May 2009 - Posts

Getting Started with Azure #1
19 May 09 06:06 PM

Windows Azure is Microsoft’s cloud computing platform allowing deployment of .NET applications with flexible scaling. My colleague Paolo recently wrote a great introductory article for our Faculty Connection newsletter which outlines the fundamentals. Read More...

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Build on IE8 and Win a 360 Elite
15 May 09 03:39 PM

Microsoft are currently running a competition where you can build an IE8 Accelerator , Web Slice or Visual Search to win and Xbox 360 Elite as well as promotion for your project in a range of Future Publishing titles. Mike Ormond has all the details - Read More...

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Free MCTS Certification Through DreamSpark
08 May 09 03:08 PM

For a limited time Microsoft is offering free vouchers to sit an MCTS exam through the DreamSpark programme. The MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) stream is aimed at developers and IT professionals and is available in multiple flavours Read More...

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Student Celebration Day Slides
01 May 09 08:31 AM

To follow on from yesterday’s post I wanted to share the slides from the MSR talks: MSR Overview - Andrew Herbert Getting from A to B: fast route-finding using slow computers - Simon Peyton-Jones Curing Cancer, Halting global Disease Outbreaks and averting Read More...

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