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Microsoft HPC Pack Beta 2 Released
Whoops - nearly forgot this one. We released Beta 2 of the HPC pack earlier this month. I am a fan...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/30/2008
Enterprise Library 4.0 - May release
I have mixed emotions about the Enterprise Library. When I was last doing development (a few years...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/30/2008
UK Developer User Groups and Events
I will be spending a lot more time working with user groups in my new role in July. As a result I...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/30/2008
150 days and 160+ sessions - Microsoft PDC Oct 2008
Registrations opened this week for the PDC in Los Angeles - which promises to include a lot of new...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/30/2008
.NET 3.5 Enhancements Links (SP1 Beta stuff!)
Now I am the proud owner of a working VS 2008 with SP1 Beta, it is time for me to take a look at...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/30/2008
Call of Duty 4 meets folder virtualization on Vista
Call of Duty 4 is a great game - but just occasionally, it trashes all your progress which is held...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/30/2008
Windows Sharepoint Services development on Vista
A LOT of UK ISVs are excited about projecting their solutions into Sharepoint which is great. But...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/30/2008
More bits and bobs - just for partners
The following need a little air time - enjoy! A lot of partners have shown interest in CRM Live...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/30/2008
Some bits and bobs - Silverlight, Hello World, Wallpaper
Just a few randoms which I have come across over the last few weeks while heads down on other stuff....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/30/2008
VS2008 SP1 Beta - my advice, get a good movie to watch :-)
Yesterday I set about installing SP1 Beta. I expected there to be a few problems as my machine was...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/30/2008
UK ISV interested in a half day 1:1 technology review?
Something we have been looking at recently is taking an approach we use frequently with our managed...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/29/2008
Are you a UK ISV writing .NET applications in Visual Basic?
Then I would like to hear from you. We are trying to a) better understand how UK ISVs are deciding...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/23/2008
The "refactoring" of this blog has started - pink or red?
The observant amongst you (i.e. those who don't use a rss reader and actually visit this site) will...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/23/2008
Getting back into the groove - being a good presenter
With my change of role in July I will be doing a lot more technical presentations - to small and to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/23/2008
Time to "refactor" this blog...and announcing a new UK ISV Technical Blog
Executive summary :-) If you are technical within an ISV, subscribe to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/21/2008
The big zoomy photo thing - err... Silverlight DeepZoom
The BBC have used Silverlight DeepZoom to create a fun site/experience of Radio 1's Big Weekend -...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/20/2008
Windows Weekly Podcast
My colleague David pointed me at this weekly podcast over at www.twit.tv. Lots of great discussion...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/20/2008
Load Balancing WCF - summary of resources
I have gathered together some useful resources in one place to cover of the interesting topic of how...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/20/2008
Do you share code/publish and wonder about which license to use?
Then you are probably not alone - sharing code appears to be more popular than ever (thanks all!)....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/20/2008
Best Silverlight LOB application demo yet
This impressed me so much when I first caught a glimpse of it earlier this year. I have previously...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/19/2008
Have you met the UK Partner Bot?
You would remember if you had :-) The UK Partner Bot ('partnerbot@hotmail.com') is an IM Bot similar...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/19/2008
A year on: I surrender - I am no longer an Architect...
On May 7th 2007 (a little over a year ago) I posted "I surrender - I am no longer a developer..."....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/19/2008
Who stole my pause button?
Where did the go? The last four weeks have been busy - too busy. The good news is those four weeks...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 05/19/2008
Visual Basic 6 migration to .NET
A few ISV have asked me an identical question this week "what resources are available to help...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/25/2008
UK ISV Partner Innovation Days are back
I would encourage you to pop along to one of these Innovation Days if you are a UK ISV interested in...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 04/02/2008
Made me smile :-) Ballmer at Mix
At Microsoft's Mix08 event in Las Vegas, Steve Ballmer did a Q&A which was just great to watch....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 03/26/2008
How to find UK Training on Microsoft Technologies
This has come up a lot with my ISVs lately. Time for a step by step: Start at...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 03/26/2008
Windows HPC Server 2008 March CTP Available
Apologies for the delay - meant to blog about this (and lots of other stuff) much earlier in the...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 03/26/2008
Understanding the differences between the versions of Visual Studio 2008
Working for Microsoft has many benefits - an obvious one being I don't have to pay for Visual...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 03/26/2008
Wow - WPF meets the Enterprise!
One of the challenges we have had when working with UK ISVs on Windows Presentation Foundation is to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 03/26/2008
Windows HPC Server meets video games
I have previously posted on High Performance Computing and what it may mean to ISVs. Currently two...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 03/26/2008
Slides for SPA2008
Just a swift link to my slides on "Does Architecture Help?"
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 03/17/2008
Windows Server 2008 Infrastructure Webcasts
We are not short of content these days - why not try one or two of our Windows Server 2008 technical...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/29/2008
Does your company subscribe to the Microsoft Action Pack?
Lots of partners I meet in the UK take advantage of the Microsoft Action Pack (For £199 plus...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/29/2008
.NET Framework Source Code Available
I first blogged on this back in January but based on all my meetings in Feb, very few ISVs seem to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/29/2008
.NET adoption is coming along rather nicely - thanks folks!
2008 has included a number of conversations with ISVs along the lines of "We are currently Java...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/27/2008
Are you a UK ISV with something great to say about Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008?
At the moment there is a lot of activity in Microsoft UK to gather up all the great stories from our...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/14/2008
Blogs never cease to surprise me...
I was just skimming my blog feeds in Feedghost (very nice tool by the way - and now has a great free...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/14/2008
Free Online Silverlight Training
It is becoming increasingly common for UK ISVs to ask us about Silverlight. Which is a good thing as...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/13/2008
Benchmarking is just a lot easier these days...
When I first joined Microsoft in 1996 I was lucky enough to work with Compaq to create a SQL Server...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/12/2008
Resources for Windows High Performance Computing
The following resources should help you get up to speed on Windows HPC Server 2008 and high...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 02/07/2008
UK Events - Architect Insight Conference and Windows HPC Server
Two UK events that may be of interest to ISVs. Architect Insight Conference 2008 - April The...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/24/2008
Ever been bitten by Multi-Tenancy? The perils of a shared database...
A reminder of Multi-Tenancy (skip to "Ever been bit?" if you are happy with Multi-tenancy)...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/24/2008
Registration details for UK Launch of Visual Studio 2008, Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 now available
But places are going very fast! From our MSDN Flash (which amazingly some of you don't get! Signup...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/23/2008
Making Windows HPC Server 2008 feel more concrete
I thought a few pics from the technical overview document would make Windows HPC Server feel more...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/22/2008
Interested in High Performance computing? Maybe you should be?
HPC has never really appeared on my radar before. All this stuff about "Compute Clusters"...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/22/2008
UK ISV releases Open Source large file transfer solution - nice work!
One of the ISVs I work with is Memba. Memba last year started to beta a file transfer platform to...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/22/2008
10% off developer training until end of Jan
Back in November I blogged about a training offer my US colleagues had struck with Total Training....
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/22/2008
Whiteboard drawing skills... I am slowly getting them back :-)
Something odd happened in 2007. I seemed to spend most of the year talking or "projecting"...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/22/2008
A late Christmas present - .NET Framework source code now available
Scott (as usual) does a great job of explaining how simple this is to setup. Once enabled, VS 2008...
Author: Eric Nelson UK Date: 01/17/2008