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August 2007 - Posts

Windows Server 2008 Logo - Test Credit

Recently I received email from partners asking about the cost involved in certifying an application for Windows Server 2008. While the general answer is "it depends on the complexity of your application", here are 3 bits of real good news: The test fee Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:08 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

HPC Webcast for business decision maker in the financial sector

Under the title "Investment Analytics: Take Back Your Weekends" Dr. Mark Horvath, Director, Worldwide Financial Services Industry, Microsoft Corporation, provides technical expertise on strategy and solutions delivery in the securities industry. During Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 18, 2007 1:57 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Ballmer and Chambers to talk about the Future of Technology

Don't miss this opportunity to listen go Steve Ballmer and John Chambers discussing the future directions of the technology industry. Who: Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft John Chambers, chairman and CEO, Cisco Systems Charlie Rose, moderator When: Monday, Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 18, 2007 1:36 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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AMD developer portal

Just tried to log on to the AMD developer portal. Maybe they should move their stuff to IIS and the Fx instead. And thanks for the user friendly error message. Virtually Yours Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 18, 2007 1:17 PM by Volker Will | 2 Comments
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Kernel Enhancements for Windows Server 2008

In Windows Server 2008 (and Windows Vista) you find some pretty significant enhancements to the Windows kernel. The most important changes are covered in a white paper posted on the Windows Hardware Developer Central . The document includes details about Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 18, 2007 1:09 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

Virtualization - Developer Perspective

The Intel Software Network - the Intel way to connect with the (software) developer community has posted some pretty interesting stuff around threading and multi-core processors. A few days ago Intel also published an article about the developer's new Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 18, 2007 12:38 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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MIX08 - Start me up

ReMIX is still in full swing. Nevertheless MIX08 planning and implementation has started some time ago. I have the privilege to work with Ben Riga on something new for MIX08. Evangelists love new . So what's the new thing for MIX08? That's the best part. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:17 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Consolidation

The Register knows about a very special consolidation scenario. According to The Register Citrix is going to announce its acquisition of XenSource tomorrow. Virtually Yours Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 5:16 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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An OS is an OS is an OS

It makes me sick reading headlines like: " VMware Predicts Death To Operating Systems ". What does everyone think VMware ESX is? It is an operating system (OS). A stripped down version of it but nevertheless an OS. It appears that VMware found out that Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 1:31 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Virtualization Goes Public

Literally. From today on virtualization will be part of our everyday lives due to VMware's IPO . This morning VMware launched its initial public offering of 33 million shares of company stock. Currently (12pm PST, Aug. 14th) the stock is up more than Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:00 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Microsoft Virtualization has a new home

Microsoft Virtualization information has a new home. Check out the new URL: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualization/default.mspx . The content available here cover all virtualization technologies in one place as you can see: Looking Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:16 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Windows Server 2008 Logo Testing partners.

Windows Server 2000 and 2003 already had certifications and logo programs. I remember one summer spending many weeks in the South of France in Nice helping out in a testing lab for the Windows Server 2000 logo in Nice. With Windows Server 2003 we had Read More...
Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 1:26 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Windows Server 2008 Logo

Over at the Windows Server Division Weblog Steve Bell, Microsoft product manager and "owner" of the logo program, has a post about the new logo program. Check out his post from early July. Virtually Yours Read More...
Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 12:52 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

Windows Server 2008 for Independent Software Vendors

Have you recently thought about running your application on Windows Server 2008 ? In case you make a living from selling server based solutions and intend to do so in the future, please read on, you might find the following useful. Windows Server 2008 Read More...
Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 12:39 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Windows Server 2008 Online Events in August

Thought I share a list of upcoming online events around Windows Server 2008 with you. Virtually Yours Chat : Windows Server 2008: Management, Security and Improved Performance for Your Remote Infrastructure Add to Calendar | Join the Chat Room August Read More...
Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 11:27 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Sly Dog

It makes me angry - mainly about me and not having done enough - when I read stuff like comment 2 to this post. Technical evangelism is about talking to your audience and make them understand the benefits and the impact a feature, technology or solution Read More...
Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 10:22 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Compute Cluster Server 2003 Case Studies

If you ask yourself as a company why Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 (CCS) might be good for you, check out existing success stories on the Microsoft case studies website . Go to the website and select "Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 09, 2007 8:39 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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News from Inside the SoftGrid

Sean kept his promise and posted part 2 and 3 of his 'Inside the SoftGrid ' series. Part 2 covers the SoftGrid client, launch process, management and others. In part 3 , the final chapter if you will, Sean picks up lose ends around license control, non Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 09, 2007 8:27 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Debugging MPI on Windows

This week our team hosts an event for Microsoft partners working on HPC migration projects. Developing requires debugging. The Microsoft toolset, namely Visual Studio, supports remote debugging of MS-MPI based applications. Christian is helping out in Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 5:27 PM by Volker Will | 3 Comments
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Stunningly aluminum

I agree with Jason , absolutely stunning . If Microsoft does Office for Mac, why doesn't Apple make keyboards for Windows ( I mean, with all the keys I would need...)? I'd buy 2. Virtually Yours Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 07, 2007 4:56 PM by Volker Will | 4 Comments
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SoftGrid TechCenter

Microsoft TechNet, host of so many important assets for IT Professionals has recently launched a new TechCenter, SoftGrid TechCenter . TechNet TechCenters bring together content and resources for particular products or technologies. They connect you to Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 07, 2007 4:47 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Low cost PC and software

I am a strong believer in enabling as many people as possible to participate in the information age. So I really appreciate initiatives like these: Low-cost PC aims at rural China One Laptop per Child Microsoft cuts Windows Vista price in China But what Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 07, 2007 4:05 PM by Volker Will | 2 Comments
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Dual Boot CCS and Linux

Hot off the (virtual) press: "Windows ® Compute Cluster Server 2003 and Linux." Many partners, especially in academia, have asked about and experimented with getting a system to dual boot a Linux distro and Windows Compute Cluster Server (CCS). Microsoft Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 02, 2007 11:41 AM by Volker Will | 3 Comments
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Inside the SoftGrid

Over at the SoftGrid team blog Sean Donahue, Technical Evangelist in our Boston office, started a series (I hope) of posts about " the concepts of SoftGrid in a technical nature ". Sean describes his goal for the series of planned posts as follows: The Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 02, 2007 11:28 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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New set of Microsoft Virtualization videos available

Virtualization in Windows Server Mike Neil, General Manager http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=515 Virtualization technology roadmap and an outline of Microsoft's vision for how these technologies will combine with future Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:23 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
 
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