Digital Collaboration / Social Computing guide, a SharePoint Architect's view

SharePoint 2010 is coming straight ahead and we only need to wait a little over two months before the next version of SharePoint officially comes out.

As posted on Microsoft site:

Watch Stephen Elop, President of the Microsoft Business Division, announce the launch of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 on May 12, 2010 at 11 a.m. EST.

The live keynote focuses on the next wave of productivity that delivers:

End user productivity across the PC, phone and browser
IT choice and flexibility
A platform for developers to build innovative solutions

Join the virtual launch event with Microsoft executives, product developers, partners and customers to:

Cloud computing: Hot technology for 2009 (NetworkWorld)

Sun Turns Its Gaze to the Cloud (ECommerceTimes)

Why Windows 7 will crush Linux (NetworkWorld)

3PAR and Cloud Computing Give SupplyScape the Competitive Edge (CNN)

The Cloud Computing Ecosystem: The Top 100 Cloud Players (sys-con)

Cloud Computing Is a Big Whiteboard (sys-con)

Blue Mountain Labs Launches Cloud Computing Program Blue PVP (sys-con)

Qatar Cloud Computing Startup Signs QR125 Million Deal with Vodafone Qatar (sys-con)

3Tera, one of the cloud computing companies are offering a free downloadable whitepaper titled “Is Cloud Computing Ready for the Enterprise?” which is valued at $279 USD provided you register.

The cloud computing page is here.

The registration page is here.

Extentech Inc. Announces Open Source Multi-Platform Alternative to Sharepoint (EMediaWire)

The Business of Managing Content: Xythos Document Management & Microsoft SharePoint (CIO)

Littler Mendelson Chooses Recommind to Power SharePoint Portal Search (MarketWatch)

Cloud Computing Is a Big Whiteboard (Sys-con)

Expo: Microsoft to enhance Entourage Exchange, SharePoint on the Mac (MacWorld)

End User SharePoint (SharePointBlogs)

Acumen I.T. Offering SharePoint Office 2007 Classes (SwampFox)

Do Not Open SharePoint Master Pages from the File System using SharePoint Designer (211.entry”>SouravNayyar)

SharePoint Designer Video Tutorials (SecureSPSite)

The wrong way to iterate through SharePoint SPList Items (DynaTrace)

Quick tip: link to your page’s main content (PathToSharePoint)

Daniel Feller talks about Cloud Computing where he aims to understand the explanation on this. In an excerpt:

Am I the only one who has trouble understanding Cloud Computing? Is Instant Messenger considered cloud computing? Is my company’s enterprise deployment of XenApp on XenServer considered Cloud Computing? Is the iTunes store considered Cloud Computing?  Why is Cloud Computing so hard to figure out? Well, look at it from a different perspective.

Have you ever laid down on the grass and looked at the sky and tried to figure out what a cloud looked like?  You might think one cloud looks like a puppy and another looks like an airplane while someone else thinks your puppy looks like Homer and the airplane looks like a TV.  Trying to find shapes in the clouds is all based on your perception, just like if you try to get a definition of cloud computing from 5 different people, you will most likely get 5 different ideas. 

Continue reading here.

Sun Discloses Plans To Enter Cloud Computing (InformationWeek)

Migrating to cloud computing? Don’t forget DNS (NetworkWorld)

Should Your Windows Apps Move To The Cloud? (Forrester)

Selling Web 2.0 To IT (Forbes)

Is Cloud Computing the Wave of the Future? (Sys-con)

Test Center preview: Windows Azure Services Platform gives wings to .Net (TMCNet)

Microsoft’s Billion-Dollar Cloud Business (InformationWeek)

Cloud computing to the max (Infoworld)

Micro Focus Snatches Relativity, Expands App Modernization (ITJungle)

IBM Unveils New Version of Its Web Conferencing Service (ITBusinessEdge)

Microsoft Data Center Pro to Amazon (TheWhir)

Microsoft: The top 5 risks; Will it cut 2009 outlook as PC market stumbles? (ZDNet)

This is a video on making a quick launch bar in Windows 7.

Video description

The one thing I hate about windows 7 is the lack of the quick launch bar. I tried other bars like rocketbar and such but it just wasn’t the same. Then at work one day I came up with this great idea. check it out.

Asus has announced their latest version of their revolutionary netbooks, the Asus Eee PC 1000HE. The current introductory prices is at $399 USD.

As of their press release:

Asus Eee PC 1000HE are devices to support Lenovo S10.

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