http://blogs.msdn.com/commerce/archive/2006/11/29/localized-documentation-released-in-french-german-and-japanese.aspx - check out the announcement I posted on the main Commerce blog. You can now download localized versions of the core product documentation as well as get Commerce Server Web content in French, German, and Japanese.

I figured this would be good for a laugh - especially as I had 90+ in attendance when it happened yesterday - which happened to be THE WORST public speaking experience of my life. While presenting DEV234 at TechEd Europe Developers here in Barcelona Spain, I was most definitely struck twice by lighting from the... Continue Reading →

When Commerce Server is presented, the focus is typically on developer capabilities or business value. The operational aspects of concern to the IT Professional are often underplayed when talking about the product and resultant technology. For the first time ever, Commerce Server will be featured at IT Forum here in Barcelona, Spain next week. And... Continue Reading →

Come 4:20AM Saturday morning, I'm going to get to enjoy Star Alliances finest service on my way to Barcelona, Spain for TechEd Europe Developers and TechEd ITForum. Caesar Samsi and I will be there for both conferences to present: Developing Enterprise E-Commerce Solutions with Commerce Server 2007 and ASP.NET 2.0 (DEV234) 7 November 2006 Start:... Continue Reading →

All, after much ado the Starter Site is now available! Get it now at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c1a8cc18-dc9e-4c50-b598-86e640a79910&displaylang=en. The Starter Site brings you a full, production-ready, stress-tested template for deploying B2C sites on CS2007 that can meet the needs of large Retail scenarios (e.g. - 100K orders/day in 11 hours with a typical browse:buy ratio on commodity hardware).... Continue Reading →