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  • 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: Level 300 Technical Training for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - get it now online!

    Mike P_1
    Interested in Enterprise Search in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007? - check out this level 300 technical training from TechEd in Boston last Summer: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032298160&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US Overview...
    on 1 Nov 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: 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: 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: Offtopic - Humour and Irony - Laser ice levelling - nice!

    Mike P_1
    Have to love the technology used to level the runway in Antarctica for the first regular link down there from Oz.....cannot help thinking about the irony of landing a plane on the ice in order to study the environment....lol Good weekend all!
    on 11 Jan 2008

  • 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: Tech Links for MOSS 07...video, demo, and links!

    Mike P_1
    So with the release of MOSS 07 to technet and MSDN, there is some cool collateral for developers and IT Pros. One of the simple articles I like is the new features in MOSS 07, here: http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/527763c3-90a5-4d3b-9781-fc9580314a2d1033.mspx From surfing around I...
    on 6 Dec 2006

  • 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: 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

  • Blog Post: Shiny new MOSS 2007 site from Content & Code!

    Mike P_1
    Nice! Check it out!
    on 21 Sep 2007

  • Blog Post: Little gem of delight for you HPC gurus...!

    Mike P_1
    Great news on the HPC e-learning side around new webcasts for Schlumberger and ESi working with Microsoft CCS: Live HPC Webcast: High Performance Computing for Oil and Gas with Schlumberger’s ECLIPSE on Windows Compute Cluster Server. April 17, 2007 * 11:00am PST Join us for an informative...
    on 19 Mar 2007

  • Blog Post: Sword SharePoint event on Financial Services Compliance

    Mike P_1
    Cool new event - check it out: SharePoint Deployment in Financial Services - Alleviating the burden of compliance and TCF Friday 2nd May 2008, Microsoft Offices - Victoria, London SWORD's SharePoint Consultancy is chairing this forthcoming event in association with Contrast Training . This free morning...
    on 11 Apr 2008