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Making sense of Microsoft's Azure more similar news »
Last week, Microsoft announced its cloud-computing effort, called Azure. Fitting between Google's and Amazon.com's current offerings, it represents a very big step toward moving applications off the desktop and out of a corporation's own datacenters. Whether or not it will have any traction with corporate IT developers remains to be seen.
Thu Nov 06, 2008 more from this source»»
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Test Center review: Deep dive into SQL Server 2008 more similar news »
SQL Server 2008, aka "Katmai," gives SQL Server shops plenty of reasons to get excited. The best SQL Server release to date, it sports more nice new features than you can count, and the improvements extend to both performance and manageability. In a few cases, such as the Resource Governor, you'll wish Microsoft had taken the functionality a little further. But whether you manage an OLTP environment, or an OLAP environment, or both, you will most likely find Katmai compelling. It easily passes my own five-point test for upgrades.
Mon Nov 03, 2008 more from this source»»
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Microsoft finally unveils browser-based Office apps more similar news »
Will they? Won't they? Ever since Google Apps arrived on the scene, Microsoft has been dogged by the question of when it might release browser-based versions of its Office apps. At the PDC (Professional Developer Conference) in Los Angeles, the answer finally came in the form of Office Web applications -- lightweight versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote (a notes and tasks app) delivered through the browser.
Tue Oct 28, 2008 more from this source»»
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Developers rank best application servers more similar news »
The "user's choice" for application servers, according to more than 700 software developers, include two of the oldest-one might say mature-and one relative newcomer. Developers ranked Adobe ColdFusion, the open-source Apache Geronimo, and Oracle WebLogic Server , among their favorite options, according to a free report distributed by Evans Data (free registration required).
Wed Oct 22, 2008 more from this source»»
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Update: Developers rank best application servers more similar news »
The "user's choice" for application servers, according to more than 700 software developers, include two of the oldest -- one might say mature -- and one relative newcomer. Developers ranked IBM WebSphere, the open source Apache Geronimo, and Windows Server among their favorite options, according to a free report distributed by Evans Data (free registration required).
Wed Oct 22, 2008 more from this source»»
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