Richard Brand Consulting Limited

22 February

Enterprise App Stores
The latest batch of smartphone and tablet devices make integration into an existing enterprise environment difficult. One of the challenging areas is applications… The concept of an App Store is hugely beneficial for consumers. It completely hides the underlying complexity … Continue reading →

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07 July

Windows 8?
An early insight into the goals and thinking behind Windows 8 is available here: http://msftkitchen.com/2010/06/windows-8-plans-leaked-numerous-details-revealed.html Interesting reading, particularly around the user identity piece.

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01 October

Windows 7 Product Guide
As for previous operating system releases, Microsoft have published a Windows 7 Product Guide. It is a 140 page pdf document that has contains sections for both consumers and IT Pros. Most of it can be skimmed very quickly, but … Continue reading →

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29 September

Steve Ballmer on “The New Efficiency”
Steve Ballmer sent out this email today to subscribers to Executive Emails from Microsoft. Reproduced here in full:   In all the talk about the economy, one term that comes up more and more frequently is something called "the new … Continue reading →

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27 March

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Resources
I was recently looking to brush up on my SharePoint skills, and came across this stunning collection of links to a vast array of MOSS resources: http://www.sharepointblogs.com/mkruger/archive/2007/06/26/2007-moss-resource-links-microsoft-office-sharepoint-server.aspx I hope it proves as useful to you as it did to me.

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25 February

SkyDrive goes live
I have blogged previously about Microsoft’s cloud storage offering known as SkyDrive. When it hit public beta it was offering 1GB of online storage. It has now gone live, removing the beta tag and ramped up the storage to 5GB. … Continue reading →

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A Child of her times…
I was chatting to Sophie, our four year old, yesterday whilst feeding our baby. Sophie was drawing on an Etch-a-Sketch like toy. Sophie: Daddy, can you save on this?Me: No, sorry Sophie.Sophie: Why not?Me: Erm…there is nowhere to save toSophie: … Continue reading →

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07 February

Upgrading to Windows Server 2008?
Then you will need to know which applications will run on the new platform. Luckily Neil Hutson at Microsoft has provided us with the current view of Windows Server 2008 compatibility for the main Microsoft products over the coming year. … Continue reading →

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05 February

Windows Server 2008 Available Now
In a break with previous major releases, Microsoft have made the Windows Server 2008 RTM product available to Technet Plus subscribers on the day of its release. So far this is limited to the x64 code with x86 product promised … Continue reading →

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04 February

Windows Vista SP1
Did I say no announcement from Microsoft yet? Well I am glad to say I was wrong Technorati Tags: Windows Vista SP1

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