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  • Blog Post: What can you do in the Virtual Earth SDK...here's what!

    Mike P_1
    Okay so just a short post this one, wanted to highlight to you all the cool features in Virtual Earth that a colleague Vikas Arora highlighted to me. Imagine how these can add colour and stickiness to your website with the Virtual Earth SDK: I want to: Show a map Show the default map Show a specific...
    on 5 Dec 2006

  • Blog Post: CCS Pricing....on the web...great resource for understanding how toprice Windows Compute Cluster Server!

    Mike P_1
    So righty ho, I am sure some of you have been looking for this page and it is the US pricing page – I have given a gentle poke in the ribs to our UK Marketing chappie Michael Newberry to get a similar page up for the UK Partners but here’s a great resource for understanding how to price Windows...
    on 27 Nov 2006

  • Blog Post: Had me crying with laughter...race horses, flocks of chickens and harnessing huskies :-)

    Mike P_1
    Righty ho, so about a month ago a new product manager started in Microsoft UK called Dr. Michael Newberry – he’s a fantastic Australian and (being wary that there are more than a few Aussies reading this blog) I am looking forward hugely to the Ashes flying their way safely back with the winning English...
    on 15 Nov 2006

  • Blog Post: Colfax introduces cluster for HPC..

    Mike P_1
    Great to see the momentum building yet again with another OEM joining the Windows Compute Cluster fold - this time Colfax - see the story below: http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=1... Enjoy!
    on 1 Feb 2007

  • Blog Post: Financial Services Grid Initiative - Launched!

    Mike P_1
    Great news for the communities focusing on Financial Services and looking to bring the value of Compute Cluster Server to the mainstream volume FS customers. Check out the press release here. The remit of the community can be read here, the headline being: To deliver a single platform that can give...
    on 16 May 2007

  • Blog Post: Traditional HPC partners adopt dual Microsoft and Linux strategies..

    Mike P_1
    Nice to see further momentum in the HPC channel space with the recruitment of Paul Gwyther to OCF - check out the full article here and here Paul welcome to the team!
    on 21 May 2007

  • Blog Post: More technical posts on Search Express...thanks to Dave Overton!

    Mike P_1
    Some nice 'how to' posts from Dave Overton here all around Search Express - I do want to make it very clear that I had just put the finishing touches to an MSDN article all around the more technical side of Search Express actually no, you all know there isn't a technical bone in my body so here's some...
    on 19 Nov 2007

  • Blog Post: Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

    Mike P_1
    Awesome video on You Tube - check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE A few lines I loved in this: The web changes the way we do things It's not a machine, it is us and learns from us It connects people and joins communities Simple thoughts, nice simple message - cool! Enjoy!
    on 9 Mar 2007

  • Blog Post: Seriously cool check this our Windows Live Expo - Public Beta and it's cooool!

    Mike P_1
    So I have just received my invite to the new look Live Expo which has just gone Public Beta - great news 'cos now you can all have a look. First of all, what is it and what does it do: With Expo you can: Trade exclusively with those you trust, like your colleagues or schoolmates, using Expo Communities...
    on 7 Dec 2006

  • Blog Post: Guardian UK Article on 'When will I be able to have my own Supercomputer' - well now actually...

    Mike P_1
    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.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2012715,00.html (Something...
    on 19 Feb 2007

  • Blog Post: CCS and MSFT Share price...!

    Mike P_1
    So whilst we run the first user group for CCS at Microsoft, look what happens to the MSFT share price! Made me smile!
    on 27 Apr 2007

  • Blog Post: Queens University uses Compute Cluster Server for bringing HPC to mass research..!

    Mike P_1
    Read it all here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/5/e/85efe5ae-4700-4c39-8f06-2654bc644c1d/QueensU_ComputeCluster%20Case%20Study_Final.doc Some great benefits here including the following: Enabled less technical researchers to take advantage of the HPC capability Researchers learned...
    on 5 Nov 2006

  • Blog Post: A day in the life of SteveB..

    Mike P_1
    Some of you may have seen this but kind of cool to share again anyway! Here Enjoy!
    on 16 May 2007

  • Blog Post: Great ballmer video on Google and joining Microsoft

    Mike P_1
    Nice refreshing video here showing you a relaxed Steve and his views on Google as well as his joining process into Microsoft: Ballmer: Google's growth strategy is 'insane' Kind of cool and candid - hope you all have a great weekend! Enjoy!
    on 16 Mar 2007

  • Blog Post: SharePoint 2007 Enterprise Search: Screenshots - Great Legal customer testament!

    Mike P_1
    Sometimes from time to time it is great to see customers really getting into the power of some of the technology we bring to market. Tom Baldwin based in LA writes a cool blog about the technology aspects affecting his life in the legal world and has recently deployed Enterprise search with MOSS 07:...
    on 18 Dec 2006

  • Blog Post: Microsoft Enterprise Search comes of age!

    Mike P_1
    Why Search when you can find? Check out the great new web site that we are using in Microsoft UK to showcase Enterprise Search solutions using MOSS 07. Initially, I and a small team have delivered a single site that showcases the following: 1. A dozen customers from a dozen different verticals...
    on 8 Jun 2007

  • Blog Post: Sex in the City...

    Mike P_1
    Well okay then maybe just - Excel Services on CCS in the City... So you will have seen from previous posts the wealth of support we are seeing for Excel Services on CCS, this is another example of the way partners are reaching out to customers to demonstrate their capability in this space: ...
    on 22 May 2007

  • Blog Post: Inbound to Houston...check out digital WPC from your sofa

    Mike P_1
    I am lucky enough to be heading over to Houston along with around 500 partners from the UK and a host of Microsoft folks to learn what we have in store for partners next year. I always get a huge buzz from these types of events and feel energised as a result, I know from speaking to many of you - you...
    on 3 Jul 2008

  • Blog Post: MOSS in call centres - gotta love this quote!

    Mike P_1
    Sometimes I love the pure simplicity of how MOSS 07 can help a business, I met yesterday with the folks at Trinity who spoke about some of their great work at North Yorkshire County Council - it echoed a very similar conversation I had with our Director of Public Sector, Terry Smith not two weeks before...
    on 4 Jan 2008

  • Blog Post: Clustered Excel in FS...great article!

    Mike P_1
    Nice article here showing some of the cool stuff that Excel Services will deliver in the FS environment. Like the following slide: And the business benefit output is as follows: Out with the old and in with the new!
    on 3 May 2007

  • Blog Post: Fast plan to get into High End Enterprise Search...!

    Mike P_1
    Here are some more stories all around the FAST announcement yesterday - you have to love the manner in which the story is reported differently in the different media - Hats off to the IHT for using a picture of Bill Gates with Slash from Guns 'n' Roses to add just a touch of exotica to the story! The...
    on 9 Jan 2008

  • Blog Post: Microsoft HPC System leaps into the Top 500 - full datasheet to download

    Mike P_1
    Liked this: "I am pleased to see these new Top500 systems based on Windows Compute Cluster Server. The submissions underscore Microsoft’s profound interest in our community and prove that supercomputing can be done on Windows." Prof. Dr. Hans Werner Meuer, Co-Founder of the Top500 list The stats...
    on 1 Jul 2007

  • Blog Post: Microsoft wins over Linux servers...

    Mike P_1
    Hat tip to bink.nu for signposting the ZDNET article on Microsoft's success in the Compute Cluster space, the full article is here but have sliced out a few of the gems I like here: "We think that's fertile ground that nobody else has hoed yet," said Gartner analyst John Enck. "We were pretty skeptical...
    on 10 Apr 2007

  • Blog Post: Software Passion...or a means to an end...

    Mike P_1
    I have been waiting to write about software passion for a little while now, and just recently have had two great examples of Software Passion in Business: Attending the Partnering for the Future day at Microsoft Research Cambridge - we gathered a group of entrepreneurs together and spoke about the challenges...
    on 4 Apr 2007

  • Blog Post: Investment Analytics Seminar - Excel Services and WCCS

    Mike P_1
    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...
    on 16 Aug 2007