Download the code, view the demo, and learn about the Global Bank example contained in the Integration Patterns book from Microsoft Patterns & Practices. http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/

...at http://msdn.microsoft.com/webservices/building/wse/default.aspx

New whitepaper: Interoperability between Java and Microsoft: Understanding the Problems and Solutions when Integrating Heterogeneous Distributed Computing Environments ...from TheServerSide.com: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/dotnet/tools/index...

Highlighting increased interoperability for Visual Studio developers building apps that use Oracle databases. http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/dotnet/tools/index.html

New commitment to enable interoperable solutions for joint customers... http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050609/sfth118.html?.v=5

From TheServerSide.com: MS publishes new .NET 2.0 benchmarks against Java Services TheServerSide.net has announced the publication of a new iteration of Comparing Web Service Performance and Comparing XML Performance , originally developed by Sun...

...week of November 7, 2005. Full press release from TechEd is at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/jun05/TechEd2005Day2PR.mspx

From the Patterns & Practices group: The Microsoft WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.0 Sample Application is a preview release of the work being done by the WS-I Sample Application Working Group members to demonstrate interoperability of secure Web...

Microsoft Makes XML the File Format for the Next Version of Microsoft Office: Senior Vice President Steven Sinofsky explains how making XML the default file format is likely to help customers cut costs for data storage and bandwidth, improve security...

This is a cool new filter tool to allow you to find exactly the info you're searching for on interoperability and/or migration to/from various non-Microsoft platforms. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/interopmigration/cie/contentFilterJS.aspx

New link for archived versions of the Interoperability Month webcast series, originally run January - February 2005: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/interopseries.mspx

Get info on technical capabilities, hardware configurations, case studies, whitepapers, and partners who specialize in migrations. This is now a viable alternative for customers and outsourcers who are looking to lower their cost basis for datacenter...

Computerworld article covering our first annual Mainframe Migration Conference held May 25-26 in Chicago. http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/roi/story/0,10801,102110,00.html

For the first time, Windows-based server market share has equaled UNIX-based share based on revenue (34.4% market share for each). Read the IDC press release here: http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS00153905

Two pre-release components of Longhorn are now available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b789bc8d-4f25-4823-b6aa-c5edf432d0c1&displaylang=en "Indigo" is the codename for Microsoft’s unified programming model...