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Fast plan to get into High End Enterprise Search...!

Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 4:38 PM by Mike P
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 Read More...
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Merry Christmas....yo ho ho greetings from all at Microsoft!

Posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007 2:47 PM by Mike P
Dear Friend & Business Partner, I would like to thank you for all your hard work and passion in 2007 – the SharePoint business has seen tremendous growth in the last year at Microsoft and this can be attributed to you our loyal partners. From knowing Read More...
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Things that make me smile...World Communications Awards...:-)

Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 7:16 PM by Mike P
So there I was working away and an e-mail from the World Communications Awards dropped into my inbox - so I had a quick look and the irony was amazing! Made me smile - happens to us all! Read More...
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Human 2.0: Windows Compute Human Server...early product team discussions..

Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 4:45 PM by Mike P
So as you will have seen last week and will see again tomorrow we have been out and about with the Partner TV video camera taking shots from the product teams when we manage to catch them! Here is a fascinating video clip of some early work we have planned 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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CCS and MSFT Share price...!

Posted Friday, April 27, 2007 3:51 PM by Mike P
So whilst we run the first user group for CCS at Microsoft, look what happens to the MSFT share price! Made me smile! Read More...
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Great ballmer video on Google and joining Microsoft

Posted Friday, March 16, 2007 7:28 PM by Mike P
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! Read More...
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More on presentations..had me in tears..

Posted Sunday, March 11, 2007 1:58 PM by Mike P
Simple choice it's either me or the presenter...decisions decisions... Now this really made me laugh out loud, Rowan from Fortify your Oasis has some absolutely superb points to describe those less skilled presenters: Ass Narcissism - "I’m just going Read More...
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Humour from Oz: Hmmm to Google or to LiveSearch...that is the question :-)

Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 9:41 AM by Mike P
One of my colleagues Nick over in Oz sent this post over to me which made me smile: http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmayhew/archive/2007/02/21/google-versus-live-search.aspx Nick fed us this vital bit of context as apparently the chap playing the tv presenter Read More...
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Something slightly Freudian about this, Google advertisingMicrosoft Channel Builder programmes for HPC from this blog...

Posted Tuesday, February 06, 2007 6:30 PM by Mike P
Made me smile: Google Blogs Alert for: IBM +HPC -postion -job Channel Builder - Want to partner with HPC SIs in the UK ... By Mike P Seric an IBM partner from Paisley in Scotland are looking for HPC ISVs to help broaden their route to market....screenshot 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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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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Humour: Run a search for 'Search' and locate your nearest competitor - Google and MS :-)

Posted Sunday, October 08, 2006 9:40 PM by Mike P
We have seen this for a while now but have been keeping stum for obvious reasons - story is if you type 'search' in google you get directed to the Microsoft Live Search site. CNET took this story over to Google & got their official commemts which Read More...
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