Yesterday Jordi and I attended an event in London hosted by Microsoft. “Technologies to Change Your Business” featured key speaker and youtube star Steve Ballmer (CEO Microsoft). Steve (or the guy who’s taken over from Bill Gates, as he’s more commonly known) gave a really interesting presentation, with insight into the way in which Microsoft are developing their latest range of technologies, with virtualization and the aptly described cloud computing being major themes.
Without being totally geeky, the way in which the future of IT is heading means that it will soon be common practice to access every piece of kit you have whether it be a home PC, office desktop or mobile device from one central location. Microsoft have created Live Mesh, which does just that, and also allows for file and folder sharing, synchronization of devices, and a live desktop which will revolutionise remote desktop connections.
And that’s just picking up on a small piece of the pie. The next couple of weeks hold a lot of hidden promise, according to Steve Ballmer…
Is your machine running slowly? 
This week sees my return from TechEd 2008 IT Professionals in Barcelona. As sad as I was to leave sunny spain, I had a brilliant week with 5000 other delegates from 74 countries. The insight and knowledge I gained from the sessions is invaluable; with a first look at Windows 7, a better understanding of Windows Vista and Office 2007 (including how these technologies were deployed within Microsoft), an insight into the way in which the IT industry as a whole is heading within the next 10years and how to keep up with a rapidly changing industry, a look at security solutions from Microsoft, and the counter technologies that the solutions are combatting.
Last Week Paul, (who escaped having his photo taken) Peter and myself hosted a stall at the Merseyside Business Fair. 
I’m currently counting down the days until Microsoft Tech Ed 2008. A week in Barcelona with 5,000 other IT Professionals, it doesn’t get much better than that! Well, actually it does. It’s recently been confirmed that the attendees will be among the first to get a look at Microsoft’s next operating system release Windows 7!
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