January 2004 Entries
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DreamFactory Software accelerates the rapid construction of rich client user interfaces for enterprise web applications powered by XML documents and web services. This standards-based approach streamlines design, enhances user experience, reduces network traffic, and dramatically lowers development costs. Companies such as salesforce.com and Grand Central Communications use DreamFactory to build dynamic browser-based environments that enable their end users to create custom applications with web...
If you haven't read this, I highly recommend it ... http://www.gotdotnet.com/Co
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Good Article here ... http://www.informit.com/isa...
A new build of ShadowFax is out : Build 1.23.2004 (via Christian Weyer) For information, ShadowFax is an SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) reference application by the Patterns and Practices (PAG) at Microsoft...
Great Tips from da man ... http://www.joelonsoftware.c
Via Microsoft Monitor ... http://www.microsoftmonitor... Microsoft Business Solutions saw year-over-year growth of 41 percent to $190 million. Microsoft attributed much of the growth to licensing sales of Navision and Business Contact Manager. BCM is a client-relationship management add-on to Outlook that ships with three of the six Office 2003 versions. I would consider BCM a direct competitor to ACT! and Goldmine, so over-time sales could be significant. Early BCM success...
The purpose of this application is to create a simple Notification application (ala Instant Messenger). Upon receiving an alert, the application will display some "toast" in the lower right-hand corner of your desktop. The alert will display a message and will execute an action when clicked on. http://www.codeproject.com/... Comments/Feedback Welcome
A recent study by the Yankee group gave some interesting insight into the disconnect between what customers want and what major software vendors (i.e. Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, etc) are delivering. The reason for customer dissatisfaction can be found in the disconnect between those attributes the study's subjects listed as most important for the "perfect" ERP vendor and those associated with software makers. Many of the vendors, especially Oracle and PeopleSoft, were seen as cutting edge in technology...
via http://www.technologyreview... 10 Emerging Technologies That Will Change Your World Universal TranslationSynthetic BiologyNanowiresBayesian Machine LearningT-RaysDistributed StorageRNA InterferencePower Grid Control Microfluidic Optical FibersPersonal Genomics ...
Looks like Amazon.com are on a hiring spree ... see the reference in the following article ... http://www.eweek.com/articl... “Much of Killalea's keynote amounted to a thinly veiled recruiting pitch for additional developers.“ http://www.amazon.com/jobs
Interesting article over at eWeek ... http://www.eweek.com/articl... The following quote makes me wonder about the “Simple” in SOAP ... “In June 2002, Amazon made many of its Web services interfaces public as a software developer kit; the services provide access to the data within Amazon's entire product catalog and much of the functionality of the site used by both customers and merchants who sell through Amazon. The services can be accessed via both Simple...