http://www.5minutesofinnovation.com Innovative Uses Of Microsoft Technologies http://www.5minutesofinnovation.com/five/episodes.html#episode2 In these days of mobility and scalability, many people are looking at virtualization to help out. This week we talk with Michelle Naquin with Sychron here in Austin about how they’re using Windows Server 2008 to help with virtualization – but not just on the server side. Sychron has built a full management solution to enable desktop virtualization for quick ramp-up and management of user desktops, full fidelity audit capabilities, leveraging of high compute clusters, and your desktop wherever you are capabilities. We talk with Michelle about what has inspired Sychron to take on this task and what they’re doing to make IT staff’s lives easier. Check out the video. http://www.5minutesofinnovation.com/five/episodes.html#episode1 In this VideoCast, our host, Bill Steele, interviews Charlie Gregoire of Redbird Flight Simulations in Austin, TX. Redbird Flight Simulations has developed a line of Advanced Flight Training Devices for pilots of various types of aircraft. The flight simulators that Redbird has developed are customizable to the specific aircraft that a pilot is learning to fly. The amazing part of the whole thing is that they are currently based on Flight Simulator X from Microsoft. Redbird is currently moving to Microsoft's new ESP Simulation Platform to facilitate an even more customized experience. Check out the video.