May 2008 - Posts

Microsoft platform in Gartner's leader quadrant
On April 24th, Gartner released its Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Servers (EAS), 2Q08, which is authored by analysts Yefim Natis, Massimo Pezzini, Kimihiko Iijima, and Raffaella Favata. Gartner defines an application server as “system software Read More...
Posted 14 May 08 09:52 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta is available
MSDN subscribers now have access to Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta. The following editions, in English and Japanese, are available: Edition Language Download Location Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition with Service Pack 1 Beta (X86) English, Japanese Read More...
Posted 14 May 08 07:34 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
HP acquired EDS
Newsflash: HP acquired EDS SAN FRANCISCO — The Hewlett-Packard Company, the personal computer and printer maker, said Tuesday that it would acquire the Electronic Data Systems Corporation, the operator of corporate computer systems, for $13.9 billion. Read More...
Posted 13 May 08 05:06 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
IT sabotage: identify common patterns
Want to avoid individuals from within the organization to sabotaging your infrastructure? Learn about identifying patterns up-front! A study conducted by the U.S. Secret Service and the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute CERT Program Read More...
Posted 13 May 08 09:12 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Social Computing Changes The Enterprise Collaboration Landscape
Forrester: Social Computing Changes The Enterprise Collaboration Landscape Organizations are using wikis for use cases across a broad but interrelated set of capabilities. The overall defining characteristics involve providing a single place for knowledge Read More...
Posted 13 May 08 08:12 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
MS Belux Architect Forum April 15 2008
Mid last month, we organized the MS Belux Architect Forum, devoted to SOA and BPM (see further below in this blog for the invite with agenda and speakers). 135 architects from customers and partners attended this event, which proves that the MS Architect Read More...
Posted 09 May 08 08:50 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
S+S Sample App Litware HR - May 2008 Released
The latest version of LitwareHR (“Litware HR - May 2008 Release”) is now publicly available for download here . This is essentially the version demonstrated during last MIX (session here ). This new enhanced release includes the following new features: Read More...
Posted 09 May 08 08:42 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Web 2.0 developers rank MSN/Live higher than Google, Yahoo and Facebook
A Computerworld article states that according to Evans survey Microsoft scored highest for its tools, SDKs and Web services programs "May 5, 2008 (Computerworld) Web 2.0 software developers ranked Microsoft 's MSN/Live Windows developer program higher Read More...
Posted 09 May 08 07:59 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
McKinsey: Enterprise Software Customer Survey 2008
Innovation in the software industry is on the upswing, with Software as a Service (SaaS) being a key driver. The SaaS model is becoming mainstream and this has led to the rise of a new generation of SaaS platforms (also referred to in the industry as Read More...
Posted 09 May 08 07:36 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Enterprise Mashup Tool (AKA Popfly for the Enterprise)
Version 2.0 of the OBA Composition Reference Toolkit was released to the web today, on schedule and with all the great new features promised for the release. Version 1.0 of the toolkit was released at the Office Developer’s Conference in February 2008. Read More...
Posted 09 May 08 07:21 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
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Emerging Platform Wars in Enterprise SaaS
McKinsey Report: The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) industry continues to grow rapidly. Over the past three years, revenues of the top 20 SaaS companies grew at close to 50 percent and 2007 saw several new IPOs in the space. The industry has also matured Read More...
Posted 05 May 08 07:54 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   

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