Microsoft Ireland Blog
Are You a Web Developer, Designer, Business Decision Maker?
The Irish Internet Association (http://iia.ie) has several working groups designed to focus on...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 03/02/2009
Microsoft BizSpark & Startups in the Sunday Business Post
Some great visbility for BizSpark startups such as CarsNow, TradeFacilitate and TalkIrish....
Author: ronang Date: 03/02/2009
MSDN FLASH IRELAND - INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES - 28 February 2009
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Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 03/02/2009
Microsoft BizSpark – Northern Ireland launch, March 12th 2009
Microsoft Bizspark - NI Launch Date: 12th March Time: 08.00-10.00am Location: Malone House Momentum...
Author: ronang Date: 03/02/2009
BizSpark in the Irish Times
Following on from the Innovation Accelerator Event earlier this week…...
Author: ronang Date: 02/27/2009
LinkedIn Group for BizSpark Startups in Ireland/Northern Ireland
Quick one for those enrolled on the BizSpark program, I’ve set up a group on LinkedIn to help with...
Author: ronang Date: 02/20/2009
Free Version of New York Times Reader Available
I know this is a bit of old news for some, but I was showing a friend the New York Times Reader this...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 02/17/2009
MIX09: Last Minute Discounts
I was on the MIX09 site earlier today and noticed a few interesting discounts I thought I’d mention...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 02/17/2009
Developer Developer Developer Belfast – Go Vote!
Voting is now open for DDD Belfast. As mentioned in my previous blog post, Developer Developer...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 02/15/2009
SkyCon - Recap
I spent this past weekend in Limerick attending SkyCon 2009, which was a really fun and diverse...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 02/15/2009
CWE/SANS TOP 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors
Interesting article http://www.sans.org/top25errors/ – also useful as a checklist for code reviews...
Author: ronang Date: 02/09/2009
BizSpark Innovation Accelerator, Digital Media Forum, Dublin, Feb 24th 2009
Digital Media Forum and Microsoft Ireland are delighted to bring you the Microsoft BizSpark...
Author: ronang Date: 02/04/2009
BizSpark @ OpenCoffee Limerick, 5th Feb 2009
I'll be attending the 5th Feb 2009 OpenCoffee meetup in Limerick this Thursday (5th Feb), starting...
Author: ronang Date: 02/02/2009
Going Global Networking Meetup for Startups, Dublin Feb 4th 2009
Innovate!Europe is hosting a networking meetup in London for local entrepreneurs, investors,...
Author: ronang Date: 02/02/2009
MSDN FLASH IRELAND - INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES - 30 January 2009
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Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 01/28/2009
Enterprise Acceleration Centre @ Limerick IT : BizSpark event Thursday Feb 5th 2009
For those of you in the Limerick region who are involved in software start-ups, you might be...
Author: ronang Date: 01/22/2009
Digiweb Online Edge Seminar on Microsoft BizSpark, Dublin, Tuesday Jan 27th 2009
Digiweb, one of our BizSpark Network Partners in Ireland, is running an event in their Network...
Author: ronang Date: 01/22/2009
Innovate!Europe 2009 coming to Dublin - workshop for startups, Feb 4th 2009
Innovate!Europe is a competition designed to identify Europe’s most promising startups and...
Author: ronang Date: 01/21/2009
DDD Ireland – Back for More!
If you were in Galway last year for the first ever Developer Developer Developer Ireland...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 01/19/2009
MSDN FLASH IRELAND - INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES - 15 JANUARY 2009
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Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 01/15/2009
Financing Solution for Irish Businesses
In December Microsoft Ireland launched a Financing Solution, a new service to provide financial...
Author: ronang Date: 01/15/2009
BizSpark event : 19th Jan (Dubin) : update, new speakers :-)
Quick update to my previous post on this event: : by happy coincidence, it turns out that Claire...
Author: ronang Date: 01/12/2009
InnovateOn for ISVs: why?
Here's why :-) Click on any of the links below to get step-by-step instructions to help guide you...
Author: ronang Date: 01/12/2009
New Dynamics CRM curriculum on InnovateOn
Interest in Dynamics CRM from our partners has been incredible, but one thing that has come up in...
Author: ronang Date: 01/12/2009
Windows 7 Application Certification - simplification of process
Displaying the Windows brand on your product represents a relationship and a shared commitment to...
Author: ronang Date: 01/12/2009
ISVs - Application Compatibility with Windows 7
Now that the Windows 7 Beta is here (I've installed it on my tablet PC, the Libraries feature is v....
Author: ronang Date: 01/12/2009
Free Vouchers for Microsoft Certification in WPF Development
I have 3 vouchers to give away to developers in Ireland / Northern Ireland (only) for a free...
Author: ronang Date: 01/08/2009
Silverlight Assault Course: Agenda plus Dublin Registration
I now have the previously top secret agenda for the Silverlight Assault Course I mentioned...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 01/06/2009
Hey Cork Developers! Silverlight Assault Course Coming Your Way!
The Cork Microsoft Technology User Group is hosting a great event for one day in January. It’s...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 01/05/2009
ISA BizSpark event, Monday 19th January 2009 (Dublin)
I previously blogged about the BizSpark program which we launched here on 6th Nov 2008. The ISA is...
Author: ronang Date: 01/05/2009
Why to Attend Mix09 in March 2009
Mix09 is just around the corner, believe it or not. Early Bird registration expires on January...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 01/05/2009
Recap: User Experience Day
Thanks to everyone who attended our User Experience day here in Sandyford last week. Guest...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 12/17/2008
MSDN FLASH IRELAND - INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES - 18 DECEMBER 2008
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Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 12/08/2008
Women in Technology event in Sligo: 10 December
This year Microsoft Ireland has some really enthusiastic and hard-working Student Partners. I...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 12/05/2008
Distributed Agile Development at Microsoft patterns & practices
When I meet customers Agile Development comes up a lot, so this is a timely paper from Microsoft’s...
Author: ronang Date: 12/05/2008
Microsoft Ireland Podcast: Modernising your VB6 code with NewCode
(I'm hoping to invite (fairly regularly) ISVs/Partners/Customers in Ireland/Northern Ireland to come...
Author: ronang Date: 12/03/2008
Nip & Tuck for GUIs (3) : manipulating a hosted WPF user control from a Windows Forms app
In my last post in this series I showed how easy it is to host a WPF user control within a Windows...
Author: ronang Date: 12/02/2008
MSDN FLASH IRELAND - INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES - 2 DECEMBER 2008
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Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 12/02/2008
System Center 2007 Management Pack for TFS 2008
(For context: System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) allows provides monitoring, troubleshooting,...
Author: ronang Date: 11/28/2008
NIMTUG Event: rePDC
The Northern Ireland Microsoft Technology Users Group is hosting an event on Monday evening,...
Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 11/26/2008
Microsoft Web Platform Installer Release Candidate
The Microsoft Web Platform Installer is a free tool that makes it simple to download and install the...
Author: ronang Date: 11/26/2008
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR - RTM
The VS Database edition team has just released the golden version of the Visual Studio Team System...
Author: ronang Date: 11/26/2008
Nip & Tuck for GUIs (2) : Windows Forms and a self-contained WPF user control
I figure the most logical follow-on from my last post is to show how simple it is to start using WPF...
Author: ronang Date: 11/21/2008
MSDN FLASH IRELAND - INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES - 17 NOVEMBER 2008
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Author: Martha Rotter - MSFT Date: 11/19/2008
Nip & Tuck for GUIs (a.k.a. the scoop on Expression Design's past)
So you may know that AutoCAD 2009 uses WPF for it's "chrome" (no not that Chrome, the other chrome...
Author: ronang Date: 11/18/2008
Event : UX Options with Microsoft, 11th Dec 2008 (Dublin)
Event Invite: User Experience Options with Microsoft - a full-day seminar If you've been reading a...
Author: ronang Date: 11/18/2008
Partner Training on 1) WPF 2) Web Development with VS 2008 in Dec 2008
Just a quick heads up re. two partner training events (for partners in Ireland / Northern Ireland)...
Author: ronang Date: 11/17/2008
WPF Data-centric Applications Using the DataGrid and Ribbon Controls
Having just blogged about the availability of the above I should mention this session from PDC,...
Author: ronang Date: 11/13/2008
WPF & Silverlight : Sharing skills and code
I get asked about this quite a bit, so this is session from PDC is a ready-made answer :-) Over the...
Author: ronang Date: 11/13/2008
WPF DataGrid and Ribbon now available!
Some great WPF resources/previews were made available after the PDC keynote: · WPF Toolkit including...
Author: ronang Date: 11/13/2008