Robin Mestré : Platform Strategy Advisor, Microsoft Corporation

Windows Azure Platform Pricing

robinm — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:57:30 GMT

A major announcement was made today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans. After a long wait, we finally have the pricing for Azure which I am happy to report is very competitive with other cloud service provider offerings. Windows...(read more)

Software + Services: Microsoft in the Era of Cloud Computing

robinm — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:43:14 GMT

It's been a while since I've blogged partly because I got some new responsibilities that took up much of my time over the past year and partly because I'm not inclined to post short meaningless entries - I use Twitter for that (follow me on http://twitter.com/robinmestre...(read more)

Silverlight for Designers (Part III): Accelerated Results

robinm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:38:58 GMT

QUICKLY ITERATE THE FINAL USER INTERFACE, GRAPHICS AND FUNCTIONALITY OF YOUR SILVERLIGHT APPLICATION WITH EXPRESSION BLEND Designers and developers can work seamlessly together, sharing Silverlight projects, code, and designs for better productivity and...(read more)

Silverlight for Designers (Part II): Powerful Technology

robinm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:38:24 GMT

UTILIZE THE HIGHLY CUSTOMIZABLE CONTROLS TO QUICKLY DESIGN A CUSTOM LOOK AND FEEL FOR YOUR APPLICATION WITHOUT BEING FORCED INTO CODE The online consumer expects a much more dynamic and fluid experience when they use the web today. Silverlight enables...(read more)

Silverlight for Designers (Part I): Compelling Experiences

robinm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:37:55 GMT

DELIVER COMPELLING USER INTERFACES WITHOUT RESORTING TO BITMAP GRAPHICS BY UTILIZING REAL VECTOR GRAPHICS, GRADIENTS AND ANIMATION Customers have come to expect compelling, functional and easy to use interfaces wherever they interact with a company, whether...(read more)

Silverlight for Developers (Part III): Accelerated Results

robinm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:37:18 GMT

USE THE TOOLS AND LANGUAGES YOU ALREADY KNOW AND LOVE. CODE IN VISUAL STUDIO USING JSCRIPT, IRONRUBY, IRONPYTHON, VB.NET, C#. The Microsoft Visual Studio development system is a suite of development tools designed to aid software developers—whether they...(read more)

Silverlight for Developers (Part II): Powerful Technology

robinm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:36:08 GMT

SILVERLIGHT HAS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RUNTIME ON THE WEB TODAY. EXPLOIT ALL THE RICHNESS OF THE .NET BASE CLASS LIBRARIES INCLUDING XML, LOCAL STORAGE, INPUT/OUTPUT, GLOBALIZATION AND GENERICS. The Common Language Runtime (CLR) provides the underlying...(read more)

Silverlight for Developers (Part I): Compelling Experiences

robinm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:35:40 GMT

HARNESS ADVANCED SUPPORT FOR 2D GRAPHICS, ANIMATION, LAYOUT, HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO, DATABINDING, NETWORKING AND CONTROLS TO CREATE RICHER EXPERIENCES THAN PREVIOUSLY POSSIBLE. Building a modern Rich Internet Application requires a set of technologies....(read more)

Silverlight for Applications (Part III): Accelerated Results

robinm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:34:33 GMT

CALL ON MILLIONS OF EXISTING DEVELOPERS AND THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH .NET DEVELOPMENT TO HELP CREATE AND DEPLOY SILVERLIGHT APPLICATIONS. Silverlight has gained strong industry support from content creators, distributors, software...(read more)

Silverlight for Applications (Part II): Powerful Technology

robinm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:33:55 GMT

CREATE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE, DISCOVERABLE BY SEARCH ENGINES, AND SECURE. Microsoft Windows is the most accessible operating system platform and with the standard controls, Silverlight aims to continue this accessibility seamlessly from desktop...(read more)

Silverlight Platform for Applications (Part I): Compelling Experiences

robinm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:32:58 GMT

INCREASE REPEAT VISITS AND BRAND LOYALTY WHILE DRAMATICALLY REDUCING CUSTOMER SUPPORT COSTS THROUGH COMPELLING, INTUITIVE, HIGH PERFORMANCE WEB EXPERIENCES. For many businesses the Web has become a key means of communicating with existing customers and...(read more)

Silverlight for Media and Advertising (Part III): Accelerated Results

robinm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:31:58 GMT

UNLEASH THE CREATIVITY OF YOUR DESIGNERS AS THEY COLLABORATE WITH DEVELOPERS USING THE INTEGRATION BETWEEN EXPRESSION STUDIO’S CREATIVE TOOLS AND THE VISUAL STUDIO FAMILY OF DEVELOPMENT TOOLS. Talk to anyone building interactive applications, and they...(read more)

Silverlight for Media and Advertising (Part II): Powerful Technology

robinm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:30:48 GMT

PROTECT YOUR PREMIUM CONTENT WITH A CHOICE OF CONTENT PROTECTION TECHNIQUES: WEB PLAYLISTS, SILVERLIGHT DRM, WINDOWS MEDIA DRM, AND THIRD PARTY DRM PROVIDERS. With the explosive growth in streaming online video and rich internet experiences it’s critical...(read more)

Silverlight for Media and Advertising (Part I): Compelling Experiences

robinm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:30:03 GMT

ENGAGE CUSTOMERS IN YOUR BRAND AND CONTENT WITH RICH MEDIA, HIGH PERFORMANCE GRAPHICS, AND ANIMATIONS. Media Experiences include custom media players embedded in a Web site for viewing by Mac OS and Windows users on a range of Web browsers. Windows Media...(read more)

Silverlight and the User Experience Era in Software

robinm — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:28:36 GMT

Now more than ever, experiences are about much more than “look and feel”. Great experiences are those that look great and work flawlessly. They entertain and engage, with rich, contextual and relevant content. They are easy to use. And they ensure reliability,...(read more)