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Before I get flaming e-mails (or comments) I do want to acknowledge that as long as we have PC’s and we use them we will need a browser, but what I really want to point out in this post is that while the browser is still important, there are other growing distribution channels that are becoming more and more important that while some companies continue to fight the “browser war” a new kind of distribution and content will make the browser irrelevant. I have been following the Consumer... Read Full Story

We are all excited here at Microsoft about the announcements made at PDC last year (2009). If you don’t know what I am talking then spend a little time reading about Windows Azure here .  well,  that is exciting but not as exciting as the new approach that our product management is finally taking.  We are opening up the flood gates to let YOU propose ideas on what should or should not be included in SQL Azure.  I welcome this new era of participation in the creation of the products that you... Read Full Story

Exactly one week from today, it will be my first anniversary here at Microsoft. It has been quite an experience and eye-opener for me. I knew that Microsoft Consulting Services is always changing in order to better server our customer’s needs and to improve our customers and partners experience. Combine that with the turbulent times we lived in the last 2+ years and as a result we have constant change. I joined MS in December 2008 and 7 months later the Global Practice had been reorganized... Read Full Story

I am in Redmond this week. I am sharing a farily small room that is filled with 16 other architects. We are spending this week learning from each other and coming up with a repeatable approach to leading a transformation in the way we engage with and deliver “uber” opportunities. Quite exciting opportunity to be part of this effort and be the tip of the spear representing Microsoft and engaging with customers in discussing with customers how to realize business value. Our slogan is: “Your... Read Full Story

David Wheeler (computer scientist) once said: “Any problem in computer science can be solved with another layer of indirection”.    This is often mis-quoted with “abstraction” substituted for “indirection”.  I think the main idea remains untouched.  We in computer science use this pattern all the time.  Most of widely used patterns are based in creating abstraction layers that hide the complexity of working with the overall system or architecture.  These abstraction layers can be represented... Read Full Story

The Microsoft Global SOA Practice is happy to announce that our new release of the Managed Services Engine is available now at CodePlex. ( here ) This new version is a huge departure from the Management Console snap-in. We now have a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) administration tool that simplifies management of the various old and new Service Model Components introduced in this version. Read Full Story

As you probably know by now. I joined Microsoft at the beginning of December 2008. I have been in ramp up mode while trying to contribue as much as possible on sales calls, QA for one of our solutions, and of course all that HR required training. Today we are less than a week away from Microsoft’s internal technology conference for folks in the field, people just like me! I am excited about attending my first TechReady. I’ve heard about this conference, kind of like a TechEd but with no... Read Full Story

I was happy with 6mbps but you can never have enough.  I just upgraded my AT&T Internet service to the MAX!  My downlowad/upload speed test I am loving the speed and not to mention how happy I have been with the TV service.  IPTV Rocks!  way to go AT&T Uverse.        Read Full Story

More than once I’ve heard technologists complaint about the business and how they don’t understand the issues the IT faces to provide appropriate Service Levels to the business, on the other hand, I also hear the complaints of the “Business” on how IT and the solutions intended to provide functional services are not flexible and take too long to implement. Who is right?  BOTH! Until recent times, we had not been able to provide better alignment between IT and Business.  Yes, I know that... Read Full Story

Working with the Energy and Utilities vertical at nGenera we are seriously considering hosting a new product offering on the cloud using Amazon’s EC2 web service . My experience so far is very positive.  Easy to sign up, easy to use, easy to administer (even with the command-line tools) and the price…  can’t beat that!  at $0.10 / instance hour it beats the typical hosting agreements. even for a 24/7 site at an average of $73 / month plus the data transfer it looks like a very good option... Read Full Story