In this interview, Tim Meinhardt, Colin Ploscaru, and Juan Calcagno at TTSS discuss with Zhiming Xue why they became interested in adopting new technologies like Silverlight, and what they had to do to re-architect and migrate one of their existing digital...

Architecture Resources The Architecture Journal is an independent platform for free thinkers and practitioners of IT architecture. New editions are issued quarterly with articles designed to offer perspective, share knowledge, and help you learn the discipline...

Today there is a shift emerging that we believe will eventually affect virtually every type of organization from small start-ups to large enterprises. This shift is the use of cloud computing and cloud services. We are starting to see organizations extend...

Our first official Singapore Web Slice for Golden Village is now live at http://www.gv.com.sg .  Add the slice from IE8 from the “Now Showing” section, and you’ll be able to see and buy tickets for the latest movies showing at Singapore’s top movie...

An interesting article from CIO.com on 5 ways to cut costs with technology.... ultimately, this is the best time for companies to do self-evaluation and consolidation.... **************** Now more than ever, the first thing on every business owner’s mind...

When designing and developing frameworks, it can be challenging to create them in a fashion that enables them to evolve over time. Krzysztof Cwalina , a Program Manager on the .NET Framework team, discusses strategies for designing reusable libraries...

Check out the interesting history of Microsoft …. dated back as far as 1975….  An excerpt below…. Thirty-four years ago, a nineteen year old kid and his twenty-two year old business partner sold their first program to a little computer company in...

An article published by ZDNet on SOA out, REST in for delivering SOA. Read on below… The ground under SOA — long solid SOAP territory — appears to be shifting to more lightweight service approaches. A new survey of 270 business professionals, just released...

Internet Explorer 8 represents the culmination of the work Microsoft has been doing to deliver a browser that is the most secure, and functional tool to get the maximum value from the internet. The major focus of Internet Explorer 8 for organizations...

Microsoft has officially announced the release of IE8 on 19 Mar 2009. Find out about the new great features . Download now and try it! Some useful information below…. · Resolve IE8 compatibility issues: Read the compatibility guide . · Develop new IE8...

Key Announcements · The Microsoft Web Platform has the vision and the goal to deliver the best platform to developers for building their Web applications . Microsoft is committed to delivering the platform, tools, and applications that development organizations...

An interesting view by Berkeley on cloud computing….  read more below…. Executive Summary: Cloud Computing, the long-held dream of computing as a utility, has the potential to transform a large part of the IT industry, making software even more attractive...

Type A Type B I’m mostly concerned with structural problems of building software. I’m concerned both with the structure and intent of software, aligning business needs with choices in technology. I am experienced at depth in a narrow set of technologies...

With the increase in regulations and high energy prices, green and environmental initiatives in the IT world have evolved from hype buzzword to strategic metrics for organizations this year. This panel discusses environmentally sustainable changes in...

The Architect Council meeting was held on 27 Feb morning at Microsoft office. Though it’s a small group, the interaction was fantastic! Key Programme Highlights -         Software + Services theme - topics...

Microsoft’s Dr Zhiming Xue interviews Luke Chung on topic of dealing with Access Database based solutions and challenges that project teams deal with when migrating them to more scalable solutions. ARCast.TV - Luke Chung on Access Db and Migration...

Interesting implementation of contract first development model. DevLabs Code Contracts http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/dd491992.aspx Microsoft offers language-agnostic coding technology Code Contracts enables "design by contract" programming...