CodeGear brings on C++ expert Alisdair Meredith.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/01/2007
OCS 2007 will allow developers to embed telephony into apps.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/01/2007
Going into this review, I was not at all sure what to expect. I had no prior knowledge of Curl, although some preliminary research revealed it to be an object-oriented hybrid markup language with similarities to HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Some organizations may not be happy with their service oriented architectures (SOAs). They may have "unhealthy" SOAs as a consequence of partnering with inexperienced system integrators. They may have proprietary SOA technology in the mix, and it may be difficult to scale operations.
Windows Live OneCare could be among the root causes of Microsoft's ongoing problems with unwanted automatic updates.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/25/2007
The management of services by IT departments is the subject of an August 2007 report by the Aberdeen Group. The report focuses on companies that use IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)-based approaches, which is a set of best practices for IT. The report specifically hones in on an ITIL discipline called IT Service Management (ITSM).
Microsoft yesterday announced that it will take a $240 million equity stake in social networking service Facebook, giving Redmond a key conduit to grow its online advertising efforts. The deal also gives tacit credence to Facebook as a platform for .NET developers.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/25/2007
Microsoft added a new server to its lineup today, this one aimed at the growing mobile technology market.
Microsoft has signed its first patent protection deal with a Linux vendor based in Asia.
Redmond reveals that it's working on a stripped-down version of the Windows kernel that would dramatically reduce its footprint.
IBM announced growth in its Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Business Partner segment, citing more than 4,100 members to date. That number represents a leap from the program's start in June of 2005, when there were just 50 partners.
The Windows Automatic Update might be a patch management and change control issue, observers say.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/19/2007
The points of change cited by the research firm include Web 2.0-style apps, SaaS, global-class computing, "consumerization" of IT and open source.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today unveiled the beta version of Popfly, its Web-dev tool for non-developers.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/18/2007
DataDirect has upgraded its Shadow mainframe data integration solution.
Microsoft's "Unified Communications" suite of products aims to blur the distinction between electronic and voice communications.
Google and IBM are providing resources to universities focusing on Internet-scale application studies.
First service pack ships for .NET Micro Framework.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 10/15/2007
Microsoft official: AJAX has reached maturity in enterprises.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/15/2007
New tool assists in Visual Basic-to-Java translation.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 10/15/2007