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Mike Pallot on the World of Technology and Microsoft Partners...less of the what and more on the impact on you!
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Screenshot of the British Library 'Turning pages Application' - Bill Gates own book by Leonardo da Vinci!!
So very cool!
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 01/30/2007
WOW Moment: Leaf through Bill Gates 'Leonardo Da Vinci's Codex Leicester' on loan to the British Library!!
So today Bill Gates helped with the consumer launch of Vista at the British Library. One of the...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 01/30/2007
Want to know why Virtual Earth over Google Maps...read on from a customer who made the switch!
Redfin (a Seattle company - https://www.redfin.com) just switched their AJAX search site over to use...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 01/29/2007
Claire O'Halloran aka the Armadillo joins the Blogosphere...
If you are interested in Software, Services & Next Generation Partnerships then head over to...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 01/29/2007
Great Enterprise Search Case study - BBC...!
Just seen this great case study of the BBC and their Enterprise Search work with Microsoft. Some of...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 01/29/2007
Top tip - if you have another half who doesnt like getting out of bed in the morning...
Then just tell them it has been snowing - for some reason it only takes them 2 seconds to get out...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 01/24/2007
Microsoft gives to charity every time you search - save this link and send to your friends!
Give to ninemillion.org with every search. Each time you search here, Microsoft will contribute to...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 01/24/2007
Google Hype: Google maps - Great post on Virtual Earth, Live Search and mapping technologies by James Senior...check it out!
Just a quick sign posting to James Senior's blog on mapping and the differing technologies from...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 01/24/2007
Great comments sections on the value of Excel Services for HPC...check out the Xenomorph website!
The questions they are answering are the following: What do you see as the main benefits of Excel...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 01/24/2007
The business benefit of taxonomy based search in MOSS 07 with Smartlogic
So here we have a great example of a real difficulty faced by local government councils today. One...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/21/2006
Smartlogic Test Library...screenshot of a cool app!
So following on from the last post you can see here what the document library woudl start to look...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/21/2006
Great ISV showing how to add value to MOSS 07..deeper document classification!
So occasionally it's a pleasure in Microsoft to work with some cool ISVs who add value to our...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/21/2006
Ray Ozzie on techNet....nice video and insight into Microsoft
Some nice videos on CNET at the moment, check out this one from Ray Ozzie, the chap who is taking...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/21/2006
Funniest thing I have seen all year...Elf Yourself..
One of my good friends Jon Poynton has highlighted not only this great website but his aptitude at...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/21/2006
Saw this on CNET - Goofiest tech moves of 2006
These round ups always serve as a good reminder of the year that has been :) Security implications...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/21/2006
SharePoint 2007 Enterprise Search: Screenshots - Great Legal customer testament!
Sometimes from time to time it is great to see customers really getting into the power of some of...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/17/2006
From the news today...check out the comparison with IBMs Omnifind here:
Following hot on the news of the IBM story with Yahoo today (See earlier post) some more of you...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/13/2006
IBM Omnifind and Yahoo team up.....love it when industries warm up!
So some of you may have seen this news today about IBM and Yahoo teaming up around their desktop and...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/13/2006
Product Comparison by 'Technology and Business' on Google, Microsoft, IBM and ISYS....check out these results!
My colleague James posted an interesting article on a set of comparisons that Techology and Business...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/12/2006
Offtopic: First Direct - The Comedy Bank get in the Christmas Spirit
Saw a friend using First Direct this morning and this is their Christmas message to their customers...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/09/2006
Friday Humour: Dilbert legacy systems...what happens when the architect leaves!
Raised a smile :-)
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/08/2006
Seriously cool check this our Windows Live Expo - Public Beta and it's cooool!
So I have just received my invite to the new look Live Expo which has just gone Public Beta - great...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/07/2006
Very cool - want to upgrade your Zune to 80Gb...read on :-)
Hmmm think I have another gift to ask Santa for, check out this cool 80Gb upgrade for your Zune:...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/07/2006
Not often you get to see 300 XBOXs in one go...check this out!
Okay so there I was leaving work and check out what I saw....300 XBOX classics all sat lonely on a...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/06/2006
Great news for Microsoft Action Pack subscribers - product list for Jan 10th Action pack...!
Quick post - we have just got news of the set of goodies in the Action Pack coming out on January...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/06/2006
Blimey...child arrested for opening presents early...yo ho ho..seasons greetings to you all :-)
Just seen this on the BBC Technology site: https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6213012.stm...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/06/2006
Windows Live Academic...check it out - wish I had this doing my BSc...!
So on the subject of Search and books - some of you may have seen the Windows Live Academic for...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/06/2006
Live Search: check out the library from the comfort of your sofa!
So I saw this in development a few months ago and am delighted to see that from tomorrow (Thursday...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/06/2006
Tech Links for MOSS 07...video, demo, and links!
So with the release of MOSS 07 to technet and MSDN, there is some cool collateral for developers and...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/05/2006
Machine Evaluation Workshop in Daresbury...MS exhibiting now!
No need to introduce the Machine Evaluation Workshop to many of you in the HPC space but for those...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/05/2006
What can you do in the Virtual Earth SDK...here's what!
Okay so just a short post this one, wanted to highlight to you all the cool features in Virtual...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/05/2006
Virtual Earth Technology: SDK Release use for your website today!
Surrounding this whole Search plan at Microsoft is a plan to link together a whole set of...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/05/2006
Want some help adding Live Search to your websites - great msdn article!
So a little while ago I told you all how you can add Live Search functionality to your internet...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/04/2006
Zune: Boy did I like the sight of this...at last - love it, sooooo good!
Enough said:
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 12/03/2006
Want a great update on what is in Vista - great review and update from the BBC..!
Liked this view on the new bits in Vista from the BBC:...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/30/2006
Link to the Oil and Gas Event Site for Fluent and 2 great Windows CCS Partners!
Here’s a link to the Oil & Gas Fluent site with some of the other great partners who were there:...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/30/2006
Oil & Gas Conference with Fluent - how to snap your back in one go with 120Kg of Windows Cluster!
So you know some days start better than others – well today it started by Dr. Michael Newberry and I...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/30/2006
Zune in #2 slot for portable digital player market...not bad after first 4 days of sales!
With all the popular bashing of the Zune going on at the moment you have to ask yourself a couple of...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/29/2006
Like to track your Wind Levels - check out this cool Vistagadget...!
So a few of my close friends will know that I am quite keen on sailing – with the huge...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/29/2006
Make more $$$ with Microsoft - understand where we can help you!
Some of the Partner team here at Microsoft are hosting a day to help partners understand how they...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/29/2006
Want to Port your code to WCCS 2003 - Free labs coming up in Europe and US!!
Interested in porting code to run on Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003? Want to get best...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/28/2006
Free: SharePoint 2007 Resource DVD - why it's useful to own and how I use them...!
Hi All – Seriously cool brand new offering – A DVD full of presentations and content from the...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/27/2006
CCS Pricing....on the web...great resource for understanding how toprice Windows Compute Cluster Server!
So righty ho, I am sure some of you have been looking for this page and it is the US pricing page...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/27/2006
More Live Ads in the press....check out page 18 of the Sunday Times!
Another nice ad in the Sunday Times from the Live Team – cool stuff, this time a mix of the...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/26/2006
Nuns on the run on the tinterweb...
Leafing through my copy of the Sunday Times today this story made me smile about Nuns blogging:...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/26/2006
Personality Test - Quite Amusing results...here're mine!
Right so I am often sceptical about these things but I have never seen them come out in a graphical...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/24/2006