MS ShareView - free alternative to WebEx

A great tool to have a WebEx or LiveMeeting style conference for FREE with up to 15 participants is the new ShareView Live tool.

 

Get it here:  https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=94&wa=wsignin1.0

 

Works really well and i've tested with a mix of Vista and Windows XP users.

 

Have fun presenting!

 

S.

.net 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5? How does it fit?

Such a common question asked.  I think the confusion of it comes because on major version updates, Microsoft has typically replaced the former version with the newer one.  WIth the .NET framework, they have just added to it, betwee, 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5.  Its a strange pattern MS is setting, however, it makes it great for compatibility of your apps on each new release. 

 

Here is a blog that nicely shows it in a picture format:

http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2007/06/net-framework-35.html 

 

 

CoStar Group and Accruent Forming Technology and Marketing Partnership

Here is anohter great technology partnership we have just announced.  With the rich real estate data Costar provides, Accruent customers can really see the big picture as it related to their RPM (real esate performance management) data, and makes products like our Accruent Visualization ligth up...

 

http://www.costar.com/Corporate/Press/Release.aspx?id=243

Pitney Bowes MapInfo Enters Strategic Alliance with Accruent

Pitney Bowes MapInfo, the leading global provider of location intelligence, today announced a strategic alliance with Accruent, Inc., the leading provider of real estate performance management (RPM) solutions, that delivers retail and financial services organizations a comprehensive solution for identifying the most profitable locations and accelerating new store openings.

“Retailers and financial service companies are under tremendous pressure to quickly secure optimal real estate site locations and stay ahead of their competitors,” says Mark Friedman, chief executive officer, Accruent, Inc. “By combining the site selection expertise of Pitney Bowes MapInfo with Accruent’s RPM solutions, organizations can accurately forecast sales potential and pinpoint the best areas for growth, as well as speed up the approval, construction and opening of new stores, saving considerable time and controlling costs.”

Read the rest here:

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070522005256&newsLang=en

Core CLR open soruce - MIX

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=414

 

Its nice to see MS using more of their stack to open source and more importantly allowing developers target OS' and browsers other then MS/IE.

 

A bit of MIX envy here...I'm looking foward to seeing the new WPF demo's they have pulled together. 

"I'm Initiative"

http://messengersays.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!5B410F7FD930829E!25315.entry

 

MS has announced a new campain that will donate a portion of the ads viewed in live messenger to a charity of your choice.  Check out the above link to particiapte.  Its free and easy.

Wonderful! How does it work?

1. Use Messenger 8.1
   
2. Add the i'm emoticon to your display name by entering the code of the cause you would like to support (hint: I suggest adding it at the end of your name so you still appear in the correct alphabetic order in your contacts list)
   
3. Send and receive IMs
   
4. A portion of the advertising revenue generated by your usage of Messenger will be donated to your cause. So the more IMs you send and receive the more money will be donated to your cause.

What are the i'm emoticon  codes and causes?

• American Red Cross --  ready to help, code = *red+u
  
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America --  providing a positive place for kids, code = *bgca
  
• National AIDS Fund --  fighting AIDS, code = *naf
  
• National MS Society --  joining the MS movement, code = *mssoc
  
• ninemillion.org --  helping 9 million refugee kids, code = *9mil
  
• Sierra Club --  exploring and protecting the planet, code = *sierra
  
• StopGlobalWarming.org --  stopping global warming, code = *help
  
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure --  finding the cure, code = *komen
  
• UNICEF --  helping kids survive, code = *unicef

Accruent RPM - IT Jungle Interview

I recently did an interview with Alex Woodie @ IT Jungle / WindowsObserver discussing the Real Estate Performance Management space and Accruent's role in it.  We also discussed our next generation software and technologies we are using such as Vista WPF/WCF.

 

Check it out here:

http://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs022007-story03.html

S.