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Wet String and Sellotape
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Which version of SharePoint CAL and Server should you buy?
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Nice slide here - very enlightening for those who want more information on what WSS is versus Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - nice views on capabilities etc Download attached :)
More on presentations..had me in tears..
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Simple choice it's either me or the presenter...decisions decisions... Now this really made me laugh out loud, Rowan from Fortify your Oasis has some absolutely superb points to describe those less skilled presenters: Ass Narcissism - "I’m just going...
For all those people who think that bosses are perfect - remember we are all learning...
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over 7 years ago
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I was just reading a new blog that I have recently subscribed to called Execupundit.com - it's truly a great place to read some pragmatic cool advice and the following really got me thinking: http://www.execupundit.com/2007/02/note-from-boss-to-employees...
High Productivity Computing...Linux and Microsoft??
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over 7 years ago
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Mike P_1
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It's all just about doing things easier isn't it? In many of my external meetings I meet partners and customers who say things like the following: I want to focus on our business more I want it to just work Why does it not recognise this widget? We have...
Simple Courtesies..
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over 7 years ago
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One for the Easter weekend....sometimes life can pass you by and you have to look at what is truly important. The post below said a lot to me about how people change when they get something they didn't expect - have a read then mosy on further down this...
Guardian UK Article on 'When will I be able to have my own Supercomputer' - well now actually...
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over 7 years ago
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So for those of you that didnt see this article in the press in the Guardian recently which includes me :-) (thanks to Steve for forwarding) here it is in the flesh: When will I be able to have my own supercomputer? http://technology.guardian...
Progress: activity doesn't always equal better experience :-)
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over 7 years ago
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Made me smile, feels like this sometimes in business :-)
Overtime for mobile mail users?
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over 7 years ago
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Was trawling around a few blogs and came across this interesting article on Over-Time Pay For Reading E-mail on Your Blackberry at Home now it does strike me as amusing for the following reasons: Surely if this is legal advice from am esteemed law professor...
Free Download - Microsoft Research on Enterprise Search Market
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over 7 years ago
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Mike P_1
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So this week I am over at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver and will be presenting with my colleagues on Enterprise Search and how to work with Microsoft to be successful. During the presentation we will mention some work from Verus Research...
Syndicated Live Search being adopted by websites - check out the Register using LiveSearch!
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over 8 years ago
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Mike P_1
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Right so ‘The Register’ is not one of those websites that would go down in history as a wonderful advocate 100% of the time around Microsoft technology. However with the news that website owners can now syndicate Windows Live on their sites – they have...
Free: SharePoint 2007 Resource DVD - why it's useful to own and how I use them...!
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over 8 years ago
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Hi All – Seriously cool brand new offering – A DVD full of presentations and content from the Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2006 including Keynotes presentations, general sessions, breakout sessions and Hands-On Labs... Order product 005170 from https...
Not often you get to see 300 XBOXs in one go...check this out!
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over 8 years ago
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Okay so there I was leaving work and check out what I saw....300 XBOX classics all sat lonely on a pallette. So I did a little research and found out that these were all from the testing division and used for testing games and console additions during...
Great Enterprise Search Case study - BBC...!
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over 8 years ago
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Just seen this great case study of the BBC and their Enterprise Search work with Microsoft. Some of the great quotes I liked were the following: BBC Worldwide stated that: "Searching for information on the Internet is easy, but searching enterprise...
Get help about the Microsoft Partner Programme direct from Instant Messenger - check out the PartnerBot today!
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over 7 years ago
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Mike P_1
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Righty ho so many of you will know that we arent often happy with ourselves in Microsoft and are fairly remorseless at trying to improve what we do. Well check out this very cool addition to the suport we give our partners a Partner bot! Now bear with...
Enterprise Search Community Day - 1st November - Register Now!
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over 7 years ago
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Mike P_1
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2:00 – 2:30 Arrival and networking 2.30—2.35 Welcome Mike 2:30 – 3:15 How are we winning? Sol 3:15 – 4:00 SharePoint innovations and announcements Rob 4:00 – 4:15 Microsoft helping you! Mike 4:15 – 4:30 Q&A 4:30 – 5:00 Food &...
18 hours of Free Enterprise Search Training!
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over 6 years ago
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Oh Yes it doesn't get much better than this - 18 hours of free training on MOSS 2007 all online so you can peruse it at your pleasure courtesy of 'english-tiger' training! Technical Backgounder Before you learn from the online version of the deep three...
So why: 'Wet String and Sellotape'...?
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over 6 years ago
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So it's probably worth a post to enlighten a few of you on the new title I have decided upon for this blog. There have been a few people who have impacted me whilst I have been working in the IT Industry and I love hearing new phrases that different...
Great news for Microsoft Action Pack subscribers - product list for Jan 10th Action pack...!
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over 8 years ago
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Quick post - we have just got news of the set of goodies in the Action Pack coming out on January 10th, this includes: • Windows Vista Business • Microsoft® Office Enterprise 2007 • Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 • Microsoft Office Outlook...
HPC User Group Kicks off In Reading, UK - 95% attendance - tremendous support!
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over 7 years ago
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Mike P_1
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Just a couple of quick shots of the Windows Compute Cluster user group held at Microsoft Reading last Friday: We had some amazing attendance for the 1st Microsoft User group meeting for Windows HPC Worldwide - :-) The slides will be made available online...
Giving...fancy joining in?
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over 7 years ago
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Mike P_1
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So I was having a look around at a few blogs over the weekend and I read the following really interesting post: http://www.trizle.com/how-giving-rocks/ It made me think about using this blog to highlight a charity a few mates and I run in our spare...
Less High Performance Computing more High Performance Eating....
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over 8 years ago
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Mike P_1
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One box down...more to come! Marvellous!
Windows Cluster Resource Centre: University of Southampton and Microsoft Research working together!
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over 8 years ago
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Mike P_1
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Microsoft Research (MSR) is one of the best kept secrets of Microsoft and this site shows the great work being done between MSR and the University of Southampton. Read it for yourseld here: http://www.windowsclusters.org/ The bits that caught my...
Offtopic: Abseiling, Climbing and lots of water...good excuse for less blogging
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over 8 years ago
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Mike P_1
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So I am afraid I have not been able to blog much this week as I have been out of the office on a team building offsite - please rest assured normal service will resume next week. For your touch of Friday humour check out the team and some of what we did...
Enterprise Search Training - available now for December!
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over 7 years ago
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Mike P_1
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Just a quick note to say that the next slab of Enterprise Search training all about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is coming up in December. Just click on the graphic above to register - please note this is paid for training that is subsidised...
Hugely Successful SharePoint Enterprise Search Event!
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over 7 years ago
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Mike P_1
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I wanted to say thanks to all of you that took the time to come to the second Enterprise Search Community Event and give those of you that didn't manage to get along a feeling of what went on - not quite everything you understand because for that you...
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