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	Free Microsoft Windows Phone 7 developer tools released At the start of its annual MIX 10 Web developer conference, Microsoft announced the immediate free release of mobile-enabled versions of its latest core development tools for Windows Phone 7. Read More WEBCAST: ShoreTel A Lower Cost Approach to UC Learn about a switch-based architecture that provides the industry's lowest total cost of ownership while exploiting the full power of IP. See why this system beats the market leaders and has over 1 million users like Big Brothers/Big Sisters who candidly discuss their selection process, goals and ultimate success in moving to UC. Learn More! In this Issue Microsoft: No native code for Windows Phone 7 Silverlight: Windows Phone 7 secret weapon Windows Phone 7 at MIX 10: details, details, details 'Who's going to be the Microsoft of the cloud?' Uh, Microsoft? DynaTrace digs deep to manage Microsoft application performance Any port in a storm? Not quite with the DAC… Microsoft to offer Web analytics for Silverlight Microsoft touts Windows Phone 7 Series and Silverlight 4 Should we or shouldn't we? Adoption of social media by the Fortune 500 WEBCAST: Actuate Discover BIRT. Understand how BIRT simplifies and speeds to market the development of rich information applications. In this presentation, a technical expert behind BIRT will demonstrate a customer-facing application in action with Flash, Ajax, and JavaScript interactivity. Click Here! Microsoft: No native code for Windows Phone 7 Microsoft officials Monday confirmed at the company's MIX 10 developers event in Las Vegas that native applications will not be allowed on Windows Phone 7 devices. Only applications running in the Silverlight runtime environment or games in the XNA Game Studio runtime will be allowed. Read More Silverlight: Windows Phone 7 secret weapon Microsoft is using the MIX'10 Web developer conference in Las Vegas this week as a platform for unveiling new details about the upcoming Windows Phone 7 series. One detail, which could drive support for Windows Phone 7 apps, is the reliance on Silverlight as a development platform. Read More Windows Phone 7 at MIX 10: details, details, details Microsoft will dig into the details of Windows Phone 7 at the MIX10 conference, starting this Sunday in Las Vegas. The MIX Windows Phone sessions will, one hopes, fill in a lot of the questions that Microsoft, stubbornly and needlessly in my view, left unanswered since the original unveiling of Windows Phone 7 last month. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP WAN Design – Don't Buy More than You Need This Gartner research note examines the methodology organizations should employ when designing a WAN. It offers advice on how to ensure that important applications are networked with sufficient performance and that there is not an "overspend" on less important applications and provides guidance on meeting unique network needs. Read Now. 'Who's going to be the Microsoft of the cloud?' Uh, Microsoft? IDC analyst Frank Gens asked a provocative question at the IDC Directions 2010 conference today in Santa Clara, Calif.: "Who's going to be the Microsoft of the cloud?"Had Steve Ballmer been in the audience, he would have likely jumped up and yelled, "Yo, Frank. Microsoft is going to be the Microsoft of the cloud! Didn't you see my speech?" Read More DynaTrace digs deep to manage Microsoft application performance Management software maker dynaTrace introduces the third-generation of its application performance management software that will help Microsoft application users better manage SharePoint, SQL Server while integrating with products such as Systems Center Operations Manager. Read More Any port in a storm? Not quite with the DAC… A useful feature introduced in SQL Server 2005 was the Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC). It allows an administrator to be able to connect to SQL Server when normal connections (even their own) are hanging. There are certain restrictions, but at least you can connect and run T-SQL commands such as sp_who, sp_who2, sp_lock and most importantly KILL. Killing a connection will rollback the transaction, free up locked resources and may prevent the need for a restart which is always appreciated, especially in production. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware 5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performanc This eBook, compiled by Network World, explores the pressing issues, from dealing with outages and evaluating performance monitoring services, to the impact of virtualization. Get expert tips to optimize your Web apps. Learn More Now Microsoft to offer Web analytics for Silverlight Microsoft at its Mix10 conference on Monday will introduce a framework enabling Web analytics to be performed for Siliverlight rich media applications. Read More Microsoft touts Windows Phone 7 Series and Silverlight 4 Microsoft at its Mix10 conference on Monday showed off application capabilities for its Windows Phone 7 Series platform and offered a release candidate for its upcoming Silverlight 4 rich Internet application plug-in technology. Read More Should we or shouldn't we? Adoption of social media by the Fortune 500 Before jumping in to technology trends, many organizations want to understand what other firms are doing. If you need some data to support exploring social computing in your organization, take a look at this study. Read More
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