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10 Myths of using Open Source in your business
Monday, August 11, 2008 2:24 AM

ActiveState has released a short white paper entitled “10 Myths About Running Open Source Software in Your Business”. Authors advocate against black-and-white approach to open source that is often adopted by both its zealots and its opponents. They believe that using open source software may foster business development projects but pros and cons need to be weighted... Read More...

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Filed under: Business, Design, patterns, Open Source, Practices, Software

K2 BlackPoint
Friday, August 08, 2008 2:51 AM

K2 Blackpoint is a tool built upon Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Presentation Foundation that targets SharePoint, allowing users to build workflows and process-driven applications quickly with no code. Found out more here: http://blackpoint.k2.com/en/index.aspx Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email... Read More...

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Filed under: Development, Design, Workflow, .net, K2

Article Series - BizTalk and WCF
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 3:01 AM

Here is the summary page for Richard Seroter's articles on BizTalk and WCF. Enjoy: http://seroter.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/article-series-on-biztalk-and-wcf-part-ix-biztalk-adapter-pack-biztalk-patterns/ Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it... Read More...

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Filed under: Adapters, BizTalk, Integration, Development, Design, WCF, .net

InRule
Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:33 AM

InRule has announced the release of V3.0 of their .Net based Rules Engine. Read more here: http://blogs.msdn.com/bpmblog/archive/2008/07/30/inrule-technology-announces-inrule-version-3-0.aspx Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Filed under: Integration, Development, programming, Design, .net, Rules Engine

MS Sphere Display
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:01 AM

Microsoft wants to see every available surface become a computer screen. It has already developed a multi-touch Surface Computer (which is being used in AT&T stores), and turned that vertical in a multi-touch wall. Now, it’s latest project at Microsoft Research is a Sphere http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/29/microsoft-researchers-get-fancy-with-a-sphere... Read More...

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Filed under: Microsoft, Development, programming, Design, News, technology

HP,Intel And Yahoo! Cloud Computing Test Bed
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:55 AM

HP, Intel and Yahoo! has just announced a collaboration regarding creating a cloud computing test bed. Users will be able to build and launch new applications on the platform.The test bed will initially consist of six “centers of excellence” at IDA facilities, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Steinbuch Centre for Computing of the Karlsruhe... Read More...

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Filed under: Integration, Development, Business, Design, startups, Cload Computing

Agile and Risk
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:46 AM

Article on how agile practices manage and possibly eliminate risk in the development cycle. http://www.stickyminds.com/sitewide.asp?Function=edetail&ObjectType=COL&ObjectId=11133&tth=DYN&tt=siteemail&iDyn=2 Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! |... Read More...

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Filed under: Development, programming, Design, Agile, SCRUM, .net, XP

CloudCamp
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:09 AM

Here is an interview with CloudCamp's Reuven Cohen on virtualization and cloud computing. The interview focus more on the origanization, but I found it a good read none the less: http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/07/cohen Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick... Read More...

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Filed under: Design, Architecture, patterns, SaaS, ideas, Cload Computing

Cuil (pronounced "cool")
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:04 AM

A new search engine aiming to better what Google does has just launched. After reading this article from news24 - http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2365520,00.html - I have tried the engine myself. Well, in my opinion, not yet Google. Still some work to do! Subscribe in a reader Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit... Read More...

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Filed under: Development, Money, Design, Web 2.0, Mobile, startups, ideas

Hiding Menu Items
Monday, July 28, 2008 2:12 AM

I read this interesting little post by Joel Spolsky on the hiding of menu items. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/07/01.html I seem to agree with his view that user's get confused and struggle to get the disabled menu item to work. And sometimes they just give up on the piece of software all together. What do you think? Subscribe in a reader Share... Read More...

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Filed under: Development, programming, Design, General Information

Custom Membership provider and using it in SharePoint
Monday, July 28, 2008 2:05 AM

This is a Channel 9 video showing how to create a custom membership provider in ASP.Net 2.0 and how to implement this concept in SharePoint. http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/BomBom/Building-your-own-MemberShipProvider-in-ASPNET-20-and-use-it-in-SharePoint/ Subscribe in a reader Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it... Read More...

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Filed under: Development, SharePoint, Design, OBA, information worker, .net, MOSS 2007, LOB, Portals

BizTalk Adapter Pack Documentation
Friday, July 25, 2008 3:06 AM

To accompany the BizTalk Adapter pack poster, here is a link to the help files for the Adapter pack: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb927658.aspx Subscribe in a reader Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Filed under: Adapters, BizTalk, Integration, Development, Design, patterns, Platforms

BizTalk Adapter Pack Poster
Friday, July 25, 2008 2:49 AM

The latest in the series of BizTalk posters has just been released for download. Get the poster here: http://blogs.msdn.com/biztalk_server_team_blog/archive/2008/07/24/announcing-the-biztalk-adapter-pack-poster.aspx Subscribe in a reader Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Filed under: Adapters, BizTalk, Integration, Development, Design, patterns, Platforms

Code Snippet Tool
Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:09 AM

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Filed under: C#, Development, VB.Net, programming, Design, patterns, Practices

What is an Office Business Application
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:54 AM

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Filed under: C#, Development, Design, Office Server, Office, OBA, information worker, .net

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