At the centre of the product suite is Blue Planet, a development system created by hardware supplier, Embedded Systems, which uses the software development kit for Microsoft Visual Studio to build Windows CE applications.
IBM has joined Microsoft's Visual Studio .Net development programme. DB2 developers already use Visual Studio - Microsoft's application for software developers - to create other Windows-based applications.
Microsoft on Thursday offered a glimpse of the new features it's planning to include in future versions of its Visual Studio.Net development tool bundle. Visual Studio.Net, originally released in February, serves as Microsoft's chief weapon in the...
Microsoft is delaying the release of its forthcoming SQL Server database and Visual Studio.Net development tool in a move that could deprive customers of upgrades they were expecting. The company said on Wednesday that it has decided to push out to...
Beyond the new products, Ballmer focused on familiar themes, such as Microsoft's recent advances on the security front, increasing partnerships with rival software makers and improving efficiency and effectiveness for developers.
Montgomery said many of the updates have to do with improving the "operational characteristics" of the operating system - basically making Windows easier to manage and more reliable. John Montgomery, a director in Microsoft's developer division...