Artefact spinoff launches first product: 10,000ft helps manage projects, people

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Artefact, the Seattle-based tech consultancy founded six years ago by two former Microsoft product designers, has spun off a new tech company that is set to release its first product this week — a web-based personnel, scheduling and resource management program for companies (such as their own) that focus heavily on project-oriented work. They call… Read More…

Video: A glimpse inside Microsoft’s high-tech Global Security Operations Center

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On the Microsoft campus this week, hundreds of law enforcement and public safety officials are gathering for the company’s Worldwide Public Safety Symposium. The event includes a chance to check out Microsoft’s Global Security Operations Center, one of three facilities around the world that coordinate the safety and security of the company’s facilities, and more… Read More…

SharePoint rival marches band into Microsoft conference

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Microsoft’s SharePoint conference in Anaheim this morning played host to an unscheduled — and unwelcome — musical interlude courtesy of Huddle, a U.K. company that was looking to, um, drum up some attention for its competing collaboration platform. Yes, that’s a real marching band, with a flag squad and cheerleaders. There were football players, too…. Read More…

Geek of the Week: Jeff Teper, father of Microsoft SharePoint

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Our latest Geek of the Week, Jeff Teper, had been at Microsoft for about six years in 1998 when he oversaw the formation of a new group focused on “knowledge management.” Later that group would launch a new business collaboration technology, then called SharePoint Portal Server. SharePoint has since become one of Microsoft’s largest products, surpassing… Read More…

Geek of the Week: Jeff Shuey, Kodak business development director, SharePoint guru

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Hey, if a person can geek out on SharePoint, you know he’s a true geek. GeekWire’s latest Geek of the Week, Jeff Shuey, focuses on Microsoft’s business collaboration and portal technology in his work as a business development director for Kodak stationed in the Seattle region. Continue reading for his answers to our questionnaire —… Read More…

Google or not, Microsoft cloud tools win federal security nod

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Microsoft says the federal version of its Business Productivity Online Suite cloud-based communications tools — including Exchange and SharePoint Online — has been certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Federal Information Management Security Act (FISMA), clearing the way for its use by 120,000 USDA employees. The announcement is notable in part because… Read More…