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May 2007 - Posts

HPC Partner TV Video - 1st for the HPC Team in Redmond... :-)

Posted Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:13 AM by Mike P
So for a little while now I have been meaning to grab a few of the HPC stars and let you all see the people who make HPC happen in EMEA and Worldwide. This is the first of 2 videos initially to show you the stars behind the WCCS show! Mike Pallot sat Read More...
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Simple blogging - great tool to use...Live Writer beta 2 goes public!

Posted Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:31 AM by Mike P
So having written this blog for a few months you try out all types of blogging tools to help make writing posts easier. So far I have used all the following: Blog r'Mail Community Server directly Live Writer all betas The one I keep coming back to is Read More...
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2 new HPC whitepapers

Posted Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:45 PM by Mike P
Useful stuff for setting up stand alone environments as well as Platform LSF integration with WCCS: · HPC Grid-Computing White Paper: Integration between Platform LSF and Microsoft® Windows® Compute Cluster Server 2003: This paper explains the benefits Read More...
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Microsoft Surface: Coolest piece of Microsoft Technology for a decade?

Posted Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:36 PM by Mike P
Click on the picture above and enjoy....least said the better....seriously cool technology with amazing potential....think I need a new dining able... :) Read More...
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How Microsoft IT manages Enterprise Search...

Posted Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:39 PM by Mike P
A very cool Webcast for anyone wanting to know how Microsoft IT does Search: TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Manages Enterprise Search with SharePoint Server 2007 (Level 300) Well worth an hour of my time, thanks to Steve for the hat tip :-) Read More...
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Overtime for mobile mail users?

Posted Monday, May 28, 2007 3:58 PM by Mike P
Was trawling around a few blogs and came across this interesting article on Over-Time Pay For Reading E-mail on Your Blackberry at Home now it does strike me as amusing for the following reasons: Surely if this is legal advice from am esteemed law professor, Read More...
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MOSS 07: Tony Blair loves it - amazing casestudy!

Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:51 PM by Mike P
and Every now and then you come across a case study that simply blows your mind. One of these is the amazing work at Shireland's Language College by Teksys where Tony Blair said this was: 'One of the most remarkable ICT systems in the country' Tony Blair, Read More...
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Sex in the City...

Posted Tuesday, May 22, 2007 2:42 PM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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SharePoint Search 2007 - technical drill down document!

Posted Monday, May 21, 2007 4:50 PM by Mike P
Just seen a good synopsis of the technical pieces for SharePoint Search snappily entitled: SharePoint Search 2007 technical drill down - will undoubtedly be useful to those of you deploying the new MOSS 07 Search software! Enjoy! Read More...
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HPC Content - The good ship CCS resupplies - get your juice here!

Posted Monday, May 21, 2007 2:18 PM by Mike P
'The good ship Windows CCS lays awaiting her orders - her tenders feeding her readying for engaging with her customers' If you feel yourself doing something similar to the above and are in need of some 'resupply' then check out some the articles below Read More...
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So how do Microsoft help partners - simple example - PR

Posted Monday, May 21, 2007 1:28 PM by Mike P
I am often asked how Microsoft help a business and usually the conversation goes something like this: - How much marketing money can you give us? - How many leads can you give us? The savvy partners get involved with us in a multi layered approach. A Read More...
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Windows 64 bit apps play nicely with Windows Compute Cluster Server

Posted Monday, May 21, 2007 10:55 AM by Mike P
Nice little bit of news from Redmond this morning: We want to share with you important information about Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition (CCE) and Windows Server 2003 64-bit Standard Edition. Both applications have the same code-base. Therefore, Read More...
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Attachment(s): CCE_WinServer Equivalency (2).pdf

Is Google Enterprise Search a joke?

Posted Monday, May 21, 2007 10:36 AM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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Traditional HPC partners adopt dual Microsoft and Linux strategies..

Posted Sunday, May 20, 2007 9:05 PM by Mike P
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! Read More...
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Partner Search Deployment Subsidy - free cash from Microsoft

Posted Friday, May 18, 2007 12:11 PM by Mike P
Partner Search Deployment Subsidy - free cash from Microsoft - thought that would get your attention! :) So first off how do you get your hands on the cash: Member of Quickstart Programme Reserve the subsidy for a customer in Quickstart When sale completed Read More...
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Want an insight into Excel Services on Compute Cluster Server...read on?

Posted Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:46 AM by Mike P
Just seen this great webcast on the Platform Symphony of Windows Compute Cluster Server with Excel: Live HPC Webcast: HPC in Financial Services – The power of Platform Symphony, Windows Compute Cluster Server and Excel 2007 trio June 14, 2007, 11:00 AM Read More...
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A day in the life of SteveB..

Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 4:20 PM by Mike P
Some of you may have seen this but kind of cool to share again anyway! Here Enjoy! Read More...
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Financial Services Grid Initiative - Launched!

Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:41 PM by Mike P
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: Read More...
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Microsoft Search comes out...

Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:49 PM by Mike P
Well certainly on a grand scale anyway! If you are planning on heading over to Denver for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference then check out the session called: 'Your next big bet: Enterprise Search', Tim from Content and Code , and a few colleagues Read More...
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Scaling SOA in Financial Services with Grid Computing for .net

Posted Thursday, May 10, 2007 1:30 PM by Mike P
Great webcast here on Scaling SOA in Financial Services with Grid Computing for .NET: Event Overview Enterprise architects in financial services are looking to service-oriented architectures (SOA) to address many real-world problems – brittle systems Read More...
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Need MOSS migration tools?

Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 9:47 AM by Mike P
We have been working with these guys to include MOSS migration tools in addition to their existing offerings. Vamosa have a free version, and a charged for version which is a one-off cost rather than an annual license. www.vamosa.com Here is an excerpt Read More...
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High Productivity Computing...Linux and Microsoft??

Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 9:05 AM by Mike P
It's all just about doing things easier isn't it? In many of my external meetings I meet partners and customers who say things like the following: I want to focus on our business more I want it to just work Why does it not recognise this widget? We have Read More...
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Rumourmill...Microsoft to buy Yahoo?

Posted Friday, May 04, 2007 5:47 PM by Mike P
Seen some press reports about Microsoft potentially buying Yahoo.. BBC Yahoo shares up on Microsoft talk Associated Press: http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?Feed=AP&Date=20070504&ID=6846679&Symbol=YHOO Reuters article: http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?Feed=OBR&Date=20070504&ID=6846019&Symbol=YHOO Read More...
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HPC User Group Kicks off In Reading, UK - 95% attendance - tremendous support!

Posted Friday, May 04, 2007 12:39 PM by Mike P
Just a couple of quick shots of the Windows Compute Cluster user group held at Microsoft Reading last Friday: We had some amazing attendance for the 1st Microsoft User group meeting for Windows HPC Worldwide - :-) The slides will be made available online, Read More...
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The power of a smile...

Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 8:12 PM by Mike P
Saw this at the end of a long day and thought 'you know what, that driver must have been having a really bad day!': "Saturday night I shut shop and go home and everything is fine," he told the BBC news website. "Sunday morning when I get here, this aircraft Read More...
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Clustered Excel in FS...great article!

Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 4:12 PM by Mike P
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! Read More...
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From High Performance to High Productivity Computing!

Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 3:45 PM by Mike P
I have just seen this article by the Chair of the UK User Group, Simon Cox and Microsoft consultant Marc Holmes on HPC CCS architectures: http://www.marcmywords.org/swap/aj11-hpc.pdf The best snippets for me were: High Productivity is not just speed of Read More...
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Don't wait for Search and BI to become the same product - Gartner comments...

Posted Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:56 AM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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