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What if Microsoft had picked a different Chief Software Architect?

Microsoft has been orchestrating carefully for the past few years the transition of Bill Gates from Chief Software Architect CSA and regular participant in product planning meetings, to "mere" Chairman. (Gates' actual "last day" is June 30.) But it turns out Microsoft may have been planning this...

Tags: Chief Software Architect, Ray Ozzie, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Development Tools, Management, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-27

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So where's Microsoft's Live Mesh?

One noticeable no-show at this week's Microsoft Professional Developers Conference is Live Mesh. Live Mesh, Microsoft's synchronization service that is the pet project of Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie, was one of the main attractions at previous Microsoft developers' conferences. I asked Ozzie for an update on it this...

Tags: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Conference, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Microsoft PDC Live Blog Day Two: IE, Silverlight 4.0 and more

The biggest news here is that MS is losing its grip on developers as they are switching to programming for the web and cross platform tools.Microsoft and its future.The chief software architect not ever going to say "Mission Accomplished".Another VP of cloud at the PDC saying "I'm not going to...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., dotnet, PDC, silverlight

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Microsoft PDC: Live blogging the Day One keynotes

It's that time again: Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference 2009 Day One kicks off today. Join in our live blog with a bunch of us Microsoft bloggers will be live blogging this morning's keynote, which will feature Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie and Server and Tools President Bob Muglia, among other...

Tags: Keynote, Microsoft Corp., Blogging, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-17

New Microsoft social computing lab formed under Ozzie

Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie has launched another new lab, this one focused on social computing. The 82-person Future Social Experiences Labs FUSE will be headed by General Manager Lili Cheng. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Social Computing, Microsoft Corp., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Enterprise Irregulars Join Social CRM Fray

I'd say that the headline is a bit of an understatement or maybe even a misstatement by me.  Let me tell you why. If your life preference is to cower under bedcovers, then you might not have heard of the Enterprise Irregulars EI.   They are a group of iconoclastic, often...

Tags: Blog, Customer, CRM, Ross, Customer Insight, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-08-12

Layer 7 Technologies Security in the Cloud

Paul Rochester, CEO, and Scott Morrison, VP Engineering and Chief Architect, of Layer 7 Technologies, dropped by virtually to introduce me to their company's technology and the philosophy behind their products. After a while, I was able to understand the approach they were taking and how extensible and flexible it...

Tags: Layer 7 Technologies Inc., XML, Security, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Layer 7 Application Services Governance

Layer 7 Technologies', CEO, Paul Rochester, and VP of Engineering/Chief Architect, K. Scott Morrison, stopped by telephonically to introduce their company, its philosophy and bring me up to date on their product portfolio. The company offers server appliances and virtual appliances that take on the tasks of firewall, compliance enforcer,...

Tags: Web, Layer 7 Technologies Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Channel Management, Web Services, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?

Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?These prices...after Vista? MS has cojones...It's disappointing that Microsoft is charging such outrageous amounts for their operating system for two reasons:1. The Vista debacle...no sign of a "mea culpa" from MS and there likely never will be. So much for...

Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Too-high, Microsoft Corp., pricing strategy, Microsoft Windows 7 pricing, Microsoft Windows, service pack

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Churchill Club podcast: Microsoft Ray Ozzie talks cloud computing

In the latest episode of the Churchill Club podcast series, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie talks about the evolution of cloud computing. Steven Levy, senior writer at Wired Magazine, was the moderator. Here's the report from Sam Diaz on the Ozzie talk. by...

Tags: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Podcasts, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Internet, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Microsoft's Ray Ozzie talks cloud computing at Churchill Club

I've been a pretty vocal critic of Microsoft in the past, scratching my head in amazement when the company does something wacky like a Jerry Seinfeld-Bill Gates commercial or Windows Vista. But after a Churchill Club dinner in Silicon Valley last night, I think have a better understanding of what's...

Tags: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Microsoft to launch ThinkWeek 2.0

Microsoft came close to killing off its "ThinkWeek" process, via which employee-submitted ideas can find their way into the hands of upper management for consideration. But it sounds like Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie & Co. have decided not to do away with this idea generation/evaluation pipeline. by Mary Jo...

Tags: Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Microsoft's Ozzie defends Microsoft's aggressive online spending

Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie defended Microsoft's continued heavy investments in the online-systems arena, claiming the flowing trail of red ink from Microsoft's Online Systems Business OSB doesn't tell the whole story. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Investment, Finance, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Is Google Health falling behind in PHR market?

Is Google Health falling behind in PHR market?Yes, I agree with Roni's postHi Dana. Thoughtful post. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "passed [my] test" :), but fwiw, what Roni says in that post matches my view of things. I have a strong sense that he...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, E-health, Google Inc., Google Health, health care, PHR market, PHR

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player

Updated: Oracle said Monday that it will buy Sun Microsystems for $9.50 a share in cash, or about $5.6 billion excluding debt, in a deal that plunges Larry Ellison & Co. into the hardware market. The company added that the acquisition of Java "is the most important software Oracle has...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Larry Ellison, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sun Solaris, Data Centers, Corporate Law, Storage, Databases, Investment, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-20

A single Windows platform for phones and PCs: Can it be done?

A single Windows platform for phones and PCs: Can it be done?No.No.RE: A single Windows platform for phones and PCs: Can it be done?I think many people underestimate the significance of Android. Either Android, or a derivative or similar offering based on Linux, will likely run all cell phones...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, netbook, phone, single Windows platform, microphone, Microsoft Windows, Windows Platform, Microsoft Corp., PC, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Browser wars: the platform wins

Panel: Arun Ranganathan Mozilla, Chris Wilson (Web Platform Architect, Microsoft), Brendan Eich (CTO, Mozilla Foundation), Charles McCathieNevile (Chief Standards Officer, Opera Software), Darin Fisher (Software Engineer, Google) Browser experts from Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Opera, and the Webkit project are all here. ...

Tags: JavaScript, Web Browser, Gecko, Web Browsers, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Getting inside a CIO's head

I was disappointed to see that our nation's first chief information officer, Vivek Kundra, is having some major distractions, with the FBI raiding the District of Columbia CIO's office he was overseeing. According to this report from ZDNet's Sam Diaz, Kundra has not been linked to the raid, which stemmed...

Tags: Job, CIO, SOA, Mike, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Recruitment & Selection, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Red Dog: Ray Ozzie casts a long shadow

Why was Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie so focused on the Live Mesh sync product, but seemingly less so on the building blocks that were key to powering Microsoft's cloud platform? That's one of the many questions I had when I started researching this week's Red Dog series of...

Tags: Team, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Ray, Microsoft Windows, Team Management, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Microsoft ThinkWeeks a thing of the past?

Microsoft ThinkWeeks a thing of the past?BillG is still BillG, so is MSFTi don't think billG has been involved any less than before. maybe a little less in details. but other people's decision only matter if it is not going different way with his.RE: Microsoft ThinkWeeks a thing of the...

Tags: MSR, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft ThinkWeek, Billg

Discussion threads 2009-02-12