News and Announcements
Big Data Week at Microsoft….
Customers Rapidly Adopting Big Data Solutions — Driven By Marketing, Sales and More — Reports New Microsoft Researchhttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Feb13/02-11BigDataRoundupPR.aspx
Big Data + Great Western Bank = Triumph in a Time of Austerityhttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Features/2013/Feb13/02-14GreatWestern.aspx
Caching In: How Some Organizations Are Using Big Data to Change the Way They Do Businesshttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2013/feb13/02-12bigdatacustomers.aspx
Xbox Live TV and NUads
Xbox Execs Talk Momentum and the Future of TVhttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2013/feb13/02-11Xbox.aspx
Video from MSR Bruce mentionedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NahTTEQBVu0
Microsoft Names Longtime Technology Entrepreneur Blake Krikorian Corporate Vice President in Its Interactive Entertainment Businesshttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Jan13/01-10IEBHirePR.aspx
Lync Conference 2013 – it’s sold out and is in San Diego but links to newsfeeds from the conference are posted here: http://www.lyncconf.com/
Windows Embedded 8 Release Previewhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/windows-embedded.aspx
Finance on Windows Magazinehttp://www.onwindows.com/Financial-Services/PrintedMagazine.aspx
Financial Services Innovation UK – Bruce’s Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/financialservicesuk
Events and Training
.Net in the City: forum for Senior Developers and Architects in the Finance SectorDate:5th March 2013Time: 6 for 6.30, finish 8.30Location: 3rd Floor, International House, 1, St Katharine’s Way, London, E1W 1UN
6pm – Arrival and refreshments6.30pm – Building Apps for Windows 8 Platform7.20pm - MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer) – the value of certification for developers7.45pm – Drinks and Nibbles
To register: mailto:ukvs@microsoft.com?subject=Financial%20Services%20Developer%20Forum%20:%205th%20March%202013
Yammer on TourLondon, 26 February 2013, 14:30Register here: https://sites.yammer.com/tour/london
Microsoft Hybrid IT Roadshow events –Manchester (26/02/2013), London (05/03/2013),Edinburgh (19/03/2013)To register: http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/enterprise/events/default.aspx
Microsoft UK TechDayshttp://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/techdays/default.aspx
Chris Dye’s Windows 8 App Centre of Excellence Sessions –London and TVPContact your Microsoft Account Representative for details
Microsoft Technology Centre Application Platform Workshops – TVP and LondonContact your Microsoft Account Representative for details
Other training
Microsoft Virtual Academyhttp://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/Home.aspx
Microsoft Eventshttps://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/default.aspx?culture=en-GB&community=0
Search here for Live and recorded webcasts, Virtual labs and in-person events available.
“It’s Yammer Time”: A Discussion about Social Enterprise and its value to the Financial Service Industry
Here are some links related to the conversation with Lillian today
Social Enterprise with Microsofthttp://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/it-trends/social-enterprise/default.aspx
Leading Enterprises Turn to SharePoint to Build Productive Social Networkshttp://download.microsoft.com/download/B/D/D/BDDDA21D-2B10-4426-BC89-944E5AC56112/SharePoint-Social-Computing-Mainstay-Study-Final.doc
Transform the way we work together Yammerhttp://blog.yammer.com/blog/2013/02/transform-the-way-we-work-together.html
Intro to eDiscovery in SharePoint, Exchange, and Lync 2013http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blog/Pages/BlogPost.aspx?pID=1047
Cracking the Performance Codehttp://www.theworkfoundation.com/assets/docs/publications/47_Cracking%20the%20perfmance%20code.pdf
Transforming the Microsoft Workplace in Singaporehttp://download.microsoft.com/download/D/A/E/DAE239B2-A564-488F-BB70-354D60F508EB/2938_Transforming_the_Workplace_at_Microsoft_article.docx
Recent Social Enterprise Financial Services case studies:
ASB Bank: Bank Innovates Work Environment, Boosts Performance with Social Collaborationhttp://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-SharePoint-Server-2013/ASB-Bank/Bank-Innovates-Work-Environment-Boosts-Performance-with-Social-Collaboration/710000001616
Yes Bank: YES Bank Leverages SharePoint for Process Automation, Real Time Intelligencehttp://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Sharepoint-Server/Yes-Bank/YES-Bank-Leverages-SharePoint-for-Process-Automation-Real-Time-Intelligence/710000001744
Empowering a Workforce with Enterprise Social - How Suncorp improves agility, unity, and teamwork with Yammerhttps://www.yammer.com/customers/casestudies/suncorp/