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While the idea of Microsoft giving a keynote address at JavaOne – the Java community’s biggest conference of the year – has probably raised a few eyebrows, it really shouldn’t come as that big of a surprise at this point. Not only have we been involved
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Last month Microsoft announced its first-ever Azure Developer Challenge . Since then, we’ve received strong interest and several questions about the competition. The question I most frequently receive is, “Why is the Azure Dev Challenge open to US residents
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Six years ago we announced a multi-year, multi-product vision for the Enterprise which we called Dynamic IT. The principles were simple - virtualization, model driven, services oriented and user centric. Shortly thereafter, we began to conceptualize a
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Earlier today, the DMTF announced the creation of the “ Open Standards Cloud Incubator ” group which will specifically focus on developing a set of informational specifications for cloud resource management. This is one of what will probably be a number
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Speaking of standards - I’m thrilled to report that we will release the “M5” (Milestone 5) CTP ( C ommunity T echnology P review – think Beta) for .NET Services (part of the Azure Services Platform) tomorrow! For those who aren’t familiar with this effort,
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As you might expect, several of us spent most of Thursday and Friday last week in conversations with developers, standards body members and other vendors regarding open standards for cloud computing and how we get there collaboratively. Being in this
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Posting from The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas where I’m taking part in Microsoft’s 4 th annual MIX event, where the crowd is a sea of red… red shirts that is, in honor of Scott Guthrie’s style. Looking around I see a diverse group of web designers and
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Sign the petition here ! See you at Mix .
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I had the privilege of talking to a number of customers, members of the community and reporters last week about our web / cloud technologies. In those conversations, a few things became clear. First, there is a ton of interest (in general) about cloud
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Since the emergence of web services in the 90s, we’ve seen an explosion of standards and standards bodies. Sometimes, they emerge based on new innovations, other times they’re created to unblock a stalemate on a similar standard or organization. Occasionally
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You’ve probably seen the chatter as a result of Anne’s recent post . So, the question on all SOA minds now turns to the fate of SOA: have we seen SOA’s last act or will there be an encore? With the economic downturn and companies increasing their focus
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1. Protest in Auburn over a football coach draws more than an anti-war protest 2. Despite all the economic, environmental and social woes in the world, top press outlets still have the time to cover Oprah’s weight and giant feats of agriculture 3. Sun
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Today, we posted a release candidate (RC) of the Web Platform Installer (Web PI) here . This effort is a direct result of feedback we’ve received from customers regarding the need to significantly simplify the installation of key components needed to
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