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September 2009 - Posts

Download a free copy of Windows Security Essentials to protect your home PC and laptop today!

Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:33 PM from Linda Chong's Blog
Microsoft Security Essentials is officially released in 8 languages and 19 countries around the world.      You can download Microsoft Security Essentials now at http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ . About Microsoft...(read more)
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ARCast.TV - Clemens Vasters on Architecture Implications of the Internet Service Bus

Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 10:51 PM from Linda Chong's Blog
Companies need infrastructure to integrate services for internal enterprise systems, services running at business partners, and systems accessible on the public Internet. And companies need be able to start small and scale rapidly. Joe Shirey talks to...(read more)
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Microsoft Architecture Journal 21 is now available!

Posted Friday, September 25, 2009 3:55 AM from Linda Chong's Blog
You can now download or read online the latest Microsoft Architecture Journal 21 on Service Orientation Today and Tomorrow ! Happy reading!...(read more)
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Forrester: Will Business Architecture Initiatives Put A Permanent End To Business-IT Alignment Problems?

Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009 4:02 AM from Linda Chong's Blog
An interesting article below…. happy reading! =============================================== An early 2009 Forrester interview with the CIO of a retail firm produced a great quote: “Our business execs have two views of IT: a big budget blob or their...(read more)
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Dryad and DryadLINQ for Data Intensive Research

Posted Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:22 PM from Linda Chong's Blog
  Dryad is a high-performance general-purpose distributed computing engine that is designed to simplify the task of implementing distributed applications on clusters of Windows-based computers. DryadLINQ allows developers to implement Dryad applications...(read more)
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ARCast.TV - Using LAAAM to Make Good Architectural Decisions, Fast!

Posted Monday, September 21, 2009 10:47 PM from Linda Chong's Blog
Bob Familiar interviews Jeromy Carriere on the Lightweight Architecture Alternative Assessment Method (LAAAM), a fast and efficient way to make good architectural decisions that are aligned with the needs of your business. Making good architectural decisions...(read more)
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Azure Services Platform is now known as Windows Azure Platform

Posted Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:57 PM from Linda Chong's Blog
Microsoft has changed various aspects of what was called the Azure Services Platform. It's now known as the Windows Azure platform , and some pieces have been deleted, such as the Workflow part of .NET Services. For a current description, take a look...(read more)
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ARCast.TV - Caleb Jenkins On Dependency Injection

Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:56 AM from Linda Chong's Blog
Brian H. Prince caught up with Caleb Jenkins at the MVP summit. They commandeered a conference room, and talked about how all developers need to care about architecture. Developers should think of architecture at the code level and the benefits of Dependency...(read more)
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Slate: Unchain the Office Computers!

Posted Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:14 AM from Linda Chong's Blog
Interesting read… enjoy! ******************************************** Why corporate IT should let us browse any way we want. During a town hall meeting for State Department workers last month, an employee named Jim Finkle asked Hillary Clinton a very...(read more)
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Developing SharePoint Applications – Guidance for Building Collaborative Applications That Extend Your LOB Systems

Posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009 5:28 AM from Linda Chong's Blog
Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the release of: Developing SharePoint Applications Guidance for building collaborative applications that extend your LOB systems | Customer Value | What’s in Developing SharePoint Applications...(read more)
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ARCast.TV - David Hill gives us an introduction to the Application Architecture Guide

Posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009 4:26 AM from Linda Chong's Blog
No one will argue that the process of architecting software solutions that use available capabilities to address business needs within an organization's constraints is often a daunting task. Challenges like this can be much more approachable when you...(read more)
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Windows 7 Enterprise 90 Day Evaluation Now Available for Download

Posted Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:54 PM from Linda Chong's Blog
Microsoft has announced the download availability of Windows 7 Enterprise for trial inside your environment. The Windows 7 Enterprise trial is designed specifically for IT Professionals, so that you can test your software and hardware on a final version...(read more)
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ARCast.TV - Ward Bell and John Stame on using Silverlight on the UFC Project

Posted Tuesday, September 01, 2009 9:05 PM from Linda Chong's Blog
Ward Bell and John Stame discuss using Silverlight for building Rich Internet Applications (RIA's) for UFC. ARCast.TV - Ward Bell and John Stame on using Silverlight on the UFC Project...(read more)
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