Cool Data Center Concept Video.

<a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=b4d189d3-19bd-42b3-85d7-6ca46d97fe40" target="_new" title="Microsoft Generation 4.0 Data Center Vision">Video: Microsoft Generation 4.0 Data Center Vision</a>

I have nothing really to comment on this other then it is really neat.

“Our ‘Gen 4′ modular datacenters will take the flexibility of containerized servers — like those in our Chicago datacenter — and apply it across the entire facility,”

Found it on InfoWorld.

If you were not in Banff for CanUX 2008 you missed out.

Another CanUX has come and gone. Thanks to the fine folks at nForm for putting on another great event. Avi sums it up nicely.

Thinking of how good CANUX was this year. Good vibe, good minds, good mountains. - Avi Soudack

CanUX for me is a homecoming I get to see to see friends like Anthony, Yvonne, Trevor, Avi, Jess, Betsy, Gene, Kaleem, Saleem and Jerome. It would have been nice if David could have made it but we all understand and wish him the best. I also get to meet new friends like Jess, David, Sarah, Jenny, Toby, Dennis, Gordon, Matt, Luke, Shane, Brandon, Colette, Dave and many other people I am no doubt forgetting.

There is lots of great coverage of the conference photos on Flickr and posts from:

nForm
iPhones @ CanUX
CanUX 2008: That's a wrap!

Atomiq
Drum circle

David at teehan+lax
CanUX Day 2, Part 1: Sketchboards
CanUX Day 1, Part 3: Five Sketches (Or Else)
CanUX Day 1, Part 2: Swimlanes
CanUX day 1, part 1: Web Forms

Functioning Form
CanUX: Leadership Insights
CanUX: 5 Sketches or Else
CanUX: Visual Thinking in Practice
CanUX: Sketchboards- Good Design Faster
CanUX: Why so much Sketching?
CanUX: Creative Leadership
CanUX: UX Swimlanes

JESS3 Blog
CanUX 2008

laurenwood.org - Anyway
Anyway : CanUX Forum

MasterMaq’s Blog
Sketches from CanUX 2008
Thoughts from CanUX 2008 Day 2 in Banff

Techvibes Blog
CanUX 2008 Day 1
CanUX 2008 Day 2
CanUX 2008 Day 3
CanUX 2008 Links & Resources

Enterprise UI Summit Profiles: SAP and Adobe

Paula Thorton pointed these post out this morning and there are actually a quick, interesting read.

Over at the Jive Software blog, Go Big Always, there are two interviews with attendees of the Jive Enterprise UI Summit.

First up is SAP’s Dan Rosenberg.

Do you see change occurring and if so, what’s driving that change?
The main thing that is changing is that the buying decision for enterprise software is moving from the CIO level and into the hands of the users themselves. These users have expectations based on popular retail products and the web.

Followed by Adobe’s Matthias Zeller

Do you see change occurring and if so, what’s driving that change?
Absolutely. I think engaging an easy to use user interface has become a sales driver and competitive differentiator in the world of enterprise software.

I’m honestly much more inclined to think like Dan Rosenberg over Matthias Zeller but that is because I am a pragmatist. That being said I certainly understand the potential for skunkworks
enterprise mashups.