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January 2008 - Posts

MySpace at MIX 08

We all knew MIX is cool. But I guess these folks are always good for One more. Vittorio just announced on his blog that the MySpace folks will be at MIX 08 in Vegas. They even have a session (see below). Check out Vittorio's blog or the MIX 08 session Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:16 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Garmin Nuvifone

That's one of the reasons why I am convinced the industry needs companies like Apple. Why else would someone like Garmin come up with a cool device like this, competing directly with the iPhone. I remember buying my first GPS receiver from Garmin about Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:02 PM by Volker Will | 2 Comments
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Simplify your work with Office 2008 (on Mac OS)

Now that is a nice way of promoting a Microsoft product. The Microsoft Mac team is always good for a pleasant surprise. Death to the dinosaurs (if you know what I mean)! While I am a huge Silverlight fan, this site is in Flash. http://www.simplifyyourwork2008.com Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:09 AM by Volker Will | 2 Comments

Windows IT Pro took a first look at Hyper-V

Mike Otey from Windows IT Pro took a look at our next generation virtualization product. Looks like he's pretty impressed. My favorite: "... Hyper-V, is a significant new competitor that has the potential to change the market." You'll find the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 6:40 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

PGI CDK Cluster Development Kit for Windows CCS

The Portland group just released a CDK for Windows Compute Cluster Server (CCS). From sys-con : "Until now, the PGI CDK has been available only for Linux-based clusters based on 32-bit and 64-bit microprocessors from AMD and Intel. The Portland Group Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 3:42 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie at Mix 08

What an exciting news!! Have you heard it?  Not only will Steve Ballmer be keynoting at MIX, but so will Ray Ozzie. Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie joins Scott Guthrie on stage as a keynote speaker at MIX08 on Wednesday, March 5, 2008.  Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:21 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Be Ready for Windows Server 2008

With the launch right around the corner (Feb 27) we receive a lot of questions from developer about how to get ready for Windows Server 2008 (WS2K8). Here are my top 10 resources: Just test your application thoroughly in Windows Server 2008 . Free, easy Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:55 AM by Volker Will | 2 Comments

HPC section on MSDN Code Gallery

Phil just announced the availability of a new section on MSDN Code Gallery. This new area is dedicated to sharing code and samples focusing on High Performance Computing on Windows HPC Server 2008. Since it is very new, there's currently not too much Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:36 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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MSDN Code Gallery has launched

MSDN and the DevDiv Community Connection Team just launched the MSDN Code Gallery. Microsoft and community members can use this site to share code samples/snippets, sample applications, and other resources. Code Gallery is available here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:26 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Windows Server 2008 Developer Center

The one-stop-shop for developers wanting to learn about developing software that takes advantage of Windows Server 2008 features is now live with a new and improve Application Compatibility guide. This portal has all necessary information, samples, insight, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 5:05 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments

Running a Windows HPC Server 2008 cluster on Hyper-V

Recently Giovanni posted a document on the Windows HPC community portal describing how to set up a virtual HPC cluster. The ZIP file (did he use his MacBook to write the doc? :)) contains also sample code that can be executed against the virtual cluster Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:37 AM by Volker Will | 9 Comments
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Hyper-V WMI API Sample Code

Ben kept word . Yesterday he started his "Week of Hyper-V Scripts". Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:09 AM by Volker Will | 2 Comments

Debugging apps on Windows Server 2008

Jason maintains the "Developer meet Server" show on Channel 9. He just posted a podcast/audio recording/video where he sits with two very interesting folks from the Windows team going deep on "... debugging application compatibility issues Read More...
Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 4:10 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Series of Virtualization Podcasts on InfoWorld

A series for five short and comprehensive podcasts will be published on InfoWorld's blog. This week the first has been posted. Below some info about the complete series. The podcasts can be found here . Podcast Descriptions Episode One : Top Virtualization Read More...
Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 3:54 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Bob Muglia - Senior VP and IT Professional

Adam Carter - IT Pro evangelist - has just posted a video interview with our Senior VP Server and Tools Division, Bob Muglia. I knew he's a very smart and cool guy and this interview certainly makes him even more likeable. He run 9 servers at home. Check Read More...
Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 12:49 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Two HPC Webcasts worth mentioning

Yesterday and the day before Microsoft hosted two very interesting webcasts concerning High Performance Computing. The first one is titled " Turbo-Charging Time Critical Applications with ASPEED Software and HPC on Windows Platform ". I found Read More...
Posted Friday, January 25, 2008 3:38 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

Hyper-V WMI Interfaces published

Well, I guess this is something all developers and IT Pro's have been anxiously waiting for. The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provider for virtualization and the hypervisor API enable developers, and IT professionals, to quickly build custom Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:37 AM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

64-bit - Coming to your Home/Office/Desktop/Server soon

I have it already you might say. But are you leveraging the 64-bit power by running a native 64-bit OS? Probably on a server but not on a workstation yet. Be it as it may. InformationWeek has a nice article titled "With Latest Server, Microsoft Rides Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:29 PM by Volker Will | 3 Comments

Windows HPC Resources

If you are interested in HPC on the Windows platform or want to get started, here are some useful resources for you: General Microsoft HPC landing page, www.microsoft.com/hpc Technical community portal, www.windowshpc.net Worldwide one day awareness events, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:52 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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HPC Info Day in NY City

Microsoft is executing a series of worldwide one day events for HPC interested audiences. We kick of the series of so called HPC Jumpstart events in about a week from now in New York City. You can find out more about the event on the registration website Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:27 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Executive Email on Virtualization

Yesterday Microsoft published an executive email from Bob Muglia, Senior Vice President, Server and Tools Business, Microsoft Corporation on the Microsoft Virtualization strategy. It is titled "Harnessing the Power of Virtualization for Dynamic IT" Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2008 8:57 AM by Volker Will | 2 Comments

Microsoft Beefs Up Offensive on VMware

WSJ has a nice write-up of the state of affairs with Microsoft Virtualization technology Hyper-V and compares the latest Microsoft moves in Virtualization, including its acquisition of Calista Technologies Inc., to VMware. WSJ also talks about Intel's Read More...
Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 6:28 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

64-bit Content on HPC Portal

So, I've finished uploading the missing 3 64-bit Insider newsletter onto the windowshpc.net portal. All 15 newsletters are now available via this link. Read More...
Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 4:48 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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Stay At Home Server

No longer in my home! Last week I lost about 180 GB of files because Home Server failed to read its data from perfectly intact USB drives and/or from the local hard disk's D:\ drive. I never found out what it was, but the event viewer was suddenly full Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:22 PM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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64-Bit Insider Newsletter

Oh no, 64-bit again. Please, leave me alone. ... Can't do that. While the Microsoft evangelism team does not evangelize 64-bit directly anymore (there's no program or alike), we ( and I in particular ) continue to receive a lot of questions on 64-bit Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:19 AM by Volker Will | 3 Comments
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Office 2008 for Mac

The coolest Office Suite ever is available in the stores now. If you watched Steve Job's keynote at MacWorld today, you have seen it already. If not, check out the website and the Mac Mojo blog. My favorite feature is the Notebook view in Word. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:23 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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HPC Evangelism at Microsoft

A coworker of mine, Thomas Lewis, just posted a blog with tips to become a technical evangelist at Microsoft. If you feel like that might be something for you and you are also up to speed on HPC or high performance computing on Windows or non-Windows Read More...
Posted Monday, January 14, 2008 1:55 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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HPC in 2008

IDC - as always - a good source for let's say a look into the future of technology published its Top 10 predictions for HPC for 2008. The Top 10 are listed at HPC wire and they are: 1. The HPC Market Will Maintain Strong Growth 2. The "Petaflop Club" Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 10, 2008 4:23 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments
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Developer Meet Server

Jason maintains his own Channel 9 show under the name "Developer Meet Server". The show exists some time already and has provides very good content for developers interested software development on Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 will Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:51 PM by Volker Will | 0 Comments

New HPC Show on Channel 9

Channel 9 now has its own developer show for high performance computing. Phil on my team has so much information and goodies to share that it is worth a new show. See for yourself at The_HPC_Show . In case you have not yet subscribed to his blog, here's Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 9:41 AM by Volker Will | 1 Comments
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