http://dotnet.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from .NETDJ News Desk Copyright 2008 .NET DEVELOPER'S JOURNAL Fri, 16 May 2008 04:14:00 GMT .NET DEVELOPER'S JOURNAL 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/564247.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/564247.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 12:15:00 GMT db4objects has announced that its db4o object database is now optimized for Microsoft's LINQ. With the new support, developers can choose an object-oriented optimized engine without changing the API or compromising performance. db4object's db4o database offers a persistence solution to store objects of any complexity natively with a single line of code. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/563181.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/563181.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:00 GMT Xceed launched Xceed Upload for Silverlight, the commercial offering in support of Microsoft's promising new Silverlight technology. The product is available now for purchase or as a fully functional 45-day trial on Xceed's website. Xceed Upload for Silverlight lets developers add upload capabilities to any Silverlight 2 Beta 1 application. All upload operations are asynchronous; as a result, the Web page hosting the Silverlight application remains perfectly responsive and usable throughout the transfer. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/558497.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/558497.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 17:45:00 GMT 'I hereby formally withdraw Microsoft's proposal to acquire Yahoo,' writes a disgruntled Steve Ballmer in this letter to Jerry Yang. Yang's tactic of cosying up to Google seems to have been the straw that broke the camel's back. As a service to SYS-CON.com readers we bring you the full text of the letter http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/559184.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/559184.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT The Dot Net Factory introduced EmpowerID Role Enforcer for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, the role-based entitlement management application for SharePoint permissions. EmpowerID Role Enforcer for SharePoint enables enterprise-wide access control, auditing, and enforcement of policy for all SharePoint Server 2007 environments. EmpowerID Role Enforcer for SharePoint is available and is offered as an optional module for the EmpowerID Version 4.0 Identity and Entitlement Management suite. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/554945.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/554945.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:30:00 GMT Neudesic announced the release of version 2.0 of Neuron-ESB. Neuron-ESB is an Enterprise Service Bus that extends the Microsoft Platform by providing real-time messaging, integration and web service management. Neuron-ESB accelerates SOA adoption by helping companies successfully implement real-time integration across their enterprise, allowing timely response to changing events within their business. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/553627.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/553627.htm Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:15:00 GMT Telerik announced the landmark release of its Q1 2008 RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX and WinForms, and Telerik Reporting. The new release represents a final touch in Telerik's goal to offer a comprehensive and mature toolset of next-generation web and desktop components. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/553510.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/553510.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:15:00 GMT BluePhoenix announced that it has expanded its collaboration with Microsoft on legacy modernization projects. The collaboration provides customers moving their applications or databases to .NET-based environments the best in both modernization services and technical support. BluePhoenix enables organizations to modernize their legacy data stores such as ADABAS, IDMS, IMS and VSAM to SQL Server, and from application languages such as COBOL, Natural, RPG and PowerBuilder to .NET. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/547790.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/547790.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:30:00 GMT Xceed is poised to launch Xceed Upload for Silverlight, its offering in support of Microsoft's promising new Silverlight technology. Slated for release in May or June 2008, Xceed Upload for Silverlight provides programmers with HTTP upload capabilities for C# and VB.NET development using Silverlight. Whether client software needs to upload single files, groups of files, or strings to Web servers, Xceed Upload for Silverlight makes implementation fast and easy. In batch mode, file transfer is deferred, letting the application gather data from different sources, such as form controls, performing the actual transfer when it is ready. Uploads are asynchronous for optimum performance, so the client software remains responsive throughout the operation. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/544736.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/544736.htm Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:15:00 GMT DataDirect and an operating company of Progress Software Corporation announced Pervasive Software has embedded custom engineered DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET providers from DataDirect Technologies into the Pervasive PSQL Summit version 10 relational database. Microsoft .NET Framework users now have reliable, secure and high-performance access to application-critical data residing in the PSQL database. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/545966.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/545966.htm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:15:00 GMT Microsoft announced that the EBSnet Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stack is included as a component of the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework 2.5. With TCP/IP, the .NET Micro Framework is delivering on the vision of helping to create new business opportunities for developers that build solutions for small network-enabled devices, by allowing them to communicate with the Internet. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/544947.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/544947.htm Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT Gomez announced support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) 8 beta 1. Using the Gomez ExperienceFirst platform of on-demand web application experience testing and measurement services, developers can quickly understand how existing and new applications will look and perform in IE8, as well as the impact of IE8 on their infrastructure. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/538036.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/538036.htm Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:30:00 GMT Mainsoft announced that its latest release of Mainsoft products provide full support for Microsoft's ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions and AJAX Control Toolkit. Mainsoft for Java EE, version 2.2, allows Visual C# and Visual Basic developers to use ASP.NET 2.0 components from Microsoft to create Java pages with sophisticated, responsive user interfaces and efficient client-server communications by adding a few server controls to their ASP.NET pages. Ported applications deliver equivalent performance and scalability on Java as the original application delivers in .NET. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/535690.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/535690.htm Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT 'We are very excited about this release and can't wait to see what you will build with it,' said WebORB's Mark Piller as he announced recently the release of WebORB 3.4 for .NET as a free product. 'You do not need any license keys and can use the product without extra license cost for development, staging and production purposes,' he added. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/533703.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/533703.htm Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:00:00 GMT Codice announced Plastic SCM, a cross-platform software configuration management solution that streamlines how software applications are assembled. Application development teams use Plastic SCM to manage parallel development, where multiple developers work on building software at once, even from geographically dispersed locations. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/526729.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/526729.htm Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:00:00 GMT Val Morgan Cinema Network is a provider of screen advertising, with operations in Australia, New Zealand and a joint venture in the UAE. In Australia and New Zealand Val Morgan holds the advertising rights to virtually all cinemas, including those operated by the major cinema exhibition chains and independent operators. The company's attention is focused on the national advertising market with approximately 80 employees based in offices throughout Australia and New Zealand. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/528668.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/528668.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:30:00 GMT OPNET announced the availability of Release 5.0 of OPNET Panorama, its solution for real-time application monitoring and analytics across complex, multi-server infrastructures. This latest release extends Panorama's deep instrumentation to .NET applications, delivering full life-cycle application performance management for .NET and Java environments in a single solution. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/526698.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/526698.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:00:00 GMT Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air together serve 92 cities through an expansive network throughout Alaska, the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico. Known for embracing innovative technology to improve the customer experience, Alaska Airlines has won numerous awards for its frequent flyer program and eCommerce Website. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/523052.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/523052.htm Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:15:00 GMT Mortgage bankers now have a new tool to re-engineer their Microsoft technology based applications. Visionet's Enterprise Systems Framework (ESF.NET) enables re-engineering using built-in database and servicing system connections, single logon capability, SOA based architecture, and ready-to-use components. The platform provides all the needed utilities to manage the presentation, business, and database layers separately. ESF.NET extends its capabilities through tight integration with Microsoft BizTalk and SharePoint. Visionet has utilized this platform to develop a number of applications during the last year. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/519840.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/519840.htm Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:15:00 GMT Brad Abrams, a popular keynote speaker at AJAXWorld Conference & Expo in 2007, recently ran into an issue with using Silverlight 2 on a production web server. Basically the Silverlight 2 application worked great on his dev machine, but when hit from the production web server he found 'the page has the Silverlight control, but just a white canvas, nothing else.' He recently blogged about how to fix it. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/515365.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/515365.htm Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:15:00 GMT PreEmptive Solutions announced the availability of Dotfuscator Professional 4.3. This release includes enhanced application tamper defense and heuristics that automatically extend protection to applications that incorporate advanced Microsoft .NET Framework components and programming techniques. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/515578.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/515578.htm Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:30:00 GMT Speaking to the Financial Times, Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Raymond Ozzie commented last week when asked about the likely trajectory of any Microsoft-Yahoo! integration, if the companies did indeed ever merge: 'Technology companies, if they dive in and just smash things together for smashing them together's sake, it's reckless, it's just simply reckless.' http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/511772.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/511772.htm Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:45:00 GMT USA.NET announced that it is using the advanced features and capabilities of Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP1, SharePoint Services 3.0 and other software applications and utilities to provide its clients with a more fully integrated eMessaging experience. 'Our latest expanded integration is part of our commitment to provide our clients with the best solutions and service available on an ongoing basis,' said USA.NET President Doug Howard. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/511558.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/511558.htm Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:15:00 GMT 'As computing continues to become more powerful, more affordable and more connected it will give billions more people around the world a chance to take advantage of incredible new social and economic opportunities so they can lead better lives. And that will truly be revolutionary.' With those words, Steve Ballmer has been telling attendees at CeBIT in Germany about what he calls the 'Fifth Revolution' in computer technology. But what were the first four? http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/509343.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/509343.htm Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:30:00 GMT Xceed unveiled an upgraded Xceed DataGrid for WPF. Version 2.0 of Xceed DataGrid for WPF Professional Edition features the addition of hierarchical master/detail. Xceed's support for WPF will help facilitate adoption of Microsoft's next-generation platform, which lets developers create desktop and rich client applications. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/508542.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/508542.htm Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:00:00 GMT Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 to an audience of 4,000 customers and partners at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, CA, yesterday. The top four benefits of Server 2008, Ballmer stated, are virtualization, more server roles like Server Core, embedded high availability, and new energy-efficient features. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/507888.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/507888.htm Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:15:00 GMT Infragistics announced that NetAdvantage for .Net 2008 volume 1 and NetAdvantage for WPF 2007 volume 2 are compatible with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. The NetAdvantage user interface components take advantage of many of the new features in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 to enable developers and development teams to create immersive user experiences and compelling applications. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/506541.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/506541.htm Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:45:00 GMT Many .NET applications fail to meet user requirements because they do not provide optimal access to underlying Oracle, Sybase, or DB2 databases. The root cause is often unmanaged ADO.NET data providers shipped by the database vendor or from Microsoft. In this paper, SQL Server MVP and SSWUG co-founder Stephen Wynkoop explores common misperceptions about data access technologies, describes the optimum architecture for ADO.NET data providers, and highlights key selection criteria for developers. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/506615.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/506615.htm Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:45:00 GMT Extended Validation SSL Certificates. Extended Validation (EV) is a new standard in SSL certificates. This guide explains the needs which drove the development of this standard and how it addresses contemporary security challenges. It also delves into the integration of EV certificates into new high security browsers such as Microsoft's IE7. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/505856.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/505856.htm Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Kevin Johnson, president of Microsoft's platform and services division, sent round an email on Friday to provide Microsoft employees of the Platforms & Services Division with an update on the company's Feb. 1 proposal to combine with Yahoo! We bring you here the text in full. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/499640.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/499640.htm Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:45:00 GMT 'It is unfortunate that Yahoo! has not embraced our full and fair proposal to combine our companies,' wrote Microsoft yesterday in a response to the rejection by the Yahoo! board of directors of its $44.6BN acquisition proposal. 'Based on conversations with stakeholders of both companies, we are confident that moving forward promptly to consummate a transaction is in the best interests of all parties.' http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/495862.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/495862.htm Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT 'When we first released Windows Vista last year, there were lots of customers who had great experiences, but some had issues finding applications that worked well on Windows Vista,' wrote Microsoft's Mike Nash yesterday candidly on the official Windows Vista Blog. 'The good news,' he continued, 'is that this last year has been a great year of progress for Windows Vista in terms of improving application and device compatibility.' http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/494430.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/494430.htm Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:45:00 GMT Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo! Inc. Board of Directors to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion. SYS-CON.com here brings you the full text of the letter that Microsoft sent to Yahoo!'s Board of Directors. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/494691.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/494691.htm Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:15:00 GMT OpenLink announced the commercial availability of Release 6.1 of its high-performance and secure Universal Data Access Drivers. The updated components support new and older releases of Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, IBM DB2, IBM Informix, Ingres, Progress Open Edge, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Firebird, across Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/493764.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/493764.htm Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT CodeGear announced the sale of a 1 million seat license deal to the Russian Federal Agency of Education for teaching programming and application development to Russian students. CodeGear's products -- Delphi, Delphi for .NET, and C++ Builder - will be available for use in all of Russia's primary and secondary schools to teach its new generation of computer programmers. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/491549.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/491549.htm Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:15:00 GMT PreEmptive Solutions announced that it has launched a Professional Services organization and is shipping new releases of DashO, Dotfuscator Gold, Dotfuscator Professional, Dotfuscator Community Edition (CE) and Dotfuscator CE Enhanced. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/491547.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/491547.htm Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:15:00 GMT AccuRev now offers significantly more software configuration management (SCM) functionality, productivity and performance enhancements for its AccuBridge for Visual Studio 2005 plug-in directly in the Visual Studio IDE. AccuBridge for Visual Studio 2005, which now implements the SCC provider interfaces that are part of the Visual Studio packages, also adds significantly improved usability over the previous integration, which was based on the Microsoft Common Source Code Control Interface. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/490927.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/490927.htm Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:15:00 GMT Brussels-based VRcontext has announced the release of Walkinside Version 5 virtual reality software. Walkinside software has been redeveloped to deliver faster, more intuitive navigation of large complex production assets using .NET technology, which enables remote collaboration through the Internet with online virtualization tools that are accessible even from low-end workstations. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/490290.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/490290.htm Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:45:00 GMT There are many controls and extenders provided by the AJAX Control Toolkit that can be used to enhance ASP.NET user interfaces. The ValidatorCallout is used with the existing validation controls to show a nice box with the validation message that points to the field in error. The CollapsiblePanel provides an area of the screen that can be collapsed to hide the content but leave a title bar with the header. The ModalPopup displays a popup window and disables the remainder of the page. There are many controls provided which provide a much richer experience for ASP.NET Web sites. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/488162.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/488162.htm Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT The clock is ticking and the time is near for the 2008 Server and Tools Launch of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 marking the largest ever IT Professional and Developer outreach in the history of Microsoft. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/483575.htmhttp://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/483575.htm Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:30:00 GMT In this session, Laurence Moroney, Microsoft, will introduce Silverlight 2.0 and how it can be used to easily and productively build next generation Rich Interactive Applications using C#, XAML, JavaScript, AJAX and more. He will demonstrate how to go from Zero-to-Hero as well as how to build more complex nTier applications with Silverlight at the front end, as well as using Silverlight with PHP, Java and other back-end technologies.