Last week a group of Southies converged in Las Vegas to support several deliverables for both MIX 11 and NAB. Held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, NAB draws more than 90,000+ media and entertainment professionals from over 150 countries. The Microsoft NAB booth was impressive as always, and as an IIS Media Services Partner,... read more
During the PDC 10 keynote today Don Box showed how to quickly code up an application (“Rafiki”) that takes advantage of new Windows Azure Platform services. Rafiki helps conference attendees find and connect with other attendees so they can network and discuss similar interest. If you’re here at the PDC event in Redmond and you’re... read more
Visual Studio installed? Check. Silverlight knowledge? Check. Great idea for mobile app? Check. Copious amounts of free time to learn a different OS or programming language? Um, no. Now that’s no longer a hurdle you have to jump. Use your existing tools and knowledge to build great applications for the Windows Phone 7 platform. The... read more
You now own a budget, oversee people, and time is precious. But you have ideas. Ones that could really help your company. Unfortunately the estimate from the IT Department puts your request at slightly before never (or maybe after, hard to tell when they use their grouchy voice). Should you simply ignore your inner voice... read more
Once again your friend from Company X skillfully found a way to introduce into your conversation the topic of his trip to PDC and how much he learned about Azure. You force a smile, and you want to be happy for him, but deep inside you feel your stomach begin to knot and anxiousness suddenly... read more
Who dat? Who dat that’s using your application? It seems like something you might need to know. Of course you could force them to register with your system, scribbling the username and password onto their sticky pad in the desk drawer, but perhaps there’s a better way? Can you say “claims?” Claims are key to... read more