Windows Live 2009: Pierro Sierra on shared data experience

Kip Kniskern — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:59:00 GMT

We hope you’ve enjoyed our discussions with some of the program managers working on Windows Live, we really appreciate the opportunity to get to sit down and talk to them, and appreciate the opportunity to bring them to you.

Our last interview of the day was with Piero Sierra, Group Program Manager for Shared Data Experience. We ended up talking for a good twenty minutes on camera, and since we try to keep these video interviews around 10 minutes or so I broke this one up in to two parts.

In part one, Piero begins with a quick definition of shared data experience (sdx), his team is responsible for SkyDrive, Windows Live Sync, and Windows Live Toolbar. We started out talking about the differences between Live Mesh and Windows Live Sync, talked a bit about SkyDrive, and then Piero described one of his favorites, Windows Live Toolbar:

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In part two, Piero talks about the uptake of the new services without getting too specific about numbers, we talked about what it means to run these services the scale of the internet, and then touched on how FolderShare has been transformed into Windows Live Sync, and some hints of what’s to come now that the move to Live ID and the inclusion into the Essentials suite has taken place.

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Hopefully we’ll be able to continue our discussions with the people who bring you Windows Live, again, we really enjoyed our day of meetings, and look forward to doing it again soon.

Windows Live announcements: Windows Live Events launched; SkyDrive goes to 1GB - Our interview with David Fortin

Kip Kniskern — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:00:00 GMT

Windows Live Events, set to launch at the time of this posting, 5pm PDT (Redmond time), is a new feature of Windows Live Spaces that makes it easy to create, manage, and share events using Windows Live Spaces. Here are some of the highlights of Events:

Create an event with a single set up page, and customize it with more than 100 templates as well as Windows Live Spaces modules
Invite guests to the event, using Windows Live Messenger contacts, or invite non-WL ID users by using their email address
Live Maps integration to show location and directions to the event
Send out customized invitation emails with links so invitees can view, collaborate, and share photos etc.
Integrate with user calendars, using 3rd party calendar protocols, including iCal
Manage discussion lists
After the event, collect and share photos and comments: keep the event for posterity

While we are awaiting a peek at Events ourselves, it sounds like a promising tool.

For more on Windows Live, Events, and some changes in SkyDrive beta, including a move to 1gb of storage, and a promise that "storage in the long run is not going to be a concern for our users, I had an opportunity to talk with David Fortin, General Manager of Consumer Products for Windows Live.

The highlights

What is Windows Live? An overview of the "set of tools to help people connect and share anywhere"
Where SkyDrive fits in
SkyDrive and the Windows Live Platform
The journey starts with delivering individual benefits
Announcing SkyDrive 1GB storage limit: "storage in the long run is not going to be a concern for our users"
Large storage numbers - really needed or a marketing ploy?
Announcing Windows Live Events
A quick tour of how to set up an event

download or listen to the interview via .mp3

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Windows Live 2009: Pierro Sierra on shared data experience

Windows Live announcements: Windows Live Events launched; SkyDrive goes to 1GB - Our interview with David Fortin