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Our customer St. David Recruitment Services, based in Cardiff, were interviewed recently by Windows Vista Magazine to get their views on how Windows Vista helps their business every day. The case study appeared in Windows Vista SMB Supplement, which went out to over 200,000 readers as an insert in publications...
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Tim Long
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11-18-2008
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Filed under: TiGra News, Press Releases, Case Studies, Emerging Technology, Newsletter, SBS, Small Business, Small Business Server, IT, Microsoft, Windows Vista, News, TiGra Networks, SBSC, Small Business Specialist, Managed Services, MVP
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This publication is available on the Ofcom web site and is in the form of an Interactive Executive Summary where you can leave comments. There are actually very few comments on the document at present, I have started adding mine today. We (IT Professionals) are the people who know best what our businesses...
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Ray Ozzie delivered the keynote speech at PDC 2008 a few moments ago. He spoke about a number of interesting topics. Challenges of Virtualization & Distributed Systems Ray suggested that business continuity is a challenge not easily addressed by small and medium enterprises. The only real way to...
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Tim Long
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Tim Long
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10-27-2008
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Filed under: IT, Software Engineering, Microsoft, Windows, IT Industry, News, Technology, CRM, Windows Live, Partners, .NET, Internet, Emerging Technology, Web, Windows Azure
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I was fortunate to attend a Microsoft event in London today on the topic of Software plus Services, at which the keynote speaker was none other than Microsoft CEO Mr. Steve Ballmer. He was not what I expected - I was pleasantly surprised. He comes across as genuine but direct and to the point, humourous...
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Tim Long
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Tim Long
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10-02-2008
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Filed under: Software Engineering, Microsoft, Windows, IT Industry, Microsoft Partner Programme, Technology, Business, Partners, Internet, Emerging Technology, Web
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I lost my cool a little bit today, when someone on the MVP programme emailed me and asked me to try Internet Explorer 8 beta 2. They said I could try to join the beta program, no guarantee I would be accepted, but they wanted to offer me the opportunity to try. Gee, thanks. Here is my reply in full:...
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Tim Long
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09-26-2008
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Filed under: Opinion, Software Engineering, IE, Beta Testing, Microsoft, Technology, Internet, Emerging Technology, MVP, Bugs, Rants
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I saw a post by Jesse Liberty, Silverlight Geek about the technology being used by the Democratic National Convention to stream HD video using Silverlight technology. Well, never mind the politics, check out the technology. If you have ever, EVER seen a flash video that can rival this quality, just point...
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OK, this isn’t ALL my office, it’s a shared office facility in South Wales UK where I operate from most of the time. The Photosynth servers were feeling a bit better today and were allowing new synths to be created, so I ran around with Grace’s digicam and took about 190 photos. It’s taken a good few...
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That’s it folks, the next version of Windows Small Business Server is finished. The code has RTMed and evaluation copies will be available within a few weeks. Official availability is 12 November. Time to start training! The resources have been appearing on Technet for some time now, so lets do...
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Tim Long
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Tim Long
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08-22-2008
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Filed under: Dear Diary, IT, SBS, Small Business Server, Beta Testing, Small Business, Microsoft, Windows, SBSC, Technology, Business, Emerging Technology
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I’ve been waiting for what seems like years, but in fact must be only a few months, for the full release of Photosynth. This release allows for images to be uploaded rather than just viewing the pre-created models. Well at least in theory, anyway. In practice, the server is creaking under the strain...
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In November 2007 TiGra Networks embarked on a project to evaluate various digital telephony solutions, with a view to implementing our own infrastructure and, in the process, gain the necessary knowledge and experience to offer digital telephony solutions to other businesses. We are now ready. After...
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Tim Long
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07-18-2008
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Filed under: IT, Telephony, Small Business, Microsoft CRM, Technology, TiGra Networks, Business, VOIP, Asterisk, TrixBox, Emerging Technology
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Silverlight 2.0 is going to change the web so much. I've just completed an experimental blog theme for Community Server that uses a Silverlight masthead. You can view the finished result over at Grace's blog . The Silverlight masthead was created using Expression Design, Expression Blend 2.5...
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You can now download the Public Preview of SBS 2008 from Microsoft Downloads . The standard install requires only DVD 1 while the premium install requires all 4 DVDs at almost 10Gb. Tip: use a download manager such as Free Download Manager which will give you a faster download than Microsoft's download...
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Microsoft formally unveiled its upcoming server solution for small businesses this week and first indications are that the price will be "about the same as the 2003 version". There is no news on upgrade pricing yet and the product release itself is still some months off. Nevertheless, if you...
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If you don't happen to have a spare 64-bit system and/or can't wait for the public preview, you can see Sean Daniel (SBS Product Manager) discussing and demonstrating SBS 2008 online. SBS 2008 PM Interview and Demo | Media | TechNet Edge
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Microsoft has launched its World Wide Telescope project , a free downloadable education/science application from Microsoft Research. This interesting project brings together lots of disparate data sources and also references another technology that I am deeply involved in, ASCOM (or, Astronomy Common...
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Tim Long
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05-14-2008
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Filed under: Reviews, Astronomy, ASCOM, Microsoft, Home Computing, Science, Technology, Endorsements, Internet, TiGra Astronomy, Emerging Technology