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Sitting in on an OSISoft Regional Seminar in New York

I've looked forward to this session at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.  The focus is on power generation, distribution, and process industries, with speakers from Con Edison, Rock Tenn, and Mohawk.  Our own Brian Willson will be speaking Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:24 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

Just released case study - ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) - web presence based on Sharepoint

A new case study was just released on ADM (Archer Daniels Midland), about how they chose to revamp their web presence using Sharepoint in a externally-facing way supported by our partner Avanade . This is a trend we are seeing among larger companies as Read More...
Posted Monday, April 13, 2009 2:38 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

Wall Street Journal Article on cyber security for utilities

Interesting article yesterday in the Wall Street Journal about cyber security issues in the nation's electric grid and some of the emergin threats in this area.  Part of the issue seems to be slow adoption of NERC compliance around the asset protection, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:29 AM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments

This is cool - GM/Segway P.U.M.A. vehicle on the streets of New York today!

Now here's some forward thinking worthy of some investment - today GM and Segway are demonstrating their new P.U.M.A vehicle in New York.  Kind of like a pedicab "rickshaw" without the driver.  Even in NJ I could use one of these for Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:35 AM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments
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Announcement on Microsoft platform partnership with Cisco UCS

Earlier this week Cisco announced its Unified Computing System datacenter architecture, and Microsoft was part of that announcement. This is great news on the server virtualization front. Robert Scoble has an interesting post of some inside access to Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:27 AM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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InformationWeek article on Microsoft's Oil and Gas Strategy

New InformationWeek article offers interesting insight and analysis on Microsoft's strategy in the Oil and Gas industry, following on the heels of the recent Global Energy Forum. It mention's Ali Ferling's perspective on our strategy to enable more workers Read More...
Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 3:07 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments
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Stephen Elop Interview on CBSNews.com

Interesting perspective from Stephen Elop on how Microsoft can get stronger during the downturn, as reduced resources can breed focus, creativity, and lean operations.   http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/27/tech/cnettechnews/main4834091.shtml Read More...
Posted Friday, February 27, 2009 5:05 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments
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New AMR article: Information overtakes agriculture, manufacturing next?

Kevin O'Marah from AMR Research has penned a new article that estimates that information / content has overtaken agriculture as a component of global production, and is on track to outpace manufacturing in the future. He posits that this brings the issue Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:46 AM by Marc Monplaisir | 0 Comments

JUST LAUNCHED - Infosys/Microsoft Supply Chain Center of Excellence

Infosys and Microsoft just launched a new online community site that will grow into an online center of excellence for supply chain practitioners. The announcement hit the press during the Global High Tech summit, and the website is http://www.nextgenerationsupplychains.com Read More...
Posted Friday, February 13, 2009 5:05 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments

Just released: Microsoft Dynamics AX Environmental Sustainability Dashboard

Microsoft just released the Environmental Sustainability Dashboard for Dynamics AX. This tool allows business users to capture data needed to measure key indicators related to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions as part of everyday business Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:47 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments
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New virtualization case study from Ingersoll Rand

With the majority of plant floor systems deployed on the Microsoft platform, virtualization promises to be a hot topic as manufacturers look to save money using existing infrastructure in the current economic climate. This case study tells a story that Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:42 AM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments

Great read on digital marketing - Brand Digital

I recently read the book "Brand Digital" by Allen Adamson as part of a research project I was doing on digital marketing and social networking in the business world. The interesting thing is that I also attended our own Global High Tech Summit last week, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 4:26 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments

Interview with Angel Mendez of Cisco

Here's an interesting article by Kevin O'Marah of AMR with Angel Mendez , the supply chain leader at Cisco. Key points are that they are building a "social computing" app for the supply chain as part of their ERP infrastructure, and using telepresence Read More...
Posted Monday, February 02, 2009 10:35 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments

New case study on Royal Dutch Shell's use of Unified Communications

Great new video case study on Royal Dutch Shell's use of Unified Communications and Office Communications Server for about 150,000 users worldwide. Video case study is at: ShellCaseStudy 300k.wmv Written case study is at: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000003524 Read More...
Posted Monday, February 02, 2009 4:18 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments
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Microsoft High Tech team after the Global High Tech Summit

Congrats on a great day, impressive speakers, and hopefully a rewarding experience for our customers and partners! Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 31, 2009 6:53 PM by Marc Monplaisir | 1 Comments
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