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Gartner: Top 10 technologies to watch in 2009

Original article: http://www.searchsmbasia.com/article.php?id_article=4435&page=2
15 Oct 2008 
Gartner analysts has identified the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations.
Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the [...]

What Development Tools Do You Use?:

What Development Tools Do You Use?: “Not every task performed during development can be done in Visual Studio. Do you model your system using Visio or Rose? Do you run source code analysis using FxCop or perhaps a customized build tool like NAnt? What tools make up your development experience? Will your use of these [...]

Should Microsoft Continue Support for VB6?

Ask TheServerSide: Should Microsoft Continue Support for VB6?: “Microsoft Corp. has decided to end standard support for its popular development tool, Visual Basic 6.0, by the end of the month, sparking protests from developers who have started a petition asking the software giant to reverse its decision. Among the standard service offerings Microsoft plans to [...]

Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)

The Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) is a protocol that enables software components to communicate directly over a network in a reliable, secure, and efficient manner. Previously called “Network OLE,” DCOM is designed for use across multiple network transports, including Internet protocols such as HTTP. DCOM is based on the Open Software Foundation’s DCE-RPC spec [...]