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Pinpoint Evolves Into App Marketplace
At Professional Developers Conference 2009 (PDC09) , Microsoft announced Pinpoint will evolve to become a marketplace that supports the full sales and delivery life cycle, including purchase, fulfillment and post-sale business services. This will provide Read More...
BizSpark Fires Up Startups
BizSpark is celebrating its first anniversary. BizSpark, a global program designed to catalyze the success of entrepreneurs by making Microsoft’s end-to-end software solutions available to early-stage startups with no upfront costs. More than 25,000 startups Read More...
White Paper: The Time to Move to the Cloud is Now
“The challenge for software vendors is no longer about when to include or even shift entirely to SaaS, software-plus services, or other Cloud-based solutions. The time is now. The challenge is how to make it happen,” according to a white paper written Read More...
Roadmap for Windows Azure Transition From CTP to Business
Windows Azure team has announced the transition from the Community Technology Preview (CTP) to the release and had provided information for developers who want to continue development. Transition from CTP to Business Windows Azure will go live at Professional Read More...
Editor Choice - Architecture Journal Editor Explores Infrastructure, Silverlight, Web Resources
Architecture Journal editor has chosen several articles that may be of interest. Topics represent forward thinking regarding how you architect your systems. The Architecture Journal is an independent platform for free thinkers and practitioners of IT Read More...
Is Your Application Listed in Windows 7 Compatibility Center?
Microsoft has announced the availability of two great tools to help your customers determine if you are ready for Windows 7: Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Windows 7 Compatibility Center The announcement was made on the Windows Team Blog at Windows 7 Upgrade Read More...
New Visual Studio 2010 + MSDN Packages Offer More Value
Microsoft is making updates to the MSDN website and subscription details/benefits to better meet our customers’ needs. Microsoft is adding new benefits including complimentary e-learning, Azure compute hours and Team Foundation Server. For more information, Read More...
Update Your Server Application Certification
If you have passed the Works with Windows Server 2008 application certification Microsoft will pay for you to certification to Works with Windows Server 2008 R2 . No charge through October 31. You have your choice of testing partners too. By developing Read More...
Windows Azure World Tour Comes to Reston, Dallas, Silicon Valley
You are invited to join Dave Chappell when he discusses Windows Azure and Cloud Computing across the United States. Chappell is leading authority on cloud computing and has written the white paper for Microsoft describing the Windows Azure Platform architecture. Read More...
Windows Azure Business Side Explained From Developer Point of View
The business model from a developer point of view for Windows Azure is explained by Microsoft veteran and Software Architect George Moore in a video on Channel 9. Moore is involved in defining and implementing an how Microsoft is taking Windows Azure Read More...
More Happy is Coming
Kylie is back. Kylie made her debut in a commercial earlier this year, plugging the Windows Live Photo Gallery, in which she color-corrects and e-mails a photo of her pet fish Dorothy to her family. In this ad, Kylie put together a slide show of the latest Read More...
Action Pack Subscription Includes Windows 7, Training, Sales Guidance
Many members of the Microsoft Partner Network are enrolled in a program called Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS) . Action Pack provides Registered Members of the Microsoft Partner Network with internal-use, full-version software and sales resources Read More...
Inside the Azure Pricing Model
Doug Hauger, Azure General Manager, owns the business side of the Windows Azure Platform pricing. How was the pricing determined? This interview on Channel 9 describes the thoughts behind the pricing and what it means to partners. Meet one of the key Read More...
How to Ready Your Web Applications for Windows Server 2008 R2
The Chief Technology Officers (CTO) of ISVs that I work with are asking me how they can set their applications apart from their competitors. One of the most visible ways is to show you are a thought leader and support the next generation technology, like Read More...
How to Get Started Now with Touch in Your Windows 7 Applications
Martin Heller at Infoworld has put together an article that describes why and how ISVs can support Touch and Multi-Touch in Windows 7 applications and Silverlight 3 applications. The article is entitled, Targeting Windows 7? Support touch . He says, “Many Read More...
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