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  • Blog Post: Search Course registration link - you saw it here first!!

    Mike P_1
    As I posted last week the hands on Enterprise Search course is now available for registration here: http://www.microsoft.co.uk/events/eventdetail.aspx?eventid=8586 The course content can be viewed here: Announcement: Hands on Enterprise Search Course coming up..! Enjoy!
    on 21 Nov 2006

  • Blog Post: iFilters - how to write as well as how to use in managed code!

    Mike P_1
    So we have had some questions from partners wanting to understand how to write iFilters for SharePoint etc James Akrigg our Partner Technical Specialist for Search has found the following handy links: Using iFilters to get the text from file formats so that you can process just text and I have...
    on 18 Aug 2006

  • Blog Post: Don't wait for Search and BI to become the same product - Gartner comments...

    Mike P_1
    It's an interesting report that looks at the BI and Search and how they will play together in the next year or so. The resume is: Dont expect one to takeover from the other BI and Search will work in tandem Recommendations: Demand integration from BI and Search vendors Don't implement BI and Search in...
    on 1 May 2007

  • Blog Post: Humour: Run a search for 'Search' and locate your nearest competitor - Google and MS :-)

    Mike P_1
    We have seen this for a while now but have been keeping stum for obvious reasons - story is if you type 'search' in google you get directed to the Microsoft Live Search site. CNET took this story over to Google & got their official commemts which made me smile, read the full article here: http...
    on 9 Oct 2006

  • Blog Post: Opportunity Of a Lifetime - Play at Wembley...?

    Mike P_1
    Quick post - do you fancy a dream come true by playing on the hallowed turf at Wembley? We had a channel team last year and raised over £59,000 for the Wooden Spoon Charity. Fancy taking part then....send a mail to Donna Chubb @ i-dchubb@microsoft.com with your bid - the top 15 bids will get to take...
    on 13 Feb 2008

  • Blog Post: Make more $$$ with Microsoft - understand where we can help you!

    Mike P_1
    Some of the Partner team here at Microsoft are hosting a day to help partners understand how they can make more cash from our new technology competency areas. Search will be included and I will be there to talk to partners and our Search plans and incentives for Partners – want to know more then...
    on 29 Nov 2006

  • Blog Post: Google Hype: Google maps - Great post on Virtual Earth, Live Search and mapping technologies by James Senior...check it out!

    Mike P_1
    Just a quick sign posting to James Senior's blog on mapping and the differing technologies from Google and Microsoft - check it out here: Google Hype: Google Maps Enjoy!
    on 24 Jan 2007

  • Blog Post: 10 reasons to deploy Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

    Mike P_1
    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! Enjoy!
    on 21 Aug 2007

  • Blog Post: F1 Visit for UK Partners & Search Launch for AdCentre

    Mike P_1
    So had a fantastic day today over at Williams F1 - Yes the Formula 1 racing team! http://www.rbswilliamsf1conferences.com/ The great news is if you are a UK Partner you will be able to get yourself an invite there too for our UK Partner days in just a few weeks! In doing so, find out more about...
    on 16 Aug 2006

  • Blog Post: Analyst and Press quotes on the recent Free Enterprise Search announcement

    Mike P_1
    A collection of nice quotes from the weeks news around MSS: Microsoft Unveils Free Enterprise Search : "Information workers waste as much as 9.5 hours each week on searches that don't turn up the right information, which can add up to millions of dollars in lost productivity every year," said Rob Gray...
    on 9 Nov 2007

  • Blog Post: Great Partner Innovation - Artemis and Rapid for SharePoint - new release!

    Mike P_1
    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 30 th July, Artemis officially launched the full version of RAPID for SharePoint for general availability...
    on 30 Aug 2007

  • Blog Post: The Future of Web Search

    Mike P_1
    A very simple post here, amazing work from the Microsoft Live Labs team - simple and really cool graphics using Silverlight. I love the following: The Halo skin (okay so I am a sucker!) The graphics around the different types of content search The accuracy and speed Try it out for yourself, I suspect...
    on 23 Oct 2007

  • Blog Post: Quick apology...

    Mike P_1
    Righty ho, so not being the most technical person in the world I have been trying out a few different blog writers/posting apps to varying success. My favorite was Live Writer until I realised that it does sometimes cut off URLs hence the apology to you all for some frustrating posts where you cannot...
    on 25 Feb 2007

  • Blog Post: Introduction..

    Mike P_1
    So this is a new blog focussing on two hot areas for Microsoft this year notably: Search and High Performance Computing. The target audience will be channel partners interested in engaging with Microsoft and learning more on where they can get resources to help. I promise that the majority of this blog...
    on 9 Aug 2006

  • Blog Post: Microsoft gives to charity every time you search - save this link and send to your friends!

    Mike P_1
    Give to nine million.org with every search. Each time you search here, Microsoft will contribute to nine million.org , a UN agency-led campaign providing education and sports programs for the nine million refugee youth around the world. http://click4thecause.live.com/Search/Charity/Default.aspx Set the...
    on 24 Jan 2007

  • Blog Post: The Google Effect...and Doris...we all need one!!

    Mike P_1
    Right so when you sit back and think of how business has been fundamentally changed I thought I would look at how human interaction has been immensely changed over the last few years. Lets take a simple scenario of looking to buy a holiday: 1. In the present day: You go to your favorite search engine...
    on 4 Oct 2006

  • Blog Post: Microsoft Search gaining credibility and seen as a compelling differentiator for Microsoft Partners... - read the report here!

    Mike P_1
    Sure some of you have seen this article in InfoToday about the Search offering in SPS 2007 - some great industry acknowledgements in here, some of the quotes are below but the link takes you to the full article! My favorite quote is the following: "If Microsoft makes this function part of SPS, it...
    on 20 Sep 2006

  • Blog Post: Is Google Enterprise Search a joke?

    Mike P_1
    Well that was the title of a recent ZDNet article - and there was one question in particular that Donna asked which caught my eye: How Google will specifically be able to significantly grow Google Enterprise revenues, given the core products have 1) low price points and 2) no services income stream?...
    on 21 May 2007

  • Blog Post: Announcing dates for the February, March and April Enterprise Search courses..

    Mike P_1
    Just a quickie to say that the dates for the Enterprise Search courses have been announced as follows: 23/02/2007 09:15 44CO003 - 2007 Microsoft Office System Enterprise Search Workshop 09/03/2007 09:15 44CO003 - 2007 Microsoft Office System Enterprise Search Workshop 23/03/2007 09:15 44CO003 - 2007...
    on 5 Feb 2007

  • Blog Post: Worldwide Partner Conference Registration Opens!

    Mike P_1
    So for those of you who were in Minneapolis last year you will know how amazing the Microsoft Partner Conference can be, this year we are doing it all again in Denver! Instead of banging on about how good it was I thought I would give you an insight on why I think the partner conference is good and what...
    on 18 Apr 2007

  • Blog Post: Reshuffle and Rebrand around Microsoft Search - Fantastic News....here's why...!!

    Mike P_1
    So there has been a little bit of a reshuffle in the Windows group in Corp and the search teams are now sitting under the Windows team and the 'Live' branding has been removed to sit solely with the Online Services Group (OSG). So all things Search that are inside the firewall, or in other words the...
    on 13 Oct 2006

  • Blog Post: Get help about the Microsoft Partner Programme direct from Instant Messenger - check out the PartnerBot today!

    Mike P_1
    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 me 'cos I was healthily sceptical but check out how...
    on 9 Feb 2007

  • Blog Post: Intel Servers that sapp less juice...

    Mike P_1
    Finding the energy performance of your servers gets you down, let alone costs you an arm and a leg, Intel may just have the answer? http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070312/20070312005400.html?.v=1 Press Release Source: Intel Corporation Intel Marks Energy-Efficient Milestone with 50-Watt, High...
    on 14 Mar 2007

  • Blog Post: Microsoft shows off improved search - the user dimension..

    Mike P_1
    Righty ho, so just seen a new story around some of the great Search technology coming out of Microsoft Research if you've not been there yet you can get insights into all the latest Microsoft Research projects here: http://research.microsoft.com/ Be careful though as these projects often vary greatly...
    on 10 Aug 2006

  • Blog Post: Scottish Innovation at it's best....so inspiring to spend some time in Glasgow and Edinburgh...learnings we can take from Google to bespoke system builders to new business start ups!

    Mike P_1
    Right so get yourself a digestive biccie and a nice cup of cocoa as I wax lyrical on some time in the Lowlands of Scotland. For those of you from an international bent, this is where I was for the last few days: http://maps.live.com/?q=edinburgh&mkt=en-gb&FORM=L... Both myself and the...
    on 7 Feb 2007