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whitepaper Mobile Database Improves Usability, Facilitates Offline Access for Hosted E-Payables Solution2006-12-15 01:00:19 Microsoft
  Transzap, a provider of hosted e-payables solutions for the energy industry, is turning to smart client user interfaces to improve the usefulness and performance of its products. However, the desktop database Transzap originally chose to store data on user PCs exhibited stability and performance problems, thereby resulting in a suboptimal customer experience. By switching to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition, Transzap eliminated its database stability issues, increased solution performance by a factor of ten or more, and reduced its overall costs.   
whitepaper MSDN Webcast: Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Identity in Financial Services (Level 200)2006-12-15 01:00:19 Microsoft
  Financial service companies face market pressures to lower Information Technology (IT) costs and retain existing customers while growing their businesses. Complicating these business goals are complex IT challenges that result in costly system maintenance and integration. As a result, companies are looking to service-oriented design as a means to leverage their IT assets to meet their business goals, focusing on lowering integration costs within and beyond their corporate boundaries. Microsoft is providing the tools to build connected systems based on service-oriented design principles. This webcast specifically discusses Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, and the Microsoft WinFX Application Programming Interface (API) component code named "InfoCard".   
whitepaper Leading Petrochemical Manufacturer Enhances Collaboration, Decision Making2006-12-15 01:00:19 Microsoft
  As a leading petrochemical manufacturer striving to retain its leadership position in an increasingly competitive market, Houston-based Lyondell needed to address the twin challenges of globalization and rising petroleum prices. Generally, employees needed more powerful communication and collaboration tools; specifically, they needed real-time feedback loops for helping to make decisions about the planning, selection, and allocation of feedstocks, the most costly item for chemical companies. IT executives addressed the problem by using Microsoft BizTalk Server and other Microsoft technologies to integrate manufacturing and process-control applications with upstream line-of-business applications throughout the enterprise. The anticipated results: more rapid and strategic decision making and potential savings of tens of millions of dollars yearly.   
whitepaper Centralised IT System Delivers Enhanced Public Services for Citizens in Romania2006-12-15 01:00:19 Microsoft
  Mehedinti District Council delivers public services to citizens in the Mehedinti region of Romania. Traditionally, these services depend on paper processes that require citizens to visit local authority offices in person. To address this, the council joined forces with CG&GC Intelligent Technology and a number of other business partners to build a central technology platform using Microsoft Windows server technologies and the Microsoft E-Government Starter Kit, which supports services through an integrated Web portal, a call centre, and traditional counters. Mehedinti District Council also deployed internal accounting and taxation tools, a geographic information system, and the GoPro.net solution for case management. XML Web services connect applications, departments, and local authorities at district level, reducing case processing times and enhancing standards and transparency.   
whitepaper Application Service Provider Moves From Linux to Windows, Cuts Downtime 95 Percent2006-12-15 01:00:19 Microsoft
  HR-ease offers its online human resources management tool in an Application Service Provider (ASP) hosting model. When a third party began hosting the computers for the solution, the solution became unreliable, and customers couldn't access their applications and data. The problems arose because the Windows-based servers that HR-ease executives thought were being used on their behalf were really Linux servers running images of Windows-based servers. The company's solution was to change its hosting provider. Now, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Bayshore Solutions gives HR-ease a purely Windows-based environment with greater reliability, enhanced security, and less complexity and cost. Downtime is reduced by 95 percent and customer responsiveness is 400 percent faster.   
whitepaper Converging Roads: .NET, Longhorn, and C++2006-12-15 01:00:19 Microsoft
  The presenter of this webcast makes the case for managed runtimes and discusses C++, .NET, and Longhorn and the implications of these technologies for developers.   
whitepaper Tax Software Provider Improves Customer Experience by Using Modern Transport Layer2006-12-15 01:00:19 Microsoft
  Thomson Tax & Accounting serves corporations and accounting firms with leading tax return preparation software. When a legacy transport layer in the company's Web-based software posed problems for its clients and their customers and became difficult to manage, Thomson turned to Microsoft for the latest technology. Thomson programmers created a modern communications layer by relying on Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation, the component of the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 for rapidly building connected systems. By using the cutting-edge programming model and tools available in Windows Communication Foundation, programmers improve productivity and software performance and contribute to company business goals.   
whitepaper MSDN Architecture Webcast: Introducing Web Services Enhancements for Microsoft .NET (WSE) 3.0 (Level 200)2006-12-15 01:00:19 Microsoft
  Web Services Enhancements for Microsoft .NET (WSE) version 2.0 considerably simplifies the tasks of developing and deploying secure Web services by making it possible to add message-level security to applications built on the principles of service orientation and the emerging Web Services (WS) specifications. This webcast introduces the new functionality offered by WSE version 3.0. Based on the themes of integration with Microsoft Visual Studio tools, cross-platform interoperability, and standards support, WSE 3.0 provides a productive and user-friendly platform for developing secure Web services. The webcast also covers the SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM), interoperability with Windows Communication Foundation (formerly code-named "Indigo"), and conformance to the latest Web services specifications.   
whitepaper Windows Workflow Foundation Runtime Hosting and Services2006-12-08 01:00:19 Microsoft
  Windows Workflow Foundation provides a .NET Framework for embedding workflows in the applications. The presenter of this webcast explains the configuration one needs to host the workflow runtime in the applications and create long running workflows with persistence, tracking, communications, and event handling.   
whitepaper MSDN Webcast: Tips and Tricks for Developing Applications That Target Key Native APIs in Windows Vista (Level 200)2006-12-08 01:00:19 Microsoft
  Windows Vista provides an extensive set of new APIs that enable improved user experiences and enhanced security, and many of these APIs are exposed through native COM and Win32 programming models. This webcast offers some strategies and techniques for taking advantage of these native APIs from managed code and explains what is involved in making the Microsoft .NET application run on Windows Vista and take full advantage of technologies like Windows User Account Control (UAC), integrated desktop search, and Windows Vista UI features such as command links and common file dialogs.