Embarcadero Technologies releases DB Optimizer, a new toolset designed to help developers optimize SQL code in databases.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/01/2008
Roger weighs in on the reasons behind the controversy surrounding Entity Framework.
- By Roger Jennings
- 08/01/2008
Language features aren't good or bad. The choice of language feature depends on what you're doing. In this issue, we dive into the methods vs. properties debate.
Microsoft’s Virtual Earth and SQL Spatial bring geospatial technology to the enterprise.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/01/2008
Borland expands its ALM suite with Borland Management Solutions,
aimed at improving software-delivery processes.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/01/2008
This month readers weigh in on Mort and switching to C#.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 08/01/2008
Customize your application startup screen and add log-in functionality; learn how to view derived types in your projects; check for improper GUIDs; and drill down on extension methods.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 08/01/2008
If Silverlight 2 wins the gold in Beijing, will it be ready to light up your rich Internet apps?
- By Kathleen Richards
- 08/01/2008
Worldwide Partner Conference announcement promises Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 will be ready to ship by the end of September.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/01/2008
Microsoft introduces "Zermatt," a new set of class libraries for the .NET Framework that simplifies identity management.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/01/2008
Industry watcher Andy Updegrove on the future of OOXML and ISO.
- By Michael Desmond
- 08/01/2008
This is one big problem that's simple to fix. Peter shows you two solutions.
You can repurpose it as a help desk software, for one -- but it takes a little know-how. Jeff walks through the steps.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 07/29/2008
You've already snapped up Microsoft-branded mice, keyboards and gaming consoles. Is a Microsoft data warehouse (DW) appliance in your future?
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 07/28/2008
Seriously, don't. Here are two reasons why record locking is simply a bad idea.
Dan walks through one of Silverlight's most flexible and easy to use layout controls.
Microsoft's fiscal fourth-quarter and 2008 year-end financial results were announced in a Webcast on Thursday.
Microsoft quietly opened its Live Mesh preview to more testers on July 15, but by today (July 17), the offer had been narrowed to just waiting-list only.
Microsoft's Chief Architect Ray Ozzie and some say the sky will be the limit for cloud computing in the enterprise, but there's still a need for IT security too.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/16/2008
Optimistic concurrency doesn't work for most tables, but Peter shows you how to change that.