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Hello,  Well, this is a tricky blog post to write, but let's cut straight to it. After May 31st 2011, I will no longer be at EMC Consulting. I've decided that after 18 years of working, and 12 years at EMC Consulting (Conchango and OS Integration) that it's time for a bit of a rest! This company, its people and clients, have been a ...

It’s always been possible to descope work in the Scrum for Team System template. But the method employed in Version 2.2 whilst functional, was quite fiddly, overly manual and not very “Scrummy”. When building 3.0 we took the opportunity to revamp the way in which it worked and better utilise the power of the Event Service (something you can see ...

I'll be at Agile 2009 next week where I'm presenting two papers: On Monday the 24th of August at 4pm it's "Why (so many) Testers  (still) hate Agile" - which I'm co-presenting with friend, colleague and career tester Malcolm Beaton. On Wednesday the 26th of August at 2pm it's "The Prisoner's Dilemma: Applying Game Theory to ...

The new bug model in Scrum for Team System 3.0 might look obvious at first, but it's taken a long while getting to where it is. Before I start delving into how the new bug model works, it's worth taking some time to describe what came before it. Almost by coincidence, each of the three major versions of Scrum for Team System have had a different ...

Microsoft have launched a new Search Engine called Bing incorporating the technology comes from Microsoft’s acquisition of Powerset (not just a rebrand of Windows Live). It is being marketed as more than just a search engine, rather as a decision engine. It is in preview and you can try it out here, the video is worth a look too. ...

In the wake of all the glorious Silverlight announcements at MIX09, we’ve lined up a couple of sessions around the new features to be found in Expression Blend 3 and Silverlight 3. Microsoft are kindly providing the facilities of Cardinal Place (nr Victoria) so that we can accommodate a larger audience, and EMC Conchango will be providing the ...

Wednesday 18th March 2009 saw the UK Launch of Microsoft Surface.  The event was held in the Haymarket Hotel and journalists from the top publications were invited to attend. EMC Consulting (previously Conchango) were also invited to bring their Surface device along to the event and demo some of the great work they have been doing. Matt ...

With the recent changes to PerformancePoint Server the way it is procured and licensed is changing. If like me, you still want to offer clients a BI solution which uses PerformancePoint the following may be of interest - good news, it is getting cheaper (thanks to the guys at Microsoft who gave me the information): · Until April 1st, the ...

I don't want to wish my life away, but I cannot wait for 2019 if this is what we are going to be working, playing and living with.   Predicting the future is tough - we still don't have flying cars, my jet pack is yet to materialise and summer holidays aren't on the moon... but some of Microsoft's Business Division have come up with ...

If you are not one of the lucky ones to be in Las Vegas for FASTforward'09 then here is a chance to find out more about the Enterprise Search Application built by EMC Consulting for Microsoft Surface which was exclusively revealed in Bjorn Olstad's keynote. Here is a trailer video of the application itself, the demo will follow. Click here ...