New versions add caching, support for LightSwitch development.
- By Michael Desmond
- 08/05/2010
On VB author Joe Kunk shows how you can quickly discover the orientation of an unknown database using dynamic queries.
If you're willing to make the mental shift to storing objects instead of data, db4Objects may be the right solution for a distributable local database.
Microsoft on Monday announced two new "previews" to come for its Windows Small Business Server product suite.
Addressing one of the key objectives of cloud computing, Microsoft today said its Windows Azure platform will be available as an appliance that can run on customer and partner premises.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/12/2010
VistaDB is a database engine written entirely in .NET managed code. It's a great solution for distributed applications that need to store data locally.
How to use SQL Server to build a business intelligence (BI) platform without getting your organization's top brass involved.
- By Andrew Peterson
- 07/01/2010
LINQ to SQL is a powerful technology that can do as much harm as good if it is mis-used. Here is how to get more out of your LINQ to SQL efforts.
- By Bart McDonough
- 06/24/2010
Microsoft today announced plans to introduce new SQL Azure pricing options later this month, based on the platform's improved scalability
Microsoft positions Visual Studio for developing business intelligence applications.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/10/2010
Continuing his investigation of what works and doesn't work with the AJAX library and .NET 4, Peter Vogel continues to explore how to retrieve data from the client... and discovers that it can be very easily done.
Peter Vogel discusses what you can't do in marrying ASP.NET server-side controls with client-side data access.
Peter uses the new dataView and dataContext objects from the AJAX Toolkit to create a data-driven page without server-side code.
SAP will acquire database vendor Sybase Inc. for $5.8 billion in cash, a 44 percent premium in the company's closing price Wednesday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/13/2010
If you want to integrate server-side Web service processing with AJAX objects in your browser, you should be considering WCF Data Services -- especially if you're working with the Entity Framework. Here's a quick introduction to the technology.