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Read it: Let the Robot Drive: The Autonomous Car of the Future Is Here

Hans VB1 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:38:51 GMT

“The wheels are primarily there to keep the computers from dragging on the ground.” And… The final leap here is to envision a self-driving car that can be commanded like an elevator. When a car can drive itself to our door whenever we want it, why own something that spends more than 90 percent of [...]

Big data – Every day, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created

Hans VB1 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:47:57 GMT

Every day, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created and 90% of the data in the world today was created within the past two years.[11] via Big data – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This morning at our internal meeting…

Hans VB1 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:14:40 GMT

Microsoft Belgium supports its employees (me ) with getting or staying healthy. Cedric Dumont is there to coach us if we like. Pretty cool!!! Cedric Dumont tames the ‘Crack’ gorge in Switzerland’s beautiful Churfirsten mountains.

There’s always something to freak out about!

Hans VB1 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:57:32 GMT

“Microsoft is at its best when it’s freaking out,” he says. “That’s just it’s mentality. It’s a crisis-oriented company.” via Meet Bill Gates, the Man Who Changed Open Source Software | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com.

Unified Communications with Lync is valuable in many ways

Hans VB1 — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 04:48:58 GMT

Take a look at the video case: http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/US/details/a5c76737-309f-4451-8d01-873d34de8b6b

Windows Azure Platform. Links, more links… and a Twitter account.

Hans VB1 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:01:01 GMT

A colleague (you know who you are) collected some links related to Azure. Put these in your RSS reader and never miss anything again. The AzureMagic Twitter account (https://twitter.com/AzureMagic) is one of those Azure aggregators that captures it all too! http://www.azure.com http://www.davidchappell.com/writing/white_papers.php http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/ http://blog.smarx.com/ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jnak/ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazurestorage/ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlazure/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsazure/dd439432.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/nl-be/windowsazure/ff798080(en-us).aspx http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsazure/threads http://azurestorageexplorer.codeplex.com/ https://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Cloud+Cover/ http://www.davidaiken.com/ http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/ [...]

10 reasons to move your application to the cloud

Hans VB1 — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:25:00 GMT

The Cloud is happening now. I see ISV’s and web agencies rapidly adopting cloud technologies for a variety of reasons. This is my current top 10: 1. You are an ISV and your customers are changing buying behavior. They want to pay per use and a Cloud platform matches such buying pattern most closely. You […]

10 reasons to move your application to the cloud

Hans VB1 — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:25:00 GMT

The Cloud at WPC10

Hans VB1 — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:48:56 GMT

Some really interesting stuff has been announced here. You can read today’s full story here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2010/07/12/realizing-the-promise-of-cloud-with-microsoft.aspx

These are some of the highlights for me:

- Azure in your datacenter with the Windows Azure Appliance: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/appliance/

- Small Business Server Aurore will allow you to manage your hybrid on-premise/cloud(BPOS) environment

- Check out the Windows Azure Toolkit for Facebook: http://facebookazuretoolkit.codeplex.com/

And so much more. Foolow WPC10 on http://digitalwpc.com/. Today’s keynote should be live soon!

Start to Azure – Belgian ISV’s

Hans VB1 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:47:19 GMT

We have recently launched a program in Belgium called Start To Azure. The program is designed to help our Belgian ISV’s to put their applications on the Windows Azure platform.

Basically we will help ISV’s assess the opportunity Windows Azure presents them after which we will invest in technical/architectural consultancy to get the ISV on the right track.

Ultimately our ISV’s who deploy on Windows Azure will get marketing support.

I posted the details about the program on my skydrive folder. Check them out and let us know if you think you have a great case!