Application Development News & Articles


Financial Help: New RAP for 2007 Office

Recent Microsoft Office Business Applications RAP release helps guide development on 2007 Office System (article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, May 1, 2007).

Retired!

From Visual FoxPro to VB6, developers are coping with the demise of key programming languages (article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, May 1, 2007).

OASIS Group To Improve B-to-B Collaboration

New WS-Federation group aims at improving how companies share data.

Presentation Toolset in Testing Phase

New tools from IdentityMine facilitate development using Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation platform.

AmberPoint Awarded Gold Partner Status From Microsoft

Company recognized for its governance solution, which helps manage enterprise applications in a service-oriented architecture.

IBM SOA Institute Targets U.S. Federal Organizations

Center will focus on SOA development and education to aid U.S. Federal agencies.

Microsoft Unveils Silverlight Streaming

Hosting service supports streaming data for applications using Microsoft's Silverlight technology.

SOA Report: Enterprise Deployments Predicted To Grow

A research firm expects to see a spike in SOA use as enterprises add new solutions, with a boost of 50 percent predicted for this year.

Open Source Slowly Gains Momentum on Wall Street

Finance companies seek more mature open-source solutions that will meet legal requirements, among other concerns.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Slips Beyond Orcas

Microsoft's promised data access technology is now delayed until next year.

Adobe Takes Flex SDK Open Source

Move aimed at boosting use of Adobe's Flash-based development environment for rich Internet applications.

Telerik Already Prepping Silverlight Tools

Telerik is readying a set of tools for creating applications with Microsoft's Silverlight rich media plug-in.

Virtual Machine Manager Completely Revamped for Beta 2

Microsoft added new features to virtualization management solution with latest beta release.

Report Concludes SharePoint Poorly Suited for Traditional Web Publishing

Latest edition of semi-annual Web CMS Report shows strengths, weaknesses of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.

'Longhorn' Server Public Beta Arrives

Microsoft's next-generation server promises enhanced scripting and configuration capabilities.

Cream Rises to Top at 22nd Annual Codies

Industry group bestows awards for latest software innovations.

Red Hat Takes Steps To Enhance SOA/Platform Strategy

Recent deals aimed at boosting its enterprise open-source software platform.

MySQL Offers Enterprise Partner Program

Incentives offered to generate sales of open-source database product.

Integrating Data Across Enterprises as a Service

Software-as-a-service apps need to grab workflow and events data to bring business processes together.

Build a Multitenant SaaS Application -- the Microsoft Way

Whether you decide to build or buy your first production software-as-a-service application, it's worth a look at the design issues you'll have to resolve.