November 2008 - Posts

Free MS software for students and startups
Over the last couple of months, Microsoft launched 2 programs that provide free software usage of developer and server solutions to students ( DreamSpark ) and technology startups ( BizSpark ). BizSpark creates a supportive entrepreneurial ecosystem that Read More...
Posted 26 November 08 10:41 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
2 great architect interviews on ARCast.TV
ARCast.TV - Mickey Williams and David Pallmann of Neudesic on the Impact of Cloud Computing Mark Hindsbo from Microsoft interviews Mickey Williams and David Pallmann of Neudesic .  They discuss the impact of Cloud Computing as it relates to the application Read More...
Posted 26 November 08 09:42 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Application Architecture Pocket Guides
We’ve had multiple customers ask our app arch guide 2.0 team for smaller, more focused guides.  As a result, we created a series of application architecture pocket guides based on our Application Architecture Guide 2.0 .  Each guide is focused Read More...
Posted 25 November 08 09:18 by pdestoop | 2 Comments   
Nicolas Carr about Azure & Competing cloud platforms
Extract below from a blog post from Nicolas Carr (yep, the author of the famous book “Does IT matter?”) on Azure and competing platforms We can (and will) have debates about the relative openness of Azure and AWS and Force.com and all the other "cloud Read More...
Posted 24 November 08 08:14 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Impressive Silverlight Showcase Launched: ReportStorms.com
Chris Pendleton reports that Weather Central has just launched a new beta community site called ReportStorms.com . The site utilizes Silverlight and you can report storms in your area, and/or look at what the weather is like (or was like) wherever in Read More...
Posted 21 November 08 08:05 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
The end of an era - Windows 3.x
So long, Windows 3.x, and thanks for all the shoes! After 18 years of active living, you can finally take your place in the software memorial museum. On 1 November Microsoft stopped issuing licences for the software that made its debut in May 1990 in Read More...
Posted 21 November 08 07:51 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Exchange and SharePoint Online RTM in US for business of all sizes
Exchange Online and SharePoint Online Out of Beta and Ready for Purchase SAN FRANCISCO — Nov. 17, 2008 — Today, at a launch event in San Francisco, Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division at Microsoft Corp., was joined by customers Read More...
Posted 20 November 08 02:18 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Microsoft new consumer security offering
REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 18, 2008 — To address the growing need for a PC security solution tailored to the demands of emerging markets, smaller PC form factors and rapid increases in the incidence of malware, Microsoft Corp. plans to offer a new consumer Read More...
Posted 20 November 08 11:43 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
ASP.NET, AJAX, Silverlight, WPF, WinForms: when to use what?
Use this cheat sheet to understand your technology choices for the presentation layer. Your choice of presentation technology will be related to both the application type you are developing and the type of user experience you plan to deliver. Use the Read More...
Posted 14 November 08 02:04 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
The Application Architecture Guidance 2.0 Project
About the Application Architecture Guidance 2.0 Project The purpose of the Application Architecture Guide 2.0 project is to improve your effectiveness building applications on the Microsoft platform.   The primary audience is solution architects Read More...
Posted 12 November 08 07:59 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
WCF REST Starter Kit
  WCF REST Starter Kit Thought you had to wait for .NET 4.0 to get better support for RESTful services with WCF?  No way! The WCF REST Starter Kit is now ready for download on CodePlex. What is the WCF REST Starter Kit? WCF is the framework Read More...
Posted 10 November 08 08:48 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Gartner on SOA projects: .NET increasing rapidly, Java declining even more rapidly
From Gartner: 28 September 2008, Daniel Scholler, 2008 SOA User Survey: Adoption Trends and Characteristics. It shows a rapid shift away from Java and toward .NET for SOA projects.  The % of organizations surveyed reporting .NET as their primary Read More...
Posted 06 November 08 08:42 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
SharePoint Guidance from patterns & practices
Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the latest addition to the p&p library of software architecture guidance: SharePoint Guidance Quick Links – MSDN site: SharePoint Guidance – Future friendly url: http://microsoft.com/spg – Read More...
Posted 06 November 08 08:28 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Discount on SharePoint/OBA books
During November 2008, MSDN and TechNet Belux are offering 40% discount on following 2 books: Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Best Practices  Request voucher: · Dutch · French Programming Microsoft® Office Business Applications Request voucher: Read More...
Posted 05 November 08 07:27 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Visual Studio 2010 CTP Adds Parallel Computing Tools
As you know, a recent important hardware improvement are multicore CPU’s.  As opposed to just faster CPU’s, applications will not be able to take advantage of that additional hardware power  in a transparent way.  So we no longer have the Read More...
Posted 04 November 08 08:59 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Microsoft claims based Identity and Access platform
Last week at PDC 2008 , Microsoft announced and  released the public beta of code name “Geneva” claims based access platform.  This release consists of three components:  Geneva Framework for .NET developers, Geneva Server for IT Pros, Read More...
Posted 03 November 08 02:27 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Building Multi-Enterprise Business Apps on the Azure Platform
Learn how we built a multi-enterprise supply chain application using the cloud services platform. Today, most organizations are deeply interconnected, and business applications span multiple enterprises. See how we built an application that satisfies Read More...
Posted 03 November 08 02:12 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   

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