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64-Bit Insider newsletter

The newsletter is soo late this time. Apologize and thanks for reminding me :). I will post it later tonight or tomorrow morning. Thanks for your patience. VW Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 31, 2006 1:00 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Word 2007 blog post

This post was created at 3:52pm on May 24 th with Word 2007 Beta 2. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:52 PM by Volker Will | 3 Comments

Testing BlogJet

I have installed an interesting application - BlogJet . It's a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com "Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 24, 2006 1:06 PM by Volker Will | 3 Comments
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Virtualization at WinHEC

If you are interested in Virtualization you don't want to miss the WinHEC keynote tomorrow morning. If you are like me and did not get a pass, watch it live on the web: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winhec/default.mspx . Don't miss it! VW Read More...
Posted Monday, May 22, 2006 10:44 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Microsoft moves deeper into virtualization

ZDNet has the news : "The company will begin testing its hypervisor software , developed under the code name Viridian, by year's end, Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Microsoft's Server and Tools business, told CNET News.com. The software will ship Read More...
Posted Monday, May 22, 2006 4:29 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

Issue 9 of the 64-Bit Insider is available

An Introduction to 64-bit Installers: Part 2. Continuing last week's part 1, the final part talks about yet another approach you can follow when working with installers that deploy 32-bit and 64-bit components: nested installers . Is is as always available Read More...
Posted Monday, May 22, 2006 10:37 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Nature fights back, or?

Is it merely a coincidence or is is all part of a major plan? Last weekend it was all over the news in Germany: A Brown Bear from Austria illegally crossed the Austrian/German border and made quite some trouble in the rural neighborhoods. He killed a Read More...
Posted Monday, May 22, 2006 10:28 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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The Top Ten Lies of Corporate Partners

Guy shares 10 more lies. Don’t know if I agree with all of them but it is definitely a fun read. In the Dilbertian sense. VW Read More...
Posted Friday, May 19, 2006 5:36 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Hiring these days

"Oh well, not again!!" You're right, I shouldn't - again - misuse the blog to inform people about one more open position for a Longhorn Server Evangelist. So I won't. Nevertheless as you may know, hiring the right people has never been easy. In the light Read More...
Posted Friday, May 19, 2006 8:21 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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IBM to buy Rembo Technology

"The buy fills a gap in IBM's software portfolio and allows it to compete better with smaller rivals Opsware and Altiris in a virtualization market that research firm IDC said could top $15 billion by 2009". internetnews.com All I can say for now is stay Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:35 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Microsoft to buy Softricity

"It's coming down to the final stretches," said one source close to Microsoft who is familiar with the discussions. "It's not a done deal yet but it's just last minute haggling kind of stuff." CRN has the news. Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:33 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Dell to support AMD processors

This is real exciting news. Dell said they will support the AMD Opteron later this year. MSN Money Reuters The Register Houston Chronicle Yeah! VW Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 18, 2006 2:36 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Issue 8 of the 64-Bit Insider is available

A new issue of the 64-bit Insider has just been posted. I am again late, sorry folks, but I believe it is worth the wait. This week we give an "Introduction to 64-bit Installers with Visual Studio 2005". It is a 2 pat document and the first part has been Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:11 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Issue 7 of the 64-Bit Insider is available

Again a few days late but the new Insider newsletter is available on www.64advantage.com or as direct link . This week we deal with legacy 32-bit components in 64-bit Windows. We examine several ways you can support 32-bit COM libraries in 64-bit applications. Read More...
Posted Sunday, May 07, 2006 1:44 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Virtual Server R2 SP1 Beta comes with Hardware assistance

If you've downloaded the Beta 1 of Virtual Server R2 (VS) and installed it on a VT enabled system you should be able to enable VS to use VT support for it's magic. It is turned on by default. Why would you care? John Howard, PM in the Virtualization team Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 04, 2006 12:56 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Windows Virtualization at IDC Virtualization Forum

On June 22nd in San Francisco IDC hosts a Virtualization Forum . At 3pm Rajiv Arunkundram, Senior Product Manager, Virtual Server Marketing Group at Microsoft talks about "How to Identify, Implement and Manage your Virtual Environment" in his sessions Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 04, 2006 12:27 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Mix06 content is now available online

All 52 MIX06 session videos are now available for online (and offline) viewing. Pls spread the news. Sessions here: http://sessions.mix06.com/ Blog stuff 's here: http://blog.mix06.com/blog/archive/2006/05/03/2367.aspx And here: http://blogs.msdn.com/mswanson/archive/2006/05/03/589692.aspx Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 04, 2006 8:35 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Microsoft HPC Community Website is live

The HPC team has just launched the new Windows HPC Community web site. This site will serve to provide vibrant community opportunities centered on the features outlined below. Blogs – currently there are three blogs including: · Developer Blog · IT Professional Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 02, 2006 11:36 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

Issue 6 of The 64-Bit Insider is available

Part 2 of the WoW64 paper is available for download. Read More...
Posted Monday, May 01, 2006 10:23 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
 
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