Magenic Company Blog

It’s no secret that Magenic is an expert in developing applications for the Microsoft platform. So, I guess it’s no surprise that we can’t wait for Windows 8 to rollout in October…so we didn’t.

One aspect of FAST Search for SharePoint that needs to be considered is how to effectively “tune” the search engine to increase recall and relevancy. Out of the box, FAST includes a default configuration that while handling most situations, is not meant to be left in its default state. Since each business scenario carries a different set of requirements, it is most useful to configure the engine to produce results that are of high value to one’s organization.

Imagine that you are creating a content type for a publishing page or a document and you want to have a field in that content type that is a managed metadata field (a.k.a. a taxonomy field). This allows users to select a term from one of the termsets that you have in your Managed Metadata Service’s termstore. There are many steps to do this.

In light of the big news late last week about the Samsung-Apple patent verdict, I caught up with Magenic’s Technical Sales Executive for Mobile, Lou Miranda, to get his take. We played a little hooky and went outside in the sunshine to work on our Minnesota tans and have a quick talk about the verdict’s impact on the enterprise.

This past Thursday, Magenic hosted a Business Intelligence Summit in Chicago. We had some customers, partners, and consultants present on the role that business intelligence has in their worlds. It was great to see our customers talk about how their projects were implemented and how we overcame both business and technology challenges.

I had a chance to sit down with John Himebook, Magenic’s South Region General Manager to talk Windows 8 for Business.

With Windows 8 still many weeks away, Magenic has already build not one, not two, but eight applications. These aren't just proof of concept applications; they are ready for deployment, real world applications.

What’s the best way to expand the audience for your employee-facing or consumer- facing iPhone apps at the lowest cost? Simple: Create an iPad app along with your iPhone app.

So far in the Open Source Blog Series, we’ve taken a look at Gepsio (created by Jeff Ferguson) and MVVM Fabric (created by Brent Edwards) in an effort to showcase some great open source tools created by Magenic consultants. In this latest installment, we’re going to take a look at principal consultant and Microsoft MVP, Jason Bock, and his project, Spackle.

Think back a month or so to Apple’s World Wide Developers’ Conference (WWDC 2012). What do you recall? The pomp and panache of Apple’s new Maps app, with 3D maps, Flyover, and turn-by-turn directions? Or, perhaps it’s the new sports, movies, and dining additions to Siri.

It seems like just yesterday that Windows “Metro” was everywhere. Wait. It actually was just yesterday.