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Jun 10 2010
I’m finishing up my week at the Microsoft Business Intelligence conference. The conference was co-located with Microsoft Tech Ed this year, which seemed to work well, as there was access to SharePoint, SQL server and other experts and vendors.
Continue reading “BI for the Masses at the BI Conference 2010″
Jun 09 2010
After two days at Microsoft TechEd, it’s easy to see the theme: cloud computing. Similar to the strategic direction discussed at the VMware Partner Conference in February, Microsoft has stated the importance of cloud computing and how Azure is a main focus moving forward.
Continue reading “First Two Days at TechEd – Cloud Computing and Virtualization”
May 13 2010
I’m involved in a SharePoint Business Reporting project, using SharePoint 2010 and SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2. A number of the reports call for clickable sub-reports, which display information in a different dimension for the user. There are helpful posts on how to pop up a new browser window for this purpose, but I wanted to add a little nicer interface with LyteBox.
Apr 30 2010
In these days of cost-cutting and keeping up with the latest technology, some companies and educational institutions have begun a migration away from internally supported e-mail and application systems to web-based solutions, such as Google Apps. This eliminates the need for patches, system updates and bringing e-mails through internal servers, but it also relinquishes the control and robust user interface features many of us have become accustomed to.
Continue reading “Knowledge Transfer 2.0: Google Apps: The Good, the Bad and the Not-So Ugly”
Mar 08 2010
I just wrote a C/D/H Knowledge Transfer article about Apple’s new iPad tablet. In the article, I expressed my hope that the iPad would be the beginning of an innovation battle.