A number of the more interesting products at the Demo Fall show were aimed at small businesses—a refreshing change from most I’ve seen lately, which are intended for consumers or large enterprises. These products try to offer small businesses the features only large businesses had had until now.
At this week’s Demo Fall 2011 conference I noticed an emerging trend: new ways for marketing managers to understand their online sales and marketing, especially on social sites. Most notably, products from Socialbakers and Bringshare looked like interesting and useful tools for marketers.
At his keynote at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) this morning, Intel CTO Justin Rattner discussed the move to many-core computing. The shift is important not only for high-performance computing (HPC), but also for many standard tasks as well.
It’s hard to pick a favorite consumer product from this year’s Demo Fall conference. My wish list includes: Aurasma’s augmented reality platform; the WeVideo cloud-based video editing solution Zazu Mornings, an information app to wake you in the morning; Ologic’s AMP, a combination personal robot and boom box; and LUMOback, which promises to improve your posture and the health of your back.
At this morning’s Build conference, Microsoft Server and Tools President Satya Nadella led a group of developers in introducing Windows Server 8, new changes to the company’s Windows Azure cloud development platform, and Visual Studio 2011. Developer previews of all these tools are now available.
At the Microsoft Build conference yesterday afternoon, the company presented three “Big Picture” sessions, all designed to give developers an overview of creating new “Metro-style” applications for Windows 8.
At Microsoft’s Build conference this morning, the second part of the keynote (following a discussion on the “experience” but prior to the platform and cloud sections) dealt with what developers wanted to hear most: how to create applications for the new Metro UI and how existing applications can be adapted to work in the new environment.
At this morning's Build keynote, Microsoft's Michael Angiulo showed off some new hardware running Windows 8, including quick booting, tablets based on multiple processors, and a number of new ?Ultrabooks.?
Microsoft formally unveiled Windows 8 this morning at its Build conference. Steven Sinofsky, president of the company’s Windows and Windows Live division, said that Windows 8 “reimagines Windows,” from the chipset to the experience.
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