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whitepaper Early Linux Adopter Turns to Windows for New Business Needs2007-06-01 Microsoft Tips
  Upon its inception, Overstock.com made the decision to build its Web-based business on open source software - mainly SUSE Linux, now distributed by Novell. However, the company soon found that the Windows platform offered significant benefits over Linux for many new business solutions. Although the company still runs its Web site on Linux, Overstock.com has increasingly turned to Microsoft software for the applications that support its mission-critical fulfillment processes, data warehouse environment, and online marketing efforts.

Tags: Web Development and Design, Linux Server OS		   
whitepaper Using C1Ribbon as an Interface to Google Maps2007-05-16 ComponentOne
  The 2007 v1.5 release of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise introduced a new product, Ribbon for .NET, that provides a pixel-perfect implementation of the Ribbon UI concept introduced in the 2007 release of Microsoft Office. The C1Ribbon component replaces traditional menus and toolbars with a set of tabs at the top of the parent form. Each tab contains groups of related commands that are represented with standard controls such as buttons, check boxes, and dropdown menus. This paper discusses the use of the C1Ribbon and C1StatusBar components in a Windows Forms application that provides an interface to Google Maps.

Tags: .NET, Application Development		   
whitepaper MSDN Webcast: The Russ and Joe Developer Show: Virtual Earth (Level 100)2007-05-16 Microsoft Tips
  The presenter of this webcast shows how Microsoft Virtual Earth is one of the hottest mapping platforms available. The attendee will discover how to create Virtual Earth maps from scratch. The webcast explores Virtual Earth from a developer's point of view, including the client-side APIs, plotting points, embedding the maps in Web pages, and plotting data originating from server-side data containers.

Tags: EAI, Application Development		   
whitepaper AJAX and SAS: Smooth Web Applications2007-05-14 SAS Institute
  AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript And XML) is an approach to designing websites that emphasizes ease of use for end users. Using one of the new AJAX frameworks simplifies the creation of an AJAX enabled website. Additionally, using web services as a backend provider for SAS, an AJAX site can be created that allows users to request SAS information from a server and display it on a web site in a seamless manner. Step by step instructions for creating a AJAX-enabled, web service backend system working with SAS are provided.

Tags: Web Services, Application Development		   
whitepaper Enabling an Accessible Web 2.02007-05-08 Association for Computing Machinery
  The next generation of the Web is relying on new technologies to build rich interfaces and applications which enable community, collaboration, social networking and enhanced interactions. This has implication for people with disabilities who have come to rely on the Web to provide more independence, work opportunities, and social interactions. New specifications such as Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) are being developed which provide more semantic information about Web components and can enable enhanced accessibility. In addition, toolkits and testing tools are making it easier to reach the nirvana of accessibility by default in Web 2.0 projects.

Tags: Application Development		   
whitepaper TV Show - A Successful Implementation of Media-Rich Website0000-00-00 Intellias
  One of the largest media groups in Europe required an interactive website to give an overview of its broadcasts to the audience and to allow program fans to communicate with each other. TV Show website enables users to view not only video and photo materials, but also advertisements of upcoming shows. Intellias took over the technical project management, development, deployment as well as the post-production support of this project. The website is hosted on a dedicated server.

Tags: Application Development		   
whitepaper Wyoming Auto Dealers Boost Sales 33 Percent With Integrated Web Site0000-00-00 Microsoft
  Chuck Ruwart and his brother Bob operate auto dealerships in Wyoming. They wanted to integrate their marketing to look bigger than either dealership could look on its own. That required a way to get auto information from both dealerships onto a single Web site - and keep it current. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 provided the solution - and the Ruwarts are seeing sales climb by 33 percent.

Tags: Database Management, Database Applications		   
whitepaper Rapidly Growing Online Business Engages Workforce With New Hardware, Software0000-00-00 Microsoft
  To maintain the innovation and attention to customer service that in just 13 years grew TicketsNow from a one-man shop to a $250 million enterprise, the company needed a more reliable and manageable Web site and IT infrastructure. The Chicago-area provider of tickets and related event services also needed greater flexibility and performance so that developers could respond rapidly to customer requests in a competitive and fast-moving industry. TicketsNow developed and deployed an updated Web site and IT infrastructure based on HP BladeSystem servers and the Microsoft server product portfolio. Since deployment, TicketsNow has vastly automated its order processing, enjoyed server availability levels of up to four 9s, and witnessed a 25 percent rise in customer conversion rates.

Tags: Database Management, Blades		   
whitepaper Mashup Styles, Part 1: Server-Side Mashups2007-05-01 Sun Microsystems
  Mashup can be designed in various ways. In one approach, called a server-side mashup, also known as a proxy-style mashup, services and content can be integrated on the server. There are a number of good reasons for using the server-side mashup approach, not the least of which is that the approach overcomes browser security restrictions that constrain XMLHttpRequests and the ability to access web sites across domains. This paper is the first in a series that examines some of the most common approaches, or styles, for doing mashups.

Tags: Application Development		   
whitepaper Improve operational efficiencies and speed applications into production2007-05-01 IBM
  Competitive pressures, increased marketplace demands and the constant need to reduce expenses have only intensified the demands put on companies to develop and deploy their software applications as quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. Adding to this pressure is a host of regulatory requirements and industry mandates that are forcing companies to assess how they develop, modify and track their applications from development to production.

Download this whitepaper to learn about IBM's solutions that offer an integrated solution to help companies unify development and deployment to improve operational efficiencies, reduce risk, gain lifecycle traceability and, most important, deliver applications into production faster.

Tags: Software Engineering, ROI - TCO, Strategic Planning, Application Development		   


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