March 2008 - Posts

Enterprise Modeling Anti-Patterns
A process anti-pattern is a common strategy which sounds good in theory but in practice proves to be harmful, if not outright disastrous. This article overviews a collection of anti-patterns pertaining to enterprise architecture efforts within an IT organization. Read More...
Posted 27 March 08 06:23 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory
This is an article on how memory and software interact. The article is more of a book with its 100 pages so it is split into 9 pieces. It is Linux-focused so it gives a good alternative view on the crucial interaction of HW-SW. A highly recommended read Read More...
Posted 21 March 08 08:34 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Windows Mobile Line of Business Solution Accelerator 2008
Having the best mobile development platform and tools is more important now than it’s ever been before and that’s why we’ve delivered this new Accelerator to empower our developer community to do their best work on the Windows Mobile platform. You can Read More...
Posted 17 March 08 09:48 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Forrester Cloud Computing Study Released
March 10, 2008 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Cloud computing does not meet the needs of large businesses, but remains to have definitive potential, says a report released by Forrester Research ( forrester.com ) on Monday. Written by IT operations and Read More...
Posted 14 March 08 03:41 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Semantic Business Services Specifications Support Business Agility
Business services ecosystems provide semantic specifications — and eventually standardization — of business services interfaces. In addition, some ecosystems include supplementary benefits, such as guidance for effectively implementing a service-oriented Read More...
Posted 14 March 08 02:43 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Designer + Developer = Dev-igner: launching our local newsletter
Today we're launching our local newsletter for Web Developers, RIA Builders and Interactive Designers. All those guy's and yes a lot more girls than in the solid developers space, are looking at teh next web. Silverlight 2 is hot in this space, and equally Read More...
Posted 14 March 08 09:06 by pdestoop | 2 Comments   
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Gartner report on BI: Microsoft BI in magical quadrant
Gartner: “According to customers we contacted, of the mega-vendors, Microsoft's BI software quality is best… This reflects Microsoft's focus on BI, the strength of its product line management team and the fact that much of its BI technology has been internally Read More...
Posted 11 March 08 09:22 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Steve Ballmer about web developers at the MIX conference
We all know SteveB loves developers - you remember the famous "I love developers, developers, developers, developers !!!" video that went over the Internet a few years ago, right? Well, at the MIX 08 Conference , currently running in Las Vegas, he now Read More...
Posted 07 March 08 07:50 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
MS Data Storage in the cloud: Microsoft SQL Server Data Services
On March 5th, 2008 11am PST at the MIX conference in Las Vegas Microsoft will announce a preview of Microsoft SQL Server Data Services (SSDS), a Web-facing utility-based services designed for businesses and developers that need scalable, highly available, Read More...
Posted 05 March 08 09:25 by pdestoop | 2 Comments   
Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint
The Silverlight Blueprint for SharePoint is source code and guidance for developers describing how to use Microsoft Silverlight and Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies together in business applications and Internet Web sites. SharePoint applications Read More...
Posted 03 March 08 05:44 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
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Web Service Software Factory: new release!
The patterns & practices group is thrilled to announce the latest addition to our library of architecture and development guidance: Web Service Software Factory: Modeling Edition About the Deliverable The Web Service Software Factory: Modeling Edition Read More...
Posted 03 March 08 07:57 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Web Client Software Factory 2.0 released!
Microsoft patterns & practices is pleased to announce the latest addition to the p&p library of software architecture guidance: Web Client Software Factory 2.0 · MSDN site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/webclientfactory · Community site: http://www/codeplex.com/websf Read More...
Posted 03 March 08 07:53 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Live Platform Services taking shape!
The Microsoft Live Platform , a critical building block in our S+S strategy, is taking shape more and more. At MIX08 (yearly MS conference about the future of the Web) we will unveil some cool new applications and APIs: · New services & existing services Read More...
Posted 03 March 08 07:52 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   

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