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November 2006 - Posts

Want a great update on what is in Vista - great review and update from the BBC..!

Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:40 PM by Mike P
Liked this view on the new bits in Vista from the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6160327.stm Check out this section: and of course this bit: but I really like this: Have to say the files and folders search is sooooo nice – makes you feel like Read More...
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Link to the Oil and Gas Event Site for Fluent and 2 great Windows CCS Partners!

Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:36 PM by Mike P
Here’s a link to the Oil & Gas Fluent site with some of the other great partners who were there: http://www.fluent.com/worldwide/europe/events/iocc_06/index.htm The following are well worth checking out: & Enjoy! Read More...
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Oil & Gas Conference with Fluent - how to snap your back in one go with 120Kg of Windows Cluster!

Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:33 PM by Mike P
So you know some days start better than others – well today it started by Dr. Michael Newberry and I carrying a 64 node cluster from Tyan (thanks to Mark Burnett of Tyan who kindly leant us the cluster) onto the HQS Wekkington on the Thames - we nearly Read More...
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Zune in #2 slot for portable digital player market...not bad after first 4 days of sales!

Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:18 PM by Mike P
With all the popular bashing of the Zune going on at the moment you have to ask yourself a couple of things: 1. Have you test driven the product? 2. Have you seen the actual numbers for the first week of launch? Nice article from CNN on the launch and Read More...
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Like to track your Wind Levels - check out this cool Vistagadget...!

Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:28 PM by Mike P
So a few of my close friends will know that I am quite keen on sailing – with the huge momentum behind Vista at the moment imagine how pleased I was to see this Vista Gadget come out specifically for sailors: You can change the location to any one Read More...
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Make more $$$ with Microsoft - understand where we can help you!

Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:09 PM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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Want to Port your code to WCCS 2003 - Free labs coming up in Europe and US!!

Posted Tuesday, November 28, 2006 9:19 AM by Mike P
Interested in porting code to run on Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003? Want to get best practices, talk direct to the hpc experts from Redmond, and understand the full roadmap for Microsoft in the HPC space – then this training is for you! This training Read More...
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Free: SharePoint 2007 Resource DVD - why it's useful to own and how I use them...!

Posted Monday, November 27, 2006 10:13 PM by Mike P
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://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc Read More...
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CCS Pricing....on the web...great resource for understanding how toprice Windows Compute Cluster Server!

Posted Monday, November 27, 2006 6:20 PM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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More Live Ads in the press....check out page 18 of the Sunday Times!

Posted Sunday, November 26, 2006 10:15 PM by Mike P
Another nice ad in the Sunday Times from the Live Team – cool stuff, this time a mix of the other 4 ads... Also – a nice article about the cool new functionality I blogged about a few weeks back around 3d mapping: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2471965.html Read More...
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Nuns on the run on the tinterweb...

Posted Sunday, November 26, 2006 10:07 PM by Mike P
Leafing through my copy of the Sunday Times today this story made me smile about Nuns blogging: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2471917.html The parallels to what the nuns are doing in giving us a review of their habits (sorry couldn’t Read More...
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Personality Test - Quite Amusing results...here're mine!

Posted Friday, November 24, 2006 4:23 PM by Mike P
Right so I am often sceptical about these things but I have never seen them come out in a graphical way. Apparently I am a Benevolent Builder, hmmm! The immediate feedback from my brothers isn't really printable here :-) Benevolent Builder All very interesting Read More...
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Fantastic Oil & Gas video from Schlumberger Sema - Microsoft CCS inaction...nice and simple - nice and clear!

Posted Friday, November 24, 2006 1:16 PM by Mike P
I saw this the other day and had forgotten to post it until now – SchlumbergerSema have done some great work with CCS 2003 and delivered a great video talking about the benefits of CCS and their proposition in the Oil and Gas Industry: http://workshop.hutchhouse.com/schlumberger/v3/ Read More...
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Great video on HPC Fluid Dynamics used in Yacht Design...cool stuff from the French!

Posted Thursday, November 23, 2006 9:24 PM by Mike P
Now I absolutely love sailing and so it was very cool to see this video showing fluid dynamics working in the yacht design industry for the Americas Cup. Check out this video: http://www.rocketscientism.com/AREVA/ Enjoy! Read More...
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More ads from the Metro all about Live.com!

Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:44 PM by Mike P
And there’s more... Great work guys.... Read More...
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If you are in London today check out the Metro....Live.com advertising!

Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:42 PM by Mike P
Some great advertising by our Live.com team today in the Metro – really nice ads: Will post the next 2 pages in a sec... Nice! Read More...
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It's Zune time - homma homma!!!

Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2006 5:13 PM by Mike P
A good friend was sat in the London office today and hopped over to show me his Zune....just 24 hours to go and mine will be firmly in my sweaty little paw – Hurray! I may well have to bore you about how cool they are....first impressions: - Smaller Read More...
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Search Course registration link - you saw it here first!!

Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1:23 PM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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MOM Pack available for Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003!

Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1:17 PM by Mike P
Great news we have just announced a MOM pack for WCCS 2003 – want to be among the first to get it, then go here now: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78279 . So what does it do, here’s what it says in the site – yes a blatant cut Read More...
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HPC Through the Ages - Great funny Video for Friday viewing...check it out..

Posted Friday, November 17, 2006 9:40 AM by Mike P
So you all probably know that we dream up these videos showing development of software over the years and then what happens when Microsoft enters the market – this one is ever so slightly biased in our direction rather surprisingly J SC06 or Bust With Read More...
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How does HPC affect your everyday lives....check out this Video showcasing Prof Simon Cox from Southampton University

Posted Friday, November 17, 2006 9:24 AM by Mike P
I wish I had seen this when I kicked off my work around the channel in HPC – really cool information in plain English (almost..:-)) about how HPC affects our everyday lives. Say goodbye to geek and say hello to your Mum or boss understanding what you Read More...
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Less High Performance Computing more High Performance Eating....

Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:32 PM by Mike P
One box down...more to come! Marvellous! Read More...
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Quite possibly the best thing to happen in the world all week..

Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:50 PM by Mike P
Well alright maybe not – but now I am very very excited.... Now, who will be the first to get theirs me or Steve C aka the Geek in Disguise (http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/default.aspx) .... J Read More...
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OpenSource and HPC..dangerous regarding IP...Have your say?

Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:15 PM by Mike P
Right so today saw a very interesting announcement in the Bangkok Post about OpenSource and Intellectual Property. Now I have lived in the Middle East, US and a few countries in Europe and found these views at a national level quite interesting especially Read More...
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Had me crying with laughter...race horses, flocks of chickens and harnessing huskies :-)

Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:16 PM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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Free Champagne....to the winner of this simple competition..!

Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:10 PM by Mike P
Right so the winner is the person who does the following: 1. Reads my previous blog on nags, chucks and huskies: Had me crying with laughter...race horses, flocks of chickens and harnessing huskies :-) 2. Posts a comment on this blog with the best analogy Read More...
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Unshamedly stolen from Steve Lamb's great Security blog....cheers Stephen!

Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 9:24 PM by Mike P
As the title suggest this content is not at all mine but it’s so great it’s worth posting here too! Thanks Stephen for the content: Don't forget the free ISA webcast week - you'll learn how to protect Exchange, IIS, Sharepoint and critical Read More...
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Securing SharePoint - best practices and what is Forefront...something rude, a pest spray or something else??

Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 9:19 PM by Mike P
Forefront Security for SharePoint So this morning I pinged a mail to some of my colleagues over in the Security group – it was some random thing which they generally still humour me on....it remind me about an important aspect of IT that i haven’t Read More...
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Announcement: Hands on Enterprise Search Course coming up..!

Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 9:50 AM by Mike P
Righty ho – (not yo, ho, ho quite yet..) check out this great Enterprise Search course coming up. The course consists of 8 hours of hands on how do you do it stuff! We will be running 5 of these courses from December and running 1 per month – have a good Read More...
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Getting hassle about your non-existent Christmas list...try this as the perfect way to sort out that crucial list!!

Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:47 AM by Mike P
Right so a friend of mine showed me this after a chat in the pub, where we were both being nagged about not letting our relatives know what we wanted for Christmas: http://www.alliwantforchristmas.com/ Perfect solution – have to admit I did get Read More...
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Zune launches - Some very cool media comments...will it continue?

Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 10:12 PM by Mike P
Well for one I hope so!! These are some of the comments we are seeing in the press at the moment: “Brown is extremely fashionable now. Many people say it's the new black…’Brown in the past has been somewhat earth-related… It's been grounded and practical. Read More...
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Syndicated Live Search being adopted by websites - check out the Register using LiveSearch!

Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 10:57 AM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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Microsoft and Bull Put High-Performance Computing Within Reach...momentum building!

Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 4:49 PM by Mike P
Quick bit from the press release: Microsoft and Bull Put High-Performance Computing Within Reach Bull adopts Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. PARIS — 9 Nov 2006 — Microsoft Corp and Bull SAS, one of Europe's largest information technology Read More...
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Microsoft and Tyan Partner for HPC Relationship - another hardware provider on the block!!

Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:03 PM by Mike P
So I dont know if it is me, but there appears to be a new partner every ten minutes in the HPC space such is the pace of change in this market. This time Tyan an HPC OEM has brought out the Typhoon using Microsoft’s Compute Cluster Server 2003! Read more Read More...
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Free Search training for first 600 partners...!

Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:32 PM by Mike P
Are you a member of the QuickStart for Microsoft Search? Are you a Microsoft Partner? If so, there is some new training up there which will help you to get the brand new Search specialisation under the IW Competency. Check it out today on: https://www.quickstartmicrosoftsearch.com/login/signin.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fPages%2fDefault.aspx Read More...
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See if this works...BlogRMail with Tags and Photos...

Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 6:24 PM by Mike P
Seriously cool new application – blogging is just sending e-mail now! Kudos to Steve for the find: http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/default.aspx Published with BlogMailr Read More...
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Moments in your life when you go WOW!

Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:27 PM by Mike P
Right so before you start saying something like XYZ company had this X months ago - check out how very very very very cool this 3D visualisation is of your town or City on local live.com: http://local.live.com/Default.aspx?enc=0 So how good is it, and Read More...
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Video from Frank Chism HPC technical speacialist of 41 years...check it out!

Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:10 PM by Mike P
Great video from an industry guru of 41 years Frank Chism - good investment of 20 minutes! http://port25.technet.com/archive/2006/10/18/Introducing-Frank-Chism_3A00_--High-Performace-Computing-Blogger-on-Port-25.aspx The bits I loved from this were: Frank Read More...
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HPC - The way all computing will look...

Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:56 PM by Mike P
So I have blatantly just taken that headline from a post on Port25 by Michael Freedman a Distinguished Engineer from Santa Barbara. He wrote the following which perfectly captures what Microsoft are doing in the HPC space and why we are entering this Read More...
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Port 25 v2 Upgrade - Live!

Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:43 PM by Mike P
Kudos to the Port25 team who have redesigned their site so it's far more imaginative, easier to read and interact with. Check it out for yourself here: http://port25.technet.com/ For those new to Port25 this is the place where Microsoft puts all it's Read More...
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Simple syndicated live.com Search option for public facing websites..!

Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 11:10 AM by Mike P
Windows Live Search Box : We just launched Windows Live Search Box , designed for Web site owners and bloggers who want to quickly add customized search capability to their site. The search box enables visitors to search your site, the Web, or any other Read More...
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Make a difference or go home...that's the polite version!

Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:59 PM by Mike P
So Steve ( http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/default.aspx ) got his friend Hugh Macleod to put the following together: Regardless of your passion for different technologies the sentiments I absolutely subscribe to, namely: (Start Rant) Dont bother coming Read More...
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Windows Cluster Resource Centre: University of Southampton and Microsoft Research working together!

Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:43 PM by Mike P
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 eye were Read More...
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Zane Adam (Director in the HPC team) discusses the future of Windows CCS 2003...Virtual Tech-Ed Video!

Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:29 PM by Mike P
Great little video here by the Virtual TechEd team showcasing Zane Adam talking about Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 at launch! http://virtualteched.com/archive/2006/06/09/56.aspx Enjoy! Read More...
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Queens University uses Compute Cluster Server for bringing HPC to mass research..!

Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 10:57 PM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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Zune Desktop download yours now!

Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 3:29 PM by Mike P
Get yours from here: Zune desktop theme (1.64mb) Read More...
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IDC - The Hidden Costs of Information Work - get the article here and MS Commentary!

Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 8:36 PM by Mike P
So in many of the Search posts I have written I refer to a whitepaper by IDC called 'The Hidden Costs of Information Work', we cannot give this to you for free unfortunately for IDC licensing reasons - but for those who do wish to review it, IDC make Read More...
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Beyond Search: Unleashing the Value of Business Information ....the MS story succinctly..!

Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 8:24 PM by Mike P
So sometimes the hardest thing to do with a customer is to deliver the compelling business case as to why they should deploy a given solution. The options they have on the table are vast from different market players: Google, Endeca, FST so Microsoft Read More...
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Level 300 Technical Training for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - get it now online!

Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 5:17 PM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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Resources and proof points for HPC partners and customers...gaining momentum!

Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 5:06 PM by Mike P
Hi All, So sat here listening to Giovanni Marchetti wax lyrical at the High Performance Computing technical deep dive session. Some of the examples he is using is the work we have done at BAE and Queens. If you fancy some great proof points around the Read More...
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