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Court ruling could make Microsoft bolder than ever
News Microsoft's most ambitious project this year may be HailStorm, one of the cornerstones of the Microsoft .Net initiative, a plan to turn software from a product installed by customers into an Internet-delivered service.
[June 29, 2001, 9:04]
Web services get into the Groove
News Check out the latest developments on .Net, Java, Liberty Alliance, Passport and other technologies at ZDNet UK's Web Services News Section, including analysis, case studies and management issues. With the product integration, businesses can treat...
[February 4, 2003, 14:24]
Novell merges Linux tech into new product
News The software also will come with RealNetworks' media player; Mono, the open-source clone of Microsoft's .Net infrastructure, a version of the OpenOffice.org software suite customised so its graphics are consistent with other software, and Novell's...
[August 9, 2004, 11:30]
Microsoft simplifies Shared Source programme
News In November, Microsoft intends to release version 2.0 of the company's Bluetooth wrapper, which is designed to make it easier to write .Net applications for Bluetooth devices. Viewing the code enables other companies to create closer integration...
[October 19, 2005, 17:05]
Microsoft Money 2003 review
Reviews If you’re a fan of Microsoft’s .NET Passport features, you can use these details to password-protect your Money files. Better online support, clearer goal definition and improved integration with online content all benefit this version of Money.
[November 27, 2002, 9:19]
Microsoft OOXML finds favour in Malaysia
News The Microsoft .Net-based system will incorporate OOXML as one of its standards. Soon said OOXML allows users to have direct integration into their backend systems, such as sales ordering and accounting systems.
[January 16, 2008, 10:48]
Microsoft blesses VM technology
News For example, one of my former companies used a virtual machine environment to provide the beta two version of the Microsoft .Net Development environment to over 500 developers nationwide by hosting the development environment on shared virtual...
[March 11, 2003, 8:25]
Windows 6.0/Longhorn: an early look review
Reviews As with .NET, compilation takes place during installation to ensure that it is fully aligned with the processor architecture. In this respect, it is similar to the .NET model, in that managed and non-managed code can coexist.
[February 21, 2003, 15:41]
Microsoft takes wraps off CRM software
News Microsoft is relying instead on the new product's ties to its upcoming line of .Net software as a main selling point, said one reseller. The Professional Edition includes features for more complex setups with tools for business work flow...
[January 22, 2003, 8:11]
Sitecore Online Marketing Suite review
Reviews To put it in context, OMS is a module that sits alongside Sitecore CMS, which runs on Windows Server, SQL Server 2005 and .NET 3.5. According to Gamblen, once you've identified visitors, you need to qualify them by their progress through the web...
[June 4, 2009, 12:24]
Novell: Fighting the Microsoft FUD machine
News Novell is also pushing forward two high-profile initiatives in which Ximian and its developers have played a central role: Gnome, one of the two main graphical user environments used with Linux and Unix desktops, and Mono, which allows...
[June 23, 2004, 14:20]
Office Communications Server 2007 review
Reviews First, this checked for the presence of Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable and Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. Further integration with external systems is needed to make voice calls using the public-switched telephone network...
[October 16, 2007, 10:11]
Microsoft targets IBM midrange server customers
News One of the key messages from Microsoft and its partners is that there are tools that allow customers to take advantage of their investment in programs that run on IBM's AS/400 servers, moving them to Microsoft's .Net program environment without...
[December 14, 2004, 12:40]
Open source threatens Java servers
News The challenge is to transform JBoss -- like (Microsoft's) .Net -- into a production standard. Those companies can't make money on it anymore," said John Montgomery, group product manager for Microsoft's .Net developer platform.
[February 14, 2003, 14:04]
Commerce Server 2002 released to manufacture
News Commerce Server 2002, Microsoft's latest addition to its .Net Web services framework, was released to manufacture on Wednesday. Commerce Server 2002, an application for building e-commerce Web sites, adds a number of new features, the most...
[April 9, 2002, 16:47]
Microsoft beams video to mobiles
News In addition to providing Windows and .Net software expertise for the package, Microsoft said its telecommunications team will help market and deliver MobileVision to wireless operators. TWI will offer service infrastructure, integration...
[March 12, 2004, 10:25]
IT skills set for pay boost in 2005
News Hot" skills identified for the next 12 months include storage (EMC, Brocade, Veritas); security (CISSP, CISM, CISA); networking (Cisco, VoIP); Web services (XML, .Net, WebSphere); messaging; and Linux and open source.
[December 3, 2004, 13:15]
Microsoft sets January date for Azure
News He said Azure now supported more than the original subset of ASP.NET, including native code in C, C++ and Java and open web development tools including PHP and MySQL. Integration with Visual Studio 2010 will simplify application development and...
[November 18, 2009, 7:34]
Seamless integration? Get real
News XML, .Net and SOAP can all make a big difference to companies that have legacy and customised applications," he says. There's no simple answer to real-time integration. Getting to that level of integration is the Holy Grail for most of the IT...
[December 10, 2003, 10:55]
Oracle-Siebel merger gets mixed reaction
News Microsoft competes with Oracle in the applications market with .Net, while IBM competes head-to-head in the database arena with DB2. Integration between PeopleSoft, Oracle and Siebel will be done out of the box over time," Lochhead said, noting...
[September 13, 2005, 8:50]
