Java to .NET migration virtual workshops being offered by Microsoft and HP: Register for one of the two sessions in February and you can be trained on Java to .NET Framework Migration . You will learn the interaction between Java and .NET applications...

Interesting new interview posted on Slashdot with Martin Taylor, Microsoft's GM of Competitive Strategy - perspectives on Linux, interop etc. Link: http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/05/02/15/1258244.shtml?tid=109

Introducing Indigo: An Early Look by David Chappell Provides an architectural overview of "Indigo," Microsoft's unified programming model for building service-oriented applications. The paper covers Indigo's relationship to existing distributed application...

Posted on SAP Developer Network at http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/documents/a1-8-4/SAP%20NetWeaver%20and%20Microsoft%20.NET%20Interoperability.pdf

This question gets asked a lot - how do I integrate with Navision and Axapta apps using BizTalk? Here are two recent whitepapers that talk about how to use web services integration with these two apps. Once you abstract to web services, you can easily...

Soma Somasegar and Eric Rudder both talk about the value of connected systems, service-oriented applications, and smart clients in their keynotes from the VSLive! conference in San Francisco. Soma's keynote: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/somasegar...

Great BizTalk webcast this afternoon featuring Alex Cobb from the product group: MSDN Webcast: Strategies and Tactics for Interoperability Using BizTalk Server (Level 300) Learn strategies and tactics for using BizTalk Server 2004 to facilitate interoperability...

- on demand viewing link is at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=41444 - this is a live video webcast, not just a Powerpoint show. Bill introduces the concept and value of Connected Systems, demonstrates a smart client CRM application that is in...

Tune in at http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/

Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Security360 with Mike Nash: Raising The Bar: Bill Gates Keynote at RSA Conference 2005 This month's Security360 is a special edition of the show as we present the RSA Conference 2005 Keynote address by Microsoft Chairman...

There is a new video capture of a SOA demo being run at the Redmond Microsoft Technology Center that's featured on Channel 9 at http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=38823 Description from the poster : I work in the Redmond MTC (Microsoft Technology...

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New series for CIOs and IT decision makers highlighting both industry issues and some insights on how Microsoft has successfully addressed it own IT challenges, from Microsoft CIO Ron Markezich. Registration and information: http://www.microsoft.com/seminar...

...located on the MSDN Architecture Center at http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnmaj/html/aj4intro.asp

Thursday, February 03, 2005 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT MSDN Webcast: .NET Integration with BEA Weblogic (Level 300) John Evdemon Microsoft Corporation Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT MSDN Architecture Webcast: Application Interoperability...

EntLib has been in the works for a long time and was finally released this week. The patterns & practices Enterprise Library is a library of application blocks designed to assist developers with common enterprise development challenges. Application...