Channel 9 - Entries tagged with mpneast Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with mpneast http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/mpneast Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/mpneast en Sun, 19 May 2013 03:23:38 GMT Sun, 19 May 2013 03:23:38 GMT Rev9 18 1 25 WPF Brings the Bible to Life Immersion Digital is a BizSpark company based in Orlando, Florida that's bringing the Bible to life through WPF in their Glo Bible software. In this interview, I talked to Nelson Saba, CEO and Founder of Immersion Digital, about Glo and how they came to choose WPF to build the product.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/WPF-Brings-the-Bible-to-Life Immersion Digital is a BizSpark company based in Orlando, Florida that's bringing the Bible to life through WPF in their Glo Bible software. In this interview, I talked to Nelson Saba, CEO and Founder of Immersion Digital, about Glo and how they came to choose WPF to build the product. Links: Glo Bible Windows Client BizSpark Home Page Ignition Showcase  941 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/WPF-Brings-the-Bible-to-Life Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:42:15 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/WPF-Brings-the-Bible-to-Life Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/WPF-Brings-the-Bible-to-Life/RSS BizSpark mpneast Startups Windows WPF Startup Boston Startup Scene: Marsh Sutherland of SocialGrow
Abby Fichtner, our new Developer Evangelist for Startups, kicks it off with Marsh Sutherland, President & Co-Founder of SocialGrow. SocialGrow helps you connect with people across all of your social networks from just a few clicks. They’ve been named Microsoft Startup of the Day, Mass HighTech Startup to Watch, and were one of 5 startups chosen internationally to participate in the Microsoft Windows 7 Incubation Week.

Abby spoke with Marsh about his company, how they got the idea for SocialGrow, what technology it’s running on, and how the BizSpark program has been for them. It wraps up with some advice from Marsh to others looking to start their own startups.

If you’re in the Boston area, you can meet Marsh and other awesome BizSpark startups at our monthly BizSpark meetups.  We hope to see you there!

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Boston-Startup-Scene-Marsh-Sutherland-of-SocialGrow Boston Startup Scene is a new video series showcasing the amazing BizSpark startups of Boston, learning who they are, what they’re up to, and how Microsoft technology is helping them deliver the next generation of software.Abby Fichtner, our new Developer Evangelist for Startups, kicks it off with Marsh Sutherland, President & Co-Founder of SocialGrow. SocialGrow helps you connect with people across all of your social networks from just a few clicks. They’ve been named Microsoft Startup of the Day, Mass HighTech Startup to Watch, and were one of 5 startups chosen internationally to participate in the Microsoft Windows 7 Incubation Week.Abby spoke with Marsh about his company, how they got the idea for SocialGrow, what technology it’s running on, and how the BizSpark program has been for them. It wraps up with some advice from Marsh to others looking to start their own startups.If you’re in the Boston area, you can meet Marsh and other awesome BizSpark startups at our monthly BizSpark meetups.  We hope to see you there!Links: SocialGrow Microsoft BizSpark Boston BizSpark Meetup Abby's Blog (The Hacker Chick Blog) 394 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Boston-Startup-Scene-Marsh-Sutherland-of-SocialGrow Tue, 11 May 2010 19:03:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Boston-Startup-Scene-Marsh-Sutherland-of-SocialGrow Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Boston-Startup-Scene-Marsh-Sutherland-of-SocialGrow/RSS BizSpark Boston mpneast Social Startups BizSpark Startup Linxter Launches Azure Based MonitorGrid
I was able to talk to Linxter CEO Jason Milgram today about MonitorGrid and about the future of the project.

http://monitorgrid.com
http://linxter.com

(Please excuse the audio issues on my side during this interview. Jason sounds very clear throughout.) ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/BizSpark-Startup-Linxter-Launches-Azure-Based-MonitorGrid BizSpark Startup Linxter is launching a new product called MonitorGrid. It's a server health service that was conceived and developed as part of one of our BizSpark Incubation Weeks last year. I was able to talk to Linxter CEO Jason Milgram today about MonitorGrid and about the future of the project. http://monitorgrid.com http://linxter.com (Please excuse the audio issues on my side during this interview. Jason sounds very clear throughout.) 719 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/BizSpark-Startup-Linxter-Launches-Azure-Based-MonitorGrid Wed, 05 May 2010 19:53:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/BizSpark-Startup-Linxter-Launches-Azure-Based-MonitorGrid Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/BizSpark-Startup-Linxter-Launches-Azure-Based-MonitorGrid/RSS Azure BizSpark IT Operations linxter mpneast server SQL Azure Perez Hilton, "The Queen of All Media", Launches IE8 Web Slice

Cubano and Miami native Perez Hilton (www.perezhilton.com), the "Queen of all Media", is the internet's most notorious gossip columnist. Perez was named the #1 Web Celeb for 2007 by Forbes Magazine and has recently been tapped as one of the 15 most influential Hispanics in the US by People in Espanol.

 

Partnering with Perez's Media Agency, BMF MEdia(www.bmfmedia.com), Microsoft, and Agency Partner, Vectorform (www.vectorform.com) have delivered an IE8 Web Slice for Perez Hilton.

 

The IE8 Web Slice can be downloaded at:

http://www.ieaddons.com/en/details/bloggings/Perez_Hilton_Celebrity_Gossip/


]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Perez-Hilton-The-Queen-of-All-Media-Launches-IE8-Web-Slice Microsoft's Sean Seibel works with the top agencies in the world, helping them to take advantage of Microsoft technologies in the work they do. This is an interview with Ed Starr from BMF Media and Frances Calandra from Vectorform, sharing insights on partnering with Microsoft in building IE8 Add-ons. BMF Media is Perez Hilton's Media agency and Vectorform designed and developed the Perez Hilton Web Slice. Cubano and Miami native Perez Hilton (www.perezhilton.com), the "Queen of all Media", is the internet's most notorious gossip columnist. Perez was named the #1 Web Celeb for 2007 by Forbes Magazine and has recently been tapped as one of the 15 most influential Hispanics in the US by People in Espanol.   Partnering with Perez's Media Agency, BMF MEdia(www.bmfmedia.com), Microsoft, and Agency Partner, Vectorform (www.vectorform.com) have delivered an IE8 Web Slice for Perez Hilton.   The IE8 Web Slice can be downloaded at: http://www.ieaddons.com/en/details/bloggings/Perez_Hilton_Celebrity_Gossip/ 299 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Perez-Hilton-The-Queen-of-All-Media-Launches-IE8-Web-Slice Wed, 05 May 2010 17:48:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Perez-Hilton-The-Queen-of-All-Media-Launches-IE8-Web-Slice Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Perez-Hilton-The-Queen-of-All-Media-Launches-IE8-Web-Slice/RSS agency Internet Explorer 8 mpneast Partner Web Slices Startup Interview with Silver Arcade http://silverarcade.com. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Startup-Interview-with-Silver-Arcade At the recent Mix10 in Las Vegas, I was able to sit down with Christopher Bennage of Silver Arcade to talk to him about Silverlight games, XNA, Windows Phone, and about the future of their gaming platform. You can visit Silver Arcade, play some games, and even publish your own Silverlight games at http://silverarcade.com. 284 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Startup-Interview-with-Silver-Arcade Mon, 03 May 2010 04:42:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Startup-Interview-with-Silver-Arcade Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Startup-Interview-with-Silver-Arcade/RSS BizSpark mpneast Silverlight Startups Windows Phone Xbox 360 XNA XNA framework Sean Seibel talks to R/GA Chief Scientist Greg Glass about IE8 www.rga.com), has launched multiple IE8 Web Slices both externally and internally. Externally R/GA uses an IE8 Web Slice to allow users to have toolbar access to their breaking news, while internally R/GA uses Web Slices for business intelligence.

In this video, Sean Seibel, East Region User Experience Evangelist interviews R/GA's Chief Scientist, Greg Glass. Greg shares R/GA's use of IE8 Web Slices, insights on delivering innovation to clients, and his excitement for the release of Windows Phone 7.

The R/GA headline news Web Slice can be installed at:
www.rga.com

For more information about developing with IE8, you can go to http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Sean-Seibel-talks-to-RGAs-Chief-Scientist-Greg-Glass-about-IE8 Digital Agency of the Decade, R/GA (www.rga.com), has launched multiple IE8 Web Slices both externally and internally. Externally R/GA uses an IE8 Web Slice to allow users to have toolbar access to their breaking news, while internally R/GA uses Web Slices for business intelligence.In this video, Sean Seibel, East Region User Experience Evangelist interviews R/GA's Chief Scientist, Greg Glass. Greg shares R/GA's use of IE8 Web Slices, insights on delivering innovation to clients, and his excitement for the release of Windows Phone 7.The R/GA headline news Web Slice can be installed at:www.rga.comFor more information about developing with IE8, you can go to http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie. 313 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Sean-Seibel-talks-to-RGAs-Chief-Scientist-Greg-Glass-about-IE8 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:39:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Sean-Seibel-talks-to-RGAs-Chief-Scientist-Greg-Glass-about-IE8 Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Sean-Seibel-talks-to-RGAs-Chief-Scientist-Greg-Glass-about-IE8/RSS agency Design Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 8 mpneast Partner Web Slices MPN East Podcast - VS Launch, @Home with Azure, and more! The MPN East Podcast highlights startup and partner activities in Microsoft's US East Region. In this first episode, we talk about the Visual Studio 2010 launch events, we meet our new Developer Evangelist for Startups, we talk about a new educational program for Azure called @Home with Azure, and we go over a couple of our blog entries from the week.

 

Show Links:

The Hacker Chick Blog
Visual Studio 2010 Launch Events
MSDN
@Home with Azure
MPN East Blog

 

This is our first podcast and we decided that rather than just doing this with audio, we would record our Microsoft Communicator Video as well. The show was recorded using Microsoft Expression 3 Encoder Screen Capture. We plan to tighten up the show going forward, but for now, this was our proof of concept. If you have any suggestions or comments about the show, please leave a note.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/MPN-East-Podcast-VS-Launch-Azure-at-Home-and-more The MPN East Podcast highlights startup and partner activities in Microsoft's US East Region. In this first episode, we talk about the Visual Studio 2010 launch events, we meet our new Developer Evangelist for Startups, we talk about a new educational program for Azure called @Home with Azure, and we go over a couple of our blog entries from the week.   Show Links: The Hacker Chick BlogVisual Studio 2010 Launch EventsMSDN@Home with AzureMPN East Blog   This is our first podcast and we decided that rather than just doing this with audio, we would record our Microsoft Communicator Video as well. The show was recorded using Microsoft Expression 3 Encoder Screen Capture. We plan to tighten up the show going forward, but for now, this was our proof of concept. If you have any suggestions or comments about the show, please leave a note. 2283 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/MPN-East-Podcast-VS-Launch-Azure-at-Home-and-more Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:35:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/MPN-East-Podcast-VS-Launch-Azure-at-Home-and-more Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/MPN-East-Podcast-VS-Launch-Azure-at-Home-and-more/RSS Azure Azure Platform mpneast Office 2010 Partner Visual Studio 2010 The Business Opportunity Behind Azure We’ve all heard about the industry shift to the Cloud, but are you jumpstarting your Windows Azure business to be a part of it?

Wayne Beekman, co-founder of Information Concepts, made the decision early on that Cloud Computing was going to play an important role in the future of his company.  Today he is a recognized thought leader and subject matter expert and has been featured in several technical publications for his work in cloud computing.  In this session Wayne takes the opportunity to build on part 1 of our 2-part series, offering his perspective on cloud computing and Azure and his thoughts on how to engage in strategic discussions with your customers to uncover new opportunities to help grow your business.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/The-Business-Opportunity-Behind-Azure We’ve all heard about the industry shift to the Cloud, but are you jumpstarting your Windows Azure business to be a part of it? Wayne Beekman, co-founder of Information Concepts, made the decision early on that Cloud Computing was going to play an important role in the future of his company.  Today he is a recognized thought leader and subject matter expert and has been featured in several technical publications for his work in cloud computing.  In this session Wayne takes the opportunity to build on part 1 of our 2-part series, offering his perspective on cloud computing and Azure and his thoughts on how to engage in strategic discussions with your customers to uncover new opportunities to help grow your business. 2625 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/The-Business-Opportunity-Behind-Azure Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:52:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/The-Business-Opportunity-Behind-Azure Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/The-Business-Opportunity-Behind-Azure/RSS Azure Developer mpneast Partner Building an Azure Business Practice


Microsoft Partners, Have You Pondered the Business Opportunity behind Azure? 

We’ve all heard about the industry shift to the Cloud, but are you jumpstarting your Windows Azure business to be a part of it?

Chris Rolon, an Architectural Consultant with Neudesic has been working with Azure since it was first announced at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference in 2008.   As a senior thought leader and recognized subject matter expert in this area, Chris spearheaded early adoption at his company as well as having lead and completed several customer engagements.  In this session Chris provides a soups-to-nuts overview of the platform, discusses the potential upside market opportunity for partners and presents his perspective on how to get-started identifying and developing Azure opportunities.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Building-an-Azure-Business-Practice Part one of a two part series on building your business on Azure. Microsoft Partners, Have You Pondered the Business Opportunity behind Azure?  We’ve all heard about the industry shift to the Cloud, but are you jumpstarting your Windows Azure business to be a part of it? Chris Rolon, an Architectural Consultant with Neudesic has been working with Azure since it was first announced at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference in 2008.   As a senior thought leader and recognized subject matter expert in this area, Chris spearheaded early adoption at his company as well as having lead and completed several customer engagements.  In this session Chris provides a soups-to-nuts overview of the platform, discusses the potential upside market opportunity for partners and presents his perspective on how to get-started identifying and developing Azure opportunities. 4231 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Building-an-Azure-Business-Practice Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:17:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Building-an-Azure-Business-Practice Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Building-an-Azure-Business-Practice/RSS Azure DPEeast DPEField mpneast Partner Helping Customers Move Forward with Azure – One Partner’s Perspective RDA and a Microsoft Solutions Advocate and Virtual Technical Specialist for Azure has the experience needed to help customers navigate the unchartered waters of cloud computing.  In an interview with John McClelland, Partner Evangelist at Microsoft, David outlines the top 3 questions he hears from customers pondering a move to Microsoft’s Azure Services Platform.  David shares his perspective regarding costs, security and readiness; building trust and mitigating risk in the cloud; and the benefits, pre- and post-deployment of a cloud solution. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Helping-Customers-Move-Forward-with-Azure--One-Partners-Perspective With a couple of projects now under his belt, David Makogon, Senior Consultant at RDA and a Microsoft Solutions Advocate and Virtual Technical Specialist for Azure has the experience needed to help customers navigate the unchartered waters of cloud computing.  In an interview with John McClelland, Partner Evangelist at Microsoft, David outlines the top 3 questions he hears from customers pondering a move to Microsoft’s Azure Services Platform.  David shares his perspective regarding costs, security and readiness; building trust and mitigating risk in the cloud; and the benefits, pre- and post-deployment of a cloud solution. 850 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Helping-Customers-Move-Forward-with-Azure--One-Partners-Perspective Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:24:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Helping-Customers-Move-Forward-with-Azure--One-Partners-Perspective Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Helping-Customers-Move-Forward-with-Azure--One-Partners-Perspective/RSS Azure Azure Services Platform Cloud Evangelism mpneast Partner Interview with Hedgehog Development - Azure, the Microsoft Partner Network, and BizSpark Hedgehog Development is a custom web and application development shop that provides consulting and development services for a range of different industries. They're also a former Microsoft Partner of the Year (2008) and a BizSpark Network Partner.

In this interview Microsoft Evangelists John McClelland and Brian Johnson talked to Hedgehog about the Microsoft Partner Program, developing a Facebook application with Azure, and about working with BizSpark startups.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Interview-with-Hedgehog-Development-Azure-the-Microsoft-Partner-Network-and-BizSpark Hedgehog Development is a custom web and application development shop that provides consulting and development services for a range of different industries. They're also a former Microsoft Partner of the Year (2008) and a BizSpark Network Partner. In this interview Microsoft Evangelists John McClelland and Brian Johnson talked to Hedgehog about the Microsoft Partner Program, developing a Facebook application with Azure, and about working with BizSpark startups. 1715 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Interview-with-Hedgehog-Development-Azure-the-Microsoft-Partner-Network-and-BizSpark Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:26:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Interview-with-Hedgehog-Development-Azure-the-Microsoft-Partner-Network-and-BizSpark Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Interview-with-Hedgehog-Development-Azure-the-Microsoft-Partner-Network-and-BizSpark/RSS Azure BizSpark Facebook mpneast Partner A TELLUS Perspective on Cloud Computing
Links:
TELLUS International
MPN East Blog ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/A-TELLUS-Perspective-on-Cloud-Computing Dr. Petri Salonen, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of TELLUS International spends over 200 days a year traveling the world to meet with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to help them align their business with the Microsoft ISV ecosystem.  When not traveling, Dr. Salonen and the TELLUS staff track and analyze the technology marketplace from the client perspective.  In this interview, Dr. Salonen talks to Microsoft Partner Evangelist John McClelland about his perspective on cloud computing and he also shares advice to ISVs on getting ready for Azure.Links:TELLUS InternationalMPN East Blog 959 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/A-TELLUS-Perspective-on-Cloud-Computing Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:43:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/A-TELLUS-Perspective-on-Cloud-Computing Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/A-TELLUS-Perspective-on-Cloud-Computing/RSS .NET .NET Framework Azure Cloud ISV mpneast Partner Neudesic Migrates Quark Promote to Windows Azure Neudesic, talks with Microsoft Partner Evangelist John McClelland, about his latest passion, Microsoft’s Azure offering for cloud computing. Chris discusses his experience migrating Quark Promote to the Azure Services Platform.

Chris describes how Azure storage solved 2 major design limitations, universal access to Quark Promote custom templates and scalability.  Chris also talks about Neudesic's decision to become an early adopter of Azure and his recommendations for maximizing partner relationships with Microsoft. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Neudesic-Migrates-Quark-Promote-to-Windows-Azure In this interview, Chris Rolon, Architect Evangelist and Employee #1 at Neudesic, talks with Microsoft Partner Evangelist John McClelland, about his latest passion, Microsoft’s Azure offering for cloud computing. Chris discusses his experience migrating Quark Promote to the Azure Services Platform.Chris describes how Azure storage solved 2 major design limitations, universal access to Quark Promote custom templates and scalability.  Chris also talks about Neudesic's decision to become an early adopter of Azure and his recommendations for maximizing partner relationships with Microsoft. 664 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Neudesic-Migrates-Quark-Promote-to-Windows-Azure Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:30:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Neudesic-Migrates-Quark-Promote-to-Windows-Azure Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Neudesic-Migrates-Quark-Promote-to-Windows-Azure/RSS Azure Developer mpneast Partner Partner Interview: SummitCloud
This is an audio interview and I've just added a few slides to it so that it would be easier to view online.

You can find out more about SummitCloud by visiting their web site at http://summitcloud.com.  

You can find out more about the community edition of SQL Scrubs here. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Partner-Interview-SummitCloud SummitCloud is a BizSpark startup that produces analysis and compliance software used by suppliers and retailers. Microsoft Partner Evangelist John McClelland and I sat down with SummitCloud CEO David Leibowitz to talk about SummitCloud, BizSpark, and the Microsoft Partner Network. This is an audio interview and I've just added a few slides to it so that it would be easier to view online.You can find out more about SummitCloud by visiting their web site at http://summitcloud.com.  You can find out more about the community edition of SQL Scrubs here. 1625 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Partner-Interview-SummitCloud Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:14:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Partner-Interview-SummitCloud Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Partner-Interview-SummitCloud/RSS Azure BizSpark Developer mpneast Partner PinPoint SQL SQL Server Interview: BizSpark Startup Linxter Linxter is a BizSpark startup that's changing the way that developers think about traditional middleware. Last week I caught up with Linxter CEO Jason Milgram, to talk about the company, messaging, and the BizSpark program.

Here's the company description from the Linxter web site:

Linxter is an information broker that enables and governs message-based data exchange between any .NET applications or services that can connect to the Internet. Using your existing .NET skills and Linxter, you can quickly and easily connect distributed apps and integrate distributed systems.

Related links:

Linxter home
Linxter Startup of the Day entry

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Interview-BizSpark-Startup-Linxter Linxter is a BizSpark startup that's changing the way that developers think about traditional middleware. Last week I caught up with Linxter CEO Jason Milgram, to talk about the company, messaging, and the BizSpark program. Here's the company description from the Linxter web site: Linxter is an information broker that enables and governs message-based data exchange between any .NET applications or services that can connect to the Internet. Using your existing .NET skills and Linxter, you can quickly and easily connect distributed apps and integrate distributed systems. Related links:Linxter homeLinxter Startup of the Day entry 649 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Interview-BizSpark-Startup-Linxter Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:54:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Interview-BizSpark-Startup-Linxter Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Interview-BizSpark-Startup-Linxter/RSS .NET .NET Framework BizSpark Cloud DPEeast mpneast Startups Windows Azure and Partner Opportunities ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Windows-Azure-and-Partner-Opportunities What are the Azure opportunities for Microsoft partners? Mike Werner provides a high level overview of Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing services. Topics covered include basic platform features and functionality, overall benefits, and the common scenarios for using Windows Azure. We will also discuss how the Azure Services Platform applies to the partner business by creating new services-based opportunities across the Microsoft partner and customer ecosystem. 3562 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Windows-Azure-and-Partner-Opportunities Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:56:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Windows-Azure-and-Partner-Opportunities Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Windows-Azure-and-Partner-Opportunities/RSS Azure Azure Platform Azure Services mpneast Partner Partners Interview: BizSpark Startup Xobni
Links:
Xobni
BizSpark
Microsoft Startup Zone
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Interview-Bizspark-Startup-Xobni Xobni is an Outlook plug-in that lets users easily connect to their contacts through the various social networks. The program comes in two versions, one free and now a new pay version that ads enhanced features. I recently talked to Matt Brezina, one of the Xobni founders, about the product, about social networking, and about how being a BizSpark startup has helped Xobni build their product and their company. Links: Xobni BizSpark Microsoft Startup Zone 255 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Interview-Bizspark-Startup-Xobni Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:49:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Interview-Bizspark-Startup-Xobni Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Interview-Bizspark-Startup-Xobni/RSS BizSpark mpneast Office Startups Visual Studio xobni Coworking for Startups
I talked to Chris Shultz, the founder of Launch Pad in New Orleans, about the coworking movement, Microsoft BizSpark, and about their new space in The Big Easy. 

Links:

Launch Pad - New Orleans
Coworking on Wikipedia
BizSpark Program
Microsoft Startup Zone  ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Coworking-for-Startups One of the issues that new startups often face is the where to work question. Do we build in the garage/basement, or do we go after some office space? One new alternative that's catching momentum nationwide is coworking. Coworking allows community members to share the costs of an office space that offers meeting rooms, connectivity, printers, and other amenities. I talked to Chris Shultz, the founder of Launch Pad in New Orleans, about the coworking movement, Microsoft BizSpark, and about their new space in The Big Easy.  Links: Launch Pad - New Orleans Coworking on Wikipedia BizSpark Program Microsoft Startup Zone  176 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Coworking-for-Startups Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:42:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Coworking-for-Startups Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 3 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/brianjo/Coworking-for-Startups/RSS BizSpark Collaboration mpneast Office Startups workspace