Blogs - bruceky

Accellos Adds Windows 8 Apps for Line of Business

[MP4] [0:15:23] [2012/10/27]

Accellos, a leading provider of supply chain execution software solutions, talks about their release of AccellosOne Mobile, a new series of mobile line of business applications for smartphones and…

Windows Azure Performance Management, Monitoring Using AppDynamics

[MP4] [0:05:45] [2012/07/20]

Customers seeking to simply migrate their applications to the cloud and use traditional server monitoring tools or legacy Application Performance Management (APM) software quickly find themselves…

Embarke Distributes Your Social Conversations in EMail, Facebook, Twitter Using Azure

[MP4] [0:10:53] [2012/07/02]

Embarke provides a mechanism to bring together all social and email messaging through a comprehensive set of APIs. Conversations are threaded across networks, and developers can use the APIs to…

Lingo Jingo Language Learning Software Powered By Windows Azure

[MP4] [0:04:54] [2012/07/01]

The Lingo Jingo app is powered by Windows Azure to deliver a social based language learning experience integrating with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to share progress on lessons and exercises. Web…

iVoteSports Brings Social Networking for Sports Fans on Azure

[MP4] [0:07:46] [2012/05/25]

iVoteSports Baseball Edition makes you part of the action of a live Major League Baseball game using your iPhone or Android device. In this video, iVoteSports CEO and co-founder, Dennis Peters, speaks…

MOC1 Solutions Brings Wireless Service Advisor To Windows Azure, Streamlines Auto Service Experience

[MP4] [0:10:21] [2012/05/24]

When MOC1 Solutions wanted to move their applications supporting automotive dealerships to the cloud, they chose Windows Azure. In this video, Software Development Manager Alex Hatzopoulos and…

Privacy Central Protecting Your Data Using Ruby on Windows Azure

[MP4] [0:13:11] [2012/05/08]

Most consumers are unaware of the extent of publicly available, online exposures of their information – including phone numbers, current and past addresses, birth dates, home values, income level,…

Auto Dealers Get Quotes Fast with SmartQuote from ResponseLogix on Azure

[MP4] [0:11:53] [2012/04/05]

SmartQuote from ResponseLogix is the leading provider of automotive digital response management software for Internet leads. SmartQuote allows car dealers to provide a relevant quote response within…

Whitewater Backup to the Cloud on Windows Azure Storage

[MP4] [0:03:52] [2012/01/06]

Whitewater from Riverbed automates backup for enterprises into Windows Azure. Azure Architect Evangelist Allan Naim talks with Riverbed Marketing Director Bob Gilbert about Riverbed's decision to…

Brand Manager Goes Global in the Cloud on Windows Azure

[MP4] [0:06:12] [2011/12/20]

Quark Brand Manager provides distributed sales and marketing teams the opportunity to easily create, customize and deliver brand-compliant marketing materials on-demand. Quark chose Windows Azure for…

Social Media Goes Mobile with Glassboard on Azure

[MP4] [0:09:53] [2011/10/14]

You can now share your private data with groups of your friends, coworkers, and those outside your work organization courtesy of a new free product, Glassboard, from social media company Sepia Labs.…

Corelytics Provides Financial Dashboards for Small Businesses Through Windows Azure Marketplace

[MP4] [0:09:01] [2011/08/17]

Saas provider Coreconnex explain why they chose Windows Azure to deploy their product for small business. Their product enables non-financial people to understand the financial graphical…

Benchmark Applications with Cloud-Based Load Testing on Windows Azure

[MP4] [0:10:20] [2011/07/15]

LoadStorm is a cloud based load testing tool that allows companies to benchmark their web applications using simulated clients, which can be launched from any of the six Windows Azure datacenters…

Avalara Maps Sales Taxes on Windows Azure

[MP4] [0:11:03] [2011/05/28]

Turns out that sales taxes are more difficult to calculate than it might seem. More than 15,000 taxable regions inside the US form a mosiac for sales tax calculation. Fire districts, state districts,…

New Book Explores How to Determine Your Hardware Requirements for SQL Server

[MP4] [0:04:36] [2011/05/17]

A new book, SQL Server Hardware, tells you what you need to know about your hardware before you create your database. The book by Most Valued Professional Glenn Berry of Newsgator describes how you…

How Quark Promote Hosts Multiple Tenants on Windows Azure

[MP4] [0:09:29] [2011/04/26]

Quark Promote offers small businesses ways to create a unique, professional image with top-quality, printed marketing materials. Quark's Vice President of Emerging Technologies explains to ISV…

NewsGator Moves 3 Million Blog Posts Per Day on Azure

[MP4] [0:09:24] [2011/04/23]

Through its Datawire service, NewsGator aggregates approximately 1.6 million content sources on an hourly basis. This service used to be housed in their own data center; NewsGator recently moved this…

StorSimple Integrates On-Premises, Cloud Storage with Windows Azure

[MP4] [0:08:39] [2011/04/15]

StorSimple provides a hybrid storage solution that combines on-premises storage with a scalable, on-demand cloud storage model. StorSimple integrates with several cloud storage providers, including…

Windows Phone 7 Game Begins Life in WPF -- Now a Silverlight, Ad Supported App

[MP4] [0:07:42] [2011/04/07]

Simon Said game on began life as a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application that showed off touch user experience. Since then, it's become an advertising supported application for Windows…

XNA Game Development on Windows Phone 7 in One Sitting

[MP4] [0:02:27] [2011/04/02]

A small mobile app development shop of professional video game developers who create XNA games for WindowsPhone 7 in their spare time. This video features their founder, Jason Weimann, talking about…

BI Solutions Join On-Premises To Windows Azure Using Star Analytics Command Center

[MP4] [0:09:06] [2011/03/31]

The Star Command Center is used by enterprises across major industries to manage and automate disparate reporting, planning, and analysis environments with applications, data warehouses and business…

Food Buster Game Achieves Scalability with Windows Azure

[MP4] [0:03:11] [2011/03/31]

A web-based video game startup help educates kids on how to make healthier eating choices, recent winner of the White House’s Healthy Apps for Kids contest. Built using ASP.NET MVC and jQuery,…

Thumb-Driven Workflow on Windows 7 Slates from Blue Dot Solutions

[MP4] [0:03:17] [2011/03/16]

Blue Dot’s Advanced Mobile Work Management & Inspections Slate Edition is an intuitive, finger-friendly mobile Line of Business (LOB) solution specifically designed for Windows 7 powered Slates…

Crowd-Sourcing Public Sector App for Windows Phone, Azure

[MP4] [0:06:29] [2011/03/10]

Blue Dot’s Advanced Mobile 311 solution is an innovative crowd-sourcing solution for Public Sector that enables citizens to quickly and easily create non-emergency Service Requests through their…

Teenager Makes Money Writing Windows Phone 7 Apps with AdCenter

[MP4] [0:05:08] [2011/03/04]

Lead developer Johnny Simmons of Simzz Dev describes how he learned to write Windows Phone 7 applications. He learned by watching videos and finding code samples. Johnny, 13, talks with ISV Architect…

ProModel Adds Simulation, Visualization to Microsoft Project

[MP4] [0:09:00] [2011/03/02]

Microsoft partner ProModel creates software to help business solve complex problems. In this video, ProModel Product Manager Kevin Jacobson talks with ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle about how…

Accumulus Makes Subscription Billing Easy for Windows Azure

[MP4] [0:14:24] [2011/02/19]

The Accumulus Subscription and Usage Billing System enables businesses to find more success with subscriptions and recurring payments. The system includes a suite of integrated tools designed to help…

Azure Email-Enables Lists, Low-Cost Storage for SharePoint for Office 365

[MP4] [0:16:14] [2011/02/12]

vorApps for SharePoint Online delivers an email enabled information management solution leveraging the power of Microsoft SharePoint Online. Diane Gallagher of Vorsite Corp talks to Greg Oliver, ISV…

Plexipixel Uses WordPress on Microsoft

[MP4] [0:04:16] [2011/02/04]

Plexipixel developer Lisa Smith and designer Stephanie Newcomb talk with ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle about their work with Okapi, a Javascript framework. Okapi is a Javascript framework that…

Game Design and Development in Silverlight for Windows Phone 7

[MP4] [0:06:57] [2010/12/24]

When it comes to game design for Windows Phone 7, Microsoft turned to Plexipixel to help design the look and feel, branding, and sound for the Silverlight game called Unite. The team that designed…

Credit Card Processing for Windows Phone 7 on Windows Azure

[MP4] [0:06:47] [2010/12/21]

Want to process credit cards on your Windows Azure site or from Windows Phone 7 application? Microsoft partner Accumulus provides a solution for both. CEO Gregory Kim and company President Christian…

Quark Extends SharePoint for Dynamic Publishing

[MP4] [0:09:00] [2010/10/15]

A new integration between Quark Publishing System with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 supports knowledge workers and creative departments what want to collaborate within one system to create, edit,…

Slingbox Maker Sling Media Describes Cross-Platform Commitment to Silverlight

[MP4] [0:07:15] [2010/07/09]

Slingbox maker, Sling Media, describes the commitment to Silverlight. ISV architect evangelist Bruce Kyle talks with Sling Media software development manager Sasha (Alex) Goldobin about their…

TechSmith Lights Up Windows 7

[MP4] [0:09:32] [2010/06/29]

ISV Architect Evangelist Patrick Foley talks with Dewey Hou and Dean Craven from TechSmith about how TechSmith uses Windows 7 jump lists and task bar progress in Camtasia Studio, the popular screen…

PowerShell Automates Datacastle Testing with Hyper-V, Reduces Deployment Costs

[MP4] [0:06:58] [2010/06/16]

Datacastle uses PowerShell to work with Hyper-V for quicker tests across many configurations and for quicker and improved deployment at customer sites. Datacastle Vice President of Quality Assurance…

Identity, Active Directory Tools Will Move to AD FS 2, Azure

[MP4] [0:07:45] [2010/06/05]

CionSystems currently hosts active directory aministration tools on Windows Server 2008 R2 in IIS on premises. CTO Zubair Ansari talks with ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle about how the company…

Social Networking Site Supports Eco-Friendly Activities on Windows 7, Windows Phone 7

[MP4] [0:06:25] [2010/05/30]

Social networking site Every Day One Thing promotes user actions to help the environment and community. Small actions can add up to global changes. Users post actions, such a riding in a car pool or…

SysExpertez Manages Networking Resources, Lights up Windows 7

[MP4] [0:08:03] [2010/05/18]

SARANGSoft lights up an application that streamlines the work of IT Pros for maintaining Active Directory and networked assets. The software, SysExpertez, is written in Windows Presentation…

Datacastle Brings Data Protection From the Cloud Using Windows Azure

[MP4] [0:09:24] [2010/05/17]

Datacastle provides a way for businesses to protect vulnerable data with backup, recovery, encryption, and even data shredding if laptops might be lost or stolen. The data protection server console…

RepliWeb Eases Staging-to-Production Deployment of SharePoint 2010

[MP4] [0:09:05] [2010/05/14]

RepliWeb helps manage staging-to-production release cycles and replicate distributed SharePoint sites with RepliWeb Operations Suite for SharePoint (ROSS). The product assists your team so they can…

AdvancedMD Migrates Electronic Medical Records Product to SQL Server

[MP4] [0:03:25] [2010/05/11]

When AdvancedMD acquired their electronic medical records product, they standardized on SQL Server for their Software-as-a-Service product. Troy Young, Chief Architect at AdvancedMD, explains the…

QuarkPromote Lights Up Windows 7 with RIA Web Application on Windows Azure

[MP4] [0:04:54] [2010/05/11]

QuarkPromote incorporates Windows 7 light up features for its Rich Internet Application (RIA). Users customize promotional material, business cards, and fliers using the QuarkPromote. Users get the…

SARANGSoft Data Backup, Data Recovery Software Lights Up on Windows 7

[MP4] [0:07:38] [2010/04/28]

SARANGSoft incorporates Windows 7 features of jump lists, icons, and taskbar thumbnails in next version of their data backup software. filexpertéz is a powerful yet simple to use file management…

From Paper to the Cloud Part 2 -- Epson's Windows 7 Touch Kiosk For Marksheets

[MP4] [0:02:58] [2010/04/27]

In Part 2 of From Paper to the Cloud, Epson Software Engineer Kent Sisco shows how Windows 7 Touch can be used in a kiosk setting with a printer and scanner. Epson Imaging Technology Center…

From Paper to the Cloud -- Epson's Cloud App for Printer, Scanner and Windows Azure

[MP4] [0:08:35] [2010/04/23]

The team at Epson Imaging Technology Center (EITC) has created an application called Marksheets that converts marks on paper forms into user data on Windows Azure Platform. Mark sheets are forms…

RES Software Stores Desktop Profiles on SQL Azure

[MP4] [0:02:52] [2010/04/21]

RES Software uses SQL Azure to offer cloud storage for user desktop configurations. The company also offers on premises storage options. In this video ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle talks…

RES Software Lights Up Personal Desktops on Windows 7

[MP4] [0:03:26] [2010/04/20]

CTO Bob Janssen of RES Software explains why his company supports the light up features in Windows 7, including Jump Lists. He describes what his company did to move user functionality from…

Whirlwind 13: What's new in C# 4 - Covariance & Contravariance

[MP4] [0:12:09] [2010/04/13]

ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle of Microsoft and MVP Stuart Celarier explore the new languages features in C#. It's a Whirlwind Tour of the important language features of C# 4. Stuart…

Whirlwind 14: What's new in C# 4 - Events

[MP4] [0:09:36] [2010/04/13]

ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle of Microsoft and MVP Stuart Celarier explore the new languages features in C#. It's a Whirlwind Tour of the important language features of C# 4. Stuart…

Whirlwind 12: What's new in C# 4 - More COM Love

[MP4] [0:07:41] [2010/04/13]

ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle of Microsoft and MVP Stuart Celarier explore the new languages features in C#. It's a Whirlwind Tour of the important language features of C# 4. Stuart…

Whirlwind 11: What's new in C# 4 - Named & Optional Parameters

[MP4] [0:14:19] [2010/04/11]

ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle of Microsoft and MVP Stuart Celarier explore the new languages features in C#. It's a Whirlwind Tour of the important language features of C# 4. Stuart…

Whirlwind 10: What's new in C# 4 - Dynamic Lookup

[MP4] [0:17:18] [2010/04/11]

ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle of Microsoft and MVP Stuart Celarier explore the new languages features in C#. It's a Whirlwind Tour of the important language features of C# 4. Stuart…

Whirlwind 9: Introducing C# 4

[MP4] [0:03:51] [2010/04/11]

Bruce Kyle of Microsoft and MVP Stuart Celarier explore the new languages features in C#. It's a Whirlwind Tour of the important language features of C# 4. Stuart describes each major feature…

Marketron Leads Radio Industry with Windows 7 UX, Business Intelligence

[MP4] [0:05:12] [2010/04/08]

Marketron leads the radio industry with Windows 7 and SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services.Marketron works with about 80% of the radio stations tracking, placement, and payment of radio ads. By…

How to Embed PowerShell Within a C# Application

[MP4] [0:04:18] [2010/04/07]

Join James Brundage, Tester from the Windows PowerShell team, and Bruce Kyle for a quick introduction to how embed PowerShell within your C# application. See how you can easily reference the…

How to Parallelize Your Application - Part 2 Threads v Tasks

[MP4] [0:18:21] [2010/03/12]

In Part 2 of this series, ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle, explores the differences between Threads and System.Threading.Tasks in .NET 4.In this three part series, see how you can use new…

How to Parallelize Your Application - Part 3 Using Tasks

[MP4] [0:16:22] [2010/03/12]

In Part 3 of this series, ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle, explores three ways of using the parallel library features in .NET 4, System.Threading.Tasks, in your application. Using…

How to Parallelize Your Application - Part 1 Why Do It?

[MP4] [0:09:35] [2010/03/12]

In Part 1 of this series, ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle, explores the rationale for your applications to embrace multi-core technologies offered on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.In this…

Attachmate Describes Benefits of Joining Front Runner for Windows 7

[MP4] [0:05:41] [2009/11/05]

Kris Lall, Product Marketing Manager, at Attachmate describes the benefits for joining the early adopter program, Front Runner for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Now with the launch of …

How Attachmate Earned Windows 7 Software Logo

[MP4] [0:05:30] [2009/07/07]

Attachmate was among the very first to earn the Compatible with Windows 7 software logo. In this video, Product Marketing Manager Kris Lall and Test Lead Chinh Vu talks with me about the whole…

What's New in Software Development: NeverFail Software Adopts Hyper-V

[MP4] [0:04:54] [2009/07/01]

Paddy Falls, CTO of NeverFail Software, talks about how his company supports virtualization for both customers and in development. He describes the advantages that Hyper-V brings, lessons learned, and…

Whirlwind 8: LINQ