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Community blog for architects in the Belgium and Luxembourg region moderated by Bart Vande Ghinste, Enterprise Architect for Microsoft Belgium and Luxembourg.
Announcing Silverlight 3
Already the download links are live for the Developer Runtime Beta of Silverlight 3, the SDK,...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/01/2009
Announcing Microsoft Web Platform
Available now is a new preview release of .NET RIA Services, technology which brings the ASP.Net...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/01/2009
Windows Azure Tools and Upgrades
Scott Guthrie unveiled the new Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio. These extend Visual...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/01/2009
Twitter was live in 1935 in London…
Just to be on the safe side: this is an attempt to humor, not an attempt to downplay Twitter in any...
Author: pdestoop Date: 03/31/2009
Internet Explorer 8 was just released to the web
As you probably heard by now, IE8 was released and you can download it here. Why would you upgrade...
Author: pdestoop Date: 03/23/2009
NASA: The Good News About COTS
You’ve heard the stories. Organizations pin their hopes for improving software systems on commercial...
Author: pdestoop Date: 03/23/2009
ZDNet: SOA delivering; SOAP out, REST in
The ground under SOA — long solid SOAP territory — appears to be shifting to more lightweight...
Author: pdestoop Date: 03/23/2009
Microsoft partners with Cisco on new Unified Computing System
Microsoft announced its partnership with and support of Cisco’s Unified Computing System entrance...
Author: pdestoop Date: 03/16/2009
Deep Zoom Mardi Gras
Try it here: https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2009/mardigras/silverlight.html What is it? Richer...
Author: pdestoop Date: 03/06/2009
Is Cloud Computing Really Risk Transference?
Great article about managing (security-) risks in a Cloud Computing world: “The current buzz in the...
Author: pdestoop Date: 03/05/2009
Forrester: Architect's Contribution to Packaged Apps Selection
Long but “must read” about: what has changed in the selection process (e.g. is RFP still ...
Author: pdestoop Date: 03/04/2009
Great insights from McKinsey about IT cost cutting vs. investments
Full McKinsey article here Reexamining IT for improved performance Executives are anxious to trim...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/27/2009
Interesting implementation of “contract first” development model
DevLabs Code Contracts https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/dd491992.aspx Microsoft offers...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/27/2009
New features into the Office Live Workspace service
The Office Live Workspace Team has just introduced new features into the Office Live Workspace...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/26/2009
The real motivation for young startups and entrepreneurs...
https://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-02-24/
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/26/2009
Why Facebook Is for Old Fogies
Fun and probably true story in Time about the 10 reasons why Facebook is for “Old Fogies”… Source:...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/25/2009
O’Reilly: Managing monopolies and dominance in the Net age
Our thinking about "monopoly" may need to be recast in the Internet age. This is a...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/24/2009
Agile Journal: Requirements Come Second
Written by Allan Kelly Monday, 16 February 2009 13:37 Despite our best...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/23/2009
MS Leader in 3 Gartner Application Infrastructure Magic Quadrants
On December 19, Gartner revised its categorization of application infrastructure products –...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/19/2009
McKinsey Quarterly: Six ways to make Web 2.0 work in Enterprise
Web 2.0 tools present a vast array of opportunities—for companies that know how to use them....
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/19/2009
Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight v2.0
Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the release of: Composite Application...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/18/2009
Gartner: Key Issues for Software as a Service, 2009
As organizations' capital budgets dry up, clients evaluating SaaS offerings are finding a market of...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/18/2009
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Key Points · In October 2008, the so-called “Conficker” computer worm was first detected, targeting...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/16/2009
Silverlight for Linux released
Novell today released version 1.0 of Moonlight, and is making it available for download at no cost...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/12/2009
Comprehensive set of videos on the entire Azure Services Platform
Overall Page Visit here for the full summary of videos How Do I… Get Started...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/12/2009
Announcing RadEditor for Silverlight CTP
We are very excited to announce that our Q1 release will feature a CTP edition of...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/11/2009
What does it take to turn an ASP.NET app into an Azure app?
Read here to learn what it takes (detailed steps) for taking an ASP.Net Web Application...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/09/2009
Silicon Alley Insider: Google Next Victim Of Creative Destruction?
Long but interesting read from :...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/09/2009
Azure Services Training Kit – February Update Just Released
The Azure Services Training Kit February update now includes the following content covering Windows...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/09/2009
Automatically discovers those candidates for server consolidation!
With the current state of the global economy, IT managers are wondering how you can save money...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/06/2009
The Windows 7 Ecosystem Readiness Program
Ecosystem Readiness Program helps partners develop products for Windows 7 To help the ecosystem of...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/03/2009
ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Release Candidate Now Available
Microsoft today made available Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of its ASP.NET Model View Controller (MVC),...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/02/2009
StatShot: Tech Job Cuts Inching Closer to 200,000
The technology industry cut close to 186,955 jobs in 2008, up 74.2 percent from the 107,295 job cuts...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/02/2009
Can Cloud Computing Handle Compliance? And what about Cloud Interoperability?
Is cloud computing secure enough to meet enterprise regulatory compliance requirements? There was an...
Author: pdestoop Date: 02/02/2009
Microsoft Surface used in Super Bowl Security
The Microsoft Surface device will display a Microsoft Virtual Earth map of the entire region...
Author: pdestoop Date: 01/30/2009
Branding logos after the crisis
and last but not least, the reduced Windows logo :-) In the first version of this blog-post,...
Author: pdestoop Date: 01/30/2009
Location aware WPF Virtual Earth Application
Windows 7-compatible Virtual Earth 3D-based Navigation Application. Uses Windows 7 Location Platform...
Author: pdestoop Date: 01/23/2009
Microsoft Innovation Center Belgium opens March 4th
Earlier this week we officially launched the Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC) project together with...
Author: pdestoop Date: 01/23/2009
Windows Azure Updated SDK & Tools for Visual Studio Available
Today, in less than three months since its announcement, Microsoft’s Windows Azure team has...
Author: pdestoop Date: 01/19/2009
Windows 7 Beta anti-virus
Interesting info for those among you who use Windows 7 Beta and…while talking about Window 7 Beta…I...
Author: pdestoop Date: 01/19/2009
SOA: Dead, or In a Coma?
Great article from my colleague Denny Boynton adding to the interesting debate around the article...
Author: pdestoop Date: 01/16/2009