General : Dubai Metro 090909

Dubai has joined the world’s elite cities for transport and convenience with the inaugural run of its urban rail network. Although some of its stations are not completed yet, the Dubai Metro is the world’s longest driverless train system with more than 70km (43 miles) of track costing around $7.6 billion. The city inaugurated this on [...]

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General: iPhone vs iStone

Many say the initial version of Apple’s  iPhone was the “game” changer. Here is what exactly made it happen – comparing to something that was in the “market” centuries ago..

All in good fun

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Wedding Entrance Dance

The Minnesota couple, both 28, decided to add a little flavour into their June 20 wedding day, so they choreographed a memorable entrance dance set to Chris Brown’s “Forever”
 
The entrance began with the bridesmaids and groomsmen then followed by the groom somersaulting his way to the altar before his bride strolled flashing her dance skills to the delight of [...]

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Comparing BizTalk with WebSphere Integration Server

This document helps you understand the key technologies from Microsoft and IBM in the integration space.  It then compares and contrasts the various products and technologies.
 This document was done in 2005. I’m not sure if there is an updated study to compare the two offerings?
Document: Click here

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Pakistan crowned World Cup Champions (20-20)

There is no stopping Afridi when he is on a roll. This is exactly what the Sri Lankans and South Africans found out when he produced some magic with the bat and ball to win first world cup for Pakistan in the 20-20 format. On comparison I would rate Sri Lanka as a better team [...]

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General: How Microsoft delivers successful software (SDC)

Microsoft Australia’s Solutions Development Centre (SDC) has been successfully delivering complex custom-developed applications for customers. This session elaborates on those practices at the Microsoft Development Center (North Ryde, Sydney)
 In the presentations below we provide an overview of the SDC, a day in the life for the team and details on how we approach each of the key [...]

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General: Microsoft Remix – For the web developer

Incase you are passionate about Web technologies on the Microsoft platform – this bit is for you.. Microsoft Remix is the place to advance your web development and design skills, get in-depth exposure to exciting new Microsoft technologies
 Agenda: http://www.microsoft.com/australia/remix/agenda/schedule.aspx

Create the User Experience you want in SharePoint
Silverlight 3 Super Session
What’s new Expression 3
Azure with David Burela
Building great standards [...]

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Training: Code Camp OZ

Code Camp Oz is a .NET developer community-driven event which allows people with interests across the .NET platform to come together in one location and see many expert presenters, present on a wide range of developer topics. Its been quite a successful event since they were held for the first time in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
When: 4th and [...]

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General: Microsoft Vision Video 2019

 
Long time without a post…
 
I was going through the Microsoft Vision Video yesterday. This is aimed at how collaboration might shape up in the future – with content collaboration and sharing across teams, organizations and networks.
 
I think the video is great in the sense of watching a movie ad J OR a projecting the “Microsoft [...]

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Gaining business agility through SOA

SOA is a topic that needs alot to be thought and talked about. One such area is about gaining business agility. 
 
Consider the following five factors
(i)   Development productivity
Choosing the right tool to solve the business problem is of fundamental importance. The same applies to SOA. In the past year or so, a lot of investment has [...]

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