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It Must be the Coffee…
Oracle is courting Microsoft ISVs with a series of events targeted directly at our Gold partners....
Author: msftisvs Date: 03/06/2008
Microsoft Makes Further Moves to Ease Conversion of Office Binary Formats
Two weeks back we made a commitment to open the binary formats and place them under our Open...
Author: msftisvs Date: 02/29/2008
Q&A with Full Armor CTO Danny Kim
Recently, Channel 9 host, Charles Torre, had an opportunity to talk with Full Armor CTO, Danny Kim,...
Author: msftisvs Date: 02/27/2008
Resources for Windows Server 2008 Launch
We at Microsoft are on the verge of releasing one of the most powerful and reliable products in the...
Author: msftisvs Date: 02/25/2008
New Interoperability Principles announced by Microsoft
This morning, Steve Ballmer, Ray Ozzie, Bob Muglia and Brad Smith announced important changes to our...
Author: msftisvs Date: 02/21/2008
With Four Oscar Nominations, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Underscores the Magic of Software
If you’re a movie buff you may have seen or heard of “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”. This is...
Author: msftisvs Date: 02/20/2008
2nd in a Series of Webinars for ISVs – Software + Services
Clearly there is a lot of discussion around Software + Services these days, and how to best...
Author: msftisvs Date: 02/18/2008
Why Do Software Startups Choose Microsoft?
Are you a start up company considering your platform technology choices, or perhaps just looking at...
Author: msftisvs Date: 02/15/2008
Does your company have the keys to success with Microsoft?
I just read an informative article by Rick Whiting entitled Keys to ISV Success, featured in CRN,...
Author: msftisvs Date: 02/13/2008
Hello Secure World…Write Safer Code, Build Safer Web and Surf Safer Net - Part 2
Remember the days of “hello world!” and programming DOS-based stand-alone desktop applications?...
Author: msftisvs Date: 02/11/2008
Check out the Channel 9 Inside Out interview with Gabriel Torok of PreEmptive Software
Channel 9 host Charles Torre posted a great 10 minute interview he captured at Tech Ed in Barcelona...
Author: msftisvs Date: 02/06/2008
Enterprise Content Management Partnerships – The Opportunity and the Value
In my last post I signed off indicating that I would highlight some examples of Microsoft working...
Author: msftisvs Date: 02/04/2008
1st in a Series of Webinars for ISVs – Microsoft Search Solutions
I am excited to bring you an upcoming series of webinars, approximately monthly, aimed at providing...
Author: msftisvs Date: 02/01/2008
Security Intelligence Report and other security guidance – Part 1
Recently on MSDN, we featured 2 important pieces of security guidance for developers – the Windows...
Author: msftisvs Date: 01/31/2008
.NET Library Released as Source
This past week Microsoft released a portion of the .NET Framework library to enable debugging...
Author: msftisvs Date: 01/24/2008
Great way to watch Billg’s CES Keynote
John Mullinax, a Microsoft Platform Strategy Advisor, recently put together a guide to Billg’s CES...
Author: msftisvs Date: 01/21/2008
Office Developer Conference Reminder
The 2008 Microsoft Office System Developer Conference is less than 4 weeks away. We have had several...
Author: msftisvs Date: 01/17/2008
Creating a Windows Workflow Activity for Expression Encoder
If you have been using Microsoft Expression Encoder to create Silverlight video applications, you...
Author: msftisvs Date: 01/17/2008
Microsoft Announces Winners of Ingenuity Point Competition
Microsoft is proud to announce the three first-round winners of The Ingenuity Point Contest: TR...
Author: msftisvs Date: 12/17/2007
Office Developer Conference 2008, February 10-13, San Jose CA
My name is Khawar Ahmed and I’m the business owner for the Microsoft Office System Developer...
Author: msftisvs Date: 12/12/2007
Helping You Put All the Pieces Together…
Last time I wrote about the advantages for partners around early adoption of our platform. Today, I...
Author: msftisvs Date: 11/16/2007
Innovation through Collaboration with ISVs
Greetings! My name is Persio and I manage Microsoft’s relationships with several of the leading ERP,...
Author: msftisvs Date: 11/14/2007
SQL Server Migration Made Easier
Ensuring that your current applications will run properly on a future product version can be a...
Author: msftisvs Date: 11/09/2007
Unlock the Value of Enterprise Applications
My name is Anu Chawla and I am a Program Manager on our Enterprise ISV team. I am responsible for...
Author: msftisvs Date: 11/06/2007
Two Goliaths with One Stone
Goliath was a nine-foot, bronze armored Philistine giant. I’m sure he had hair between his teeth and...
Author: msftisvs Date: 11/02/2007
Real World SOA
My name is Sonny Ali and I am a Program Manager on the Global ISV team responsible for the technical...
Author: msftisvs Date: 10/30/2007
How Important is Green IT?
As recently seen in Computerworld, Gartner has put “green it” at the top of the list of strategic...
Author: msftisvs Date: 10/29/2007
Are you ready for Windows Server 2008?
If you and your development teams have been looking for the chance to build your Windows Server 2008...
Author: msftisvs Date: 10/25/2007
My Top 10 Microsoft Web Resources
Over the past four years I've gone through a pretty dramatic shift in career focus. I started off...
Author: msftisvs Date: 10/23/2007
Microsoft Releases ‘HealthVault’
Hi, I’m Keith Cox, Director of Business Development for Healthcare Global ISVs in the Developer...
Author: msftisvs Date: 10/17/2007
“How can I partner with Microsoft if I’m afraid they might eat my lunch?" – Installment 2
In my last post, I shared a couple pearls of Microsoft partnering wisdom, namely: “Be a technology...
Author: msftisvs Date: 10/10/2007
Microsoft Releases the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries
Now that’s a headline you didn’t expect to see. Scott Guthrie posted on his blog that we are...
Author: msftisvs Date: 10/04/2007
Rock and Role of an Evangelist!
I am Nat Natarajan, Director of the ISV evangelism team responsible for engaging and enabling some...
Author: msftisvs Date: 10/02/2007
ISV Royalty License Program – Celebrating its First Decade!
Time really flies. 10 years ago, almost to the day, I had the pleasure of shaking the hand of Mr....
Author: msftisvs Date: 09/28/2007
Why should Microsoft partner with ISVs that we compete with?
Greetings and Salutations! My name is Raj and I manage Microsoft’s relationships with several of the...
Author: msftisvs Date: 09/26/2007
“How can I partner with Microsoft if I’m afraid they might eat my lunch?”
You’d be amazed how often I’ve heard some variation of that question. Given the mystery surrounding...
Author: msftisvs Date: 09/17/2007
Users Unite!
My name is Stig. I work on the ISV team for Microsoft. I’m an SAP user. I’m also a...
Author: msftisvs Date: 09/12/2007
What's Your Gender?
If you've ever designed a form to collect demographic information, chances are you included a...
Author: msftisvs Date: 09/05/2007
Welcome to the ISV Team Blog
Hi, I’m Eddie Amos the General Manager of Microsoft’s Worldwide Independent Software Vendor (ISV)...
Author: msftisvs Date: 08/07/2007