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Visual Studio 2010 - Microsoft Acquires Teamprise and provide support for Eclipse IDE, Unix / Linux / Mac OS X platforms

On November 9, 2009 Microsoft announced the acquisition of most of the technology assets of Teamprise, a division of SourceGear LLC, a provider of client applications for accessing Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team Foundation Server from the Eclipse IDE Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:24 AM by Dannawi | 0 Comments

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 – 4 major announcements today (what you need to know)

Here we go; we have 4 key announcements today to the developer community Information #1: Visual Studio 2010 (and .NET Framework 4) will be officially launched on March 22 nd , 2010. Microsoft has also simplified the product lineup, customers will be able Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009 1:08 AM by Dannawi | 0 Comments

Microsoft Courier: not a new tablet ... a Booklet :)

What a good suprise with this Microsoft Courier (still not officially confirmed) I'm happy to see Microsoft moving forward on the Tablet concept with not only a technological platform but an end-user solution with the final experience "built right" (that Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:24 AM by Dannawi | 0 Comments
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Why building software solution during this (soon over) Global Financial Crisis (GFC) is a key priority?

Any enterprise, during a downturn or a slowdown, will focus on 2 priorities · Growing the share · Reducing the operational cost Why growing the share? If you can’t increase your revenue with your customers as they are asking you to cost less, then you Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:27 AM by Dannawi | 0 Comments

Windows Azure: Pricing and licensing

Pricing and licensing overview: http://www.microsoft.com/azure/pricing.mspx ex: Windows Azure: Compute = $0.12 / hour Storage = $0.15 / GB stored / month Storage Transactions = $0.01 / 10K Bandwidth = $0.10 in / $0.15 out / GB SQL Azure: Web Edition – Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:10 PM by Dannawi | 0 Comments
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2009 Standish Chaos Report - We are successful in repeating our failures :)

New Standish Chaos report ... same results . The report shows a backwards trend in software success: 32% Successful (On Time, On Budget, Fully Functional) 44% Challenged (Late, Over Budget, And/Or Less than Promised Functionality) 24% Failed (Canceled Read More...
Posted Friday, May 15, 2009 5:44 AM by Dannawi | 2 Comments

Just Published: Gartner MarketScope for ALM (Application Lifecycle Management)

Gartner has published its first ever MarketScope on Application Life-Cycle Management (ALM). In their evaluation, Microsoft has ranked a POSITIVE based on the current ALM offerings. Read the full article here, http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/microsoft/vol4/article7/article7.html Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:41 AM by Dannawi | 1 Comments
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New ALM Whitepapers by David chappel

David Chappell released 4 new ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) Whitepapers. These papers will help you in positioning ALM and its benefits. They are: What is ALM ALM Tool Evolution ALM and Business Strategy ALM as a Business Process you can download Read More...
Posted Monday, January 05, 2009 5:54 AM by Dannawi | 2 Comments

Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Back-End Application Integration Projects

Gartner issued an updated Magic Quadrants for application infrastructure that alight with Gartner’s take on current market buying decisions, based on now-prevailing use scenarios. Microsoft maintained its “leader” position more info at : http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/microsoft/vol3/article4/article4.htm Read More...
Posted Monday, January 05, 2009 5:46 AM by Dannawi | 1 Comments
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Team System ROI - how do I get that ?

Calculate a ROI (or just a TCO if you are looking at TFS only) for Team System is not that simple. Each ROI is different looking at your current situation and maturity and the outcome you are planning to acheive. Whilst you need time to estimate the impact Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:26 AM by Dannawi | 4 Comments

WW R&D investments ranking

I spent some times looking at the 2008 European Commission industrial R7D investment scoreboard and I found this: The WW top ranking companies by their R&D budget No wonder that the car makers and the life science companies are in the Top list but Read More...
Posted Monday, October 20, 2008 8:41 AM by Dannawi | 0 Comments
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Application Lifecycle – Total Cost of Ownership

What is your TCO for building and running your applications? How much of your budget are you spending just to keep the light on? What percentage of your investment (time and money) is creating new value Vs dealing with your legacy systems? Do you know Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008 7:38 AM by Dannawi | 1 Comments

[acquisition] Microsoft bought Ciao and IBM is looking at ILOG

It's time for shopping :) Microsoft, after the non agreement with Yahoo, is looking to grow within the Internet/cloud space. Yahoo was not a strategy but more a tactic to go quicker to where Microsoft wants to be. So Microsoft bought CIAO ( http://www.ciao.com/ Read More...
Posted Monday, September 01, 2008 6:53 AM by Dannawi | 1 Comments
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