Silverlight Developer's Journal

betterhaves has won the Financial Capability Development Competition (FinCapDev), a $100,000 nationwide challenge facilitating the development of innovative, market-ready mobile apps to help consumers control and shape their financial futures and provide better access to financia... (more)

Didn’t make it to TechEd this year? Don’t worry!  This month, we’ll be releasing a new article series that highlights the Best of TechEd announcements and technical information for IT Pros.  Today’s article focuses on enhancements in Hyper-V server virtualization in the upcoming ... (more)

Xignite, Inc., the leading provider of market data cloud services, announced they are working with Derivitec, a U.K. software vendor, to power Derivitec’s Trade Blotter derivatives analytics system. Designed for managers of small- to mid-tier funds, Trade Blotter provides indus... (more)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/19/13 -- New Relic Inc., the software analytics company, is introducing a new, open and extensible APM SaaS platform for modern software builders, enabling a seamless view to monitor any technology through New Relic's intuitive and easy-to... (more)

MONTREAL, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, SentinelAgent announced its new PRIME partner and referral program for MSPs and VARs specialized in delivering cutting-edge network managed services.  Using the latest self-service technologies to simplify onboarding and expedite p... (more)

North Bridge Venture Partners, in conjunction with GigaOM Research and 57 collaborating organizations, today released the results of its third annual Future of Cloud Computing Survey. This year’s survey is the largest to date, examining viewpoints on drivers, inhibitors and oppor... (more)

SHANGHAI, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft held a press conference in Shanghai announcing the official launch of Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud Platform in China. PPTV is the first Chinese new media outlet cooperating with Microsoft on a cloud computing platform. Its CEO, D... (more)

  MANALAPAN, N. J., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Ian Roseman has predicted opportunities in business and technology, and has provided tangible threads of progression in his new book, "Business, Process, and Technology Insights".  In addition, Ian has reviewed existing bu... (more)

My new book on SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 is about to be released and this post provides a list of links referenced in the book, sorted chapter wise. Hyperlinks provide a gateway to the extensive literature that can be accessed on the Internet. They provide information (c... (more)

While Amazon’s AWS is the undeniable public cloud leader and VMware the undeniable private cloud leader, Microsoft’s Azure can certainly be considered a hybrid cloud leader, at least at this point in the evolution of the cloud as well as Azure. I was in Redmond last week for a co... (more)

FT. COLLINS, Colo., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IT/Dev Connections, the premiere annual professional development and networking event for the Microsoft technology community announced its speaker line-up today, and it features the most knowledgeable and accomplished developers, ... (more)

Once again on the floor of TechEd 2013 in New Orleans, I chat with Jeffrey Bellamy, Director of Business Development at F5 Networks. Jeffrey gives us a quick overview of some of their hybrid network offerings for Windows Azure and Hyper-V. Learn more about F5 Networks __________... (more)

In this brief episode, I speak with Sr. Business Development Manager Joe Hielscher of Arista Networks from the floor at TechEd 2013 in New Orleans.  We chat about the latest features available from their cloud networking solutions and how they support a dynamic datacenter. Learn ... (more)

A survey of IT pros who manage Windows-based infrastructure, conducted by 1105 Media’s Redmond magazine, shows they are wary of Windows 8 and only a small percentage plan to upgrade their PCs with systems running the controversial new OS. The survey is based on 1,178 responses f... (more)

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At the keynote on Monday of TechEd NA (June 3), we made some pretty big announcements around how Windows Azure Trials and various subscription benefits would be changing. So for today’s edition of our “TechEd 2013 Favorites” series, I thought I’d briefly introduce you to some sur... (more)

Please replace the release (dated June 13, 2013) with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: STARHUB DEPLOYS HTTP LIVE STREAMING SERVICES WITH BROADPEAK CDN AND SERVER SOLUTIONS Flexible, Customizable, and Cost-Effective, Broadpeak... (more)

Broadpeak, a leading provider of content delivery networks (CDN) and video-on-demand (VOD) servers for cable, IPTV, OTT, and hybrid TV operators worldwide, today announced that Singapore-based communications provider StarHub has deployed Broadpeak’s BkM100 Mediator content delive... (more)

SAN FRANCISCO, June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Twilio (http://www.twilio.com), the cloud communications company, today announced the completion of a $70 million Series D round of funding. New investors include Redpoint Ventures, who led the round with existing investor Bessemer Ven... (more)

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwired) -- 06/12/13 -- MultiTouch Ltd., a world leader in interactive display systems, announces that it has released a 'Migration Guide for SUR40/Pixelsense Users to MultiTaction' at InfoComm 2013 taking place in Orlando, Florida, at booth number 4781. The ... (more)