[TechRepublic] TechEd 2012: Microsoft's new strategy

Software Engineer TechRepublic Member | June 19, 2012

TechEd 2012: Microsoft's new flexible and open strategy Tony Patton's TechEd 2012 overview covers Microsoft's support for open source projects and tech, Windows Azure, Linux, Hadoop, disparaging remarks about IE, and more. Read more Resource of the day Improve Customer Experience with Cisco Collaboration Optimization Services Check out this webcast to learn more about improving your customer experience with Cisco collaboration optimization services. Two-way data binding in Windows 8 Justin James explores two-way data binding, which allows your UI to make changes to the data without needing to know the specifics of the data. Read more Poll: Do you feel ready for mobile development? Software Engineer readers, take this poll to let us know whether you feel comfortable doing mobile development. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Go nuclear on Gentoo's Perl When Perl starts halting your Gentoo update process, sometimes the machete is a better option than the scalpel. Read more WWDC 2012 announcements disappoint business users Erik Eckel notes how this week's WWDC came up short for business users. Read more Txt2tags: A great lightweight markup language for many tasks Marco Fioretti explains why he favors Txt2Tags lightweight markup language (LML) for many text management tasks. Here's what it can do for you. Read more iOS Developer Program application headaches and tips Justin James explains the iOS Developer Program's four membership options and recounts the snags he ran into when applying for his account. Read more A tale of three app distribution channels William J. Francis shares how many downloads his puzzle game app has received in Google Play, Amazon's Appstore, and the Nook App Store. Read more 10 things every UI designer should know about end users An interface that fails to consider the user perspective isn't likely to win acceptance. Jack Wallen looks at user habits and attitudes that UI designers should keep in mind. Read more The five best Star Trek: Voyager episodes of all time! Even Voyager haters have to concede the show flirted with greatness at times, as these five episodes ably demonstrate. Read more Featured multimedia   A handful of new features in Opera 12 (pictures) Opera 12's new features touch all the bases: aesthetics, security, stability, and usability. See what's new in the latest browser from Norway. View on site The slick new features of Apple iOS 6 (pictures) Apple will add a host of impressive abilities to the iOS 6 mobile operating system. View on site Today's recommended downloads LIVE WEBCAST: Staying the Course: Why Fully Deploying Windows 7 Still Makes Sense (Dell & Microsoft) Improve Customer Experience with Cisco Collaboration Optimization Services (Cisco Systems, Inc) A New Day: How Smarter Computing can Grow Capacity on Flat Costs (IBM) IBM and a Smarter Insurance Industry (IBM) Ensuring Maximum Performance on Windows 7 Systems (Condusiv Technologies) Connect with TechRepublic GPL and free software licensing: What's in it for business? Free software - or copyleft - licensing seems to have got off on the wrong foot with business, which is surprising given its many commercial benefits. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic UK TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise

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