September 2008 - EDU Community Blog - Microsoft Education Community

Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0

No real comment here…I just wanted to make sure all of you were aware… Let me know (by replying to this post) if you want me to try and find some more information for you on this announcement. Thanks, Steve Microsoft Announces Visual Studio...

Published Mon, Sep 29 2008 02:09 PM by Steve Winfield

Filed under: Visual Studio, .NET

Tech giants invest in global education reform

Here is a nice article talking about the work Microsoft is doing with Intel and Cisco to help make a difference in education. I think this article does a good job of explaining our thinking from an all-up company view. Top News - Tech giants invest in...

Published Wed, Sep 24 2008 09:49 PM by Steve Winfield

Filed under: Strategy

S+S=SaaS?

Microsoft’s vision of cloud computing is called, and being marketed as Software + Services . The original, more broadly accepted term, as you are likely aware, is Software as a Service . What’s the difference, if any? Should you...

Published Wed, Sep 24 2008 11:22 AM by It's all about edU

Filed under: Web 2.0, Education, Technology, Software + Services

Education IT Spending To Top $56 Billion by 2012

Well this is certainly good to hear!!! Take a look at this article which talks about education spending in the US. They claim that most of the spend will be in HE and one of the key focuses will be on collaborative technology. I guess it is good...

Published Tue, Sep 23 2008 05:06 PM by Steve Winfield

Filed under: SLK, MOSS, LG, SharePoint Learning Kit, SharePoint, Learning Gateway

Video of Shirelands Language College

Take a look at this great video from Shirelands...

Published Sat, Sep 20 2008 12:40 AM by Steve Winfield

Microsoft and Cray announce partnership around V2 of Microsoft's HPC offering

Partners currently involved in the sales/deployment of High Performance Computing systems in Academia - you may be interested to hear of a “game changing” announcement by Cray and Microsoft... Here is the article: http://seattletimes.nwsource...

Published Wed, Sep 17 2008 09:28 AM by Anonymous

Filed under: HPC, High Performance Computing

PC World - Business Center: Peru to Be First With New OLPC Laptop With Windows

This became public today. It is good news for those of you selling into emerging markets as it will give you a reference case to point to... PC World - Business Center: Peru to Be First With New OLPC Laptop With Windows

Published Tue, Sep 16 2008 01:50 PM by Steve Winfield

Filed under: One-to-One Computing, OLPC, Emerging Markets

Free exam vouchers for US partners through MSPP Back to School Program

For US partners considering developing a competency in any of the following areas: Advanced Infrastructure / Systems Management specialization Business Intelligence Custom Development Solutions Hosting Solutions SOA and Business Process Unified Communications...

Published Tue, Sep 16 2008 11:50 AM by Anonymous

Filed under: MSPP

Business Intelligence Road Show

For those partners interested in BI... The Worldwide BI Marketing team is running a Business Intelligence partner recruiting road show. Events will focus on helping partners understand how Microsoft can help you build a successful practice around Microsoft’s...

Published Mon, Sep 15 2008 09:35 AM by Anonymous

Filed under: BI, Business Intelligence

OneNote: the Mega-Tool for Learning

This is a nice little video showing how OneNote could be used in education. It is from Channel 8, a site run by Microsoft DPE (Developer and Platform Evangelism) to help engage with students. Here is the official word on Channel 8: Channel 8 is THE place...

Published Mon, Sep 15 2008 08:45 AM by Steve Winfield

Filed under: Students, Channel 8, OneNote

Microsoft Technology Blueprint for Primary and Secondary Schools

While these were written with the end-customer in mind, I think some of you may find them useful for your own purposes. Using these documents, you can structure engagements with schools based on best practices. Microsoft Technology Blueprint for Primary...

Published Sun, Sep 14 2008 08:54 PM by Steve Winfield

Filed under: K12, Best Practice

Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE CONNECT

I know some of you may have already read this article, but I just ran across it again and thought it might be good for some discussion. Spend 10-15 minutes and give it a read and let me know what you think. This should be a good article to start some...

Published Sun, Sep 14 2008 06:16 PM by Steve Winfield

Filed under: Web 2.0, Educause

Microsoft building a family of Live Mesh applications

This is an interesting article from Mary Jo Foley (author of Microsoft 2.0 ) that reports on some details around Live Mesh. After the Professional Develops Conference (PDC) in October, I will see if we can get someone form the Mesh team to come onto the...

Published Wed, Sep 10 2008 02:11 PM by Steve Winfield

Filed under: Mesh

Microsoft's Distributed Destination: Oslo

As S+S becomes more important in our industry, I thought I'd start sharing some of Microsoft's plans around it. Here is an article from eWeek talking about Oslo , a platform for building distributed applications. Microsoft's Distributed Destination...

Published Tue, Sep 9 2008 03:33 PM by Steve Winfield

Filed under: Oslo, S+S

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