In a new Magic Quadrant (MQ) report, Gartner recently evaluated 16 ALM vendors, rating them on the completeness of their vision and ability to execute. Microsoft received the top placement in the MQ and was one identified as “one of the only vendors to cover all aspects of the Software Development...

EMC/Conchango have released Scrum for Team System V3 Beta 1 for use with VSTS/TFS 2010 Beta 1. Version 3 is designed expressly for TFS 2010, taking advantage of the new platform’s capabilities. Please be aware that the current beta version of Scrum for Team System has only been tested against...

As part of my role in working with partners in the Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) Program I have spent a lot of time documenting the new features and extensibility point of Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio Team System 2010. I have been sharing this information with VSIP partners under NDA...

Our VSIP partner IBM has been working with a large gaming company whose motivation to improve their software development process was general process improvement and regulatory compliance. Slot machines are complex systems that need to be very precise and now are often part of a large, secure, real-time...

Make sure your business application development projects are advancing with the greatest possible efficiency, consistency, quality, and time to market with free ALM Catalyst Live Workshops. ALM Catalyst Live Workshops are a series of two-hour interactive workshops; repeated over a period of sixteen...

Microsoft has provided the first look at the next version of its developer tools and platform, which will be named Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0. Microsoft described the next release through the following five focus areas: riding the next-generation platform wave, inspiring developer...

the VSX (Visual Studio Extensibility) team has started posting preliminary details about the sessions planned for the VSX Developer Conference to be held September 15th and 16th. To check out what is planed visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/cc676517.aspx . Microsoft is hosting this developer...

Through February 25th, InnerWorkings ( www.innerworkings.com ) is giving away 10 hours of hands-on .NET learning to any INETA member, no strings attached. This is your chance to sharpen your current skills or learn some new technologies at no cost, using InnerWorkings Developer. All the following are...

I recently presented this web cast you may be interested in. Here is the abstract: Many enterprise customers have cross-platform environments and need tools that can bridge these environments. A number of Microsoft Visual Studio partners provide solutions that integrate with Visual Studio for language...

I recently presented this web cast you may be interested in. Here is the abstract: Developing precise and accurate requirements is a crucial step in the success of a development project or a new business process. Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, along with Microsoft Visual Studio partner solutions...