Tag: microsoft_ireland

  • ASP.Net AJAX seminar in Cork

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    it@cork are running a half day seminar on ASP.Net AJAX on Friday March 23rd. ASP.NET AJAX is Microsoft’s free framework for creating Web 2.0 sites which are cross-browser compatible (cross-browser, yes, from Microsoft!). Speakers include author Jeff Prosise, Yagiz Erkan from DeCare and Rob Burke from Microsoft Ireland. Sign up for the event is on…

  • Do startups use Open Source?

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    I was very much of the impression that startups these days, because they want to keep spending to a minimum, would be more likely to use Open Source tools to develop their applications. The likes of MySQL instead of Microsoft SQL Server, for instance. This view was re-inforced by an interview I did with Salim…

  • IT@Cork Web 2.0 conference talks podcast

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    I finally got around to putting up the talks from the IT@Cork Web 2.0 Conference! Shel Israel led off the talks at the IT@Cork Web 2.0 conference with a great introduction to blogs and social media – drawing very much on his experience co-authoring a book on business blogging called Naked Conversations called Naked Conversations…

  • Microsoft Ireland's error prone Tablet PC competition!

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    According to Dave Northey, Microsoft Ireland are giving away a Tablet PC – all you have to do is answer a survey before June 30th to be in with a chance of winning. The only catch is that when I tried to go to the survey page to answer the questions I received the following…

  • Thanks Microsoft

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    Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m not shy about taking potshots at Microsoft. However, recently Microsoft impressed me mightily so it is only fair that I acknowledge that here. Microsoft Ireland are the main sponsors of the upcoming IT@Cork Web 2.0 half day conference. When the whole controversy broke about O’Reilly’s issuing…

  • Qumas sponsors second IT@Cork podcast series

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    Wohoo! Qumas today agreed to sponsor the second IT@Cork Member’s podcast series (the first series was sponsored by Microsoft Ireland). This is great news for the IT@Cork podcasts – they have landed yet another blue chip sponsor and continue to publish interviews with Thought Leaders from the IT@Cork membership. [Disclaimer – I run the podcasts…

  • Hello?

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    Rob, as a member of the Developer and Platform Group at Microsoft Ireland, you are supposed to be building a community – so how come I can’t leave a comment on your blog? UPDATE – Rob has now turned off the need to register on his blog in order to comment – thanks Rob, I…