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Virtualization and Consolidation with Hyper-V

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:55:50 GMT

Hyper-V provides a dynamic, reliable, and scalable virtualization platform combined with a single set of integrated management tools to manage both physical and virtual resources, enabling you to create an agile and dynamic data center. Hyper-V enables:

Server Consolidation
Businesses are under pressure to ease management and reduce costs while retaining and enhancing competitive advantages, such as flexibility, reliability, scalability, and security. The fundamental use of virtualization to help consolidate many servers on a single system while maintaining isolation helps address these demands. One of the main benefits of server consolidation is a lower total cost of ownership (TCO), not just from lowering hardware requirements but also from lower power, cooling, and management costs.
Businesses also benefit from server virtualization through infrastructure optimization, both from an asset utilization standpoint as well as the ability to balance workloads across different resources. Improved flexibility of the overall environment and the ability to freely integrate 32-bit and 64-bit workloads in the same environment is another benefit

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Business continuity is the ability to minimize both scheduled and unscheduled downtime. That includes time lost to routine functions, such as maintenance and backup, as well as unanticipated outages. Hyper-V includes powerful business continuity features, such as live backup and quick migration, enabling businesses to meet stringent uptime and response metrics.
Disaster recovery is a key component of business continuity. Natural disasters, malicious attacks, and even simple configuration problems like software conflicts can cripple services and applications until administrators resolve the problems and restore any backed up data. Leveraging the clustering capabilities of Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V now provides support for disaster recovery (DR) within IT environments and across data centers, using geographically dispersed clustering capabilities. Rapid and reliable disaster and business recovery helps ensure minimal data loss and powerful remote management capabilities.

Testing and Development
Testing and development are frequently the first business functions to take advantage of virtualization technology. Using virtual machines, development staffs can create and test a wide variety of scenarios in a safe, self-contained environment that accurately approximates the operation of physical servers and clients. Hyper-V maximizes utilization of test hardware which can help reduce costs, improve life cycle management, and improve test coverage. With extensive guest OS support and checkpoint features, Hyper-V provides a great platform for your test and development environments.

Dynamic Data Center
Hyper-V, together with your existing system management solutions, such as Microsoft System Center, can help you realize the dynamic data center vision of providing self-managing dynamic systems and operational agility. With features like automated virtual machine reconfiguration, flexible resource control, and quick migration, you can create a dynamic IT environment that uses virtualization to not only respond to problems, but also to anticipate increased demands.

Key Features of Hyper-V:

New and Improved Architecture
New 64-bit micro-kernelized hypervisor architecture enables Hyper-V to provide a broad array of device support methods and improved performance and security.

Broad OS Support
Broad support for simultaneously running different types of operating systems, including 32-bit and 64-bit systems across different server platforms, such as Windows, Linux, and others

Symmetric Multiprocessors (SMP) Support
Ability to support up to four multiple processors in a virtual machine environment enables you to take full advantage of multi-threaded applications in a virtual machine.

Network Load Balancing
Hyper-V includes new virtual switch capabilities. This means virtual machines can be easily configured to run with Windows Network Load Balancing (NLB) Service to balance load across virtual machines on different servers.

New Hardware Sharing Architecture
With the new virtual service provider/virtual service client (VSP/VSC) architecture, Hyper-V provides improved access and utilization of core resources, such as disk, networking, and video.

Quick Migration
Hyper-V enables you to rapidly migrate a running virtual machine from one physical host system to another with minimal downtime, leveraging familiar high-availability capabilities of Windows Server and System Center management tools.

Virtual Machine Snapshot
Hyper-V provides the ability to take snapshots of a running virtual machine so you can easily revert to a previous state, and improve the overall backup and recoverability solution.

Scalability
With support for multiple processors and cores at the host level and improved memory access within virtual machines, you can now vertically scale your virtualization environment to support a large number of virtual machines within a given host and continue to leverage quick migration for scalability across multiple hosts.

Extensible

System Center Virtual Machine Manager

System Center Virtual Machine Manager is a comprehensive heterogeneous management solution for the virtualized data center. Virtual Machine Manager enables increased physical server utilization, centralized management of virtual machine infrastructure and rapid provisioning of new virtual machines by the administrator and authorized end users. Virtual Machine Manager provides the best solution for leveraging existing IT administrative skills and processes for managing the virtual and physical environment.

To learn more, please visit the System Center Virtual Machine Manager Web site.

Microsoft Tech·Ed IT Forum | 3-7 November 2008 | Barcelona

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:37:02 GMT

Welcome to Tech·Ed EMEA IT Professionals - formerly Microsoft Tech·Ed IT Forum, but NO change in content, target audience, positioning but renamed as part of brand globalization.

Be prepared to make a real impact on your organization. Be a part of the Experience!

Tech·Ed EMEA 2008 IT Professionals will run back to back with Tech·Ed EMEA 2008 Developers. From 3 – 7 November, spend five days learning how to architect, plan, deploy, manage and secure a connected enterprise.

Experience more than ever before. Connect with 5,000 of your EMEA colleagues, top speakers, product experts and influential community members gain hands-on experience and explore new solutions and ideas for being more productive.

Database Administrators, Desktop Configuration Administrators, Storage Administrators, Help Desk Support, IT Managers, Messaging Administrators, Network Administrators, Security Specialists, Server Administrators, System Administrators, Technology Trainers/Teachers and Web Administrators:

Hear the vision of the experts through a choice of 190 Breakout Sessions
Understand the implications and opportunities in using software services in your own IT offerings
Acquire insights from Microsoft and industry experts on the products you work with every day, and improve the security, interoperability, troubleshooting, and management of your existing IT infrastructure solutions now
Drill down on a specific task or product feature in more than 175 Hands-on Labs
Prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. Through community activities share best practice and ideas with 5,000 of your peers.

Don’t miss out and register before the 31 July 2008 Super Early Bird deadline (SEB) – Save €300 plus receive value add benefits. Middle East & Africa SEB price €1,445 + 16% VAT - Quote code DLCTTK6U to qualify.

See the Web site for detailed registration information.

We look forward to welcoming you in Barcelona.

www.microsoft.com/emea/teched2008/itpro/

Rafal Lukawiecki- Data Mining and Business Intelligence for Enteprises on TechNet Spotlight

Thu, 29 May 2008 18:23:17 GMT

In Data Mining and Business Intelligence for Enterprises, Rafal Lukawiecki aims to show IT Professionals how data mining can be used in IT infrastructure to support real business scenarios demystifying the perception that Data Mining is complex, untested or only for specialists. This has become possible since Microsoft has taken the technology to new levels making it accessible to all. In four easy-to-understand yet packed with practical information sessions you will learn about what Data Mining and Business Intelligence can do for you, how to deploy and manage it, how to use it, and how to make it available to other parts of your IT environment.

Visit TechNet Spotlight: www.microsoft.com/technetspotlight

Video on Demand, Video Downloads, PowerPoint Presentations, Audio and more

Data Mining and Business Intelligence for Enterprises

Available Videos

Data Mining and Business Intelligence for Enterprises:

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/spotlight/event.aspx?id=99

Links to Session Videos:

Ø Introduction to Data Mining- Rafal Lukawiecki, Strategic Consultant, Project Botticelli Ltd

Ø Working with Data Mining- Rafal Lukawiecki, Strategic Consultant, Project Botticelli Ltd

Ø Using Data Mining in your IT Systems (Part 1)- Rafal Lukawiecki, Strategic Consultant, Project Botticelli Ltd

Ø Using Data Mining in your IT Systems (Part 1), Rafal Lukawiecki, Strategic Consultant, Project Botticelli Ltd

END-TO-END INTEGRATED VIRTUALIZATION

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:52:12 GMT

Many companies consider to use their existing infrastructure more efficiently or take advantage of new technologies without having to buy additional hardware every time new applications and services are added.
Virtualization enables more than just consolidation and Server Virtualization. It has the power to enable agility across IT environments. Virtualization will play a significant role in enabling companies to create IT systems that are not only highly efficient, but that have the self-awareness to adapt automatically as business conditions change.

By considering on the solution, there are some specific questions come up;

"How are you planning to use virtualization?"
"Is it just about server virtualization or do you have other scenarios in which you want to virtualize applications, client or presentation layer?"
"How do you plan to manage this environment? Do you need a tool set to manage both the physical and virtual world at the same time?"

When you examine the solution in the market, you will see that Microsoft offers end2end integrated virtualization solutions better TCO.

Server Virtualization

With Microsoft Windows Server 2008, server virtualization will be available as part of the operating system with the new 'Hyper-V' feature. Microsoft's design approach improves virtualization efficiency and delivers better performance. (This technology is also available separately through Microsoft Hyper-V Server.) Hyper-V technology--as well as the currently available Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2--supports server consolidation, re-hosting of legacy operating systems and applications on new hardware, and disaster recovery based on application portability across hardware platforms.

Presentation Virtualization

With Microsoft Windows Server Terminal Services, a Windows desktop application can run on a shared server machine and present its user interface on a remote system, such as a desktop computer or thin client.

Desktop Virtualization

Microsoft Virtual PC runs applications that are not compatible with the operating system on a desktop PC by supporting multiple operating systems on a single machine. It also accelerates testing and development of new software and systems. In addition, with the Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop license for hosted desktop architectures (also known 'virtualized desktop infrastructures'), an entire desktop can be hosted on a server and remotely delivered to another desktop computer.

Application Virtualization

Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization transforms applications into centrally-managed virtual services that are streamed to desktops, servers, and laptops when and where they are needed. SoftGrid dramatically accelerates application deployment, upgrades, and patching by simplifying the application management lifecycle.

ISO and IEC approve Office Open XML document format standard

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:41:50 GMT

The International Standards Organization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have approved ISO/IEC DIS 29500, Office Open XML File Formats as an International Standard. Approval requires at least 2/3 (i.e. 66.66 %) of the votes cast by national bodies participating in ISO/IEC JTC 1 to be positive; and no more than 1/4 (i.e. 25 %) of the total number of national body votes cast negative. Both of these criteria were achieved, with 75 % of votes cast by national bodies participating in ISO/IEC JTC 1 being positive and only 14 % of all national votes cast being negative.

Microsoft Gets Gartner's Business Intelligence Top Ranking

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:32:43 GMT

The company makes a surprise leap ahead of Business Objects and Cognos in its ability to execute on BI products and pricing.

By Mary Hayes Weier
InformationWeek
February 5, 2008 03:34 PM

Business Objects and Cognos have long been considered the leaders in business intelligence platforms. But in a surprising new report, Gartner ranks Microsoft ahead of those companies in its ability to execute.

Gartner's "magic quadrants" are typically annual market evaluations that place software vendors in one of four quadrants within a square: niche players, visionaries, challengers, and leaders. Specific placement within a quadrant depends on a vendor's ability to execute, which moves them upward, and completeness of vision, which moves them to the right.

Business Objects, Cognos, and Microsoft were placed among the leaders in Gartner's just-released Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 2008. But the research firm placed Microsoft above the other two in its ability to execute, including the competitiveness and success of its BI goods and services, its viability and investment in BI, and the execution of its sales and pricing. In last year's BI platform report, Gartner put Microsoft in the challenger quadrant.

Business Objects and Cognos slightly outranked Microsoft in completeness of vision, which includes such things as market understanding, sales strategy, and product development and delivery strategy.

By placing the world's largest vendor of commodity software as one of the BI market leaders, Gartner is demonstrating how quickly BI is moving from a specialized, expensive technology into a commodity itself. The rapidly commoditizing BI market, many industry observers believe, is among the reasons Business Objects accepted a $6.8 billion buyout offer from SAP and Cognos took a $5 billion buyout offer from IBM.

In its report, written by James Richardson and three other Gartner analysts, the firm cites the attractiveness of Microsoft's integrated Office suite, its PerformancePoint Server released last year, and SQL Server to businesses standardized on Microsoft platforms. "The bundling and pricing of its BI products makes [Microsoft] an economically attractive offering that will be considered by many organizations," the analysts wrote, adding that Microsoft's large development community will further the platform.

They also wrote that customers cite Microsoft for having the "best BI software quality of all the megavendors, with over half of them reporting no problems with the software," and attribute this quality, in part, to much of its technology having been internally developed rather than acquired.

Other companies placed in the leaders' quadrant included Oracle MicroStrategy, and SAS Institute, while Information Builders straddled the line between challengers and leaders. The leader ranking also is a move up for MicroStrategy, which Gartner ranked as a visionary last year.

SAP was ranked separately from Business Objects as a challenger, since SAP's acquisition of Business Objects was completed just a few weeks ago. Gartner ranked QlikTech and Tibco Spotfire as visionaries, and Actuate, Arcplan, Board International, and Panorama Software as niche players.

Gartner defines BI platforms as those that enable users to build applications that help organizations learn and understand their business. It divides these capabilities into the functions of integration, information delivery, and analysis.

Middle East & Africa Global Energy Forum" - 29th April, 2008, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:21:41 GMT

EN BÜYÜK ETKİNLİK : Microsoft 2008 Sunucu ve Yazılım Platformu Lansmanı

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:24:37 GMT

Microsoft E.Bültenlerine Kayıt Olun | Kaydınızı Silin | Profilinizi Güncelleyin

Değerli Bilişim Dostlarımız,
Bilişim dünyamıza sürat, etkinlik, verimlilik katacak yeni teknoloji çözümlerimizi tüm dünyayla eş zamanlı olarak ülkemizde de kamuoyumuzla paylaşıyoruz. Bu yılın en önemli yenilikleri, bugüne kadar geliştirilmiş en güvenilir ve en dayanıklı sunucu işletim sistemi Windows Server 2008 ile birlikte bilgi platformu SQL Server 2008 ve yazılım geliştiricisi Visual Studio 2008’in hizmetinize sunulması olacak. Sanallaştırma, iş zekası, yeni nesil İnternet alanlarında geleceğe yön verecek bu yenilikçi ürünlerin lansmanını İstanbul’da 12 Mart 2008 tarihinde Lütfi Kırdar Kongre Salonu’nda gerçekleştireceğiz.
Microsoft Merkezi’nden gelecek uzmanların da konuşmacı olarak katılacağı bu toplantılarda sizi de ağırlamak istiyoruz. Bütün dünyada “Bilişim Kahramanları Aramızda” sloganı ile sunulan 2008 sunucu ürünlerinin tanıtım etkinliklerimizde karşılaşmak umuduyla sizlere çalışmalarınızda başarılar, sağlık ve mutluluk diliyoruz.
Saygılarımızla,
Microsoft Türkiye

Tarih :12 Mart 2008 Çarşamba, 09:00 - 18:00

Yer :Lütfi Kırdar Kongre ve Sergi Sarayı

Gündem

09:00 - 10:00 Kayıt
10:00 - 12:45 Windows Server 2008 | Visual Studio 2008 | SQL Server 2008 Lansmanı
10:00 - 10:40 Hoş Geldiniz: Microsoft Türkiye Genel Müdürü Çağlayan Arkan ve Platin Sponsorlar
10:40 - 11:00 Dinamik IT - Microsoft MEA Vice President Ali Faramawy
11:00 - 11:50 Uçtan Uca: Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008
11:50 - 12:10 Ara
12:10 - 12:30 Başarı Hikayeleri
12:30 - 12:45 Kahramanlar Sahnede
12:45 - 13:45 Öğle Yemeği

Paralel Sunumlar aynı anda başlayıp farklı salonlarda yapılacaklardır.

Paralel Sunumlar

13:45 - 14:35
• Windows Server 2008 Geleceğin Platformu
• SQL Server 2008 Gelişmiş Veri Platformu
• Visual Studio 2008 Yeni Nesil Yazılım Platformu
• Platin Sponsor Sunumu: Tradesoft

14:35 - 14:50
Ara
14:50 - 15:40
• Windows Server 2008 Sanallaştırma Teknolojileri
• SQL Server 2008 ile Kritik İş Uygulamaları
• Visual Studio 2008 Yeni Nesil Web Uygulamaları
• Platin Sponsor Sunumu: Fujitsu

15:40 - 15:55
Ara
15:55 - 16:45
• Windows Server 2008 Güvenlik Özellikleri ve NAP
• SQL Server 2008 ile İş Zekası
• Visual Studio 2008 Yeni Nesil Akıllı İstemciler
• Platin Sponsor Sunumu: Intel

16:45 - 17:00
Ara
17:00 - 17:50
• Windows 2008 ve Yeni Nesil Web
• SQL Server 2008 ile Dinamik Uygulama Geliştirme
• Visual Studio 2008 Yeni Nesil office uygulamaları
• Platin Sponsor Sunumu: HP

Ready for the Biggest Launch?

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:53:14 GMT

Silverlight on the Istanbul Events' Web Site

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:51:42 GMT

IT Department of Istanbul Governor’s Office provides a great service for the citizens of Istanbul. You can find wide information for the events, occurring at Istanbul. Here is the link below;

http://etkinlik.istanbul.gov.tr/

High-skilled IT team of the Governor’s Office has embedded Silverlight technology for richer user experience. Keep on following the site for new events and new Silverlight features.

I would like to thank the Governor's Office IT team for such great service.

How Microsoft supports Local Software Economy(LSE) in Turkey

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:49:37 GMT

Talking about Turkey LSE Summary

Turkey LSE Summary

Video: Turkey LSE Summary

Microsoft Corp. Joins GridWise Alliance

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:01:58 GMT

Energy industry group seeks to bring innovative information technology insight to help transform the United States' electric power system.

REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 14, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. announced today that it has joined the GridWise™ Alliance, a collaborative venture between private industry and the U.S. Department of Energy. The organization's goal is to transform and modernize the nation's electrical power system so that energy can be generated, distributed and consumed more efficiently, cost effectively and environmentally friendly. Microsoft will bring its information technology and software expertise to help the Alliance progress toward this goal.

"As collaboration and innovation are critical to any major industry transformation, we are pleased to have Microsoft as part of the Alliance," said Guido Bartels, chairman, GridWise Alliance. "By passing the new energy bill, Congress has signaled a significant shift in our nation's energy policy, and having leading companies like Microsoft join the Alliance fits our strategy of building a broad consensus for implementing these smart grid concepts."

Microsoft's expertise in helping utilities use information technology to improve their utility business operations is making an impact worldwide and will be critical in helping GridWise with the goal to move the nation's industrial-age electric grid into the information age.

"It is critical for everyone involved to look at industry operations in new ways—from evaluating processes to reviewing the entire energy ecosystem—in terms of energy efficiency, reliability and reducing our carbon footprint," said Jon Arnold, worldwide utilities industry managing director for Microsoft. "As a new member, the Microsoft team is ready to help the GridWise Alliance paint the vision for the energy ecosystem of the future through an intelligent infrastructure that is pervasive and integrated—incorporating generation, transmission, distribution, energy markets and the consumer."

For more information about the GridWise Alliance, visit www.gridwise.org.

About Microsoft in Utilities

Industry solutions from Microsoft and its partners empower utilities to thrive in today's market-driven environment by optimizing their business operations in customer care, generation, trading and risk management, transmission and distribution, regulatory compliance, and enterprise services. With these capabilities, people can deliver innovative services, implement operations and maintenance best practices, enhance planning activities, create profitable customer relationships, and establish high-value connections with suppliers. Utilities offerings from Microsoft and its partners uniquely amplify utilities professionals' efforts, creating winning relationships with customers, partners and regulators. For more information, please visit www.microsoft.com/utilities.

See the Virtual Earth Platform in Action

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:53:49 GMT

http://maps.live.com/

Video:

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/resources/Files/4000000882/CB_Virtual_Earth_300k0.wvx

Sites:

New Document Standard - OpenXML

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:08:46 GMT

ABOUT OpenXML ...

Office Open XML is a new standard that is ratified by ECMA for word-processing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. It can be freely implemented by multiple applications on multiple platforms.

The need for an open office format arises from the necessity for long-term preservation of documents. Existing documents based on binary formats are coupled tightly with the programs that create them. Over time, they become difficult to read without significant loss. Preserving the integrity of documents has become an important issue.

OpenXML is based on XML, which confers the benefits of preservation, interoperability, and extensibilty. It is designed to support the existing features of word-processing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. Furthermore, the features it specifies closely mirror that of those supported by existing Microsoft(TM) Office suite of products. This allows the transition from Micrsoft(TM) Office documents to OpenXML documents to happen easily.

With the OOXML standard, new applications can be built that enables the

Automatic extraction of data from documents
Modification of a small part of the doccument, and yet allowing editability
Mass formatting on a large set of documents
Generation of standard documents from business data

Microsoft Office (2007, 2003, XP, 2000), OpenOffice Novell Edition, open-source project Gnumeric, Neo-Office 2.1, and PalmOS (Dataviz) already support Open XML. Corel has announced Open XML support for WordPerfect 2007 and developers worldwide are building solutions using Open XML.

http://www.openxml.biz/

http://www.openxmlcommunity.org/

Open XML trumps ODF in document format fight, consulting firm says - Eric Lai

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:38:16 GMT

January 14, 2008 (Computerworld) The OpenDocument Format (ODF) remains "more of an anti-Microsoft political statement than an objective technology selection" by users, according to a report released Monday by analysts at Burton Group, who recommend that companies adopt Microsoft Corp.'s Office Open XML document format whether or not it is approved as an ISO standard next month.

Midvale, Utah-based Burton Group said that the report was neither commissioned nor paid for by Microsoft. However, Burton analyst Peter O'Kelly, one of the report's co-authors, is scheduled to make a presentation at an Open XML press briefing that Microsoft plans to hold in the Seattle area on Wednesday. Also speaking will be multiple Microsoft executives involved in the Open XML standards-ratification effort.

In their report, O'Kelly and fellow analyst Guy Creese predicted that Open XML "will be more pervasive" among users than ODF will be. The latter format -- officially known as the Open Document Format for Office Applications -- will remain viable but "in a minor role," Creese and O'Kelly wrote.

The two analysts cited several reasons to back up their contentions:

Other than in "simple scenarios," they said, Open XML beats ODF in terms of compatibility with prior Office document formats. "This may be an inconvenient truth for Microsoft competitors, but it will remain so unless Sun [Microsystems Inc.] and other ODF supporters revise ODF to include full Office file format compatibility."
"Much to the chagrin of Microsoft competitors," Creese and O'Kelly wrote, "Microsoft appears to be sincere in its efforts to make [Open XML] a meaningful and global industry standard." Open XML already has been accepted by the Ecma International standards body, which today published a 2,300-page document addressing complaints and suggestions about the format from members of Geneva-based International Standards Organization. The latter group in September narrowly rejected an attempt by Ecma to win fast-track ISO standard approval for Open XML.
Open XML is "more complex than ODF, but it's not unnecessarily complex for the contexts it was designed to address," according to the Burton analysts. Moreover, they claimed that only "a very small percentage of application developers" will need to fully master Open XML, just as "few" developers have mastered all aspects of formats such as PostScript or PDF.
Creese and O'Kelly wrote that although ODF is "a clean and useful design, [it] addresses only a subset of what most organizations do with productivity applications today." They added that ODF's evolution "will likely be slow and complex, in part because of the fact that Openoffice.org, the primary implementation of ODF, is arguably still, in some respects, controlled by Sun Microsystems."

ODF proponents contend that OpenOffice.org and other alternatives to Office will win in budget-constrained environments, such as governments or schools in poorer countries. But Creese and O'Kelly countered that success is "not a forgone conclusion for ODF" because of Microsoft's cut-rate Office pricing for those customers, such as its $3 Student Innovation Suite.

Marino Marcich, executive director of the OpenDocument Format Alliance, retorted via e-mail that many users are taking "a buyer-beware attitude" toward Open XML because that format "is not interoperable and will tie them to the upgrade path of a single vendor."

For example, he noted that Becta, the U.K. government's educational technology agency, last week released a report of its own advising, among other things, that to ensure the widest compatibility of files between different applications, Office 2007 users shouldn't save documents in Open XML. Instead, Becta recommended the continued use of Microsoft's older and proprietary .doc, .xls and .ppt formats.

Those formats "dominate the current landscape," Marcich acknowledged. "But the issue is the format of the future, and there ODF has taken a considerable lead [over Open XML]." He claimed that more than 40 applications now include support for ODF, and that online documents stored in ODF outnumber ones stored in Open XML "by a margin of 80:1."

The combination of ODF and OpenOffice.org made some strides last year, primarily among governments overseas. But those technologies haven't made much headway in the U.S., where bills seeking to mandate the use of open document formats by government agencies were defeated in at least five states during 2007.

A positive result for Microsoft in the Ecma-led effort to have Open XML ratified by ISO -- which already has accepted ODF as a standard -- could help prevent more foreign governments from defecting from Office.

But Creese and O'Kelly said in their report that no should expect Open XML's approval or nonapproval as a standard "to have market-altering ramifications." They added that Microsoft's many competitors will ensure that if the software vendor "abuses standards initiatives, the market response will be swift and severe."

The two analysts also predicted that software-as-a-service vendors working with documents online likely will have to add Open XML support to their products over time. In addition, they said that they expect Adobe Systems Inc.'s PDF to remain the dominant format for "nonrevisable" documents. But ODF and especially Open XML will prevent PDF from catching on with documents that still may be changed or edited, such that Adobe will "likely" add support for Microsoft's format to its Buzzword online word processor, Creese and O'Kelly said.

All of 'em run on Windows Server 2008 at Microsoft.com except one! Watch!

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:23:08 GMT

The Lone Server Story

Once I was almost famous. For years, my friends and I were on the front lines: we were the Windows Server 2003 servers that powered Microsoft.com, one of the hottest Web sites in the world. Then, early last summer, everything changed. Quietly, without warning, the new kids took over. Windows Server 2008. Yes, I know, the product’s not even done yet. These were Beta 3 servers, for Pete’s sake. Long way from prime time. But there they were, humming away. No problems. All of ‘em on Windows Server 2008. Except me. The last Windows Server 2003 left at Microsoft.com.

Here’s a video of my life today:

Video : (Short Version)

Video2: (Long Version)

Microsoft 2008 Utility Summit

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:30:17 GMT

Microsoft 2008 Utility Summit
Prague, Czech Republic March 27^th and 28^th

The challenges facing the Utility Industry are accelerating at an unprecedented rate. Executives continue to be challenged by regulatory, geo-political, shareholder, restructuring and competitive pressures. On top of this, environmental burdens have exploded forcing companies to rethink their strategies across the entire Utility value chain. Never before have the challenges been so great and the stakes so high.

During this Summit Microsoft and leading executives will present thought provoking perspectives on these challenges:

Craft a green energy strategy to reduce carbon footprint, enhance brand image and increase profitability
Optimize generation portfolios
The impact of the "Smart Home of the Future"
Optimize your customer care
Developing a smart metering strategy
Corporate governance and risk management
Maximizing shareholder value

Speakers include:

Daniel Dobbeni - President and CEO of the Elia and Chairman of ETSO - the European Transmission System
Don McConnell - Senior Vice President & Chief Operations Officer - Laboratory Operations, Battelle
Soumitra Dutta - Dean of External Relations, Roland Berger Professor of Business and Technology INSEAD
Don Richardson - Director, Global Innovation and PLM Industry Strategy, Microsoft
Pavel Pestryakov - Deputy Director General of Information Technology for OGK-4
Jon Brock - Chief Operating Officer - UtiliPoint International
Jon Arnold - Managing Director, Worldwide Utilities Industry - Microsoft Corporation

At the 2008 Utility Summit you have the opportunity to connect with your peers and hear strategies from industry leaders that will help you shape the future of your company. We look forward to seeing you there!

REGISTRATION

Reserve your place by filling in the registration form
or contact the organizers and fax it to: +420 257 210 652.

Microsoft RFID Solution Days

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:39:06 GMT

First annual congregation comprised of partners, customers, and Microsoft industry leaders to be held from February 18-19, 2008 in Bellevue, Washington, followed by a 2-day instructor led training session from February 20-21, 2008 at the Microsoft campus on the most comprehensive, integrated real-time enterprise solutions platform in the industry today – BizTalk RFID. The conference is expected to draw approximately 300-350 senior industry executives, and will provide attendees with a detailed, in-depth look into:

Real-time software solutions for enterprise deployments, across verticals
Hardware innovation and changes driving mass adoption of RFID with focus on performance and price
Cross Industry-Priority solution efforts at Microsoft that will utilize RFID and sensor data to deliver efficiencies for a People-Ready business across the value chain
Microsoft’s platform vision, deliverables, and roadmap for RFID and Sensor based solutions

You can expect:

Keynote sessions by leading industry analysts and Microsoft Industry executives responsible for industry solutions
Over 14 breakout covering software solutions @ work today, hardware innovation, and advanced solutions from sensor driven applications to RFID as a service
Customer case-studies and learnings as part of breakout sessions
1:1 interaction with Microsoft product team and Industry executives
Partner Expo showcasing the latest advancements in software and hardware technology
2 day instructor led Hand-on-labs post main event

TechFest 2008

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:58:08 GMT

Microsoft Research’s worldwide labs present more than 150 demos and 24 lectures—all new for 2008!

Visit for an hour or for a day, and see how Microsoft innovation, with your help, will delight customers in the years to come!

Microsoft Research, in collaboration with product groups, has been turning ideas into reality since 1991.

These successful collaborations have helped Microsoft solve difficult problems and deliver innovative results.

Meet the researchers, see where Microsoft Research is investing, and develop new collaborations that could lead to breakthrough results during our eighth annual TechFest event.

Don’t forget to save the dates March 5-6

Talking about HPC Windows Compute Cluster in action

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:39:04 GMT

Video for High Performance Computing

HPC Windows Compute Cluster in action

Video: HPC Windows Compute Cluster in action

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC) SERVER WEBCASTS

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:03:56 GMT

Live Webcast: Windows HPC Server 2008 Scheduler — New and Improved Features
January 15, 2008, 8:30am

Look-- no slides, just kick the tires!Want to find out what's new in Windows HPC Server 2008 and what exactly is "High Productivity Computing"?Join us for an exciting look into Windows HPC Server 2008. We'll take you on a tour of this new version of Windows Compute Cluster Server, highlighting the major advancements in deployment, management , interoperability and scheduling. We promise no slides and tons of live demonstrations plus a lively discussion on how Windows HPC Server 20008 will increase your cluster administrators' productivity.
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Live Webcast: Windows HPC Server 2008 Scheduler — New and Improved Features
January 15, 2008, 5:00pm

Live Webcast: Turbo-Charging Time Critical Applications with ASPEED Software and HPC on Windows Platform
January 23, 2008, 8:30am

Learn how ASPEED Software, combined with Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, turbo charges your computationally intensive and I/O intensive single-and multi-threaded applications without having to alter their design or business logic. ASPEED enables you to quickly and easily "virtualize" your applications to run in parallel and seamlessly scale when running on dual-core, quad-core, cluster and grid configurations.Whether you are an ISV, an in-house application developer, an integrator or you write your own programs find out how you can speed up your time sensitive applications, function libraries and Excel VBA and C/C++ UDFs using ASPEED and WCCS
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Live Webcast: Maximizing Cluster Performance and Productivity with InfiniBand and Windows HPC Server
January 24, 2008, 11:00am

High-performance computing (HPC) has become a fundamental resource for research, education, analysis engineering and manufacturing. It allows professionals to solve the most complex problems and to create the solutions of the future. HPC applications require the highest throughput, lowest possible latency and maximum CPU utilization for highest productivity. The usage of clustered commodity servers offers tremendous price/performance benefits, unparalleled flexibility in deployment, and reduced long-term maintenance. The InfiniBand interconnect architecture is the only industry standard technology that advances I/O connectivity for HPC clusters and provides the key elements for the various HPC applications.Join us for an informative discussion on the new capabilities of Windows HPC Server 2008 and how it takes advantage of Mellanox InfiniBand interconnect to deliver computing performance that addresses the productivity and scalability needs of current and future HPC computing platforms.
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NEW ACQUIRE IN PLM BUSINESS

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:12:18 GMT

PTC To Acquire Leading Product Development Software Provider CoCreate For $250 Million

NEEDHAM, Mass. – October 31, 2007 – PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the Product Development Company®, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CoCreate Software GmbH, a provider of PLM and CAD modeling solutions for approximately $250 million. CoCreate, based in Sindelfingen, Germany, is privately held, has 280 employees and more than 5,000 customers globally including Agilent, Canon, Fisher Controls, Fujitsu, HP, Liebherr, Matsushita Electric, NEC, Olympus, Phoenix Contact and Seiko Epson.

With the acquisition of CoCreate, PTC will broaden its portfolio and offer support for the most comprehensive range of modeling techniques in the MCAD industry. PTC plans to integrate the CoCreate modeling solutions with the PTC Product Development System (PDS) in order to offer CoCreate customers additional product development capabilities including engineering calculations, dynamic publishing, visualization, high-speed machining, and enterprise content and process management, and ultimately, the option of using their modeling solutions also as part of the PTC PDS.

About CoCreate

CoCreate Software is a provider of PLM and CAD software. Over 5,000 manufacturing companies on active support, predominantly in the high-tech and electronics and heavy machinery industries, depend on CoCreate in order to achieve speed and flexibility in their modeling processes. CoCreate is the world’s #1 provider of explicit modeling software. CoCreate generated approximately $80 million of revenue during the last 12 months.

About PTC

PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) provides leading product lifecycle management (PLM), content management and dynamic publishing solutions to more than 50,000 organizations worldwide. PTC customers include the world's most innovative companies in manufacturing, publishing, services, government and life sciences industries. PTC is included in the S&P Midcap 400 and Russell 2000 indices. For more information on PTC, please visit http://www.ptc.com.

The Wait for Visual Studio 2008 is Over!

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:57:47 GMT

On monday, Nov. 19, Microsoft announced that Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 were released to manufacturing (RTM). With more than 250 new features,Visual Studio 2008 includes significant enhancements in every edition, including Visual Studio Express and Visual Studio Team System. Developers of all levels â€“ from hobbyists to enterprise development teams â€“ now have a consistent, secure and reliable solution for developing applications for the latest platforms: the Web, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, the 2007 Office system, and beyond. Learn more about Visual Studio 2008.

GENCSEN GELECEKSIN ROADMAP

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:47:41 GMT

Microsoft Turkey DPE organized a `technology and future` focused roadshow targeting 30 events all around Turkey. In 6 months, the plan is to reach 10000+ attendees.

Up to now, it's been made 20 of these events in 9 cities and reached 6000+ attendees.

DPE goal is to reach Turkish young enthusiasts through a roadshow on the interest areas of online living, mobility, photo/video and gaming. Great demos on near future technologies excited and interested attendees, helping our positive perception drive and image improvement on local software economy.

• Partnership: Turkcell, biggest GSM operator in Turkey with 40 million customers. Their sponsorship also included one PDA for each event

• Audience: As Turkey has a great young population, we branded it for youth. Young enthusiasts including many university student enthusiasts are the key audience.

• Content: Live Services, Live Labs Products (Photosynth, Seadragon, Deepfish), Windows Mobile, Silverlight, Popfly, Games for Windows, HDView, Expression Studio, Imagine Cup, S2B, XNA Studio, Robotics Studio.

www.gencsengeleceksin.com

SAP Customer Advisory Board (CAB) - Feb. 13-14, 2008

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:29:33 GMT

The SAP Partnership Team at Microsoft is pleased to host the next SAP Customer Advisory Board (CAB) Meeting on February 13-14, 2008 in Redmond, WA.

This board is designed for Senior Technical Decision Makers (IT Professional, Architect and Developer) at customers who wish to influence the future direction of interoperability and products developed by SAP and Microsoft. The CAB will provide an environment for networking, discussion and best practices to be exchanged among experienced professionals who have worked with both SAP and Microsoft platforms and development tools.
This CAB meeting will run for a day and a half. On Day One we will split into two concurrent tracks – one designed for the IT Professional focusing on SAP implementations running on SQL Server and Windows Server, and the other designed for Developers/Architects focusing on interoperability between the SAP and Microsoft platform stacks. On Day Two (optional) we will spend half a day with Technical Product Managers from Server and Business Divisions conducting deep technical dives on topics of interest to technical professionals working with SAP in Microsoft environments (agenda below).

As host of the CAB, Microsoft also encourages participating customers to present to their fellow board members on topics covering their own SAP implementations and challenges, and to provide feedback for future product enhancements.

Questions? Please email the Microsoft SAP Partnership team at msftsap@microsoft.com.

TO REGISTER:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032363343&Culture=en-US

AGENDA

February 13 – Day One

8:00 – 9:00 AM Executive Keynote

IT Professional Track

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

· Windows Server 2008 – What is new for SAP Technical Professionals

Josef Stelzel, Senior Technical Evangelist, SAP Partner Team, Microsoft Corp.
Author of SAP on Windows published by SAP Press

· How Microsoft IT runs SAP on SQL Server 2008

Bas Kamphuis, Director, Microsoft Enterprise Application Services, Microsoft Corp.

1:00 – 5:00 PM

· Customer Presentations and Discussion

· Development of CAB Scorecard – led by Customers

Developer and Architect Track

9:00 – 12:00 PM

· SAP and Microsoft Developer Interoperability (WCF, Enterprise Services, SOA and Portal Interoperability)

Bob Baker, Senior Manager – SAP Partner Team, Microsoft Corp.

· SAP and Microsoft Business Intelligence Interoperability

Carmen Taglienti, Senior Technology Specialist, Microsoft Technology Center Boston, Microsoft Corp.

1:00 – 5:00 PM

· Customer Presentations and Discussion

· Development of CAB Scorecard – led by Customers

CAB Dinner Event

6:00 – 10:00 PM

February 14 – Day Two (optional)

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

· Duet Technical Drill Down

Chris Keyser, Director, Microsoft Office Business Applications, Microsoft Corp.

· Microsoft and SAP Interoperability – Identity, Developer and Portals

Juergen Daiberl, Technical Evangelist, SAP Partner Team, Microsoft Corp.

· SQL Server 2008 for SAP Customers

Juergen Thomas, Principle Program Manager, SQL Server Product Unit, Microsoft Corp

IBB Web Site on Sharepoint Server 2007 is Online!!!

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:20:43 GMT

www.ibb.gov.tr

I would like to announce that the web site of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality(IBB) web site www.ibb.gov.tr, developed on Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007, is now online!

As being the most popular and most visited public web site in Turkey for years, IBB web site has replaced its platform with a powerful Sharepoint Server Platform.

I would like to thank the Project Manager Mahmut Sarıhan from Belbim A.Ş regarding to this successful project.

There will be Search functionality and Silverlight components on the site, very soon…….

Microsoft Retail Vision Video

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:15:02 GMT

Retail Business Future with Microsoft. A GLIMPSE AHEAD.

Microsoft Retail Vision Video

Video: Microsoft Retail Vision Video

Microsoft Office Project Conference - MADRID, SPAIN, 3-5 DECEMBER, 2007

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:11:58 GMT

Microsoft is pleased to announce the 3rd annual Microsoft Office Project Conference EMEA.
The Conference will be held from 3-5 December 2007 at the Auditorium Hotel, Madrid.
Attend this 3 day conference and see how organizations everywhere are obtaining remarkable business
value out of Microsoft’s Enterprise Project Management Solution. Learn successful best practices and
approaches from the experts, including requirements for Project Management, organizational project
maturity, business process mapping, resource management, time sheets, reporting, and project
collaboration along with the deep technical details and information on how to adopt, deploy, configure
and customize Microsoft Office Project and the Microsoft Office EPM Solution.
Key Conference Highlights:

Breakout Sessions in multiple tracks
Special keynote presentations from senior Microsoft Executives
Hands-on lab sessions
Exhibition area showcasing Microsoft Partners and Solution Providers.
Many great networking opportunities with other Project Professionals

To learn more about this conference please visit the web site at:
www.microsoft.com/europe/msprojectconference
We look forward to seeing you at the Microsoft Office Project Conference 2007 EMEA!

Manufacturing Vision Video

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:01:04 GMT

PRODUCT LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT(PLM) ON MICROSOFT SURFACE TECHNOLOGY

A GLIMPSE AHEAD!

Manufacturing Vision

Video: Manufacturing Vision

SHAREPOINT SERVER IS EVERYWHERE!

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:36:21 GMT

SPE Launches New TIG Software

The Society of Petroleum Engineers recently upgraded the software it used for its 25 Technical Interest Groups (TIGs) to Microsoft SharePoint 2007.
The previous software package, installed 5 years ago, allowed the TIGs to have both an online website and discussion postings, which SPE had customized to go out to registered TIG members by e-mail. Unfortunately, this software system became unstable in early 2006.
“The vendor we purchased it from no longer gave us the support necessary to maintain the system,” said SPE Libraries Manager Rebekah Priebe. “By early this summer the system was on life support. It took between 30 seconds to one minute to load a Web page, and the e-mail part would stop sending digests every few days. As a result, there was really no going back to the old system.”
Knowing that SPE needed to replace the TIG software as soon as possible, they began searching for a
replacement and settled on Microsoft SharePoint 2007 for several key reasons.

“Microsoft is a brand that any people know and because of indows are familiar with using,” Sid Priebe. “Second, we know that Microsoft will support this product, and there will be a number of enhancements over the next several years, both by Microsoft and independent developers.”
SPE received numerous responses to the new TIG software, many of them not complimentary. Some wanted to have the full text of the posting sent to them, rather than just the headline or topic. Others did not want to have to login and provide a password to read the postings.
“Unfortunately, no online community software today does an incredible job of moderated discussions,” Priebe explained. “The standard format in online community software is for digests to e-mail the title only, which links to the full posting online.”
She said that SPE is working on modifying the system to be able to include the body of the text in the digests, or alerts, but that this may take a month to implement. Until then, if members want to get the full text of the posting by e-mail, they must choose the option to have each posting sent individually, rather than grouped into daily, weekly or monthly installments. “
I know that many TIG members consider the TIGs to be an e-mail discussion only, but they are capable of much more than that,” Priebe said. “This software makes it easy for TIGs to branch out beyond just a discussion. TIG members now have the opportunity to upload files, post calendar events and include attachments to their postings. TIG Chairs can easily post announcements, links and other files if they desire.”

Upstream Magazine - Jeanne M. Perdue

November 6, Blog Conference

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:08:27 GMT

This year's blog conference will take place in Yıldız Technical University on 6th of November.

We are expecting to see all bloggers and others who are interested in having a blog site. In the sponsorship of Microsoft, we are going to meet at 13:30 at Yıldız Campus.

There will be good discussions and networking environment.

IN THE SPIRIT OF TURKISH SOLDIERS WHO KILLED BY TERRORIST ATTACKS.

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:45:24 GMT

MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK'S ADDRESS TO TURKISH YOUTH*

Turkish Youth;

Your first duty is to preserve and to defend Turkish Independence and the Turkish Republic forever. This is the very foundation of your existence and your future. This foundation is your most precious treasure. In the future, too, there may be malevolent people at home and abroad, who will wish to deprive you of this treasure. If some day you are compelled to defend your independence and your Republic, you must not hesitate to weigh the possibilities and circumstances of the situation before doing your duty. These possibilities and circumstances may turn out to be extremely unfavorable. The enemies conspiring against your independence and your Republic may have behind them a victory unprecedented in the annals of the world. It may be that, by violence and trickery, all the fortresses of your beloved fatherland may be captured, all its shipyards occupied, all its armies dispersed and every corner of the country invaded. And sadder and graver than all these circumstances, those who hold power within the country may be in error, misguided and may even be traitors. Furthermore, they may identify personal interests with the political designs of the invaders. The country may be impoverished, ruined and exhausted. Youth of Turkey's future, even in such circumstances it is your duty to save Turkish Independence and the Republic. You will find the strength you need in your noble blood.

MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK

* Yerli, yabancı, dost, düşman, herkesin dikkatlice okuyabilmesi için İngilizce yer vermeyi düşündüm.