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A Scottish software developer: SSW Solution Architect, Microsoft Visual Studio ALM MVP & Scrum Developer Trainer

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SSW was the first company in the world outside of Microsoft to deploy Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server to production, not once, but twice.

Team Foundation Server

SSW provides expert Visual Studio ALM guidance including installation, configuration and customisation through our four Microsoft Visual Studio ALM MVP’s in three countries; Australia, Beijing and the UK. They have experience deploying to small development shops all the way through to large blue chips.

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SSW has six Professional Scrum Developer Trainers who specialise in training your developers in implementing Scrum with Microsoft's Visual Studio ALM tools.

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The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way.

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MrHinsh @browniepoints Is that the fault of IE or Expression Web? about 13 hours ago

MrHinsh It always anoys people from the other countries and kingdoms of Britain and UK when they are collectively referd to as England! about 17 hours ago

MrHinsh @edward_tanguay Scotland, Ireland and Wales too... about 17 hours ago

MrHinsh RT @clemensreijnen TFS 2010 with Sharepoint 2010 Excel Services rocks... about 17 hours ago

MrHinsh RT @DotNetWill Mothers day what a f**king con ; Go to the pound shop... sorted... about 17 hours ago

MrHinsh RT @StuartTreadwell Bumper sticker I saw today...If money is the root of all evil, why do churches beg for it? about 17 hours ago

MrHinsh @coolsmartphone 3 in #glasgow Buchannon street have 8 HTC Heros for £20 per month! about 17 hours ago

MrHinsh Getting the car cleaned.. It's covered in salt. But it is busy in Thorntonhall.. http://is.gd/atjcA about 17 hours ago

MrHinsh RT @CAMURPHY I like my WM device; I do get annoyed with ActiveSync takes three attempts to sync though. Still doesn't stop me wanting a WP7 about 17 hours ago

MrHinsh Having a dady daughter day while the doc is in getting its hair cut :) about 18 hours ago

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January 2007 Entries

The Windows Vista Ultimate Element

posted @ Wednesday, January 31, 2007 10:59 AM | Feedback (0)

Microsoft: forget about PayPal, how about a MasterCard killer?

posted @ Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:18 PM | Feedback (0)

Software Development Industrial Revolution

The only way to get ahead in this industry is to get the software out of the door more quickly than the competition. Last year, our company made billions because they worked out a way to get the data to the traders 600 milliseconds faster than the competition! Now, this is an extreme example, but it highlights the speed of the industry.

posted @ Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:55 PM | Feedback (0)

Deploying Team Server

Our TFS implementation is moving forward. I did a presentation on Friday to my peers and bosses on the need for TFS and the appropriate uses of it.

posted @ Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:48 PM | Feedback (1)

Small / New business websites

There are a number of challenges to overcome when developing a new business. One of the hardest to get right is your web presence. I have been involved with Scottish Enterprise before and recently got a question from my sister-in-law who has a new job over at Islington Enterprise, and questions are always asked about Websites, SEO, DNS, Blogs, Accessibility and other things that most Internet users just do not understand. The may appreciate the results, but they do not understand the complexitie

posted @ Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:24 AM | Feedback (0)

Outlook 2007 users angry? Well maybe not users.

I am a little confused by all the hullabaloo over the Outlook email changes

posted @ Monday, January 15, 2007 8:54 AM | Feedback (7)

hinshelm vs fernienator

posted @ Friday, January 12, 2007 4:20 PM | Feedback (0)

Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Installation Guide

The TFS guys have just updated the Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Installation Guide to a new version released on 4/1/2007 and it incorporates all of the SP1 updates.

posted @ Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:57 AM | Feedback (1)

Team System Widgets

posted @ Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:14 AM | Feedback (0)

The trouble with IIS6, .pac files and DNS

posted @ Tuesday, January 09, 2007 9:48 PM | Feedback (5)

Gears of War Update starting 9-Jan-2007

posted @ Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:32 PM | Feedback (0)

Screenshots of Vista from 2002 to Today

posted @ Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:20 PM | Feedback (0)

Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn

posted @ Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:16 PM | Feedback (0)

Performance Research, Browser Cache Usage - Exposed!