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…
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…
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