunities” – for adventure, fulfillment, etc. (you get the picture)… Joe Wilson, a Senior Director in the Academic Evangelism organization for Microsoft has...

For anyone who doesn’t know, Scott Guthrie is the force at Microsoft responsible for all things .NET. His official title is Corporate Vice President US-.NET Developer Platform (taken directly from the Microsoft Exchange GAL listing).  Suffice to say that if you want to hear about directions on development...

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It has been a couple of months since I wrote about cloud computing and Microsoft’s plans and strategies . Now that Azure Services Platform has been unveiled at PDC2008 , and after having the opportunities to discuss it with a community of architects from major enterprises and startups via the Architect...