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whitepaper Java/JRuby Developers, Say Open 'Sesame' to the Semantic Web2008-08-22 JupiterMedia
  The core concept of the semantic web is integrating and using data from different sources. Using semantic web technologies such as RDF/RDFS and the SPARQL query language to integrate and use data from disparate sources has some advantages over using a standard relational database. The Resource Description Framework (RDF) uses predicates to define relationships between data objects, and RDF Schema (RDFS), which is written in RDF, offers a modeling language for knowledge representation and ontology development. Used together, these technologies enable the user to use information from disparate sources in different formats/schemas without having to convert the data to a "Standard format" - as one would with a relational database.

Tags: Web Services, Application Development		   
whitepaper Air Transport Company Enhances Collaboration With Synchronized Solution2008-08-21 Microsoft
  With offices spread throughout Europe and North America, SATA faced challenges maintaining its geographically dispersed IT infrastructure. Network connections were often slow and unreliable due to the low throughput of dedicated lines - ranging from 128 to 1,024 KiloBytes per second (KBps) - that supported the systems. Off late, SATA worked with Microsoft Consulting Services on an implementation of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. After hearing about the company's document management and collaboration challenges, the consultants recommended Microsoft Office Groove 2007 software.

Tags: Document Management, Collaboration Tools		   
whitepaper Australian Company Delivers Solutions Faster, Expands Capabilities With HPC Solution2008-08-21 Microsoft
  ISA Technologies, an IT services and innovative solutions provider in Australia, wanted to enhance its High-Performance Computing (HPC) services. By deploying Windows HPC Server 2008, it can support more line-of-business applications, and it has standardized its deployment processes. In addition, more employees, including application developers who use the Microsoft .NET Framework, can develop software for the new cluster.

Tags: Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper Interpreting Images With MRDS Services2008-08-21 JupiterMedia
  Most people do not realize how difficult it can be to process a digital image and extract meaningful data, such as information required to drive a robot or operate an embedded platform. Humans see the world as a series of concrete images, but robots using a web cam see it as an array of red, green, and blue pixel values. To extract meaningful visual data out of this array of pixel values, one needs special software. That's what the robot example in this paper does. To better understand how a robot can process digital images, this paper describes how to use Microsoft Robotics Development Studio (MRDS), version 2.0 to create a simulation in which a LEGO NXT Tribot follows a black line.

Tags: Programming Languages, Application Development		   
whitepaper New Security Features in SQL Server 20082008-08-20 Microsoft
  Data platform security has taken center stage at may customers and federal agencies over the last few years and SQL server has been leading the way in lower vulnerability. SQL Server 2008 is extending the legacy of security being a key feature by including several new features including: Auditing, Transparent Data Encryption, Change Data Capture, and Extensible Key Management. This webcast shows these features and how to use them to easily add additional layers of security to the data platform.

Tags: Database Management		   
whitepaper MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Going From Developer to 'Dev-igner' With Frank La Vigne (Level 200)2008-08-20 Microsoft
  Yearning to become a "Dev-igner," a developer/designer hybrid? The old cliché is that developers make poor designers, and many developers needlessly tremble at the site of designer tools such as Microsoft Expression or Photoshop. Graphic design is a process, just like software development. If one learns the basics, he or she can soon turn out better user experiences and find inspiration in the world. The presenter of this webcast shares tips and techniques on how technologies such as Microsoft Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and XAML can help to retire the "Battleship gray" UIs so often sported by applications. Turtlenecks and berets are optional.

Tags: .NET, Application Development		   
whitepaper Easier C++: An Introduction to Concepts2008-08-18 JupiterMedia
  Every C++ programmer has had one of those days: A simple use of a template library turns into a nightmare, with pages upon pages of error messages streaming out of the compiler. Somewhere in that proverbial haystack are the clues the programmer will need to determine exactly what went wrong - an error about a missing + operator here, an incompatible type assignment there - but the programmer knows he is in for a long search through the grisly internals of the template library, or a visit from the local C++ template guru. This paper is not about C++ template error messages, but they are indicative of a far more general problem with the C++ template system.

Tags: Application Development		   
whitepaper Simpler Multithreading in C++0x2008-08-18 JupiterMedia
  One major new feature in the C++0x standard is multi-threading support. Prior to C++0x, any multi-threading support in the C++ compiler has been provided as an extension to the C++ standard, which has meant that the details of that support varies between compilers and platforms. However, with the new standard, all compilers will have to conform to the same memory model and provide the same facilities for multi-threading (though implementors are still free to provide additional extensions). What does this mean? It means the programmer will be able to port multi-threaded code between compilers and platforms with much reduced cost. This will also reduce the number of different APIs and syntaxes the programmer will have to know when writing for multiple platforms.   
whitepaper Overview: C++ Gets an Overhaul2008-08-18 JupiterMedia
  Ten years after the ratification of the first ISO C++ standard, C++ is heading for no less than a revolution. C++0x, the new C++ standard due in 2009, brings a new spirit and new flesh into the software development world. Brace yourself for state-of-the-art design idioms, even better performance, and a plethora of new features such as multithreading, concepts, hash table, rvalue references, smarter smart pointers, and new algorithms. No doubt one will find a lot to like in C++0x!

Tags: Software Engineering		   
whitepaper Integrating TFS & Enterprise Project Management2008-08-15 Microsoft
  Project Managers and Development teams may be the "Odd Couple" of the 21st century, working together but having different approaches and perspectives. Integrating Project Server and Team Foundation Server helps them work better, together. This webcast shows how to link two different processes running side-by-side in each system, and cover some of the reasons to integrate the two systems.

Tags: Application Development