Archives for posts with tag: MS Execs

Eron Kelly: Moving Microsoft to the Cloud – Past, Present and Future

April 7, 10 //
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Eron Kelly, Director of Microsoft’s Business Online Services Product Management, discusses the key role that Microsoft Online Services plays in Microsoft’s transformation from a software company to an online services company, and provides a sneak peek into the future of Microsoft Online Services.
 
You’ve heard about economy of scale. How about economy of skill? Learn how BPOS provides customers with both.
 
How can Microsoft make money selling services? What’s the value for Microsoft? What’s the value for our partners and customers?  Learn about the new tools and features that will help partners work efficiently with more customers and help them develop customer solutions on the Microsoft Online Services platform.
 
Also, in this interview Eron finally answers the question you’ve all been asking: “What’s the distinction between Microsoft Online Services and the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS)?”

Learn more in the Microsoft Online Services community: 

Twitter: http://twitter.com/msonline
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MicrosoftOnlineServices
MOS Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/msonline/ 

Jason Zander: Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate Released – General Download Available

February 9, 10 //
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The Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate is here! Your Beta 2 feedback has been incredibly helpful to the engineering team. A big Thank You from Visual Studio!

Here, Visual Studio General Manager Jason Zander sits down with us to discuss how the Visual Studio engineering team addressed your Beta 2 feedback and made some helpful updates to the Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate. Jason even demos some of the improvements made in the VS 2010 RC — and on quite a modest PC.

Jason and his team went to great lengths to improve the overall experience of writing applications inside VS 2010. Performance. Performance. Performance… Of course, Jason and team want you to have the final word regarding whether the updates hit the mark, so please download the RC and take it for a test drive. Your feedback is critical to the VS team and they thank you, as always.

Ron Markezich: Microsoft Online Services Corporate Vice President

February 1, 10 //
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Meet Ron Markezich, the Microsoft corporate vice president responsible for Microsoft’s Online Services business. Learn about Ron’s career at Microsoft, and hear his thoughts on the past, present, and future of Microsoft Online Services.

What is BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite), exactly? When did Microsoft form its online services vision? What does Ron think about the current state of online services? What are the next steps for Microsoft’s online services and the online services industry? How does online services fit into Microsoft’s future plans?

Tune in.

Learn more in the Microsoft Online Services community: 

Twitter: http://twitter.com/msonline
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MicrosoftOnlineServices
MOS Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/msonline/

Dave Thompson: Turning Software into Services

October 28, 09 //
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Dave Thompson, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Online Services, is an industry veteran with 30 years of experience in IT.  In his leadership role for Microsoft Online Services, Dave is responsible for leading the delivery of Microsoft’s business software products as online services. Dave has a rich history solving complex problems in computing. He’s the guy that put TCP into Windows, back in the day. Today, his focus is squarely on taking Microsoft’s business platform to the next level, up to the cloud. What does this all mean, exactly? How complex is it to take traditional software and turn it into a service? What are the big problems that Dave and team face? How does this concentrated focus on services benefit developers and businesses that build their innovations on the Microsoft stack?

Tune in. Meet Dave and get a clear sense of where we are heading as Microsoft continues the evolution of PC and server software. These are exciting times for Microsoft, and We are bringing our partners into this new territory with us. Fascinating times indeed. Keep up the great work Dave and team!