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Barnes & Noble Partners With Microsoft On Digital Reading Technology

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Barnes & Noble and Microsoft have announced the formation of a strategic partnership in a new to-be-named Barnes & Noble subsidiary which will build upon the history of strong innovation in digital reading technologies from both companies. The partnership will accelerate the transition to e-reading, revolutionizing how people consume, create, ... Read more »
Apps, Books, Cloud Computing, Education, Gadgets and Mobile, Media, Why Microsoft
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Free Microsoft Cloud Computing For University Scientists

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – Microsoft and Internet2 have announced a new agreement enabling member universities to take advantage of Windows Azure to open up collaborative, instructional and research opportunities in the cloud. The announcement was made at the recent Spring 2012 Internet2 Member Meeting in Arlington, VA. This agreement is a significant ... Read more »
Academia, Cloud Computing, Government, Laboratories and Research, Leadership, Real Impact, Why Microsoft
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Microsoft Returns To USA Science & Engineering Festival

Donna Woodall (Washington, DC) — Microsoft is back at the 2nd Annual USA Science & Engineering Festival to be held at the Washington Convention Center in DC on April 28-29, 2012. As an “Einsteinium Sponsor” this year, we’ll have a gigantic area including our Worldwide Telescope display, Xbox and Kinect applications to health, education, and ... Read more »
Citizen 2.0, Contests, Education, Laboratories and Research, Leadership, Why Microsoft
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Rahm Emanuel Launches Chicago “Early College” STEM High Schools

  Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Rahm Emanuel, flanked by executives from five large technology companies, announced the formation of five innovative “early college STEM schools,” which are six-year high schools focused on preparing students for a modern, information-laden, tech-savvy future workforce. Students will also have the opportunity to be “first in line” for interviews with the ... Read more »
Corporate Citizenship, Education, Government, Real Impact, Why Microsoft
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Sand Table 2.0: Modern Warfighters Connecting With Data

Phil West (Charlotte, NC) – In the days of General Eisenhower, war planners used small 3D models embedded in sand — a sand table — to understand and prepare for battle or other operations. And to some degree, 2D diagrams and 3D models are definitely still used. However, in the modern U.S. Army, some warfighters are ... Read more »
Apps, Big Data, Defense, Gadgets and Mobile, Real Impact, Why Microsoft
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I Have Met The Enemy And It Is Not PowerPoint

Mark Valentine (Chevy Chase, MD) — After a long period of popularity, there has been a recent backlash against the use of PowerPoint for communication within the government, particularly at the Pentagon and within the U.S. national security and intelligence community. However, focusing on the software as the cause of communications breakdown is merely a ... Read more »
Business, Defense, Why Microsoft
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Adding The Human Component To Computing

Lewis Shepherd (Reston, VA) – A lot of people don’t realize that Microsoft spends billions of dollars a year on research and development, with laboratories near Seattle, Boston, and around the world. Most of the time, the researchers are huddled together and working hard in private, but every once in a while they come out to ... Read more »
Augmented Reality, Defense, Gadgets and Mobile, Government, Shepherds Pi, Why Microsoft
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Happy Valentines Day, Joomla! Love, Microsoft

Gianugo Rabellino (Redmond, WA) — Isn’t Valentine’s Day a perfect occasion to think about relationships? Other than my family, the relationship I care most about nowadays is the one between Microsoft and the open source communities which, to put it mildly, have been interesting in the past. Here, I highlight some aspects of the relationship ... Read more »
Open Solutions, Why Microsoft
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