John Coyne's Embedded Blog : Embedded

Upcoming Windows Embedded Webinars!

jcoyne — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:21:50 GMT

I get asked all the time “John, what are you guys doing over there at Microsoft that’s new for Embedded?” The Short answer to that question is “Tons!” The longer answer is that we a have a series of webinars coming up that will introduce you to...(read more)

Windows Embedded Americas Partner Summit!

jcoyne — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:41:01 GMT

Today is the first day of the Windows Embedded Americas Partner summit! a large collection of Windows Embedded Partners are here in San Francisco, CA to learn about upcoming programs, share ideas, and learn more about what Microsoft is doing to...(read more)

New Blog in the community!

jcoyne — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:48:02 GMT

in case you’re looking for yet another blog to read , here’s one that might be of interest for developers. Joe Broxson, who’s a Sr. Dev for Adeneo Embedded here in the US. He’s giving some links for training on various Microsoft Embedded Operating...(read more)

it’s a Windows Embedded Coke Machine!

jcoyne — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:25:29 GMT

Our Friends at Bsquare just posted a link to a press release on the Coke Freestyle machine! very cool device that’s powered by Windows CE. Bsquare, a Windows Embedded Gold Partner, consulted with Coca-Cola for the last 2 years on this device, and...(read more)

Black Belt Bootcamp – Day 2

jcoyne — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:44:39 GMT

Today at our inaugural Black Belt Bootcamp we spent the day talking about Windows Embedded CE, and all the great things that we have to offer for Real-Time, battery powered devices, etc. we talked about some of the things to come (insert NDA, so...(read more)

More from Black Belt Bootcamp – Day 1

jcoyne — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:08:50 GMT

We wrapped up day with with a visit from the Embedded Windows product unit - (this is the team that’s responsible for XPe and Windows Embedded Standard. ) We had some great discussions on the future of Windows Embedded, and what Microsoft’s plans...(read more)

Upcoming CE Training! (Free Hardware too)

jcoyne — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:48:29 GMT

Often, I get asked for when and where’s on CE official training. so here’s one. if you have partners that you know of that’s offering a Training, let me know, and I’ll post for everyone. Here’s one: Our friends at Adeneo Embedded will be offering...(read more)

Black Belt Bootcamp – Day 1

jcoyne — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:53:41 GMT

This week, we have our Black Belt Distributor Engineers in town for some deep-dive training, as well as some sessions with some of the Product management team. Today, we had lunch with Kevin Dallas, GM of the Windows Embedded Business Unit – Here’s...(read more)

It’s Tech Ed time again

jcoyne — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:21:34 GMT

Howdy all! I’m back online again, after some time prepping for upcoming events. One of which is Microsoft TechEd, May 11-15, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA! This is a great event to meet Microsoft folks, as well as industry experts, participate in a ton of learning...(read more)

Certification for Windows Embedded Standard (XPE)!

jcoyne — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:33:03 GMT

Mike and Olivier both posted today about the availability of the new MCP certification exam for Windows Embedded Standard (the OS formerly known as XPE)! We will also have an exam prep guide that will come online over the next month or two. we’ll...(read more)

CE is alive and well!

jcoyne — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:19:44 GMT

Mike Hall posted in his blog yesterday an article from the NY Times, “Can Microsoft make Windows for a small world?” . While the article is mostly about Windows 7, the notable here for us in Embedded land is that they say we hardly even mention CE anymore…...(read more)

Bootcamp! (part deux)

jcoyne — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:23:25 GMT

Hey all, Still here at the bootcamp! we had a good day yesterday, and a great dinner last night! Today we’re focusing on Windows Embedded Standard. The guys are building a WPF app using Expression Blend and Visual Studio 2008. very fun! Don’t they...(read more)

Boot Camp!

jcoyne — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:57:01 GMT

Hey all, Sorry I’ve been scarce lately – it’s been a hectic month! lots of things going on around here, so I must apologize for not keeping you all up to date! Today Starts the 1st of 4 boot camps we put on for our distributors. it’s a technical...(read more)

It’s official – Tech Ed’s Back to one week!

jcoyne — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:57:17 GMT

For those of you who were at Tech ED last year in Orlando, it was a great time for the attendees… for those of use who were there for the Dev and IT tracks, it made for a long 2 weeks! so it was just announced last night that we’ll be seeing...(read more)

Windows Embedded Quebec!

jcoyne — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:16:11 GMT

I’m sitting in the Theater here at PDC – I figured this deserved a Live Blog! Shabnam Erfani, one of our Lead Program Managers on the Windows Embedded team, is presenting “Windows Embedded Quebec: Developing for Devices” There are about...(read more)