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- Testers give Microsoft's Entity Framework a no-confidence vote
- A number of testers who've been dabbing with the first version of Microsoft's ADO.Net Entity Framework are unhappy with the direction Microsoft has taken with the technology -- so much so that they've created a "no confidence vote" petition to make their gripes public. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Corp., Tester, ADO.Net Entity Framework, Business Object, Persistence Ignorance, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- MSDN Webcast: Programming LINQ and the ADO.NET Entity Framework (Level 200)
- Language Integrated Query LINQ introduces an exciting new way for applications to build strongly typed queries that are deeply integrated into the programming language. The ADO.NET Entity Framework allows applications and services to work in terms of an application-oriented Entity Data Model, decoupling the application's data model from the storage...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Application, Webcast, Microsoft ADO.NET, LINQ, Programming, ADO.NET Entity Framework, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-01-30
- A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Jasper
- I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others hopefully will be brand-new.Microsoft code...
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Codename, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
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- The elephant in the room: SOA and the economy
- We've all been distracted by events in the economy over the past few weeks, and let's face it, it makes for a very large elephant in the room when we talk about SOA. All debates about REST, SOAP, Java, .NET, JSON, ESBs, WOA won't mean a thing...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Is Google working on the synchronization problem?
- ReadWriteWeb has a post up about the fact that Zoho has added offline access to Zoho Mail using Gears. Zoho continues to do a really good job of innovating when it comes to Ajax-based RIAs. They were very early to the game in creating offline support for Zoho Docs before...
- Tags: Google Inc., Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., ReadWriteWeb, Zoho Mail, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Economy-pinched semiconductor industry: How to ride the storm
- The credit crisis and overall economic downturn is starting to hit the semiconductor industry, which saw 5.5 percent sales growth in August. Research firm iSuppli has cut its 2008 sales growth forecast for the semiconductor industry from 4 percent to 3.5 percent and potentially even more if economic conditions continue...
- Tags: iSuppli Corp., Semiconductor Industry, Lidlow, Semiconductors, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- CadLib (msi)
- Add CAD capabilities to your .NET application with CadLib 2.0 for .NET. CadLib makes it extremely easy to interface with, draw, and print DWG and DXF files. This is achieved by providing the developer with a highly normalized class model, complete type safety, comprehensive documentation, and sample solutions. The latest...
- Tags: Wout Ware, CAD, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- Easy Net Switch (txt)
- Easy Net Switch is a powerful and easy to use program, which stores network and Internet configuration settings into network profiles. By switching between location profiles, you can quickly and easily connect to a network without having to manually reconfigure settings each time. A location profile may include IP address,...
- Tags: Network, IP, IP Address, ZHL Computing Software, E-mail, Networking, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- What happens when the "cloud" starts to precipitate? A hard rain's agonna fall . . .
- i use a lot of online services and I try to push as many applications as I can into the cloud. This means that I can work from anywhere on virtually any computer device. I don't need a personal computer (but I do need a personal cellphone - the new...
- Tags: Web, Web Service, Web Services Company, Web Services, Cloud Computing, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- IBM reports early. Profits up 20 percent, full year estimates reaffirmed.
- IBM, surprising Wall Street today with an early release of its quarterly earnings, reported a 20 percent in net income and EPS of $2.05. The company also reaffirmed its forecast of at least $8.75 for the year, a 22 percent increase from a year ago. Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM chairman,...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Yahoo-AOL: An integration nightmare on deck
- Yahoo-AOL: An integration nightmare on deckYAhOoLIt would be quite interesting.Yahoo is running just fineI use many of their services, and I wish people would just leave it alone. It makes money, so it won't go broke. Who cares if it is making as much as Google? Who...
- Tags: Investment, integration nightmare, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Teaching telecommuting
- Teaching telecommutingtelecommuting skills?I'm a fulltime telecommuter, though I do venture out to teach an IRL composition class a couple of days a week. I think the kids already have the skills they need to telecommute, and they value having the connection between the classroom and that new work environment made...
- Tags: telecommuting
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Windows Strata = Microsoft's layered cloud OS
- Windows Strata = Microsoft's layered cloud OSThe cloud providers fully support the platform the provide. On the otherhand, try to get help from MS for problems with your application hosted on Rackspace. It will be a LONG wait.And, end users have to pick their poison. No matter which platform they...
- Tags: Operating systems, Windows Strata, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Cisco SONA
- Cisco caught my attention by asking me if I wanted to see the results of a study indicating how organizations are seeing Web 2.0 and/or Service Oriented Architecture SOA application adoption. Having executed dozens of studies of this nature while I was at IDC, I was interested in the results,...
- Tags: Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- ITIL - Service Approach for Siemens Enterprise Communications
- The structure of ITIL is evolving from Version 2 to Version 3; understand how the adoption and application of the ITIL framework can add value to your enterprise, and how Siemens is taking the ITIL model and using it to drive portfolio and proposition development, alongside global service delivery capabilities....
- Tags: Siemens AG, ITIL, Process Improvement, It Services, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2008-10-08
- Zune 3.0
- Photo gallery:Zune 3.0 softwareIn order for Microsoft's Zune MP3 player to compete against Apple's iPod, Microsoft not only had to create a great MP3 player; it also had to create a solid software client to compete against iTunes. In doing so,it's created an attractive, full-featured digital-media jukebox that some users...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Zune
- Product reviews 2008-10-07
- Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?
- Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?Following Steve's PhilosophyAs you so accurately noted, Steve has a knack for whole numbers as we know from his Microsoft Office reign. Office 12 (2007), Office 11 (2003), Office 10 (XP or version 2002), Office 9 (2000) and these were the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Vista R2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, new name
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Online, hard to avoid debate
- Tonight's presidential debate is spring up all over the Net. NBC's Hulu has launched a new Election 08 hub, which PaidContent describes as "an odd mix of debates, speeches, political humor, soundbites and commentary." Hulu is also showing Crawford, a film about the effects of...
- Tags: Debate, Sales Force Management, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Forrester fuels the SAP maintenance price hike debate
- The last few days I've been exchanging email with R 'Ray' Wang, VP and principal analyst at Forrester about the kerfuffle over SAP's unilateral decision to apply a price hike to its maintenance and support fees. Ray specializes in the enterprise market and has special experience of SAP going back...
- Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Forrester Research Inc., Ray, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Investment, Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Google is your friend
- Google is your friendThe underlying principles should determinewho is a freind, or who is not.There is nothing wrong with being a [b]for profit[/b] company, which is what Google is. It would be an entirely different issue should they hide their EULA agreements, or who they deal with, or what they...
- Tags: Channel management, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
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