Well I knew that presenting at TechED would be hard but this week has been one of the hardest I have ever faced. During the week we had been struggling with getting the demo of the prerelease ESB working. We had practiced a good two person rotating handover presentation which looked and ran great and all in all we were …

The conference has been great , even though there has been some amazing announcements people don't seem to have grasped the gravity of what has happened. I suspect that it is a mixture of lack of comprehension and "it pie in the sky" , but it looks like OLSO will be coming hard and fast and you will see a lot …

Mike Ormand is super exited to be coming to Leeds and Bradford on our next event day (22nd of November). Mike is a great speaker and if SQL is your thing come along. if SQL isn't your thing we also have Sessions on Windows Server 2008 and in the evening we are running a community event where we will be Mix 07 in the …

Probably one of the best session so far with Clemens Vasters and Steve Swartz on Software + Services in the Cloud. I think it is really important that speakers relate both to the audience and between themselves and Vasters and Swartz do it in spades. if you ever get the chance I recommend hearing these knowledgeable …

I have just read Scott Adams blog as he has a strong insight into the mind of corporate mind and politicians well errr motives. He has an Interesting Post on how to predict the success of a company. Fundamentally a happy CEO/MD gives good direction and miserable staff work hard. As person keen on good idea's , I will …

There has only been one major problem for both Richard and myself at the SOA conference has been that the prize for filling in the evaluations is a hp-officejet-l7780.jpg An officejet not even a small one , most people here flew here and errrr. Don't get me wrong the idea and feeling is great but not the strongest …

We are at the Microsoft SOA conference in Redmond , we have been meeting up with old friends and bumping into people who only exist on our bookshelves in the office. Compared to the last time I was here there is a LOT more interest in BizTalk and SOA. We have see running versions of Oslo Microsoft's vision of beyond …

Richard and I are currently in Redmond for the SOA conference at the Microsoft conference. if you are at the SOA conference come over and say hello b.

The Imagine Cup Software Challenger 2008 has opened with a new format for 2008. You will need to get your idea in by December the 14th and then (hopefully) onto an innovation accelerator and then to the final UK round. I think the new format will help level the field a lot allowing teams to shine with innovation not …

Well it can be told I have been offered a speaking place at TechED Barcelona, I am very chuffed. I am presenting with Ewan Fairweather who is a Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft on Implementing ESB using the Microsoft best practices. It looks, even though I say so myself to be a great talk. if you are at TechED 2007 …