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Agile Tools Help Teams Hit SOA Targets
If it’s not what you do for a living, it’s something you should think about paying someone else to do. Configuring, maintaining and updating a development team’s life-cycle management tool set seems like an excellent example, and Rally Software Development Corp.’s forthcoming Rally Release 5 looks like an attractive option for improved process quality —…
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What’s Wrong with This Code? Java Swing and Threading
Ready to test your coding knowledge? In this article, I challenge you to examine two Java Swing examples, specifically using threads. Each are wrong, in a subtle but painful way. See if you can identify the problem before I show you the best way to correct the offending code. Let’s start with a thread blocking…
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Digest: News from Microsoft, Shavlik Technologies, Secure Elements
Microsoft unveils plans for the channel at its Worldwide Partner Conference, while Shavlik Technologies and Secure Elements launch new channel partner programs. Microsoft Announces New Solutions at Worldwide Partner Conference At its worldwide partner conference, held this week in Minneapolis, channel partners are learning about new releases of a variety of products that could affect…
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Microsoft Partners Question Microsoft’s Vertical Push
MINNEAPOLIS—The easiest question that Microsoft senior VP Doug Burgum fielded during an open Q&A session with channel partners on Thursday: What is the difference between a bison and a buffalo? After that one—which North Dakota native Burgum handled with ease—the questions got a lot tougher, as MBS (Microsoft Business Solutions) partners at the worldwide partner…
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Microsoft Seeks to Decouple the ‘MB’ From SMB
MINNEAPOLIS — To Microsoft, the small/mid-size business (SMB) segment is no longer a single entity. Here at the company’s annual worldwide partner conference this week, Microsoft is planning to announce new programs aimed at what its officials now claim are two very different and distinct types of businesses. Microsoft is now targeting mid-size customers with…
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Upgrading Typed DataSets in Visual Studio 2005
Typed DataSets are a common feature in .NET development projects. With the release this year of Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0, how will your Typed DataSet projects fare in the upgrade process? In this article, I discuss how the 2.0 Typed DataSets differ from the 1.x ones, and how upgrading your projects…
