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DeepZoom Philip Stirpe

Posted by Phil Stirpe · 13 November 2008

If it’s good enough for Barak Obama, it’s good enough for me.

More computing power than Jodrell Bank

Posted by Gary Duffield · 20 October 2008

I opened exploratory talks recently with the current Mrs D. regarding the purchase of a new piece of kit for use here at Duffield Towers. Her response, that we had more computing power than Jodrell Bank, forced me to reconsider my intended purchase...

8 out of 10 server owners who expressed a preference said their network preferred IT

Posted by Gary Duffield · 15 September 2008

Over the last two years, I have chatted to hundreds of people about their Microsoft strategies. Over the last 10 months, I’ve asked seminar delegates to complete a survey with the promise that I’d share the results with you. Three figures worth of people were surveyed...

Silverlight Flash Mob

Posted by Phil Stirpe · 13 September 2008

Despite how it might occur in search engines, I am not suggesting any form of attack on Adobe Flash.

What is Silverlight ?

Posted by Phil Stirpe · 12 September 2008

Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in for delivering rich interactive applications for the Web. Over the last two years I have seen growing interest in Silverlight (formally known as WPF/E) and more demand from designers and developers alike for Silverlight training. Well it’s about time I put together a number of posts that look at what Silverlight is, how to write Silverlight applications and the design and development tools available.

A silver lining in every cloud?

Posted by Adrian Jakeman · 12 September 2008

You have probably noticed that several new buzzwords have been circulating in our industry for a little while now. Software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and ‘cloud computing’ have been dropped into many conversations seemingly interchangeably.

Fancy a virtual certification?

Posted by Gary Duffield · 10 September 2008

Right now Microsoft seems to have gone off like a firework with new products and services flying out of Redmond almost by the second. No sooner had Hyper-V, SBS 2008 and SQL 2008 shipped than we get a new Zune, the BlueTrack mouse and...

Nearly MCSD or MCAD certified? Get them well you can (with 40% off the exams)

Posted by Gary Duffield · 03 September 2008

Microsoft Learning is retiring a number of developer and SQL examinations on the 31st March 2009. Now, what does that mean for you? If you have an MCAD or MCSD you’ll not lose those certifications, BUT if you have put off taking that last exam for the MCSD et al, you’ll not have the option to take it after March next year. That’s it, game over. There will be no new MCSDs when these retire. To encourage us, Microsoft is reducing the cost of the retiring exams by 40% until the exams finally put their feet up in the home for retired exams. This offer is worldwide.

I’m a project manager – what can VSTS do for me?

Posted by Adrian Jakeman · 02 September 2008

If you’re a project manager, or you have aspirations to fill that role in the next few months or years, you need to know about Visual Studio Team System.

A man out standing in his field: An everyday story of blended learning and a tent

Posted by Gary Duffield · 01 September 2008

Have you every stopped to think about how you learn? It’s a subject that has fascinated me over the years. Many people I’ve asked the question of instinctively say that they learn by going on a course. If that were true, we’d fill every classroom many times over. The reality is, without realising it, we learn from multiple sources and stimuli, a sort of unconscious learning. We learn without even being aware of it – can you remember where you were when you learnt to turn on a tap or Ctrl-Alt-Del a PC. Learning without knowing or knowing without learning...?