• You prefer to have a real discussion with an expert and follow an intensive training ? Then this blog post is for you.
• No, you don’t have the opportunity to release a couple of days or you want to do it at your space then I propose here a suggestion of online training.

19- 20 March– Windows Phone 7.5 Deep Dive in the Platform –English – 2 days

3- 4 April – Windows Phone 7.5 – Design – All about Microsoft Blend – English – 2 days

16-17 April – Windows Phone 7.5 Project call – Français -2 Days

4-5 June – Windows Phone 7.5 Project call – Francais -2 Days

You need more …. like Dev tokens, phone to develop & test, advise, visibility .. Just ask David dhernie@microsoft.com or just be curious – Follow him on twitter

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• Law Enforcement and Cloud Computing is an article from Linklaters a Belgian Law firm in which they discuss these 2 perspectives:
  “From an EU perspective, concerns have recently been voiced about the access to data by US law enforcement agencies under the so-called USA PATRIOT Act. However, EU law enforcement agencies also have broad powers to access information placed in the cloud.
  From a cloud user’s perspective, this essentially means that sound information management practice, not the USA Patriot Act or similar laws in other countries, should govern decisions regarding what data is appropriate for what range of storage sites, including use of cloud services.
  To view more of Law Enforcement and Cloud Computing piece click here”
• UK Cloud Computing Interception – nothing new in this article from Olswang they discuss the UK situation but that is the same for the rest of Europe.
  “Some UK cloud-computing customers are concerned that they should
  not entrust US cloud-providers with their data for fear of US law
  enforcement interception. If interception is so much of a concern they should not only avoid US cloud providers but also should avoid using the UK’s telephone, the Internet, and the postal system. The interception of communications, whether stored in the 21st Century cloud or sealed in 16th Century scrolls, and whether here in the UK or in the US, is nothing new. All communications data, where justified, may be intercepted by the State’s watchful and proportional eye.”

If you are wondering how to take advantage of HTML5 and CSS3, use and deploy a free open source app like Umbraco, Orchard, Drupal, or others or simply want to program your own website, then this event is for you.

The morning section is presentation time while in the afternoon it’s time to get coding on HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, ASP.NET and web apps. You will be able to choose from a more basic to a more advanced tutorial depending on your interests. The amazing Kris van der Mast @KvdM will be your coach for the day. 

Practical details @ Microsoft Belgium on these dates:

• Monday December 5th 2011
• Wednesday January 11th 2012
• Monday February 6th 2012
• Tuesday March 20th 2012

Details here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/belux/archive/2011/11/02/web-camps-belgium-hands-on-html5-and-web-apps-announced.aspx

Those who’ve seen me speaking last 18 months know that NUI (Natural User Interface) is one of those trends I strongly believe in. There is no doubt in my mind that in 5 years from now it will be hard to buy a PC screen without touch. And stronger a lot of flat (or not so flat) surfaces will get touch enabled. Add the Kinect technology and you have the next paradigm shift.
If you have the same passion or your still not convinced yet watch this new Future Vision Video.

2011 edition of Productivity Future Vision video

Steve Clayton one of our chief storytellers looked back at the 2009 version of this video and the predictions it made to check ho much of it is starting to become reality.

Microsoft BizSpark for startups:

• Software: Get immediate access to Microsoft development tools, platform technologies, and production licenses of server products (including Windows Azure Platform) for use in developing and bringing to market innovative and interoperable solutions.
• Business Support: Receive business and technical training at highly subsidized costs or in many cases, no costs; Receive two technical support incidents per startup; Receive access to MSDN Ultimate; Get connected to BizSpark Network Partners.
• Visibility: Get marketing visibility in front of an audience of potential investors, customers, partners and journalists and tap into a rich, vibrant ecosystem of peers, partners, and support resources around the globe.

Microsoft DreamSpark for students:

• Software: professional-level developer and design tools to students and educators around the world at no charge. These Microsoft tools will help you advance your learning and skills through technical design, technology, math, science, and engineering activities.
• Get training: access to a carload of technical training by reading, doing and watching. 

• Get Paid for Your windows Phone Apps: You get the same tools professional developers and designers have, and you can sell your mobile applications and make money! We’re waiving the $99 registration fee and giving you the first 100 application submissions for free!!

Microsoft WebsiteSpark for Web designers and developers:
Software: provides access to a technology offering for development and production hosting of websites.

• Get training: Receive business and technical training; Receive two technical support incidents per startup; Receive access to MSDN Ultimate;

Les patrons qui réussissent ont-ils juste eu de la chance ? LA bonne idée suffirait-elle ?
Découvrez les secrets du succès de patrons belges grâce à Innov@MIC mini qui se déroulera le 26 octobre prochain, à 17h00 à Louvain-La-Neuve.

• Bruno Segers, CEO de RealDolmen et patron de start-ups nous livrera ses conseils.
• Olivier de Wasseige, CEO de Défimedia, nous relatera son parcours depuis 1999 et partagera également son expérience en tant que capital risqueur auprès de jeunes entreprises.
• Raphaël Gazon, psychothérapeute, nous expliquera l’importance de l’intelligence émotionnelle dans la réussite. En conclusion, les 5 clés de la réussite.
• L’événement sera suivi d’un networking drink.

Inscription indispensable via ce formulaire

A propos des orateurs…

Bruno Segers, CEO de Real Dolmen et ex-patron de Microsoft mais également à la tête d’une start-up, viendra nous livrer ses conseils..avec une “vue de Flandres”. Bruno Segers est à l’heure actuelle également associé chez All Together, une plateforme jouant le rôle de catalyseur entre les différentes entreprises et initiatives relatives à l’entrepreneuriat, l’innovation et la création d’une réelle société du savoir. Il siège également au conseil d’administration de l’IBBT, le centre de recherches du gouvernement flamand, ainsi que dans d’autres entreprises dont City Live.

Olivier de Wasseige, fondateur de DefinITion en 1999, il est désormais CEO de Defimedia SA , né de la fusion entre DefinITion et IMedia. Hyper-actif, Olivier de Wasseige a récemment lancé Internet Attitude; une coopérative d’investissement afin de soutenir le développement de jeunes entreprises spécialisées dans le web et les nouvelles technologies. Il est également  administrateur de l’Union Wallonne des Entreprises et de l’Infopôle (Cluster TIC).

Raphaël Gazon est psychologue et psychothérapeute cognitivo-comportementaliste. Il est actif dans le développement de traitements psychothérapeutiques innovants et anime régulièrement des conférences sur l’intelligence émotionnelle, la gestion du stress…
Raphaël Gazon présentera comment certains processus émotionnels peuvent interférer avec la réussite d’un projet professionnel. Il développera ensuite la notion d’intelligence émotionnelle comme facteur de succès dans la vie.

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MIC’s ThursDay’s are opportunity for you to meet your peers and discuss about best practices in the IT industry in Brussels ! You are also welcome to reach out to the MIC Brussels team members during the event, who will help you find which part of the MIC Brussels program would fit best for you.

Agenda (from 15:00 to 17:30)

• Welcome by the MIC Brussels team
• How to innovate and how to sell in the Public Sector, by Baudouin Urbain, Public Sector Director at Microsoft Belux
• How the Cloud answers SMEs IT needs, by David Hernie, IT Evangelist and Architect at Microsoft Belux
• Best Practice sharing from Getyoo, the startup that will connect you to anything !
  New: Getyoo is now investing the tourism sector and will allow tourist to interact with monuments, shops, expositions… The new project, “Brussels experience”, is an interactive city-tour like no other. Be among the first to hear about this project on MIC’s thursDay!
• Wrap up & closing drinks

We are looking forward to seeing you on October the 20th at MIC’s thursDay,

Don’t forget places are limited.  Registration link.

The Tele-Partner Account Manager (T-PAM) role is responsible for managing a portfolio of partners over the phone. The Partner Account Manager will drive partner commitment to Microsoft, drive interest for and adoption of Microsoft Technology, reach revenue and pipeline targets as well as deliver a high level of partner satisfaction in a fast paced, highly accountable environment.

Core T- PAM accountabilities include: Partner business planning, Partner technology adoption, revenue target attainment, and partner relationship management. Key traits of a world class T-PAM include a deep working knowledge of the partner ecosystem and her/his portfolio; excellent, well managed relationships; a sense of urgency that every deal and partner counts; and proactive actions to exceed adoption of Microsoft Technology that can make the partner more successful.

This role is a vendor positionwith a strong collaboration with the Microsoft Partner team and allowing strong personal growth in a professional result driven organization.

Full job description in this document, please contact me for questions or sending CV.

What’s hot for Belgian developers?
First, we’ve simplified payout and taxes administration by eliminating the need to provide an ITIN on your W-8 to take advantage of a reduced withholding rate. A blog post will follow with the new simplified procedure and we will organize a webcast for your Q&A in November.. Stay tune #wp7be or #wp7dev or follow David Hernie who’s our Phone Champ.

Then, Microsoft Advertising solution for Windows Phone is now available in Belgium. It means MORE Windows Phone developers can make MORE money from in-app advertising and get paid locally. Want to know how to do it – Follow our WP7 technical training: Oct 25-26 in French at the MIC Mons or Nov 9- 10 in English at the MIC Brussels – Check here for all WP7 technical training organized in Belgium

Things to do as a WP developer

• Upgrade your phone id not pushed to it automatically yet
• Download the latest version of the developer tools : http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=27570 and code Sample: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff431744(v=VS.92).aspx
• Participate to our local online/offline event to be ready : http://msdn.microsoft.com/
• Develop & publish or republish your great apps, we will help you to promote it through the marketplace and our brand new website ‘The Belgium Windows Phone Page‘ (NL) or (FR).

Last point, save the date(s)

Oct 25- 26 (FR version) Nov 9-10 (EN version)- We organize 2 deep development technical trainings- No marketing blala – 2 days to learn how to develop, publish and promote your Windows Phone 7 Apps. We will lend you phones to test your development, help you to promote your app, understand concept of the Live tiles – Cloud integration or how to use the Advertising SDK and get more revenue. It’s free – all details are here : WP7 technical training organized in Belgium

Already save the date for Nov 3th  – We “The UX tour” landing in Belgium: all you want to know about Design, HTML5, Web & Phone with international speakers and latest technology trends .. Stay tune, we arrive with all info.

Through this program, we want to empower the Student Ambassadors so that they’re able to help their peers and, with the support of Microsoft, make sure students all around Belgium and Luxembourg get the best tools + the knowledge to use them to save time and have more fun. Students will get the opportunity and materials to give trainings and seminars to your classmates and friends and help them with their IT related questions. Doing so will help you earn points which you can exchange afterwards for nice stuff like an XBOX + Kinect, a Windows Phone, laptops, and other great goodies.

Who are we looking for? If you’re an outgoing, chatty and proactive individual who’s well networked on campus, then you’re exactly what we’re looking for! It’s about who you know rather than what you know. A desire to get your teeth into a fun, exciting and rewarding role throughout the academic year is equally important. Having an interest in technology and marketing would be great as well, though don’t worry if you don’t.

Wanna join the Crew? Send a mail for more info to these 2 colleagues Vincent Joris (vijoris@microsoft.com ) and Yorick Van Alphen (b-yovana@microsoft.com).  We are looking forward to hearing from you.

03/10 < BUSINESS > Conférence: Windows Azure – Quels avantages pour mon entreprise ?
03/10 < BUSINESS > Atelier: Office 365 – Découvrez une nouvelle manière de travailler
03/10 < TECHNIQUE > Windows Azure : Session découverte pour les professionels de l’IT
04/10 < TECHNIQUE > Windows Phone: Développez votre 1e application sur Mango
25/10 < TECHNIQUE > Appel à projets sous Windows Phone Mango
26/10 < BUSINESS > Conférence : INNOV@MIC – Les clés de la réussite
28/10 < TECHNIQUE > Atelier: Devenir certifié Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization
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As you might heave read on this blog or heard through the press, the Brussels Region and Microsoft have taken the initiative to open a new Microsoft Innovation Center (or MIC) in Brussels with a focus on Cloud technologies. The goal of the MICs (there are about 110 in the world) is to sustain IT innovation and local IT startups projects at a regional level.

You are wondering what the new MIC Brussels can bring to you? You are an IT company, a startup or a student in IT and you are passionate about new business and technological opportunities?

We would like to invite you to join us on Thursday the 15th of September, to discover our MIC Brussels project, our 2011 activities agenda and to have the opportunity to hear about YOUR projects.

During a breath taking afternoon from 15:00 to 19:00:

• Welcome introduction
  by Benoit Cerexhe, Minister of economy,
  and Philippe Rogge, General Manager of Microsoft Belux
• What is the MIC?
  a great tool to support Local Software economy,
  by Ben Piquard, director of the MICs in Belgium
• Presentation of the MIC Brussels activities and fall 2011 agenda,
  by Pénélope Roux, project manager
• First MIC’s thursDay: monthly think-tank about technological and business best practices in the IT industry for the local Brussels IT sector.
• Informal discussion and closing drinks

Register here!

We’re looking forward to meeting you @ MIC’s thursDay !

The MIC Brussels Management Team
Bruno Wattenbergh, Ben Piquard, Jean-Pierre Rucci and Penelope Roux.

Follow us on: DATE : September 15th
from 3PM-7PMVENUE :
MIC Brussels
Avenue des Nerviens 85
1040 Brussels

CONTACT :
penelope@mic-brussels.be

FREE EVENT

Read full posting here and don’t hesitate to forward to a friend if you think you know someone who could be the perfect candidate.

Read full posting here and don’t hesitate to forward to a friend if you think you know someone who could be the perfect candidate.

As an Academic Program Manager, you are Microsoft’s representative to higher education with a mission to win the hearts and minds of students and their educators by giving them a compelling reason to use Microsoft technologies. This position is a great opportunity to help increase student usage of Microsoft’s technologies through marketing programs and digital engines as well as depth engagement with key institutions.

Read full posting here and don’t hesitate to forward to a friend if you think you know someone who could be the perfect candidate.

The Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Finals are taking place in New York next week, and the Belgian teams have got some intense competition. But our teams have been putting the finishing touches on their applications, practicing hard, so I’m confident we’ll be prepared!

YOU CAN SUPPORT THE BELGAN TEAMS by giving them your vote for the People’s Choice Award. The Worldwide Finalist team with the most “likes” by July 12, 2011 at 21:00 GMT wins the People’s Choice Award and $10,000 USD.

Get the Vote Out!
Once you’ve voted, please share the People’s Choice Award link with your friends, family, school and… the world! Everyone can then learn more about the inspiring solutions Worldwide Finalists created to solve the world’s toughest problems. Use social media to share your favorite videos and make sure you give a shout out on Facebook or Twitter (use the #ImagineCup hashtag).

Stay Connected
Follow along on the Imagine Cup blog as the 2011 Worldwide Finals gets underway in New York City, USA from July 8-13, 2011. And make sure to check out the Imagine Cup website on July 14, 2011 for the exciting information on Imagine Cup 2012!

The Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) allows developers to plug the Kinect sensor—and the in-depth stream of 3-D imagery it gets from its camera—directly into a Windows-based PC. This gives developers access to the “raw sensor streams” in Kinect, including its high-performance skeletal-tracking capabilities, a sophisticated microphone array, and sample code to demonstrate how to use the sensor.

The release of the Kinect for Windows SDK shows Microsoft’s deep support for developers and innovation, particularly in the area of natural user interface (NUI).
The beta Kinect for Windows SDK is just a “starter” for non-commercial purposes—Microsoft is developing a more detailed commercial kit that will let third parties develop using Kinect. This will allow people to create any number of uses for Kinect hardware and software and, with Microsoft’s license, repackage and sell those uses.
This release of the Kinect for Windows SDK is about “unlocking the ecosystem, inspiring innovation, and creating a new Kinect-based enterprise market for Microsoft down the road.
Resources: Download the SDK, Check out the Kinect Quick Starts and view the Kinect Project Gallery on Coding 4 Fun.

Naast het MIC in Mons dat 2 jaar geleden van start ging en het recent aangekondigde MIC in Brussel, gespecialiseerd in cloud-toepassingen wordt dit het derde gelijkaardig initiatief in Belgie. Het MIC Vlaanderen wil zich focussen op de gezondheidszorg en e-Health toepassingen.

“Deze keuze past uitstekend binnen Flanders’ Care, de beleidslijn die de Vlaamse Regering heeft uitgezet om innovatiepotentieel in de zorgsector te faciliteren naar ondernemerschap.” Zegt minister-president Peeters. “Vlaanderen heeft immers alles in huis om te excelleren in de zorgsector. Zo slaan wij drie vliegen in één klap: jonge bedrijfjes ondersteunen, tewerkstelling bevorderen en nieuwe ontwikkelingen ingang doen vinden in de zorgsector. Als overheid hanteren wij hierbij twee belangrijke principes: een zorg van uitstekende kwaliteit op maat van de zorgvrager en aan een betaalbare prijs.”
Lees hier het volledige persbericht van Minister-president Peeters.

Concrete samenwerkingspartners en –voorwaarden worden volgende maanden verder uitgewerkt in een samenwerkingsakkoord.