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Architect Resources – Pragmatism and Turbulent Times
eek! Catching up on my reading and found that there is a new Architecture Journal: Architecture in Turbulent Times . From the magazine: “…the role of an architect is a unique one. Architects are some of the more unbiased technology decision makers, and Read More...
The Workflow Way
eek! A little birdie tipped me off on reading this very informative and forward looking post on the changes coming to Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) in .NET 4.0 and the experience in Visual Studio 2010. While Read More...
Let's get Parallel, Parallel, I want to get Parallel...
eek! Don't pretend like you don't know the rest :) I stumbled upon this very accessible video (around 30 minutes long) on moving to Parallel Programming by foraging around Phil's blog . I think it was very well done - part of a bunch of documents, videos Read More...
Windows 7 Beta DVD for MDC Attendees
eek! Breaking news!!! Attend an upcoming MSDN Developer Conference and you will receive a Windows 7 Beta DVD. Note: The Windows 7 Beta DVDs may not be ready to hand out in time for the events, but we’ll definitely mail them out to you as soon as they Read More...
Software + Services: The Greater Sum
eek! Just stumbled upon a glitzy Software + Services site at Microsoft.com - looks like it is aimed at technical/business decision makers and consumers. If only it was as easy as this picture :) Perhaps it will be! From the site: When you combine the Read More...
Azure Services Platform - your moment of Zen
eek! The PDC was a lot of fun in terms of content, connections and community. I had a little too much fun, so am spending the coming days digging out from the work that piled up. Like me, you are probably trying to wrap your head around the new Azure Read More...
Distributed Computing at the Architecture Journal
eek! Just in time for the PDC, the latest Architecture Journal is focused on Distributed Computing . Check it out! P.S. If you are a fan of the WPF based Reader like I am – great for offline and great digital reading experience, a reliable source mentioned Read More...
Hello Dublin - more on .NET Framework 4.0
eek! Dublin? Check out Steve Martin's blog for details. Follow the links for what is coming to Windows Server : var addthis_pub = 'allandcp'; Read More...
Ask BizTalk Server where are we going?
eek! If your enterprise is using BizTalk Server, you'll want to read the Roadmap that was recently published that describes the now (BizTalk Server 2006 R2), the tomorrow (what was once BizTalk Server 2006 R3 now BizTalk Server 2009) and the future - Read More...
Windows HPC Server 2008 - Just Add SOA
eek! Found this well written white paper entitled Overview of SOA Programming Model and Runtime System for Windows HPC Server 2008 on Microsoft downloads. Is 50 pages but is an easy read for those new to Windows HPC Server. The glossary at the end helps Read More...
An easy 3 minutes of Software + Services
eek! Bill Zack gets to interview my idol - David Chappell. Three easy minutes of S+S - although I wanted more... David Chappell's blog post on S+S with a paper commissioned by Microsoft All the buzz around S+S from the MIcrosoft Worldwide Partner Conference Read More...
Thanks for the Endpoint!
eek! DotNetInterop has been on a tear recently - this is one of the blogs that is in my must read list. Well, I enjoyed the pointer to the new Endpoint blog on MSDN - packed with WCF and WF goodness and promising a lot more. Check out what Endpoint is Read More...
Do you hear me now? Unified Communications Platform Developer Basics
eek! Chris Mayo, a friend of the family, announced a set of Unified Communications Platform webcasts starting next week. What you'll get... We're going to cover a lot of the UC dev basics and take a deeper dive on a couple of APIs. Details on registration Read More...
Steal this white paper - The Transaction Cost Analysis Refresher
hey there! Did you learn something today? If not, you wasted a day. That's the voice in my head. I kept it happy today by reading Curt Devlin's white paper: SaaS Capacity Planning: Transaction Cost Analysis Revisited - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261632.aspx Read More...
Get Smart with the Microsoft Developer Training Kits - Updated October 2009
Visual Studio 2008 Training Kit Read More...
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