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Windows Azure powers Father Christmas
Ok it doesn’t really but the Microsoft Partner Network folks have hit gold with this rather...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/08/2010
Windows Azure SDK 1.3 addresses early adopter feedback
At the end of November 2010 we released a new version of the Windows Azure SDK which contains many...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/07/2010
Give someone their first time online
This is a great idea, very nicely done. The aim is to help the 9 million people in the UK who have...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/07/2010
Is your company successfully applying Application Lifecycle Management?
Two separate emails arrived in my Inbox. Email #1: The results of detailed survey of UK ISVs which...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 12/07/2010
Less workarounds for 2011 and £1.14 well spent
Lately I have noticed a trend. An “issue” I have been working around for months (or sometimes years)...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/30/2010
Two FREE events: Silverlight FireStarter and using Bing with SQL Server 2008 December 2nd
I’m on holiday the 2nd of December (Its our 21st anniversary which is mind bogglingly aweseome ) so...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/29/2010
Microsoft Platform Ready booth at TechEd Europe – and a FREE book
Next week (8th to 12th Nov 2010) at TechEd in Berlin there will be lots of great sessions, lots of...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/05/2010
SyncToBlog #14 Even more Azure stuff :-)
This is some pre-pdc stuff that caught my eye: Gartner on the Cloud Landscape. Windows Azure fairs...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/03/2010
You Have Exceeded 75% of Your Average Monthly Usage of Compute Hours
In the “bad old days” leaving unwanted Windows Azure hosted services running simply meant a big...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/03/2010
FREE Technical Update Event for UK Independent Software Vendors, 25th Nov in Reading
My team is pulling together a great afternoon on the 25th of this month to help UK ISVs get up to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 11/01/2010
FREE workshop on using Bing Maps with SQL Server and SharePoint on November 2nd in Reading
It is surprisingly easy to visualize your data with Bing Maps – once you have the right knowledge....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/21/2010
Slides and Links for Windows Azure Platform session at Software Architect 2010
Today (20th Oct 2010) I delivered a 90min session to architect on the Windows Azure Platform. Are...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/20/2010
First UK Online Tech Days is this Friday – three free tracks of Windows Azure Platform goodness
For many developers Friday is about a beer with colleagues over lunch or maybe leaving that little...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/06/2010
Slide and Links and next steps for Lap around the Windows Azure Platform session at UK Tech Days
Yesterday (5th Oct 2010) I delivered a short (45mins) session on the Windows Azure Platform. Big...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 10/06/2010
Slides and Links for Windows Azure Platform Best Practices for DevCon London
Yesterday (28th Sep 2010) I delivered a short (50mins) new session on best practices for the Windows...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/29/2010
SharePoint 2010 is powerful …. and amusing
Just refreshed the browser on my SharePoint site and got…. this… Brought a nice smile to my face....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/21/2010
Windows Azure Platform Online Conference has moved to 8th Oct from 20th Sep
Public service announcement :-) This online conference has now moved to 8th Oct. Steve explains why...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/14/2010
TRAINING: “Hardcore Entity Framework” in London with Julie Lerman, 22nd October
Entity Framework 4.0 (EF4) it the strategic .NET ORM from Microsoft. Hmm…. the “strategic” word. I...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/10/2010
Handy tool which checks if you have left Windows Azure applications running and simplifies “killing” them
This is a great tool for anyone playing with Windows Azure who would like to avoid surprises on...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/08/2010
SyncToBlog #14 Just a little more on cloud
Just a few randoms on cloud I bumped into: Blogger Jeremy Geelan has come up with the Top 250...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/07/2010
Two days of classroom based training in London on the Windows Azure Platform for £100 (Sep through April)
I just posted details of 2 weeks of FREE training in October delivered via Live Meeting but we also...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/07/2010
FREE 2 Weeks of Windows Azure Platform training delivered online – 11th to 25th October
Back in May and June I jointly run a highly successful (IMVHO) training programme on the Windows...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/07/2010
Update on the Windows Azure Platform online conference on the 20th of September
At the start of August I made a call for speakers for a multi track online conference on the Windows...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/03/2010
Another test post–please ignore
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Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 09/01/2010
I’m back from a couple of weeks holiday… and I am starting a new job
[This email uses the word fab too many times] I am just back from a fab “two centre holiday”. First...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/20/2010
Free mini-SPA event, Sept 10th London
I adore the annual BCS SPA conference but unfortunately missed the last two years. One of the things...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/20/2010
Real World Entity Framework 4.0 and ASP.NET 4.0: Interview with Howard Baines
One of my colleagues pointed me at Howard Baines as a recent example of a web consultancy already...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/04/2010
Call for speakers for UK Windows Azure Platform online conference on 20th of September
I have decided to try and put together a top notch online conference delivered predominantly via UK...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/04/2010
Introducing LightSwitch – rapid development of LOB applications
Today at VSLive! we announced Visual Studio LightSwitch (link not quite up yet). LightSwitch is...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 08/03/2010
ASP.NET MVC 3 Preview 1 has landed
Quick Link: download ASP.NET MVC Preview 1 It is a an exciting time to be a web developer. There are...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/27/2010
Guest Post: Using an Interactive Console to explore the .NET Framework (IronRuby)
Shay Friedman, author of IronRuby Unleashed (check out my review) kindly agreed to do a guest post...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/26/2010
CTP1 of new admin tool for SQL Azure is now available - ‘Houston’
CTP1 of Microsoft® Project Code-Named “Houston” is now available. This is a lightweight and easy to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/26/2010
CTP1 of new admin tool for SQL Azure is now available - ‘Houston’
CTP1 of Microsoft® Project Code-Named “Houston” is now available. This is a lightweight and easy to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/26/2010
A public “well done” for the ASP.NET MVC Conference
Yesterday (22nd August 2010) was mvcConf – “the Virtual ASP.NET MVC Conference”. This was an...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/23/2010
A new conference in town – DevCon London 27th to 29th September
There is a new .NET development conference coming to the UK. DevCon will take place in September and...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/21/2010
What do you recommend when asked “How can I learn to program”? aka The 747 cockpit vs SideWinder :-)
Fairly frequently a relative, friend, or friend of a friend asks me “Hey Eric, you know about this...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/15/2010
SyncToBlog #13 Yet more Windows Azure stuff!
The interesting thing about the Windows Azure Platform is there is never a shortage of new stuff to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 07/11/2010
Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 3 is here – with hardware accelerated canvas support and plenty more
Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson. Permalink A couple of weeks back I was at Web...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/24/2010
Q&A: Where can I get architectural guidance on building applications for the Windows Azure Platform?
Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson. Permalink This question has come up a lot in...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/23/2010
6 Weeks of Windows Azure comes to and end – and some stats to ponder on
Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson. Permalink On Monday (21st June) we had our...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/22/2010
Inaugural Financial Services Microsoft Architects/Senior Developer Community meeting, London July 1st
Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson. Permalink A new community has popped onto my...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/22/2010
The future is looking brighter – debugging Windows Azure in the cloud with IntelliTrace
Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson. Permalink One of the “warts” on Windows Azure...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/17/2010
WordPress is now nicely supported on SQL Server (and SQL Azure for that matter)
Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson. Permalink WordPress is enormously popular for...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/17/2010
New SQL Azure Development Accelerator Core promotional offer announced
Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson. Permalink This is (almost) a straight copy and...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/17/2010
Details of 5GB and 50GB SQL Azure databases have now been released, along with new price points
Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson. Permalink Like many others signed up to the...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/16/2010
I’m speaking at Software Architect 2010 in October
Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson. Permalink I’m very pleased to report I have...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/15/2010
Internet Explorer 9 Preview 2 link + webcasts for developers
Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson. Permalink At Web Directions last week in...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/14/2010
Q&A: How do I cancel my Windows Azure Platform Introductory Special? (or any Subscription)
Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson. Permalink Short answer: Don’t! Just kidding...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 06/09/2010