Pentagon picks application life-cycle management tool for 10,000 users

Inside: Microsoft eyes Visual Studio advancements___________________________________________________________ Computerworld Application/Web Development November 13, 2008___________________________________________________________Is your IT department great place to work? Our 16th annual "Best Places to Work in IT" special report and listing will honor 100 organizations that offer great benefits, salaries and opportunities for training and advancement, as well as interesting projects and a flexible and diverse work environment. Nominate a company today thru Dec. 31st: https://www.computerworld.com/BPnom09N***************SPONSOR**************************************Microsoft Virtualization. Register for the launch event near you.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/148461/0/************************************************************In this issue:* Pentagon picks application life-cycle management tool for 10,000 users* Microsoft eyes Visual Studio advancements* Programmer unlocks hidden Windows 7 features* RapidMind, JetBrains boost developer wares* Managing far-flung developers, open-source-style* Text Messaging, Facebook Can Get You in Legal Trouble* Salesforce.com and Google execs blast Oracle, SAP, Microsoft* Enterprise architecture: Lessons from the carving board* Facebook CEO doesn't lose sleep over company's $15B valuation* Microsoft touts openness to open sourceComputerworld Blogs:* Why Microsoft is running scared of Linux* Predictions, anyone?* Wi-Fi Linux network bug found, fixed* Can Obama reverse job offshoring? 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Leave comments, build yourprofile, or try to become one of the big fish.Get started at http://sharkbait.computerworld.comOTHER RESOURCES_______________White paper: Maturing Technology Brings Balance and Possibilitieshttp://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/138525/0/_________________________________________________________Pentagon picks application life-cycle management tool for 10,000 usersThe Department of Defense has selected CollabNet's SourceForge service to help manage the array of software projects under way.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151054/2/Microsoft eyes Visual Studio advancementsVisual Studio 2010 will be getting a new editor based on Windows Presentation Foundation technology, one of several announcements at Microsoft's TechEd conference.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151055/2/Programmer unlocks hidden Windows 7 featuresA programmer has released a tool that unlocks several still-unfinished features of Windows 7 that Microsoft hid from users who got an alpha build of the operating system at two recent developer conferences.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151056/2/RapidMind, JetBrains boost developer waresRapidMind and JetBrains are, respectively, boosting products for parallel programming and Java, with RapidMind adding standards support and JetBrains emphasizing SQL capabilities.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151057/2/Managing far-flung developers, open-source-styleEnterprises that are outsourcing their software development could stand to learn some management and process techniques from the open-source community.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151058/2/***************SPONSOR**************************************Date Centre Transitions: UNIX to LinuxRed Hat open source solutions provide the flexibility and value that the modern CIO needs to transform today's business into tomorrow's successful enterprise. Read how Linux(R) overcame the initial challenges of the industry, and what triggers so many companies to migrate legacy UNIX systems to the open source stack.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151059/0/************************************************************Text Messaging, Facebook Can Get You in Legal TroubleHow we miss the quaint times when text was just a quick way to chat with buddies. Today, these fleeting missives, now integral to so many work lives, amount to a multimillion-dollar corporate risk. Organizations sit largely unprepared while text messages replace e-mail as the digital smoking gun.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151060/2/Salesforce.com and Google execs blast Oracle, SAP, MicrosoftSalesforce.com and Google executives had fighting words for rivals Oracle, SAP and Microsoft, saying those vendors are late to the Web-hosted software party and will pay the price for it.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151061/2/Enterprise architecture: Lessons from the carving boardWhen is enterprise architecture like carving poultry into parts? Read on to find out.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151062/2/Facebook CEO doesn't lose sleep over company's $15B valuationFacebook isn't starved for money, and it doesn't obsess about the $15 billion valuation that a Microsoft investment gave it last year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151063/2/Microsoft touts openness to open sourceStresses company's accommodations for open source, such as its 'M' language, at ApacheCon.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151064/2/***************SPONSOR**************************************IT Service Management: Metrics That MatterDownload this whitepaper and learn from Gene Kim, well-known authority on IT processes, about the metrics that matter most toward improving operational results, and which two controls any organization can adopt that will put them on path to high performance.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/151065/0/************************************************************COMPUTERWORLD ON TWITTER________________Are you a Twit? 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Follow the Computerworld editors at Twitter to hear what's coming, what's breaking, what's hot, what's not.http://twitter.com/computerworldCOMPUTERWORLD BLOGS___________________Why Microsoft is running scared of LinuxDesktop Linux acceptance is picking up speed and that's scaring the pants off Microsoft.To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/150051/2/Predictions, anyone?This multinational company is converting a U.S. business unit to its new ERP system, and it turns out that there are a few unexpected challenges.To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/150052/2/Wi-Fi Linux network bug found, fixedA bug in Linux's NDISwrapper software for Wi-Fi chipsets has the potential to be used to crack Linux systems, but the fix is already available, so start your updating.To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/150053/2/Can Obama reverse job offshoring? U.S. tech firms are sending more work, not less, offshore. President-Elect Barack Obama is going to have a hard time reversing that trend once he takes office.To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3880284/132809445/150054/2/===============================================================RESOURCE CENTERAward-Winning Mobile Storage for VARS & System Builders!Hitachi’s Award Winning Travelstar Family offers power efficiency, performance for notebook PCs.http://newsletter.industrybrains.com/c?2f4;1;80ce0;21f1d;584;2ecf;13cFree Enterprise IP Telephony eBook!Get your free 96 Page IP Telephony eBook! 11 Chapters on deployment, cost savings, security & more.http://newsletter.industrybrains.com/c?2f4;2;77d94;20a9a;584;2ecf;13cInstant Answers to Your IT & Business QuestionsSign Up & Get Full Access To The Definitive Online Book Collection With SkillSoft's Books24x7®.http://newsletter.industrybrains.com/c?2f4;3;78592;213a3;584;2ecf;13c