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Microsoft released its BizTalk Server (BTS) 2009 enterprise application integration platform. The new release offers broader connectivity for those building enterprise services-oriented architectures and extended integration with Visual Studio 2008 Team...

ARCast.TV - Brian Noyes on Selecting the Correct Client Technology The one thing architects don’t have a shortage of these days are options, especially when it comes down to choosing the client technology that best suits their current project. Is it a...

Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that organizations of all sizes can purchase the Business Productivity Online Suite, a part of Microsoft Online Services. The suite or its individual services, including Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint...

  Issue 19 April 2009 Input for Better Outcomes     The Architecture Journal 19 - TechEd Special Edition Read in this issue: - Mapping Applications to the Cloud , by Darryl Chantry - Toward an Enterprise Business Motivation Model , by Nick...

Microsoft, Novell and Erudict invite you to the Interoperability for Virtualisation Seminar. Join us to learn how to take advantage of Windows and Linux interoperability to deliver effective virtualisation and to reduce systems overhead. Location: Address...

In an article on Government Technology , the state of California announced that they will be conducting enterprise architecture. The California Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) sent a policy letter Wednesday to state agency heads informing...

TechNet Event: Solutions for Business Intelligence and Performance Management How to Go From Data to Decisions 7 May 2009, Utopolis, Mechelen Learn how to turn data into valuable asset in tough economic times Business intelligence is even more important...

Cloud computing is getting tons of press these days. Everyone has a different perspective and understanding of the technology, and there are myriad variations on the definition of the cloud- William Fellows and John Barr at the 451 Group define cloud...

Without concerted effort, what was once neat and tidy becomes marred and messy. Just finding something in the garage feels like an archaeological expedition. Periodically, when someone dies, or relocates, or becomes disgusted, there's a whirlwind of activity...

Feed-back last Architect Forum First some feed-back about the last Architect Forum about S+S which was organized as a pre-conference at TechDays 2009. Exactly 210 architects (an absolute record so far!) have attended this day full of architect content...

Some key extracts from this CIO.com blog post : I have also noted with recurring frequency that, besides legitimate threats from SaaS and open-source ERP competitors, SAP and Oracle will have to start taking Microsoft's Dynamics product line much more...

Already the download links are live for the Developer Runtime Beta of Silverlight 3, the SDK , documentation , and the Silverlight 3 Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 .  In the new version of this technology, RIA developers will have more tools...

Available now is a new preview release of .NET RIA Services , technology which brings the ASP.Net platform together with the Silverlight platform and the Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta , a tool that simplifies the installation and maintenance of Microsoft...

Scott Guthrie unveiled the new Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio . These extend Visual Studio’s capabilities to allow for the creation, building, debugging, running, and packaging of scalable services on Windows Azure. The Azure Tools download...