1. Google Android Phone T-Mobile G1
data: 25.10.08
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Today the Google Android G1 goes on sale in 95 cities across North America. If you've been salivating since the announcement of this phone, you can try and get on at your local T-Mobile retail store, but good luck! The first 1.5 million phones were pre ordered a few weeks before the launch and although T-Mobile has promised to have some available for the launch date "today" I think you'll have a hard time getting your hands on one.
2. IPhone 3G
data: 08.10.08
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The IPhone 3G has been out for almost a month now and none of the geekBlue team has one; so much for being oober geeks. We've managed to get our hands on a couple of the display models at the store and have the following review for you. What's New on the Iphone 3G 3G Speed - Surf the web and download email over fast 3G networks. Maps with GPS - Find your location, get directions, and track progress along your route with Google Maps. App Store - Browse games and applications, then download and install them directly onto your iPhone. iPhone in Enterprise - Get push email, calendar, and contacts with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. At $199 (8GB) or $299 (16GB) + 2 year contact (3 if you live in Canada) its a little pricey; but if I had the cash to get one and the death wish to sign the contract, I might pick one up. Check out the Engadget Review of the Iphone 3G
3. IW Executive Prodcast - Bill Gates, Chairman - Microsoft
data: 08.10.08
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A couple of weeks ago, I traveled to Redmond for a customer briefing. While I was out there, I got the rare opportunity to interview Bill Gates, company co-founder and Chairman of Microsoft. As you might imagine, his time is closely guarded, so I was ecstatic when I got 30 minutes on his calendar. We sat down in Bill's personal office, where I asked him questions focused around the information worker space. During our session, Bill discusses the future of business productivity applications and how they are being influenced by consumer focused technologies like blogs and wikis. He also explores how the workers from this next generation (digital natives) have different expectations for the tools they will use to collaborate and get their work done. Bill also gives some insight into the next wave of innovation for the Office System, highlighting the work that we'll do in "Office 14" and beyond. Finally, he talks about his transition to "part-time" at Microsoft and what types of projects he'll be working on in the future.It truly was a thrill to be given the time to talk to Bill Gates. I hope you enjoy the prodcast as much as I enjoyed recording it. For those of you who prefer to read rather than listen, I'll be posting a transcript of the interview as soon as I get time to type it up.Click the links below to play audio (20:41)WMA VersionMP3 VersionFor more information about Bill Gates, please see his website on Microsoft.com.
4. IW Executive Prodcast - Bill Gates, Chairman - Microsoft
data: 08.10.08
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A couple of weeks ago, I traveled to Redmond for a customer briefing. While I was out there, I got the rare opportunity to interview Bill Gates, company co-founder and Chairman of Microsoft. As you might imagine, his time is closely guarded, so I was ecstatic when I got 30 minutes on his calendar. We sat down in Bill's personal office, where I asked him questions focused around the information worker space. During our session, Bill discusses the future of business productivity applications and how they are being influenced by consumer focused technologies like blogs and wikis. He also explores how the workers from this next generation (digital natives) have different expectations for the tools they will use to collaborate and get their work done. Bill also gives some insight into the next wave of innovation for the Office System, highlighting the work that we'll do in "Office 14" and beyond. Finally, he talks about his transition to "part-time" at Microsoft and what types of projects he'll be working on in the future.It truly was a thrill to be given the time to talk to Bill Gates. I hope you enjoy the prodcast as much as I enjoyed recording it. For those of you who prefer to read rather than listen, I'll be posting a transcript of the interview as soon as I get time to type it up.Click the links below to play audio (20:41)WMA VersionMP3 VersionFor more information about Bill Gates, please see his website on Microsoft.com.
5. IPhone 3G
data: 30.08.08
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The IPhone 3G has been out for almost a month now and none of the geekBlue team has one; so much for being oober geeks. We've managed to get our hands on a couple of the display models at the store and have the following review for you. What's New on the Iphone 3G 3G Speed - Surf the web and download email over fast 3G networks. Maps with GPS - Find your location, get directions, and track progress along your route with Google Maps. App Store - Browse games and applications, then download and install them directly onto your iPhone. iPhone in Enterprise - Get push email, calendar, and contacts with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. At $199 (8GB) or $299 (16GB) + 2 year contact (3 if you live in Canada) its a little pricey; but if I had the cash to get one and the death wish to sign the contract, I might pick one up. Check out the Engadget Review of the Iphone 3G
6. IW Executive Prodcast - Bill Gates, Chairman - Microsoft
data: 29.06.08
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A couple of weeks ago, I traveled to Redmond for a customer briefing. While I was out there, I got the rare opportunity to interview Bill Gates, company co-founder and Chairman of Microsoft. As you might imagine, his time is closely guarded, so I was ecstatic when I got 30 minutes on his calendar. We sat down in Bill's personal office, where I asked him questions focused around the information worker space. During our session, Bill discusses the future of business productivity applications and how they are being influenced by consumer focused technologies like blogs and wikis. He also explores how the workers from this next generation (digital natives) have different expectations for the tools they will use to collaborate and get their work done. Bill also gives some insight into the next wave of innovation for the Office System, highlighting the work that we'll do in "Office 14" and beyond. Finally, he talks about his transition to "part-time" at Microsoft and what types of projects he'll be working on in the future.It truly was a thrill to be given the time to talk to Bill Gates. I hope you enjoy the prodcast as much as I enjoyed recording it. For those of you who prefer to read rather than listen, I'll be posting a transcript of the interview as soon as I get time to type it up.Click the links below to play audio (20:41)WMA VersionMP3 VersionFor more information about Bill Gates, please see his website on Microsoft.com.
7. Project 2007 Prodcast - William Lyon, Senior Product Manager
data: 11.06.08
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This week's prodcast is about Project 2007 and the new Microsoft Project Portfolio Server 2007 offerings. Recently, I had the opportunity to get an update on our EPM solutions from William Lyon, who is a Senior Product Manager on the Project team. For those of you who have been following The IW Center for a while, you may remember I interviewed William last year about Project 2003. A lot has changed in the Microsoft EPM offering, so I thought it would make sense to revisit the topic, with a focus on what's coming later this year. In this prodcast, William talks about the recent UMT acquisition and how Microsoft is moving much more into the enterprise project porfolio managemet space. He highlights intergration points with SharePoint Server and other Microsoft Office applications. For example, Project tasks and Outlook tasks can now be the same item, so if you change the status in one place, it will change in the other application automatically! He also outlines the improvements that are being made in the desktop Project applications based upon customer feedback. Click to Play Audio (28:02) WMA Version MP3 Version For more information about Microsoft Project, visit the Microsoft website.
8. Part 1-New Office User Interface Prodcast - Jensen Harris, Lead Program Manager
data: 11.06.08
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One of the most striking new features of the Office 2007 core applications is the new User Interface. Known as "the ribbon" (although it's much more than just the ribbon component), this new UI dramatically simplifies the user experience while exposing new and pre-existing functionality. I had the chance last week to sit down with Jensen Harris, who is a Lead Program Manager on the Office User Experience team. Many of you may know Jensen from his public blog, which is widely regarded as THE PLACE to go for information about the new Office UI. In Part 1 of this prodcast, Jensen talks about how the Office applications have evolved over the past twenty years and how they've outgrown the menu/toolbar based UI of the past. He highlights how the products have grown in functionality and how that growth has made it challenging to keep the user interface easy to use. Jensen also shed some light on how Microsoft has spent years studying how people work with Microsoft Office and how we've collected massive amounts of data on WHAT features are used and HOW they are used. As a result, we can now design a UI that makes popular features more prominant and lesser-known features easier to discover and use. Click here to Play Audio. (35.33) WMA Version MP3 Version For more information about the new Office UI, visit Jensen's blog.
9. Part 2-New Office User Interface Prodcast - Jensen Harris, Lead Program Manager
data: 11.06.08
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In Part 2 of his talk on why Microsoft developed a new User Interface (UI) for the core Office 2007 applications, Jensen Harris discusses the actual components of the new UI. Much more than just "the ribbon", Jensen drills down into the ribbon, galleries, live preview, quick access toolbars, contextual tabs and even touches on enhanced keyboard shortcuts. At first I was worried that this session would be difficult to conceptualize, since the UI is very VISUAL and my prodcasts are audio only. Luckily, my reservations were unfounded... Jensen does a GREAT job describing each of the new UI pieces and how they work. Just in case: If you haven't had a chance to see any screenshots yet...here is one of Microsoft Word 2007. Click the links below to play audio (39:43) WMA Version MP3 Version For more information about the new Office UI, visit Jensen's blog.
10. Office SharePoint Server 2007 Prodcast - Tom Rizzo, Director of Office SharePoint Server
data: 11.06.08
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Each day this week, I will be providing new prodcasts on the various aspects of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007). Since so much is changing in the new release, I thought it might make sense to start with an overview of MOSS 2007. To do that, I went straight to the source...Tom Rizzo. Many of you may know Tom from his previous work on the Exchange, SQL or BizTalk teams. He now heads up the Office Server division of Microsoft, where he focuses on the comprehensive offerings on SharePoint. In this prodcast, Tom outlines the 6 major investment areas for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. If you haven't seen the "SharePoint pie" that Tom refers to, this screenshot may help give a better picture of where Microsoft is enhancing SharePoint Server 2007. Tom details new enhancements in the Collaboration area, like blogs, wikis and RSS support. HE also highlights major improvements to the Portal aspects of SharePoint, such as improved MySites, social networking, and customization options. On the Search front, Tom mentions the ability to use MOSS 2007 to search back-end Line of Business applications and announced that we will be offering a new product that JUST DOES Search, called Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search. Tom spends the second half of the discussion talking about the NEW areas for SharePoint, such as enterprise content management, business intelligence, and rich business forms via Infopath Forms Services. If you want to get a good overview of where SharePoint Server is going, listen to Tom's prodcast...and then stay tuned for further drilldown on SharePoint Server 2007 every day this week. Click the links below to play audio (31:50) WMA Version MP3 Version For more information on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, please visit the Microsoft website.
11. Windows SharePoint Services v3 Prodcast - Bob Sutton, Lead Product Manager
data: 11.06.08
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To fully understand SharePoint, you need to know the difference between Windows SharePoint Services "v3" and SharePoint Server 2007. So, I spent some time on the phone with Bob Sutton, who is the Lead Product Manager for WSS to find out. In this prodcast, Bob talks about the core features of version 3 of Windows SharePoint Services. He highlights the new functionality, such as recycle bins, easier navigation, item level security, and numerous other improvements. Bob also highlights the new templates that are available and the new workflow capabilities enabled through the Windows Workflow Foundation. Listen to this prodcast, get excited and download the SharePoint trial version today! Click here to play audio (24:05) WMA Version MP3 Version
12. Records Management Prodcast - Manish Sharma, Senior Product Manager, Office Division
data: 11.06.08
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It seems like everybody is talking about records management these days...or at least everybody's asking about it. With all of the government regulations, concerns about customer privacy, and company confidentiality, a good records management system is a critical part of most enterprise architectures. I recently spoke to Manish Sharma, a Senior Product Manager in the Office division. He focuses on the enterprise content management solutions built inside of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. In this prodcast, Manish discusses how a document, email or other type of data can now be stored inside of SharePoint as a "record" with policies which define not only how long the document should be active, but what to do with the content once it expires. He highlights how the Windows Workflow Foundation can make automatic routing of these pieces of content a breeze, with pre-defined templates for approval processes and other "out of the box" scenarios. Manish also discusses third party solutions which compliment Microsoft's offering, providing specific functionality for key vertical scenarios. Finally, he also discusses how the other "management" types (web content management and document management) relate to records management within MOSS 2007 and where we've invested in new features and enhanced functionality. For those of you who have been waiting for the new release to see records management become a fully supported solution...listen to this prodcast and start evaluating Beta 2 of MOSS 2007. Click the links below to play audio (18:57) WMA Version MP3 Version For more information on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, please visit the Microsoft website.
13. Windows Workflow Foundation Prodcast - Paul Andrew, Technical Product Manager
data: 11.06.08
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A few of the past week's prodcasts have touched on the new workflow engine that Microsoft will be shipping soon, so I thought it would be interesting to have a deeper drill-down on the subject. I put out a few feelers to the product team to see who might be interested in doing an interview. Paul Andrew, a Technical Product Manager for the Windows Workflow Foundation, formerly code-named "WinOE", graciously accepted my invitation and spent some time with me on the phone recently. For those of you who follow Paul, he has co-authored a book on the subject which you can order from Amazon here. Paul also maintains a blog on the Windows Workflow Foundation, which you can read to get even more infomation. In this week's prodcast, Paul gives an overview of the new Windows Workflow Foundation, which is part of the developer platform inside of Windows. He touches on some of the Microsoft products which will utilize "WF", such as Office 2007, SharePoint Server 2007, Speech Server 2007, and many others. Paul stops short of saying "WF" will be THE SOLE workflow engine from Microsoft going forward, but he does say that that's the goal. Paul highlights some of the workflow templates that will ship inside of SharePoint Server 2007, such as routing workflows from within document libraries. Later in the interview, Paul gives many examples of how the new engine will benefit developers, since it's part of the .NET Framework 3.0. Paul also mentions third party companies like SourceCode K2 and Captaris who are going to be incorporating the Windows Workflow Foundation into the next versions of their products. If you'd like to hear more about Microsoft's overall workflow strategy and hear examples of how the 2007 wave of IW products will incorporate human workflow, listen to this prodcast. Click the links below to play audio (22:59) WMA Version MP3 Version
14. SharePoint Designer 2007 Prodcast - Jerome Thiebaud, Senior Product Manager
data: 11.06.08
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More than a decade ago, when I was working as a Microsoft Certified Trainer at a local training company in Raleigh, I was sent to learn a new Microsoft product called "FrontPage 1.0". Microsoft had recently acquired a company, Vermeer Technologies, whose only product was the website development tool. I was literally in the first class Microsoft taught to the public on the course, and it was one of the reasons I ended up a Microsoft. I flew out to Redmond to attend the course and then spent time on the Microsoft campus. Less than a year later, I was hired by Microsoft in Atlanta to be a Systems Engineer supporting NT and Exchange. Boy, how time flies... So I've followed Microsoft Front Page over the years, as it "grew up" in the web development space, evolving from Version 1.1 to FrontPage 97, then 98, 2000, 2002 and the current version 2003. If you've had a chance to pull down Beta 2 of Office 2007, you know that FrontPage as a product is not in the bits, so I thought some of you might be wondering where it is. Jerome Thiebaud, a Senior Product Manager in the Office division, spent some time with me recently discussing the future of Microsoft FrontPage. Although FrontPage as a product is being retired, it is being replaced with two different products; Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 and Microsoft Expression Web Designer. SharePoint Designer 2007 In this prodcast, Jerome talks about when you would use which tool and the intended audience for each of the two new products. He spends most of his time discussing the new SharePoint Designer tool...highlighting new customization options, support for master pages, graphical workflow tools and the ability to deploy "no-code" applications using SharePoint Designer's new data view web parts. If you need to customize a SharePoint site or are just a long time FrontPage user like me, listen to this prodcast to hear about where Microsoft is heading with it's web development platform. Click the links below to play audio (23:11) WMA Audio MP3 Audio For more information on Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007, please visit the Microsoft website.
15. Office Forms Server 2007 Prodcast - Christian Stark, Senior Product Manager
data: 11.06.08
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Back in March, I interviewed Gray Knowlton who is the Senior Product Manager for Microsoft Office Infopath 2007. In that prodcast, he mentioned that Infopath 2007 forms will also be able to be rendered and filled out via a web browser. This is probably the number one feature request from customers around the current Infopath offering and it should enable many new scenarios for capturing data via electronic forms. To get more details on this new solution, I spent some time recently with Christian Stark, who is also a Senior Product Manager in the Office Division. Christian was actually on the product development team for Infopath 2003 and has now switched the "server" side to handle the new Infopath Forms Services and the Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007. In this prodcast, Christian outlines the functionality for Infopath Forms Services and the primary usage scenarios for this great new technology. He details how InfoPath Forms Services are hosted on top of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and talks about the deep level of integration between the two products. Christian highlights how Infopath forms can be used as the front-end to an existing back-end processes or line of business applications. He also discusses how Microsoft has built tools to provide centralized forms management for enterprise customers. Finally, Christian also reveals details on the new Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007 which enables customers to deploy Infopath forms to THEIR customers over the internet. This server was designed primarily for customers who want to build a pure forms solution without some of the additional functionality that SharePoint Server provides, such as authentication or workflow templates. For example, a government agency could provide forms for their constituents (permits, tax information, license and registrations, etc) and have the ease of use and flexibility that Infopath delivers. Personally, I'm a big fan of Infopath and am happy to see the next release supporting browser-based forms. Listen to the prodcast and see if you don't get as excited about forms as I do! Click the links below to play audio (20:09) WMA Audio MP3 Audio For more information on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, please visit the Microsoft website.
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