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December 2006 - Posts

The business benefit of taxonomy based search in MOSS 07 with Smartlogic

Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 5:28 PM by Mike P
So here we have a great example of a real difficulty faced by local government councils today. One of the roles of the council is to deliver information to citizens in a manner that is cost efficient and helps people to stay aware of issues effecting Read More...
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Smartlogic Test Library...screenshot of a cool app!

Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 5:01 PM by Mike P
So following on from the last post you can see here what the document library woudl start to look like with all the classified documents: In the next post I will show the impact that organising documents will have on the user experience of a website or Read More...
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Great ISV showing how to add value to MOSS 07..deeper document classification!

Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 4:57 PM by Mike P
So occasionally it's a pleasure in Microsoft to work with some cool ISVs who add value to our platform by adding features that we havent implemented, one of these partners is Smartlogic. I wanted to share some of the screenshots of their cool demos showing Read More...
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Ray Ozzie on techNet....nice video and insight into Microsoft

Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:11 AM by Mike P
Some nice videos on CNET at the moment, check out this one from Ray Ozzie, the chap who is taking over from BillG as Chief Software Architect at Microsoft: http://news.com.com/1606-2-6134071.html?tag=st.rb Scenario based design...a nice resume! Enjoy Read More...
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Funniest thing I have seen all year...Elf Yourself..

Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:04 AM by Mike P
One of my good friends Jon Poynton has highlighted not only this great website but his aptitude at using Digital Image Suite by taking a picture of Steve Clayton aka 'The Geek in Disguise' and delivering the following superb entertainment: http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=ce8cfadac3268e564d18756G06122100 Read More...
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Saw this on CNET - Goofiest tech moves of 2006

Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:54 AM by Mike P
These round ups always serve as a good reminder of the year that has been :) Security implications of confidential information Removal of Pluto from the planets Interests in Consumer gadgets and how excited people get about them :) http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6144305.html?tag=ne.video.6134071 Read More...
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MOSS 07 Voodoo...well actually crawling and indexing technology explained - great download!

Posted Sunday, December 17, 2006 10:09 PM by Mike P
I have received a few comments on the 'hows' behind the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 magic on crawling and indexing of content. Now contrary to popular belief the technology is not entirely based on voodoo but some rather clever technology Read More...
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SharePoint 2007 Enterprise Search: Screenshots - Great Legal customer testament!

Posted Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:24 PM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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From the news today...check out the comparison with IBMs Omnifind here:

Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 5:23 PM by Mike P
Following hot on the news of the IBM story with Yahoo today (See earlier post) some more of you might like to read the product comparison with IBMs Omniview here: Product Comparison by 'Technology and Business' on Google, Microsoft, IBM and ISYS....check Read More...
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IBM Omnifind and Yahoo team up.....love it when industries warm up!

Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 5:21 PM by Mike P
So some of you may have seen this news today about IBM and Yahoo teaming up around their desktop and enterprise search products..you can see some of the initial news here: CNET here: http://news.com.com/IBM+and+Yahoo+team+up+on+corporate+search/2100-1038_3-6143269.html?tag=nefd.top Read More...
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Product Comparison by 'Technology and Business' on Google, Microsoft, IBM and ISYS....check out these results!

Posted Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:57 PM by Mike P
My colleague James posted an interesting article on a set of comparisons that Techology and Business did between the: Google Mini ISYS Desktop Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 beta (:-)) IBMs Omnifind v8.3 Some interesting insights into the different Read More...
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Offtopic: First Direct - The Comedy Bank get in the Christmas Spirit

Posted Saturday, December 09, 2006 10:31 AM by Mike P
Saw a friend using First Direct this morning and this is their Christmas message to their customers - nice :-) Seen any alternative banking humour? Read More...
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Friday Humour: Dilbert legacy systems...what happens when the architect leaves!

Posted Friday, December 08, 2006 10:35 AM by Mike P
Raised a smile :-) Read More...
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Seriously cool check this our Windows Live Expo - Public Beta and it's cooool!

Posted Thursday, December 07, 2006 7:57 PM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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Very cool - want to upgrade your Zune to 80Gb...read on :-)

Posted Thursday, December 07, 2006 7:28 PM by Mike P
Hmmm think I have another gift to ask Santa for, check out this cool 80Gb upgrade for your Zune: http://www.ipodmods.com/shop/microsoft-zune-parts.html Nice work guys! Read More...
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Not often you get to see 300 XBOXs in one go...check this out!

Posted Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:30 PM by Mike P
Okay so there I was leaving work and check out what I saw....300 XBOX classics all sat lonely on a pallette. So I did a little research and found out that these were all from the testing division and used for testing games and console additions during Read More...
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Great news for Microsoft Action Pack subscribers - product list for Jan 10th Action pack...!

Posted Wednesday, December 06, 2006 6:49 PM by Mike P
Quick post - we have just got news of the set of goodies in the Action Pack coming out on January 10th, this includes: • Windows Vista Business • Microsoft® Office Enterprise 2007 • Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 • Microsoft Office Outlook® Read More...
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Blimey...child arrested for opening presents early...yo ho ho..seasons greetings to you all :-)

Posted Wednesday, December 06, 2006 2:18 PM by Mike P
Just seen this on the BBC Technology site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6213012.stm Nothing quite like good cheer is there! Blimey... Read More...
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Windows Live Academic...check it out - wish I had this doing my BSc...!

Posted Wednesday, December 06, 2006 1:53 PM by Mike P
So on the subject of Search and books - some of you may have seen the Windows Live Academic for searching Academic journals, hadnt seen this before personally but liked the impact, check it our for yourself here: http://academic.live.com/ Now if you are Read More...
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Live Search: check out the library from the comfort of your sofa!

Posted Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:50 AM by Mike P
So I saw this in development a few months ago and am delighted to see that from tomorrow (Thursday 6th December 2006) you will be able to search non-copyright books from the comfort of your sofa. In resume we have taken works from the following: British Read More...
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Tech Links for MOSS 07...video, demo, and links!

Posted Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:17 PM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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Machine Evaluation Workshop in Daresbury...MS exhibiting now!

Posted Tuesday, December 05, 2006 8:54 PM by Mike P
No need to introduce the Machine Evaluation Workshop to many of you in the HPC space but for those that aren't you can read all about it here: http://www.cse.clrc.ac.uk/disco/mew17/mew17.html Microsoft are up there pitting our wits against the best of Read More...
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What can you do in the Virtual Earth SDK...here's what!

Posted Tuesday, December 05, 2006 3:54 PM by Mike P
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: Read More...
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Virtual Earth Technology: SDK Release use for your website today!

Posted Tuesday, December 05, 2006 3:53 PM by Mike P
Surrounding this whole Search plan at Microsoft is a plan to link together a whole set of technologies to allow businesses to better communicate and engage with their customers. I have written before about the local Government initiatives that partners Read More...
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Want some help adding Live Search to your websites - great msdn article!

Posted Monday, December 04, 2006 9:53 AM by Mike P
So a little while ago I told you all how you can add Live Search functionality to your internet websites, and then told you about how Register had done exactly that: 1. For Live Search Syndication : I blogged this about a month ago: Simple syndicated Read More...
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Zune: Boy did I like the sight of this...at last - love it, sooooo good!

Posted Sunday, December 03, 2006 4:57 PM by Mike P
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