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- Microsoft releases new test build of its online-offline synchronization tool
- Microsoft has posted for public download a new test build of its synchronization framework that allows Web services, devices and applications to work offline. Microsoft made available the Community Technology Preview (CTP) 2 test build of the Microsoft Sync Framework via its Downloads Site on March 4,...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Framework, Tool, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- Ushering in a multicore future
- A blog by Mary Foley pointed me towards Microsoft's parallel computing initiatives, as well as revealed in a side panel that she has written a book about my favorite company (I'm definitely going to buy it). Parallel computing will become critically important as we bump up against the limits of Moore's law,...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, Framework, Worker, Productivity, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-11-30
- More details emerge on Microsoft's online-offline sync platform
- The biggest news out of the Microsoft TechEd Developers conference that kicked off on November 5 is the official announcement of Microsoft's offline/online sync platform. Microsoft's strategy around the platform is what's more intriguing to me than the actual platform itself. The actual Community...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Framework, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
- Microsoft delivers first test build of its online-offline sync platform
- Microsoft posted for download on November 4 a first test build of what it's calling the Microsoft Sync Framework, technology that will allow developers to take their Web services and databases offline. The new framework also provides P2P synchronization of "any type of file including contacts, music,...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Framework, Microsoft Windows, .Net, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-11-04
- A Uni?ed framework for Modeling TCP-Vegas, TCP-SACK, and TCP-Reno
- This paper presents a general analytical framework for the modeling and analysis of TCP variations. The framework allows the modeling of multiple variations of TCP, including TCP-Vegas, TCP-SACK, and TCP-Reno, under general network situations. In particular, the framework allows us to propose the first analytical model of TCP-Vegas for arbitrary...
- Tags: TCP, Framework, Modeling, Tcp/Ip, Research & Development, Networking, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-10-22
- Portugal Creates Interoperability framework to Simplify Citizen/Government Interaction
- The Portuguese government is working to make Portugal one of the world's leading information societies. The Agency for the Modernization of the Public Administration (AMA) is chartered with leading digital initiatives across Portuguese society, including introducing e-government services. The agency worked with Microsoft, Accenture, and Siemens IT Solutions and Services...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Framework, Portugal, E-government, Government, Vertical Industries, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Case studies 2007-10-09
- Visual Component framework (9)
- The Visual Component Framework is a C++ application framework that offers a modern, clean, C++ architecture and is designed to be cross platform. The core framework is divided into three major libraries, the FoundationKit, the GraphicsKit, and the ApplicationKit. Anti-aliased graphics are supported through the use of the Anti-Grain Graphics...
- Tags: Library, Framework, C++, Visual Component Framework, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2007-10-03
- Apply the D.I.C.E. framework to determine your best server operating system solution
- Your business has grown to the point where a few file shares on your desktops and a router giving you DHCP addresses is no longer sufficient. You need to move to a server-based environment, but how do you choose your operating system. There are so many OS choices available for...
- Tags: Operating System, Framework, Servers, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software
- Download resources 2007-08-17
- Apply the D.I.C.E. framework to determine your best anti-spam solution
- Everyone hates spam in their e-mail. It fills your inbox and you have to waste your time in deleting it. If you own your own business, you want to make all of your people as effective as possible by eliminating the distraction of spam. You know you need something to...
- Tags: Anti-spam, Framework, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing
- Download resources 2007-07-31
- Apply the D.I.C.E. framework to determine your best anti-virus solution
- If you use PCs for work, then you must deal with the constant threat of viruses. Not only can they take an individual computer down, but they can also wreck havoc on your network. You must have some sort of Anti-Virus solution, but there are many different options. To help...
- Tags: Antivirus, Framework, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Download resources 2007-07-23
- Test your software security with these powerful fuzzing frameworks
- The concept of fuzzing to test software security has been around for almost twenty years but only recently captured widespread attention. In 2006, a plague of vulnerabilities affected popular apps like Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel, and many of these vulnerabilities were discovered through fuzzing.In...
- Tags: Framework, Addison-Wesley, Microsoft Excel, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Office, Security, Office Suites, Software, Management
- Book chapters 2007-07-19
- Apply the D.I.C.E framework to determine your best back up solution
- Determining the best back up solution for your small business is no small project. There are literally dozens of questions to consider, including the difficulty of installation, the investment required, which capabilities to look for, and whether the system can expand with your business growth. To help you make this...
- Tags: Framework, Microsoft Excel, Blogging, Microsoft Office, Investment, Office Suites, Software, Internet, Finance
- Download resources 2007-07-18
- ClassMaster (msi)
- .Net Unit testing tool, for testing, modeling and providing faster testing and learning of large frameworks and class libraries. Helps you understand the capability of a framework such as Microsoft .Net, Sharepoint or your own custom assemblies. ClassMaster can help you design class libarires and frameworks faster by reducing the...
- Tags: Framework, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-06-10
- NetUnity WSRP .NET framework: WSRP Portlet Development framework for .NET
- The NetUnity WSRP .NET Framework is a comprehensive portlet development framework based on open standards and Microsoft .NET. The Framework allows developers to rapidly create rich, interactive and standards-based portlets that plug-and-play with any WSRP-compliant portals regardless of the platform. Enterprises nowadays uses and support a variety of heterogeneous platforms,...
- Tags: Web Services For Remote Portlets, Portlet, NetUnity WSRP .NET Framework, Development Framework, Framework, .Net, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-04-20
- Peer2Me - Rapid Application framework for Mobile Peer-to-Peer Applications
- This paper presents the Peer2Me framework that enables developers to create mobile peer-to-peer applications. The framework provides an API that is easy to adopt, yet capable of creating advanced peer-to-peer applications. The framework was built to provide applications providing pure peer-to-peer network where all nodes have the same responsibility and...
- Tags: Application Framework, Mobile, P2P, Framework, Peer2Me, Peer To Peer (P2P), Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing
- White papers 2007-03-09
- Architecture of the User-Mode Driver framework
- The Microsoft Windows Driver Foundation (WDF) includes frameworks to support the development of both user-mode and kernel-mode drivers. The User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF) enables drivers for some types of devices to run in user mode instead of kernel mode. This paper describes the architecture of the user-mode driver framework and...
- Tags: Driver, Microsoft Corp., Framework, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-02-21
- Practical Implementation of an ISO 17799- Compliant Information Security Management System Using a Novel ASD Method
- This paper discusses the practical implementation of the Agile Security Development (ASD framework and presents a case study that reviews the process of building an information security management system utilizing the framework. The case study reveals the action steps for a small and medium-sized organization to utilize the method. The...
- Tags: Information Security, ISO, Framework, VTT, Management System, Quality, Security, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-01-31
- Negotiation-Based Routing Between Neighboring ISPs
- This paper explores negotiation as the basis for cooperation between competing entities, for the specific case of routing between two neighboring ISPs. Inter-domain routing is often driven by self-interest and based on a limited view of the internetwork, which hurts the stability and efficiency of routing. The paper presents a...
- Tags: University Of Washington, Internet Service Provider, Framework, Negotiation, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Free Trade, Internet, Finance
- White papers 2007-01-01
- F-Script (tar)
- F-Script is a lightweight open-source scripting layer specifically designed for the Cocoa. F-Script provides scripting and interactive access to Cocoa frameworks and custom Objective-C objects. It aims to be a useful and fun tool for both beginners and experts, allowing interactively exploring, testing, and using Cocoa-based objects and frameworks.
- Tags: Framework, Object, F-Script, Productivity, Open Source
- Software downloads 2006-12-23
- A Formal framework for Modelling and Analysing Mobile Systems
- This paper presents a formal framework for modelling and analysing mobile systems. The framework comprises a collection of models of the dominant design paradigms which are readily extended to incorporate details of particular technologies, i.e., programming languages and their run-time support, and applications. The modelling language is Object-Z, an ex-tension...
- Tags: Mobile, Mobile System, Framework, Object-oriented, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2006-12-08
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