Microsoft Developer

This book is unique in the library of SharePoint 2010 books I own. It is a recipe book for entire solutions. The recipes take you from compiling the requirements to the implementation and the management of the final solution. The solutions covered in the book include: Building a Project Management Solution Building a Training Registration Management System Building a Basic FAQ Solution Building a Learning Center Building a Help Desk Solution Building a Remote Teams Activity Site Building a Team Blog Platform Building an RFP Response Solution Building a Contact Management Solution Building a Resource Scheduling Solution Although the solutions in the book are good, they are not what I found to be its most valuable asset. The process the authors walk you through and the way they teach you to think about the design of the solutions is the most valuable part of the book. Each soluti... (more)

Introduction to SQL Azure

In our previous articles, Introduction to SQL Server 2012 and Windows Azure Overview, we made references to Microsoft’s SQL Azure service. In this article we will take a closer look at its main features in more detail. SQL Azure is a relational database solution with the capability to support both Windows Azure and on-premise applications with minimum latency. It is considered a managed service and it’s offered by Microsoft to allow you to build applications without concerning yourself about the storage they’ll use. Being a cloud service, SQL Azure gives you all the benefits of th... (more)

HTC One V: Two Week Usage Review

I finally gave up on the Android dead end (no ICS upgrade) that was my Galaxy S i9003 and decided to jump to the ICS bandwagon. The only options for an out of the box ICS experience in India at this time are the HTC duo – One X & One V. Of these, the One X was beyond my budget, and so it was a pretty simple decision to go for the One V in the end. Reviews have been pretty positive, and I’m throwing in my 2 cents based on a 2 weeks of usage experience that wouldn’t have shown up in initial reviews. A caveat on my usage experience – I use the One V (and the Galaxy S before it) pri... (more)

Princeton Financial® Systems Introduces PAM® for Investments

Princeton Financial Systems, a global leader in providing accounting, compliance and reporting solutions to the investment industry, has introduced PAM for Investments, the next generation of flexible and scalable investment accounting platforms, offering seamless integration and an efficient user-friendly interface. PAM for Investments’ 3-tier client/server architecture offers horizontal and vertical scalability, simplified installation, and flexible deployment. With multiple custom dashboards, users can effectively analyze and manage exceptions throughout the trading and inves... (more)

Schwab Announces Envestnet | Tamarac™ as Selected Participant in Schwab Intelligent Integration™

As part of the ongoing initiative to integrate with leading platforms serving independent investment advisors, Schwab announced today that Tamarac, a division of Envestnet, Inc., has been selected for participation in Schwab Intelligent Integration™. This integration will allow for real-time custody data from Schwab Advisor Services to be available within the Tamarac Xi web-based platforms Advisor CRM® and Advisor View®. “This marks another important milestone in our effort to work with leading platforms to provide high quality integrations that have a meaningful impact on the w... (more)