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Server Bundles Help Small Businesses
The Windows Essential Server Solutions products, specifically designed for for small and midsize businesses shipped this week. The servers included Essential Business Server (EBS) 2008, Microsoft's first-ever bundle for midsized businesses and Windows Read More...
2007 Office System Service Pack Due in Spring 2009
Service Pack 2 (SP2) of 2007 Office System will ship between February and April of 2009. The announcement was made on the Office Sustained Engineering blog posting Announcing Service Pack 2 (SP2) for the 2007 Microsoft Office System . Previous announcments Read More...
BI Roadmap for SQL Server Redefines Self-service Tools, Reporting, Data Warehousing
The roadmap for business intelligence (BI) applications written in SQL Server was announced at the Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference this week in Seattle. Codename Kilimangaro The next version of the SQL Server, code-named Kilimanjaro, is scheduled Read More...
WCF, WF, Application Server Enhancements Announced -- CTP Available at PDC
Significant enhancements to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) in the .NET Framework 4.0 release and an enhanced set of application server capabilities in Windows Server codenamed “Dublin" have been announced in Read More...
Windows Essential Business Server Goes RTM
Windows Essential Business Server (EBS) has been released to manufacturing (RTM) with general availability on November 12 according to the team blog: The Essential Business Server Team Blog . The EBS brings Windows Server and related technologies to medium-size Read More...
Customers Move to Windows Vista with Confidence
Small Business Assurance program announced at Worldwide Partner Conference provides you and your customers with confidence in moving to Windows Vista. When you and your customers buy a new PC with genuine Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate, Read More...
Windows Servers for Small Businesses Will Launch in November
Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008 will ship in mid-November. Early trial releases are available now on MultiplyYourPower.com . Both servers are part of the Windows Essential Server Solutions that help small Read More...
Join in the Digital Worldwide Partner Conference
The Worldwide Partner Conference is in full swing in Houston, Texas. More than 7,000 partners representing 145 countries have gathered at Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center to learn more about business growth opportunities and product innovation Read More...
Windows Roadmap Updated
Bill Veghte, Senior Vice President at Microsoft, explores the plans for Windows XP, progress with Windows Vista , and the view toward Windows 7 in an open letter to Windows customers. Security and other critical updates continue for Windows XP through Read More...
BizTalk 2006 R3
With the upcoming release of SQL Server 2008, a refresh of BizTalk 2006 will be released to support SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, and the .NET Framework 3.5. This is not a new release of BizTalk Server per se ... it will be built on the existing Read More...
Are Software Factories relevant (for ISV's)?
I would guess, that as an architect the answer to such a general question would be "it depends" . Obviously Software Factories are no "silver bullet", but they might have the potential to elevate software development to the next maturity level, at least Read More...
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