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January 2007 - Posts

HPC posts...headsup to whats coming up...

Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:13 PM by Mike P
Right so just a quickie to say I know the number of posts on HPC has been slow and I am absolutely aware of it! I have been working on some really cool documents from IBM, HP and Dell which will give their views and definitions of HPC as well as what Read More...
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Announcing: new set of webcasts for deploying SharePoint Search - great technical detailed webcasts!

Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 6:32 PM by Mike P
We have just announced a great set of webcasts for partner and customers looking to find out how to do the following: Plan and Deploy Search across the Enterprise Install and configure Microsoft Search Solutions Extend the search capabilities of Microsoft Read More...
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Screenshot of the British Library 'Turning pages Application' - Bill Gates own book by Leonardo da Vinci!!

Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:24 AM by Mike P
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WOW Moment: Leaf through Bill Gates 'Leonardo Da Vinci's Codex Leicester' on loan to the British Library!!

Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:21 AM by Mike P
So today Bill Gates helped with the consumer launch of Vista at the British Library. One of the amazing applications he demonstrated under an hour ago was the turning pages application created by Armadillo Systems. So get your hands on this fantastic Read More...
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Want to know why Virtual Earth over Google Maps...read on from a customer who made the switch!

Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 11:10 AM by Mike P
Redfin (a Seattle company - http://www.redfin.com ) just switched their AJAX search site over to use the Virtual Earth platform. Not only is that cool, but they did a very nice write up of it compared to Google’s mapping software which they previously Read More...
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Claire O'Halloran aka the Armadillo joins the Blogosphere...

Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 10:57 AM by Mike P
If you are interested in Software, Services & Next Generation Partnerships then head over to Claire's blog and check out her blog ramblings! http://blogs.msdn.com/armadillo/ Particularly liked the posts on What is this Web 2.0 thing? and Open Borders Read More...
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Need multilingual capabilities....look no further....whitepaper on multilingual capabilities of MOSS07

Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 10:29 AM by Mike P
So just had a mail from Anne Wallace a friend who works over in Redmond and is an absolute mine of information. She was highlighting this whitepaper which could be very interesting if you have customers with offices in many countries: http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/87065c9d-d39d-479d-909b-02160ec6d7791033.mspx Read More...
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Great Enterprise Search Case study - BBC...!

Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 9:05 AM by Mike P
Just seen this great case study of the BBC and their Enterprise Search work with Microsoft. Some of the great quotes I liked were the following: BBC Worldwide stated that: "Searching for information on the Internet is easy, but searching enterprise data Read More...
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Top tip - if you have another half who doesnt like getting out of bed in the morning...

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:25 PM by Mike P
Then just tell them it has been snowing - for some reason it only takes them 2 seconds to get out then :-) This was the gorgeous view we had this morning: Made me laugh all the way to the office! Read More...
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Microsoft gives to charity every time you search - save this link and send to your friends!

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:54 PM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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Google Hype: Google maps - Great post on Virtual Earth, Live Search and mapping technologies by James Senior...check it out!

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 1:24 PM by Mike P
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! Read More...
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Great comments sections on the value of Excel Services for HPC...check out the Xenomorph website!

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:36 PM by Mike P
The questions they are answering are the following: What do you see as the main benefits of Excel Services in financial markets? How do you see Excel Services fitting with Xenomorph’s TimeScape? What have Xenomorph done with Excel Services so far? How Read More...
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Technology Audit:SharePoint Server and SharePoint Server for Search 2007 ...great document from Butler Group - free download on ms.com!

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 10:40 AM by Mike P
Right so here I am refreshed from my holidays in New Zealand and Hong Kong...will post soon on the technology stuff I saw out there and some of the really cool gadgets in HK but thought this great whitepaper from butler Group was well worth highlighting Read More...
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Off on hols - be back at the end of Jan...excuse the radio silence!

Posted Wednesday, January 03, 2007 6:30 AM by Mike P
Just a quick note to say I am off on hols and will be back at the end of Jan.. Got plenty to discuss - if you are heading through Heathrow and are off to Hong Kong or Dubai then check out the new digital passport trial - seriously cool, guess who is number Read More...
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