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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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Fantastic Oil & Gas video from Schlumberger Sema - Microsoft CCS inaction...nice and simple - nice and clear!
I saw this the other day and had forgotten to post it until now – SchlumbergerSema have done some...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/24/2006
Great video on HPC Fluid Dynamics used in Yacht Design...cool stuff from the French!
Now I absolutely love sailing and so it was very cool to see this video showing fluid dynamics...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/23/2006
It's Zune time - homma homma!!!
A good friend was sat in the London office today and hopped over to show me his Zune....just 24...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/21/2006
Search Course registration link - you saw it here first!!
As I posted last week the hands on Enterprise Search course is now available for registration here:...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/21/2006
MOM Pack available for Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003!
Great news we have just announced a MOM pack for WCCS 2003 – want to be among the first to get...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/21/2006
HPC Through the Ages - Great funny Video for Friday viewing...check it out..
So you all probably know that we dream up these videos showing development of software over the...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/17/2006
How does HPC affect your everyday lives....check out this Video showcasing Prof Simon Cox from Southampton University
I wish I had seen this when I kicked off my work around the channel in HPC – really cool information...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/17/2006
Less High Performance Computing more High Performance Eating....
One box down...more to come! Marvellous!
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/16/2006
Quite possibly the best thing to happen in the world all week..
Well alright maybe not – but now I am very very excited.... Now, who will be the first to get...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/16/2006
Had me crying with laughter...race horses, flocks of chickens and harnessing huskies :-)
Righty ho, so about a month ago a new product manager started in Microsoft UK called Dr. Michael...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/14/2006
Free Champagne....to the winner of this simple competition..!
Right so the winner is the person who does the following: 1. Reads my previous blog on nags, chucks...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/14/2006
Unshamedly stolen from Steve Lamb's great Security blog....cheers Stephen!
As the title suggest this content is not at all mine but it’s so great it’s worth...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/14/2006
Securing SharePoint - best practices and what is Forefront...something rude, a pest spray or something else??
Forefront Security for SharePoint So this morning I pinged a mail to some of my colleagues over in...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/14/2006
Announcement: Hands on Enterprise Search Course coming up..!
Righty ho – (not yo, ho, ho quite yet..) check out this great Enterprise Search course coming up....
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/14/2006
Getting hassle about your non-existent Christmas list...try this as the perfect way to sort out that crucial list!!
Right so a friend of mine showed me this after a chat in the pub, where we were both being nagged...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/14/2006
Zune launches - Some very cool media comments...will it continue?
Well for one I hope so!! These are some of the comments we are seeing in the press at the moment:...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/13/2006
Syndicated Live Search being adopted by websites - check out the Register using LiveSearch!
Right so ‘The Register’ is not one of those websites that would go down in history as a wonderful...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/13/2006
Microsoft and Bull Put High-Performance Computing Within Reach...momentum building!
Quick bit from the press release: Microsoft and Bull Put High-Performance Computing Within Reach...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/09/2006
Microsoft and Tyan Partner for HPC Relationship - another hardware provider on the block!!
So I dont know if it is me, but there appears to be a new partner every ten minutes in the HPC space...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/08/2006
Free Search training for first 600 partners...!
Are you a member of the QuickStart for Microsoft Search? Are you a Microsoft Partner? If so, there...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/08/2006
See if this works...BlogRMail with Tags and Photos...
Seriously cool new application – blogging is just sending e-mail now! Kudos to Steve for the find:...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/08/2006
Moments in your life when you go WOW!
Right so before you start saying something like XYZ company had this X months ago - check out how...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/08/2006
Video from Frank Chism HPC technical speacialist of 41 years...check it out!
Great video from an industry guru of 41 years Frank Chism - good investment of 20 minutes!...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/08/2006
HPC - The way all computing will look...
So I have blatantly just taken that headline from a post on Port25 by Michael Freedman a...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/08/2006
Port 25 v2 Upgrade - Live!
Kudos to the Port25 team who have redesigned their site so it's far more imaginative, easier to read...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/08/2006
Simple syndicated live.com Search option for public facing websites..!
Windows Live Search Box: We just launched Windows Live Search Box, designed for Web site owners and...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/06/2006
Make a difference or go home...that's the polite version!
So Steve (https://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/default.aspx) got his friend Hugh Macleod to put the...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/05/2006
Windows Cluster Resource Centre: University of Southampton and Microsoft Research working together!
Microsoft Research (MSR) is one of the best kept secrets of Microsoft and this site shows the great...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/05/2006
Zane Adam (Director in the HPC team) discusses the future of Windows CCS 2003...Virtual Tech-Ed Video!
Great little video here by the Virtual TechEd team showcasing Zane Adam talking about Windows...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/05/2006
Queens University uses Compute Cluster Server for bringing HPC to mass research..!
Read it all here:...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/05/2006
Zune Desktop download yours now!
Get yours from here: Zune desktop theme (1.64mb)
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/04/2006
IDC - The Hidden Costs of Information Work - get the article here and MS Commentary!
So in many of the Search posts I have written I refer to a whitepaper by IDC called 'The Hidden...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/02/2006
Beyond Search: Unleashing the Value of Business Information ....the MS story succinctly..!
So sometimes the hardest thing to do with a customer is to deliver the compelling business case as...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/02/2006
Level 300 Technical Training for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - get it now online!
Interested in Enterprise Search in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007? - check out this level...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/01/2006
Resources and proof points for HPC partners and customers...gaining momentum!
Hi All, So sat here listening to Giovanni Marchetti wax lyrical at the High Performance Computing...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 11/01/2006
Calling all Search and HPC ISVs....more $$$ on Microsoft platform!
Well I have to say it is great to be back!....well kind of, have to say I will miss the pool and...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 10/29/2006
Holiday Warning...
Hi All, Just a quick FYI that the blog will not be so diligently written up over the next week as I...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 10/19/2006
Offtopic - Printer software bigger than Office 2007 - help...!?
Okay, so one of my partners asked me this the other day and I have absolutely no idea - how come the...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 10/17/2006
Offtopic: Brilliant video on Zune over on On10...bought mine...well 3 actually :-)
Right so today I took a little plunge and bought my Zune and 2 for some friends of mine....surfing...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 10/17/2006
Offtopic: What small change in a car, would deliver a 3.5% difference in top speed? (Hint it's a Lamborghini...)
Well I know it is offtopic but that small detail in question is merely putting the roof up on a...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 10/16/2006
HPC Technical Training - full in 24 hours...more to come!
Just a quick post to say that the HPC technical training on the 1st and 2nd November was filled in...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 10/16/2006
Reshuffle and Rebrand around Microsoft Search - Fantastic News....here's why...!!
So there has been a little bit of a reshuffle in the Windows group in Corp and the search teams are...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 10/13/2006
Microsoft technology perspective on Enterprise Search...great concise document!!
Been mooching around the new livesearch site on ms.com and come across this document introducing the...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 10/12/2006
Scripting for Compute Cluster Server on TechNet..
So the chaps in Redmond have come up with some great resources yet again to help out the field and...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 10/11/2006
Microsoft cluster gets into the Top 500!!
The Top500 supercomputing list was released at the 2006 International Supercomputer Conference in...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 10/11/2006
ISV Profile: HPC ISVs spring into life - check out the progress...
Hi All, So I thought it worth spending a few moments highlighting some of the great work happening...
Author: Mike P_1 Date: 10/11/2006