There is always something new going on with the web and how we connect with customers and this week is no exception with the release of the Tester Center Website (http://msdn.com/testercenter) at this year’s StarWest conference. For many years, Microsoft has recognized that software testing and quality assurance is an integral part of the application… Read more
People ask if it really rains in Seattle as much as they hear it does. The truth is it doesn’t really rain as much as people think it does, but it is definitely gray more often than they might assume. What I don’t think people realize is that when it rains here it’s pervasive and… Read more
In last week’s post I covered a bit on the Rugby world cup going on and my prediction for SA vs England was good, so now I’ll put in a score, 20 to 10 in favor of the Springboks. If you want to get more than the score, I recommend building a mash-up. It’s… Read more
Integration and Interoperability, two sides of the same coin. One of the things we work on across the entire Microsoft Application Platform and product portfolio all-up is insuring the different components work well together, and in fact it’s one of the things I often hear from customers that they like about our platform. For example,… Read more
It’s Friday and I’m looking forward to the semi-finals of the rugby world cup tomorrow. Can you say England and South Africa in the final? J I’m also happy to report that SQL Server 2005 has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems, 2007. As… Read more
Having spent the weekend in France, this update is dedicated to a weekend of great rugby, dubbed as having two miracles by some of my friends from France. I was quite lucky to attend both the England vs Australia game in Marseilles and the Argentina vs Scotland match in La Stade de France. Saturday was… Read more
I’m on the road again this week, with a few events to start with including EPC Connection in Chicago and SIBOS in Boston. I enjoyed both of these events as they allowed me to see how BizTalk Server 2006 R2 is enabling new scenarios in different industries. Couple that with the recent world-wide launch of… Read more
Yesterday, we disclosed our approach to business services and the framework for how these services will come to market. You can read the press release here. This is a topic I am very passionate about and have spoken on in many customer and public forums for just under a year. ”Services” are a great conversation… Read more
The last few weeks have been pretty busy with customer visits and talks. The breadth of the conversation is extremely vast and heads along a few paths. One path is a conversation on technology trends and areas of investment for the industry and the company. These range from virtualization, to services (software services as opposed… Read more
Welcome to Gugg’s Crossbar, my new blog for the Application Platform business at Microsoft, and individual updates and insights. As a long time rugby player and (U.S.) football fan the crossbar often represents the line between winning and losing in a close game, and in this case the extra distance we want to go in… Read more
