Microsoft .NET

HIGHLIGHTS

	SOA policy: Enterprise logic vs. application logic INTERVIEW - The future of SOA policy is moving towards an approach that may put business people in the driver's seat, predicts Miko Matsumura, vice president and deputy CTO for Software AG.
	Java versus Microsoft for SOA ARTICLE - Is Java gaining the edge over Microsoft .NET in SOA development as a recent survey indicates? Two industry analysts offer contrasting views.
	Deutsche Post delivers .NET in Java CRM thanks to SOA ARTICLE - An integration expert at Deutsche Post finds a way to bring .NET applications into a CRM system that is part of a Java-based service-oriented architecture (SOA).
	SOA policy beyond Java and .NET INTERVIEW - SOA policy needs to move beyond the Java and .NET platforms that may be used to build services, argues Miko Matsumura, vice president and deputy CTO for Software AG.
	Using ADO.NET and SDO for SOA data continuity TIP - Both ADO.NET and SDO use XML to enable data transfer between disjointed components inside an SOA, enabling developers to create all kinds of new Web services mashups.

SUBTOPICS

	Visual Basic Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET or VB .NET) is a version of Microsoft's Visual Basic that was designed, as part of the company's .NET product group, to make Web services applications easier to develop. Find Visual Basic .NET Web services resources to help in using the Microsoft platform to ...
	WCF Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is Microsoft's programming model for using managed code to build unified Web services and other distributed systems that can talk to each other. WCF focuses on connecting XML to programs that are built using development languages supported by ...

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