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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Supercomputing on Demand with Windows Azure
“27,000 CPU’s were used over a period of 72 hours. 1 million tasks were consumed —the equivalent of approximately 1.9 million compute hours. If the same computation had been run on an 8-core system, it would have taken 25 years … Continue reading
Posted in Azure, BI
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Five great apps for the Surface
I like these : http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-great-apps-for-the-microsoft-surface/1625?tag=main;river-newest
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Latest Q3 2012 Database Threats Report form McAfee
https://blogs.mcafee.com/enterprise/mcafee-labs-q3-threats-report Great to see that SQL Server continues to be the most secure DB…. not many believe that its the case….
Posted in Security, SQL 2012
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Melbourne Based Windows Azure Community Group
Resident colleague and Azure Architect David McGhee just informed that there is a Melbourne based Azure User Group. http://www.melbourneazure.com/ My role in the Telco and Retail domain focuses more on the Industry use case scenarios for Azure (and public clouds) … Continue reading
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Microsoft and Yammer
The local Yammer Team have moved into the Microsoft Melbourne office and we welcome them into the MS family Great stuff. I was just made aware of this official blog post that speaks to some of the initial thoughts … Continue reading
Posted in Productivity, Social
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Microsoft and Security
As an employee, I see the tremendous amount of internal discussion, programs and investment that goes into Microsoft Security in their products. Its quite incredible. Unfortunately, many punters still have views of Microsoft products from many moons ago and they … Continue reading
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RedKnee for Telecommunications
Had the pleasure of meeting Fred and Mitch from Redknee (http://www.redknee.com/) here in Melbourne yesterday. They described to me the breadth of offerings they have in the Telco vertical and I was very impressed with what they have to offer. … Continue reading
WinRT Viewer for SQL Reporting Services
One of my local colleagues made me aware of this recent announcement from Perpetum Software of a Viewer for SQL Reporting Services on WinRT devices. Not bad given WinRT version was only launched two weeks ago…. (obviously been working on … Continue reading
Posted in BI, Reporting Services
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Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
“The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is an agentless inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can securely assess IT environments for various platform migrations—including Windows 8, Windows 7, Office 2010 and Office 365, Windows Server 2012 and Windows 2008 … Continue reading
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Windows Phone 8 Launch Press Nov 2012
From the MS Windows 8 Launch: · “Windows Phone 8 is a delight to use… Its combined good looks, functional features and sexy new hardware make it a winning smartphone.” – Wall Street Journal · “Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8 … Continue reading
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Chris Vidotto - Microsoft Business Solutions Principal (Melbourne, Australia) 