Technology times they are a changing…
By Jason Slater in Reader
Posted in Management on March 11, 2008 at 4:59 pm
2008 is becoming an interesting time in the field of technology and I’m starting to get swamped (in a good way) with whitepapers, case studies and beta programs. It seems that at every turn there are announcements and launches of new systems, beta tests and new technologies. From the emails I am receiving and news sites I am reading it would seem that Microsoft are leading the way with an almost weekly announcement of something or another.
There was SP1 for Vista (I’ve still held off putting Vista on my laptop even though I have Ultimate sitting in my drawer!), then an announcement of Service Pack 3 for XP, news of Office Live Workspace and Office Live Small Business. Windows Server 2008 is out of wraps with its eight different versions (which caused Monk and Norris some confusion) and Internet Explorer 8 is out on Beta. Silverlight has had a big upgrade and it may even be that Apple might allow an Exchange push client on their shiny iPhone as Apple iPhone and Microsoft Exchange have a cuddle. Now even Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is out on release!
It is getting to that time when, as technology professionals, we need to take a deep breath then decide where to start !
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Loading ...Comment by Moshe Zeidman - March 18, 2008 on 12:00 pm
Jason, Do you think the flurry of releases from Microsoft are ‘true’ updates offering real advances, or is your impression that they are cosmestic and are being released because…it was 2 years since the last one?
Moshe
Comment by Jason Slater - March 18, 2008 on 12:16 pm
Interesting question Moshe! Some of them are clearly major advances - look at Windows Server 2008 and IE8 for example - whilst others such as Office Live and SP3 for XP do leave us wondering. I notice the announcements haven’t been coming thick and fast recently - the only thing I’ve heard of recently is the impending Wordpress 2.5 announcement that I talked about recently on my other Blog: http://www.jasonslater.co.uk/2008/03/18/wordpress-25-is-on-the-launch-pad/
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