PROFITstar® Budget Manager and Margin Maximizer Connect continue ProfitStars’ adoption of Azure One of the largest and most dynamic partners I work with is Jack Henry & Associates , Inc.®, and specifically, their ProfitStars ®...

Looking at the Share Target for complex data schemas   In my last post , I started looking into how one could share data between Metro Style Apps that were more complex than the typical URLs, bitmaps, text and files.  I went in to an example...

AssureSign’s growth signaled the need to expand their data centers or adopt the cloud. AssureSign chose Azure. AssureSign is an Altamonte Springs, FL based Independent Software Vendor founded in 2007. AssureSign is a provider of electronic...

Sharing complex data schemas makes for richer sharing between Windows 8 Metro Style Apps I recently wrote a post where I delved into the Windows 8 Charms for LOB apps . I spent some time talking about using the Search charm to not only look for...

When Brainware decided to offer their Distiller solution as a service, they chose to launch it on Azure.   Over the past year I have worked with Brainware to expose them to Microsoft’s platforms and technologies. One area we focused on was Azure...

The Charms are a great new feature for Windows 8 that should be leveraged whenever possible   Windows 8 was previewed to the world back in September 2011 and and one of the cool features that was shown repeatedly were the charms that can be swiped...

Exciting times here as the Release Preview (RP) for Windows 8 has just dropped yesterday.  The RP can be downloaded from http://preview.windows.com .  To develop Metro Style apps for Windows 8, download the Release Candidate of Visual Studio...