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Microsoft TownSquare

Posted in Analytical, Technical, tagged on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

While browsing the web over the weekend, I happened to stumble across information regarding Microsoft TownSquare (see picture below); a Facebook-type social networking tool built on top of SharePoint 2007 that is being used within Microsoft by about 8000 employees since January 2008.
TownSquare was built by a prototyping group within Microsoft called Office Labs that drives innovation in some Office Products. [...]

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Notes from Microsoft’s “Developer Liberation Day”

Posted in Analytical, Technical, Theoretical, tagged , , on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I attended “Developer Liberation Day” on the 6th of November in Sydney to watch the 15 billion dollar man, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft profess his company’s vision for Cloud Computing; the new paradigm that has the software industry agog with excitement. Since the beginning of the year several startups have been formed around the world with executives of large companies (like [...]

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Master Data Management Initiative at Microsoft

Posted in Analytical, Technical, Theoretical, tagged , on June 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Metadata consolidation across the enterprise is a challenge that most larger corporations face. After working in the ECM and EDRMS industries for a while, I am very excited at Microsoft’s Master Data Management (MDM) initiative and the value that an integrated offering would bring to a Solution Architect’s toolset and enterprise strategy. 
Read up on Microsoft’s MDM roadmap [...]

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Unified Communications and Microsoft

Posted in Analytical, Theoretical, tagged , , on January 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

With the release of the much-hyped Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 last October (2007) Microsoft seems to have announced it’s entry into the Unified Communications race along with main rival Cisco and PBX vendors such as Avaya, Nortel and Alcatel. Microsoft envisages Office Communication Server 2007 (OCS) and the following generations to replace the PBX.
The cool thing about [...]

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Microsoft in 2008: ZDNET Predictions

Posted in Theoretical, tagged on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I was very excited to read some of the anticipated technology releases from Microsoft.
 From FIJI (the next version of Windows Media Centre) to Office 14 Beta to OOXML getting the ISO nod, it sure sounds like we have a G-R-E-A-T year ahead.
For the full article http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12558_22-180846-1.html

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