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Windows Azure Service Managment API now in CTP 18 September 09 05:16 PM | john.mullinax | 0 Comments: The Windows Azure team released a Community Technology Preview of the Windows Azure Service Management API the other day. This API is REST-based, and currently supports the following operations (according to the Windows Azure team blog): Deployments Read More...

Filed under: S+S, Software + Services, windows azure, cloud computing
FedEx QuickShip Revisited 17 September 09 07:14 PM | john.mullinax | 0 Comments: Jon Box has short post today talking about our partnership with FedEx a while back to help them build and launch their FedEx QuickShip service. The formal launch was on stage with Bill Gates at the Office Developers Conference – exciting times! Read More...

Filed under: S+S, Software + Services, ODC2008, Office, OBA, FedEx
Intro to Windows Azure in one slide 07 July 09 03:27 AM | john.mullinax | 0 Comments: NOTE: Microsoft just changed the branding a bit so this slide needs to be updated - basically, the Azure Service Platform becomes the Windows Azure Platform, SQL Data Services becomes SQL Azure. Live Services leaves the platform (does not go away, but Read More...

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Ray Ozzie speaks on Google Wave 05 June 09 11:20 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments: Courtesy of Ina Fried , here’s Ray Ozzie speaking about Google Wave at Silicon Valley’s Churchhill Club. In a nutshell, Ozzie compares Google Wave to Groove, and calls it anti-web because the ethos of the web is about open data formats, open Read More...

Filed under: Software + Services, windows azure, cloud computing, Live Mesh
How WPF can help your golf game, or PING’s new beginning 14 May 09 08:18 PM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments: This app from PING, called nFlight, is extremely cool. Beautiful, sophisticated, and fun. nFlight analyzes your golf swing to develop specifications for custom fit golf clubs. The app performs complex simulations and renders beautiful Read More...

Filed under: UX, User Experience, consumer experience, WPF, S+S, Software + Services
Cool new spatial analysis for SharePoint users 05 May 09 06:30 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments: I’ve always been sort of a map nut. In fact, I love maps (there, I said it! :) ). Way back when I was Director of Elections for a county out in the State of Washington, I used to spend a lot of time with maps. In particular, we had a Read More...

Filed under: business intelligence, silverlight, S+S, Software + Services, spatial analysis
Wait, does All Things D / BoomTown actually agree with Microsoft on Software-plus-services? 14 April 09 07:25 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments: Did I just hear Kara Swisher from All Things Digital’s BoomTown blog let it slip that she agrees with Microsoft on “Software-plus-services”? Kara interviewed Stephen Elop, President of Microsoft’s Business Division, about 10 days back Read More...

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Symmetry between SQL Server and SQL Data Services – video interview 13 April 09 10:32 PM | john.mullinax | 0 Comments: Patric McElroy, Group Program Manager of SQL Data Services team talks with Michael Cote of RedMonk about what’s coming with the new SDS, and where there will be symmetry with SQL Server. Really nice interview! This was recorded a few weeks Read More...

Filed under: innovation, S+S, Software + Services, windows azure, cloud computing, SQL Data Services
Video – Zune on Windows Mobile 7 vs. The Greater Sum 05 April 09 06:17 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments: Just saw this fun video from a post over at Live Side … funny thing, they hone in on whether or not one of the device interfaces is a preview of Windows Mobile 7 with a Zune app. To me, the the far more interesting thing is the qualitatively new, Read More...

Filed under: WPF, S+S, Software + Services, Windows Live, Future, windows 7, windows azure
View MIX09 sessions all online! 27 March 09 01:10 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments: Thanks to the MIX team for getting a nice, organized list of all the MIX09 session videos up – complete with multiple video formats, as well as slides! http://videos.visitmix.com/MIX09/All Not as good as being there, but essentially great, Read More...

Filed under: consumer experience, S+S, Software + Services, Windows Live, Messenger control, MIX
Interview: AMD in Microsoft booth at SxSW showing best of cloud and PC together 15 March 09 10:24 PM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments: Down at South by Southwest Interactive (aka, SxSWi) for the first time this year. What a great event! Spent most of the day working the Microsoft booth – had a great day in the booth starting out with Hanu , as well as special guest and Casey Read More...

Filed under: Software + Services, SxSW
Getting your next yacht with Microsoft Surface – more news 17 February 09 07:24 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments: Some additional news today about getting your next Lazzara Yacht with Microsoft Surface (see here for original post ). There are really two parts to this story: Lazzara’s announcement marks the first time Microsoft Surface is being made available Read More...

Filed under: Surface, S+S, Software + Services
Making tool bars interesting again. No, really. 12 December 08 07:04 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments: Here's something interesting from InfoSpace... a tool bar! No, really. In fact, see for yourself over at Sam Chenaur's site . He's got a nice screen grab, too. This is not your "father's toolbar". I tried to get my own screen grab from the Recipe toolbar Read More...

Filed under: innovation, UX, User Experience, silverlight, S+S, Software + Services

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Live Blogging at PDC - Microsoft says it will offer ALL Enterprise software online 27 October 08 06:14 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments: Not moving to simple software as a service, but providing a choice of on premise or subscription from the cloud. Ray Ozzie calls has called this Server-service symmetry. And the online services will not just be “fixed” applications, but in the future Read More...

Filed under: Software + Services, PDC, cloud computing
Live Blogging at PDC 2008 – Ray Ozzie’s keynote: Introduce Windows Azure 27 October 08 05:32 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments: Headline: Windows Azure, Windows in the Cloud, released as CTP See the video stream here: www.microsoftpdc.com Key theme: Transformation toward services, and enabling a new generation of apps that span the pc, web, and phone Today: focusing on back end Read More...

Filed under: Software + Services, windows azure, cloud computing

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