SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 2002 — In the most significant product launch of the new Microsoft® .NET era, Microsoft Corp. Chief Software Architect Bill Gates today launched Visual Studio® .NET and the ...

Microsoft hopes to turn up the heat on its Java rivals with plans for new software that could simplify the creation of heavy-duty Web services applications. The software, code-named Indigo, is the ...

Ektron, a Web CMS and Document Management provider, has attained .NET Connected designation from Microsoft for their Ektron CMS400.NET .NET Web Content Management Product. The Microsoft .NET Connected ...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tells CNET News.com that although the company's .Net plans were "hard to understand," Redmond is making strides to clarify its Web services vision. Mike Ricciuti joined ...

Oracle on Monday will become the latest big software company to hitch its future to Web-based software and services. Oracle is expected to announce its technology road map for helping companies ...

“Both Microsoft and Akamai believe in putting application logic at the network’s edge, and Akamai is capitalizing on that advantage by creating new and compelling opportunities for its customers using ...

In one of its fastest service pack releases, Microsoft Corp. this week issued an SP1 for the .NET Framework that was released to manufacturing in January and formally launched a month later. The .NET ...

The .NET Framework gives you three different ways to call a Web Service. However, depending on your scenario, the latest and greatest object isn’t necessarily your best choice. If you’re going to call ...

VB.NET allows you to use Web services as if they were entirely local objects since most of the marshaling between the client and the server is taking place in the background. This tip shows you how to ...