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Monthly Archives: September 2011
The 5 essential characteristics of cloud computing!
Hi guys! From my previous post I was talking about the 5 characteristics of cloud computing according to National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST). The 5 mentioned characteristics are: • On-demand self-service • Broad network access • Resource pooling • Rapid elasticity • Measured Service On-demand self-service. This is where you can provision computing capabilities [...]
AMY TURNER, Associate Consultant
I have been a MACH in Services for 1 year now and so far, genuinely couldn’t imagine ever wanting to work somewhere else. Throughout the course of the MACH program, which lasts 2 years, there are 4 training sessions for which you meet with your region’s MACHs; which for me is EMEA (Europe, Middle East [...]
JONATHAN WELFORD, Software Developer Engineer in Test (SDET)
Hi, I’m Jonathan Welford and I’m working as a Software Developer Engineer in Test (SDET) in Microsoft Mediaroom. My role involves creating tests as well as developing test tools for the Mediaroom platform. This is not just an intern role, when you are here you are treated like, and expected to act like, a full [...]
JESS BOYLE
Hi (Again), As my last post was published on the 8th of September, I “naively” presumed that I would have nothing more to write. However. I do! Looking back on the past month has been yet another eye opening experience. I will start with the Palace to Palace bike ride I participated in, this is [...]
A Post For The Aspiring Techies Out There!
So I suppose my biggest question about writing for this blog was, well, what do I write? What do all the budding future interns want to know about working here? Tough question until I realized I was in those shoes a few months back, and all I can remember thinking is “What Does A [...]
Saying Good-Bye / Things that I will miss
I’m down to my last two days as an intern to MACH here at Microsoft Philippines, and I can’t deny that I feel a bit sentimental. The Intern to MACH Program is something new to APAC, and this first run was a great learning experience not only for me but for the subs and RHQ [...]
Diving into the M&O Team
After 6 weeks of working at Microsoft APAC in Singapore, I flew back to the Philippines to spend the last 2 weeks of my internship at Microsoft Philippines. When I was still in Singapore, I talked to my managers Issa Aviles and Renzo Belardo over Lync. This was really the first time I got to [...]
JORDAN MONTLAKE, Technical Account Manager
Hi, my name is Jordan and I’m a Technical Account Manager inside the Premier Support Section in Microsoft. My main role is to get to know customers systems and business so I can provide the best support to them in terms of their IT needs now and their future IT goals and objectives. I get to [...]
BETHAN KELLY, Support Engineer
Hi everyone! My name is Bethan and I’m an intern at Microsoft working as a Support Engineer in Dynamics CRM. I won’t go into too much detail but the basic idea is, partners and customers having technical issues with CRM file a case with my team and we do our best to troubleshoot it. It’s [...]
JOE STIFF, Project Manager
Hello, I’m Joe Stiff, I’m a Project Manager in the Sales Excellence team within Microsoft UK. In my role I take on all sorts of projects, whether it be helping out other people’s projects like writing content to go on Microsoft’s online Blogs, tackling piracy by conducting research and putting together strategies to fight it, [...]