Always great to see new innovation in the partner channel and Artemis are often at the forefront of this, great story below on their new free product for businesses and communities deploying MOSS 07:
On the 30th July, Artemis officially launched the full version of RAPID for SharePoint for general availability and purchase. Since then there has been massive interest in the product, particularly around the Community and Business editions, I am sending this email to you in the hope that you will help me spread the word about the product. As you may know RAPID for SharePoint enables organisations to maintain compliance by extending SharePoint 2007 to support any Taxonomy. This feature is of particular importance for any organisations who need to support classification taxonomies such as Government, Police and Security services, Financial and Legal organisations or any number of other types of organisations. · Unlimited taxonomies · Fully extensible · Easy to configure and maintain · Highly performant · Provider based extensibility · Integrates with Office search · OOTB ('Out of the box') compliance with all ESD taxonomies · Supports 'Content By Query' · Additional web content management features, such as Friendly URLS and XHTML Compliance We have released three versions of the solution, Community, Business and Enterprise editions. The Community and Business editions are provided free of charge, you will only need to purchase the Enterprise edition if you have a taxonomy structure of more than 100 items. To find out more about these versions and the please visit http://www.rapid-for-sharepoint.com/free-sharepoint-taxonomy.htm
On the 30th July, Artemis officially launched the full version of RAPID for SharePoint for general availability and purchase. Since then there has been massive interest in the product, particularly around the Community and Business editions, I am sending this email to you in the hope that you will help me spread the word about the product.
As you may know RAPID for SharePoint enables organisations to maintain compliance by extending SharePoint 2007 to support any Taxonomy. This feature is of particular importance for any organisations who need to support classification taxonomies such as Government, Police and Security services, Financial and Legal organisations or any number of other types of organisations.
· Unlimited taxonomies
· Fully extensible
· Easy to configure and maintain
· Highly performant
· Provider based extensibility
· Integrates with Office search
· OOTB ('Out of the box') compliance with all ESD taxonomies
· Supports 'Content By Query'
· Additional web content management features, such as Friendly URLS and XHTML Compliance
We have released three versions of the solution, Community, Business and Enterprise editions. The Community and Business editions are provided free of charge, you will only need to purchase the Enterprise edition if you have a taxonomy structure of more than 100 items.
To find out more about these versions and the please visit http://www.rapid-for-sharepoint.com/free-sharepoint-taxonomy.htm
Enjoy!
So for those of you that don't speak IT gobbledygook the announcement below is actually quite a big thing:
SDK availability for SharePoint 2007 SDK 1.2 and WSS 3.0 SDK 1.2...!
What does this give you:?
When is this useful?
All in all that's about it but this does give you a new lower cost of deployment for MOSS 07 with your customers.
We are very proud to announce a major update to the MOSS and WSS Software Development Kit (SDK) downloads. You can install them from the following locations:
· MOSS 2007 SDK 1.2. Includes Conceptual and Class Library Reference documentation, Web Services documentation, and Developer Tools and Samples for MOSS and WSS. See below for a detailed breakdown what’s new in this release.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6D94E307-67D9-41AC-B2D6-0074D6286FA9&displaylang=en
· WSS 3.0 SDK 1.2. Includes Conceptual and Class Library Reference documentation, Web Services documentation, and Developer Tools and Samples for WSS technology only. See below for a detailed breakdown what’s new in this release.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=05E0DD12-8394-402B-8936-A07FE8AFAFFD&displaylang=en
Go play - enjoy!
It's a little rare that Microsoft is seen to be ungeeking technology for people - but thinking about it broadly this is what we do day in and day out. Check out this thoughtful article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer about our HPC offering with CCS:
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCERhttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/327033_supercomputers.html Supercomputing not just for geeks Last updated August 9, 2007 6:29 p.m. PT By STAN AHALT Once the exclusive domain of a handful of well-funded companies, supercomputing is increasingly becoming accessible, scalable and affordable to companies of all sizes, budgets and needs. As of last week, the same technological marvel that first enabled a machine to triumph over humanity's greatest chess player can now be had from the same company that has become the dominant name in desktop computing. At the recent International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden, Germany, Microsoft announced its rollout of high performance computing for an amazing out-of-the-box price of $50,000 -- a fraction of its cost decades ago. Although it is a late-entry player in the market, Microsoft's vision is that an emerging market of smaller companies will soon see the need and benefits of supercomputing, or high-performance computing. What does supercomputing for the masses mean? Developments mark a supercomputing milestone that could result in enormous mainstream benefits including revitalization of the ailing manufacturing sector. Researchers, academics and engineers from smaller organizations will be able to tap into vastly increased computing power to test hypotheses, prototype products, cut production costs and design better processes for anything from assembly lines to document tracking. The consequence will be a full-spectrum surge of innovation and scientific advancement. Long before Microsoft's announcement, HPC was already moving beyond its traditional functions in meteorology and astrophysics. The Pringles factory takes advantage of supercomputing aerodynamic analysis to improve the way potato chips fly off the assembly line. Supercomputing simulations have reduced the amount of money that Goodyear has spent on physical tire prototypes from 40 percent to 15 percent. Meanwhile, golf club manufacturer Ping is using supercomputing to simulate and test new designs. The engineers behind these applications know that supercomputers are fast becoming the best way to perform that quintessential American task: Make it better and make it faster. Supercomputers can help create new markets, new opportunities and new jobs in the U.S. Simulation makes choosing between alternative processing methods far easier. Better analysis and documentation of capabilities helps with efficiency. Improved factory and workflow layouts increase productivity. All those factors can dramatically improve a company's bottom line and increase its competitive edge in the global marketplace and will play an increasingly crucial role in maintaining the competitiveness of U.S. industry. Admittedly, many Rust Belt companies aren't well positioned to dive into the supercomputing revolution on their own. That's why such programs as the Blue Collar Computing Initiative are helping small and medium-size businesses adopt supercomputing tools. With more computing horsepower for design simulations, engineers can be bolder and more inventive in their ideas, while avoiding the endless repetition of trial-and-error prototypes. The freedom to branch out from proven, safe solutions will be vital for exciting breakthroughs in the next decades. Congress is now considering legislation that would expand the successful Blue Collar Computing Initiative and help reduce the risk to companies willing to take a leap into the technological future. Ohio's Sen. George Voinovich and Rep. Tim Ryan are leading a bipartisan effort to make high performance computing resources more widely available to small businesses and manufacturers. Anyone concerned about the United States' ever-rising trade deficit and shrinking manufacturing base should give this legislation serious consideration. This effort would pave the way for new supercomputing centers to be created across the country. These centers would assist small businesses in finding areas where supercomputing could help them stay competitive, as well as develop software specifically designed to meet the needs of small businesses. Sad to say, without a serious push into new technologies such as supercomputing, the U.S. is likely to see continued erosion in our industrial sector. Supercomputing will help us compete through brains, not brawn. It will also help revitalize the nation's leadership in the critical areas of computational science, engineering and product design. Without smart intervention now, we'll be left lagging as other countries leapfrog ahead using affordable, powerful computing to increase their efficiency and maximize the impact of innovative thinking. Just as the ATM has replaced the bank teller, desktop supercomputing simulations will begin replacing physical testing labs and transforming old-fashioned heavy industry into light, adaptable and efficient businesses for the future. The democratization of supercomputing is happening, is U.S. enterprise ready? Stanley Ahalt is executive director of the Ohio Supercomputer Center, a technology initiative of the Ohio Board of Regents.
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCERhttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/327033_supercomputers.html
Supercomputing not just for geeks
Last updated August 9, 2007 6:29 p.m. PT
By STAN AHALT
Once the exclusive domain of a handful of well-funded companies, supercomputing is increasingly becoming accessible, scalable and affordable to companies of all sizes, budgets and needs. As of last week, the same technological marvel that first enabled a machine to triumph over humanity's greatest chess player can now be had from the same company that has become the dominant name in desktop computing.
At the recent International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden, Germany, Microsoft announced its rollout of high performance computing for an amazing out-of-the-box price of $50,000 -- a fraction of its cost decades ago. Although it is a late-entry player in the market, Microsoft's vision is that an emerging market of smaller companies will soon see the need and benefits of supercomputing, or high-performance computing.
What does supercomputing for the masses mean?
Developments mark a supercomputing milestone that could result in enormous mainstream benefits including revitalization of the ailing manufacturing sector.
Researchers, academics and engineers from smaller organizations will be able to tap into vastly increased computing power to test hypotheses, prototype products, cut production costs and design better processes for anything from assembly lines to document tracking. The consequence will be a full-spectrum surge of innovation and scientific advancement.
Long before Microsoft's announcement, HPC was already moving beyond its traditional functions in meteorology and astrophysics. The Pringles factory takes advantage of supercomputing aerodynamic analysis to improve the way potato chips fly off the assembly line. Supercomputing simulations have reduced the amount of money that Goodyear has spent on physical tire prototypes from 40 percent to 15 percent. Meanwhile, golf club manufacturer Ping is using supercomputing to simulate and test new designs.
The engineers behind these applications know that supercomputers are fast becoming the best way to perform that quintessential American task: Make it better and make it faster. Supercomputers can help create new markets, new opportunities and new jobs in the U.S. Simulation makes choosing between alternative processing methods far easier. Better analysis and documentation of capabilities helps with efficiency. Improved factory and workflow layouts increase productivity. All those factors can dramatically improve a company's bottom line and increase its competitive edge in the global marketplace and will play an increasingly crucial role in maintaining the competitiveness of U.S. industry.
Admittedly, many Rust Belt companies aren't well positioned to dive into the supercomputing revolution on their own. That's why such programs as the Blue Collar Computing Initiative are helping small and medium-size businesses adopt supercomputing tools.
With more computing horsepower for design simulations, engineers can be bolder and more inventive in their ideas, while avoiding the endless repetition of trial-and-error prototypes. The freedom to branch out from proven, safe solutions will be vital for exciting breakthroughs in the next decades.
Congress is now considering legislation that would expand the successful Blue Collar Computing Initiative and help reduce the risk to companies willing to take a leap into the technological future. Ohio's Sen. George Voinovich and Rep. Tim Ryan are leading a bipartisan effort to make high performance computing resources more widely available to small businesses and manufacturers. Anyone concerned about the United States' ever-rising trade deficit and shrinking manufacturing base should give this legislation serious consideration.
This effort would pave the way for new supercomputing centers to be created across the country. These centers would assist small businesses in finding areas where supercomputing could help them stay competitive, as well as develop software specifically designed to meet the needs of small businesses. Sad to say, without a serious push into new technologies such as supercomputing, the U.S. is likely to see continued erosion in our industrial sector. Supercomputing will help us compete through brains, not brawn. It will also help revitalize the nation's leadership in the critical areas of computational science, engineering and product design. Without smart intervention now, we'll be left lagging as other countries leapfrog ahead using affordable, powerful computing to increase their efficiency and maximize the impact of innovative thinking.
Just as the ATM has replaced the bank teller, desktop supercomputing simulations will begin replacing physical testing labs and transforming old-fashioned heavy industry into light, adaptable and efficient businesses for the future.
The democratization of supercomputing is happening, is U.S. enterprise ready?
Stanley Ahalt is executive director of the Ohio Supercomputer Center, a technology initiative of the Ohio Board of Regents.
Nice!
Loved this post up on TechRepublic:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=208
And guess what the number 1 reason is....yep you guessed it Enterprise Search!
Sipping a nice glass of red on Sunday this article caught my eye:
Interesting views on the role of the Quant during the current market tumult...no mention of the actual tools use but guess what - they can all involve CCS.
Live Webcast: Take Back Your Weekends Investment Analytics Webinar - Capital Markets - September 12, 2007 What: Live customer facing webcast focused on solution components: WCCS and Excel and Excel Services When: September 12, 2007, 9:00 PDT/12:00pm EST Where: Live Webcast – through Live Meeting Register Here Why: Learn how Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 provides a cost-effective solution that allows analysts to spend more time analyzing complex data sets to make better decisions. Integration with mainstream applications, such as Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Excel Services, enables firms to prototype on a client computer while enabling production deployment on server Live Webcast: Investment Analytics: Take Back Your Weekends: --Event ID: 1032346010 Please join us and learn how Microsoft high performance computing tools can help solve some of your time-and energy-consuming computational problems. Also during this session, some of our partners will discuss how they have used the Microsoft tools to create exceptional software solutions for investment analysis. Presented by: Dr. Mark Horvath, Director, Engineer, Worldwide Financial Services Industry, Microsoft Corporation Dr. Horvath provides technical expertise on strategy and solutions delivery in the securities industry where he takes particular interest in enterprise payment solutions, high performance computing and algorithmic trading. Mark holds degrees in Physics and Astronomy from the Pennsylvania University and the University of Massachusetts.
Live Webcast: Take Back Your Weekends Investment Analytics Webinar - Capital Markets - September 12, 2007
What: Live customer facing webcast focused on solution components: WCCS and Excel and Excel Services
When: September 12, 2007, 9:00 PDT/12:00pm EST
Where: Live Webcast – through Live Meeting Register Here
Why: Learn how Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 provides a cost-effective solution that allows analysts to spend more time analyzing complex data sets to make better decisions. Integration with mainstream applications, such as Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Excel Services, enables firms to prototype on a client computer while enabling production deployment on server
Live Webcast: Investment Analytics: Take Back Your Weekends: --Event ID: 1032346010
Please join us and learn how Microsoft high performance computing tools can help solve some of your time-and energy-consuming computational problems. Also during this session, some of our partners will discuss how they have used the Microsoft tools to create exceptional software solutions for investment analysis.
Presented by: Dr. Mark Horvath, Director, Engineer, Worldwide Financial Services Industry, Microsoft Corporation
Dr. Horvath provides technical expertise on strategy and solutions delivery in the securities industry where he takes particular interest in enterprise payment solutions, high performance computing and algorithmic trading. Mark holds degrees in Physics and Astronomy from the Pennsylvania University and the University of Massachusetts.
Two great case studies out of the UK showing our progress with HPC in the UK:
ISV bets against open source and doubles revenues · https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000382 Integrated HPC platform against climate change · https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000122
ISV bets against open source and doubles revenues
· https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000382
Integrated HPC platform against climate change
· https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000122
Looking forward to many more!
Enjoy
A number of partners want to pursue a dual boot strategy to increase CCS penetration in the market, our academic promotion will make heavy use of the approach to encourage faculty and students to experiment with CCE on existing hardware. This whitepaper is going to be a huge it in the community.
Windows Compute Cluster Server and Linux Dual Boot
Happy Reading!