For those of you who like me attended the Microsoft SOA and Business Process conference in late october 2007 you might have been waiting for the post conference DVDs. And it feels like we have been waiting quite awhile. Perhaps the US participants have gotten them earlier and it’s just the international mailouts that are taking the extra time. Anyways, I am off to watch some of the content I missed. For those of you who didn’t attend and won’t be receiving a DVD you have two choices. Either borrow from a collegue or watch the selected webcasts published online at TechNet Spotlight.
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Are you a collegue? Would you like to blog here?
One of the cons of working for a large company such as Logica is that you don’t really know your collegues. Those closest to you and those you have worked with or met at social getogethers you have a fair concept about who they are and what they do, but with a company with several tens of thousand of employees the vast majority is simply out of reach. So, if you are a Microsoft BizTalk Server specialist or Microsoft architect or developer or just all around nice guy and happens to have the same employeer as I do, I invite you to host your blog here. Note: This blog is run on a completely personal basis. Views, opinions and content are those of the individuals themselves and is not sanctioned or sponsored, and might not always be shared by, the company we work for. With that said, should you happen to work for another company, but be active within our areas (of expertise rather then geography) in Sweden, you can still host your blog here if you’d like. We’ll help you get started.
Slides for the ESB Guidance presentation are online
On February the 12th me and Mikael Håkansson did a presentation for the BizTalk UserGroup Sweden on ESB Guidance. The slides we used for that presentation are now, perhaps somewhat later then I would have liked, online for your viewing and re-using pleasure. Download them from http://biztalkusergroup.se and more specifically this blog post. Note: Slides were given to a swedish audience and the text within them is in swedish. If you would like us to come to your site to explain ESB Guidance to you please contact us using the information within the slidedeck.
Are you a student? Are you aware you can get free Microsoft software?
The title says it all. Microsoft is now offering students free access to developer tools, enabling you to persue your dream, to allow the spark you have to ignite into a succesful company (or so the talk might have gone when they thought up the name). Here’s an excerpt from the site:
DreamSpark is simple, it’s all about giving students Microsoft professional-level developer and design tools at no charge so you can chase your dreams and create the next big breakthrough in technology – or just get a head start on your career.
Oh, and unlike so many other initiatives, offers, competitions and giveaways, this one actually includes students from countries other then the US. It’s far from all countries, but Sweden is among the countries included.
WM-data becomes Logica
Today the company I work for is unifying its brands in diverse international markets under one new name. WM-data is an old and established name within the Nordic region while Logica CMG has been the name of the UK corporation in which we became part of a year or so ago. Simplifying this and making it Logica for the entire company makes sense, it’s logical. And being logical is something I like. Let’s just hope that the new name doesn’t go anyone by, and judging from the advertising campaigns, it doesn’t seem like it will. Learn more at the Logica site, here (in swedish) and here (in english).
And for those of you at the customer where I currently work, hope you liked the cake!
Be Logical - Notes from Johan Hedberg 