All about Unified Communications
Two months on
It seems like a lifetime, but its only been two months since I joined Vodafone and a lot has...
Date: 11/27/2009
Tweet and Post on the move!
For the 6 months or so, I have been training to run the New York Marathon for Yorkshire Cancer...
Date: 10/27/2009
One way to use your free texts
As you would expect, I look out for Vodafone related stuff on the web and one of my friends on...
Date: 10/27/2009
Farewell? Maybe not!
Yes, its been a while since I have posted. I have moved onto Twitter as my means to communicate out...
Date: 09/29/2009
Small organisations can have save money now!
One of the reasons why smaller organisation don't have access to the latest and greatest cost saving...
Date: 04/27/2009
RichCopy – Is it the new sliced bread?
I would like to announce the best thing since sliced bread …. RichCopy ! This tool has been...
Date: 03/24/2009
OCS R2 Tips of The Day by Brett
This has been working its way round the ‘Twittersphere’ so I thought I would post it on my blog too....
Date: 03/23/2009
IE8 and the history of the internet
IE8 is available from today, I have been running it for quite sometime in both Vista and...
Date: 03/19/2009
30 days of Twitter
It’s been about a month since my blog post on ‘To Tweet or Not to Tweet’. I have done over 100+...
Date: 03/09/2009
Microsoft Vision 2019
Once every so often, Microsoft has a think about what the company will be doing in the future...
Date: 03/03/2009
Spending Microsoft’s money
One of the great things about blogs, Twitter, Facebook and other similar networks is if...
Date: 02/18/2009
Microsoft’s Guide to Valentines Day
It’s almost Feb 14th, the card shops are getting ready for an onslaught of customers and the...
Date: 02/12/2009
To tweet or not to tweet … that is the question
I like to think I am still able to keep up to date with what the ‘tech cool’ are up to and Twitter...
Date: 02/10/2009
Technology playing its part in history – Part 2
I made a post recently on how technology was playing a part in the Inauguration in a way that I...
Date: 01/29/2009
Look what happens when marketing is not restricted to using normal ‘media’
One great to convey/share information is in a video, people seem to remember things better...
Date: 01/28/2009
Technology playing its part in history
As I type out this posting, I have the CNN website open with the live video stream of the...
Date: 01/20/2009
Delivering information across the enterprise
A while back, I visited ‘The Register’ for a webcast about how to deliver information across...
Date: 01/19/2009
Windows 7 in 7 easy steps
With the beta coming available imminently, I decided to install Windows 7 on my laptop ……...
Date: 01/09/2009
Travel expenses more than £50 a day for your meeting?
First of all let me wish you a happy new year … after a few weeks of mince pies, turkey and ‘Vin...
Date: 01/05/2009
OCS 2007 R2 RTM
To a Microsoft employee or someone ‘in the know’ that means something, to the rest of you its...
Date: 12/23/2008
More on The Legend of Dan Wilson
I while back I did a post about ‘The Legend of Dan Wilson’ which ""was a tale of...
Date: 12/02/2008
Give the gift of Christmas ….that or just a Microsoft Roundtable
Almost everyone, both in organisation and at home is trying to think of ways they can save a...
Date: 11/24/2008
Microsoft Store and NSPCC – Your way to spend Microsoft’s money
Microsoft in the UK have been a supporter of the NSPCC for a number of years now and this Christmas...
Date: 11/24/2008
Oblong g-speak
Err….. wow ….. you have to see this...
Date: 11/18/2008
Top tips to run a LiveMeeting
Update to 10 Top Tips :-) In order to save on travelling expenses I am trying to encourage people...
Date: 10/14/2008
How do you know if OCS is right for you ... even as a PBX?
It's a question I get asked quite a lot and answer I give comes from a pool of cultural or...
Date: 09/18/2008
A subtle example of Unified Communications
When I talk to someone about Microsoft Unified Communications, I sometimes find it hard to...
Date: 09/18/2008
GR8 IE8
Today we launched in IE8 Beta 2 in English, German, Simplified Chinese and Japanese, and then follow...
Date: 08/28/2008
UC 'Devil Does UC' videos
Just a quick post here. I get asked quite a lot where people can download a copy of the 'Devil...
Date: 08/12/2008
'Battle of the clients', multi model communication and birthday wishes
Chris Rothwell (Office Client PM) and I are forever arguing about which is better (in a joking way...
Date: 07/31/2008
UC Product Manager gets his own PA
As the product manager for UC in the UK I attend a lot of conference call which I need to follow up...
Date: 07/23/2008
"What's the difference between Windows and Office"?
No, this isn't the start of a joke! Believe it or not, many people around the world that...
Date: 07/09/2008
Deepzoom Demo Delights
We had our end of year company meeting today followed by a BBQ during which I ate far too...
Date: 07/04/2008
The Legend of Dan Wilson
*To be spoken in a low, slow, cinema trailer voice It was a tale of Freedom, of...
Date: 07/01/2008
Want to spend some of Microsoft's money for a change?
Yes, you read correctly ..... fancy the opportunity to spend some of Microsoft money? I...
Date: 05/28/2008
Zero to BBQ in 15 minutes
Ok, so its not maybe your typical business decision that needs to be made quickly but it IS a...
Date: 05/08/2008
The dangers of 'rip and replace'
When you rip out the old telephone system and put in a new one, there is normally some...
Date: 03/25/2008
'The Day the Internet Died' AKA 'QoS is optional' AKA 'A proud day for Deakin'
As I have already mention on my blog, we are in the middle of a '3 nights only' tour for PS...
Date: 03/14/2008
Offline the new Online?
The middle of last week I went away to New York with a few friends for a four days and as such my...
Date: 03/14/2008
Exchange Unplugged Tour - Back for three 'nights' only !
Just after the the OCS launch, the UC team in the UK embarked on the Exchange Unplugged Tour...
Date: 02/15/2008
CUL8R@UC08
Back at the tail end of last year, Microsoft in the UK did two product launches for OCS, ...
Date: 02/15/2008
Thinking Digital
Last year I went to an event in Newcastle at The Sage that was run by the guys at CodeWorks where...
Date: 02/14/2008
MY MY UC ON CSY:NY
A few people have already posted about this so I thought I would quickly make one myself. Two...
Date: 02/14/2008
QoS vs QoE
I have been meaning to write my thoughts about this for quite some time as its one of those...
Date: 01/30/2008
Outbound fax for Exchange 2007
I get asked quite a lot what the options for outbound fax for Exchange 2007 are and up until...
Date: 01/16/2008
Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft
Over the last six and a bit years, I have seen lots of spoof videos made by various people...
Date: 01/07/2008