Powers Unfiltered

An entrepreneur’s journey into grid computing and partnering with Microsoft, by John Powers

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Final thoughts on SC06 — Microsoft is moving the dial

November 28th, 2006 · No Comments

I found this old draft from the end of the Supercomputing conference (almost two weeks ago).  Sorry to be slow, but here you go.
I’m NOT an old-time supercomputer guy, and I therefore have NOT been to every SCxy show (as the Supercomputing show refers to its various annual incarnations).  Indeed, my first show was SC03, in Phoenix, [...]

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Tags: Compute Cluster Server · Events · Partnering with Microsoft

Partnering with Microsoft — the myth of a single point of contact

November 28th, 2006 · 9 Comments

I had another of my favorite type of interactions with a stranger from Microsoft (or a contractor thereof) this morning.  “Rachel from Microsoft” called me to tell me of many exciting opportuntities surrounding the launch of Vista, Office 2007, and Exchange Server 2007.  We get such calls every week or two, which is fine — [...]

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Tags: Entrepreneurship · Events · Partnering with Microsoft