Beppe Platania's blog

I am very proud to announce that BEPS Engineering has been awarded again Embedded Excellence Partner for Community Leadership. Here are all the winners for all categories:

On 23 April 2013 in Microsoft France - Paris, Brad Combs (from Microsoft Corp.) has presented the "Windows Embedded 8 Standard - EMEA Train The Trainer Course".

The goal of this type of course is to align Microsoft official courses all over the world. There were 10 attendees singularly invited by Microsoft and all BEPS Engineering Trainers: Marco, Salvatore, Dorangela, Gianni and Beppe were present.

On Wednesday, Microsoft announced the general availability of the Windows Embedded 8 family:

• Windows Embedded 8 Standard, short name Standard 8, is the componentized version of Windows 8. Its use shortens development cycles and enables device makers to create differentiated solutions for any needs.

• Windows Embedded 8 Pro, a full version of Windows 8 but with dedicated Embedded market licensing.

• Windows Embedded 8 Industry, the new version of Windows Embedded POSReady 7, a fixed platform solution based on Windows 8 that provides all the capabilities needed by retail devices (Point-of-Service - POS).

Windows Embedded 8 Standard and Windows Embedded 8 Pro are available immediately for OEMs to build and ship solutions.

Windows Embedded 8 Industry, which targets retail point-of-service (POS) solutions will be available the week of April 1st.

On March 15th, there will be a Microsoft Dev Camp event hosted by MIC (Microsoft Innovation Center) Torino, like the ones organized in other Italian cities.

Events are free and represent a great opportunity to meet other developers and have fun by developing Windows Azure, Windows Phone, Windows 8 applications, with the exclusive support by Microsoft experts and Community members (especially, in Turin, with the support of BEPS Engineering and TTG - Torino Technologies Group).

Saturday, January 26, was held in Naples the first Microsoft Embedded Conference. The event was organized by the cultural association DotNetCampania and by TinyCLR developer community. Although it was Saturday, the number of visitors was more than 50 people came not only from Campania, but also from other regions.

On January 26, 2013 I shall participate as a speaker at the first edition of a conference on Embedded Microsoft. The cultural association DotNetCampania, who is organizing the event in collaboration with the TinyClr community, asked me as a speaker with the most qualified Italian experts in the field.

The official Beppe Platania's blog for Windows 8 app is now available on the Windows Store!

Read all the recent news and highlights from the blog (either in English or in Italian), directly on your Windows 8 device. Articles are available also offline!

AVNET Embedded are partnering with Silica, Kontron , BEPS Engineering, IntervalZero (easiTEC) and Microsoft Innovation Center (Torino) to introduce a series of Windows® Embedded training programs.

All workshops are free of charge, but places are limited, so make sure you register your place! >> click here to register

Milan, Nov 20 2012

Microsoft Invites Global Community of Developers: Unlock the Power and Potential of Intelligent Systems with Windows 8

Microsoft has expanded the Windows Embedded software platform, and is excited to present how its innovation is powering a new generation of embedded devices, making them truly intelligent systems

I am proud to announce that Gianni, a colleague of mine (and already eMVP) has achieved new excellent results. In fact :he passed: