ERP & Supply Chain from Microsoft

Interview with Manhattan Associates

jvast — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:55:32 GMT

Last week I had the opportunity to spend some time with Sam Addeo and Webb Armentrout of Manhattan Associates. You may not know Manhattan Associates, but their software is used by companies large and small to manufacture and distribute both real...(read more)

US ISV: Incubation Week in Silicon Valley

jvast — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:40:57 GMT

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Last Week's Football Scores

jvast — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:37:00 GMT

So in our family we are very sports oriented. Since I have five children we live our lives according to the sport seasons. Right now its football . I've been helping coach my ten year old's team and last year they won the South Puget Sound Super Bowl....(read more)

Coming soon and I want one

jvast — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:16:14 GMT

I don't usually put out posts like this one, but I really want a Tesla. I can't afford one, but I think a silent fast car is the pinnacle of sheek. I do see that GM has a more affordable concept car in the works, but 0-60 is around 6 secs. vs the Tesla's...(read more)

Jack Gudenkauf on the CLR and Add-In Model for ISVs

jvast — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:19:00 GMT

Video: Jack Gudenkauf on the BCL and Add-ins Several weeks back I was able to coax Jack into doing an interview on the CLR targeted at ISVs. Jack talks about the BCL team and how they work within the larger Server and Tools business unit. An inside view...(read more)

The Story of Being: BeOS

jvast — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:28:00 GMT

Way back in 1991 a small company created a new Operating System called BeOS. The timeline is similar to Linux and almost as interesting, but it's a story wrought of high hopes and failure. (Ok, not ultimate failure as it has been newly resurrected as...(read more)

If its .NET – Kick It

jvast — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:48:00 GMT

So this week I came across a cool new site. DotNetKicks.com This last week Gavin Joyce open-sourced the code base and I'd like to help drive traffic to the site. Not because he took the code base Open Source. I like the concept. The concept is similar...(read more)

Hey, Hey, …. Get Off of my Cloud!

jvast — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:03:00 GMT

Yesterday at the Worldwide Partner Conference Steve Ballmer announced that Microsoft will be entering the software services space and launched MSCRM Live. The reaction seems to run the gamut from downright surprise to outright consternation even though...(read more)

Open Source and Mono Desklets

jvast — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:06:00 GMT

I run Ubuntu on my main desktop machine at home and I've been watching Mono for quite a while. I was elated when the Microsoft-Novell agreement was put into place this fall because it meant Mono was getting something like an "official stamp of approval"....(read more)

Interview: Paul Andrew on WF

jvast — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:18:00 GMT

Video Interview: Paul Andrew on Workflow Foundation In this interview I caught a few minutes of Paul's time to talk about Workflow Foundation or WF for short. Paul moved to Redmond from down under to take a role on the Evangelism team covering WF and...(read more)

Interview: Dr. Nat Natarajan on GISV Strategy

jvast — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:55:00 GMT

Video: Nat Natarajan on FY08 Global ISV Strategy I was able to grab a few minutes of Nat's time 2 weeks back. In this interview Nat is all business as I ping him about how Microsoft partners with the largest Independent Software Vendors. We talk about...(read more)

Off Topic: Recipe for Caramel Popcorn

jvast — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:08:00 GMT

I'm throwing this up here since I've been asked several times recently for this very simple recipe. Every Friday night at our home is "movie night" where no one has friends over and we all sit around the television watching a child appropriate movie....(read more)

Who do you want me to interview?

jvast — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:31:44 GMT

I have a very busy travel schedule, but I want to fit in short 10 minute videos about the technologies and their owners. Next week I'll be posting a video of an interview with Nat Natarajan talking about our FY08 Goals and Strategies. In March I moved...(read more)

It’s been a long time….

jvast — Tue, 29 May 2007 19:45:41 GMT

So the last year I've learned what it is like to be bullied. It's not fun, I won't go into particulars, but the base idea is that a group of neighborhood women decided to begin bullying my wife and kids two years back. We've been in and out court quite...(read more)

Brad Abrams interview on AJAX

jvast — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:26:00 GMT

I was able to sit down with the great Brad Abrams two weeks back. It was a very interesting interview where I mauled the word Microsoft and no I didn't fix it in post editing. Brad provides a quick review of his career and answers some hard ISV focused...(read more)