Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Data Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Data http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/data Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/data en Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:21:17 GMT Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:21:17 GMT Rev9 18 1 25 Visual Studio Toolbox: Entity Framework Part 2 In this episode, Rowan Miller and Diego Vega return for Part 2 of our deep dive into the Entity Framework. In Part 1, they showed the following workflows available in Entity Framework 4.2: Code First, Model First, Database First, and Code First with an existing database. In this episode, they show a new feature coming very soon in version 4.3: Code First Migrations. And then they talk about what's coming in Entity Framework 5.0.

  • Code First Migrations starts around 3:40
  • Entity Framework futures starts around 25:20
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Entity-Framework-Part-2 In this episode, Rowan Miller and Diego Vega return for Part 2 of our deep dive into the Entity Framework. In Part 1, they showed the following workflows available in Entity Framework 4.2: Code First, Model First, Database First, and Code First with an existing database. In this episode, they show a new feature coming very soon in version 4.3: Code First Migrations. And then they talk about what's coming in Entity Framework 5.0.Code First Migrations starts around 3:40 Entity Framework futures starts around 25:20 2912 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Entity-Framework-Part-2 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:01:55 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Entity-Framework-Part-2 Robert Green Robert Green 11 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Entity-Framework-Part-2/RSS Data Entity Framework 4 Visual Studio Toolbox: Entity Framework Part 1 In this episode, Robert is joined by Rowan Miller and Diego Vega of the Entity Framework team. They discuss and demo code first, database first, and model first—the three primary Entity Framework workflows—and give some tips on when to use each. They also clarify the update strategy for the Entity Framework and how to obtain newer bits.

Demos:

  • Code First, starting at about 26:00
  • Model First, starting at about 29:20
  • Database First, starting at about 44:50
  • Code First with an existing database, starting at about 47:45
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Entity-Framework-Part-1 In this episode, Robert is joined by Rowan Miller and Diego Vega of the Entity Framework team. They discuss and demo code first, database first, and model first—the three primary Entity Framework workflows—and give some tips on when to use each. They also clarify the update strategy for the Entity Framework and how to obtain newer bits.Demos:Code First, starting at about 26:00 Model First, starting at about 29:20 Database First, starting at about 44:50 Code First with an existing database, starting at about 47:45 3163 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Entity-Framework-Part-1 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:39:29 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Entity-Framework-Part-1 Robert Green Robert Green 39 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Entity-Framework-Part-1/RSS Data Visual Studio 2010 techmeme Dive into the Summer for ISVs - Introduction into Unlocking your Data ISV Summer Campaign - Introduction into Unlocking your Data

Summer's here and for the most of us this is the time we take that well-deserved rest and stand back a little from
the daily grind. It's also a time for some reflection, a time to think about the things that we would like to do during the next couple of months.

This is why we will be serving you up with such a refreshing cocktail of new things to enjoy in 4 special issues of the MSDN newsletter. The second topic of this summer edition lets you dive into Business Intelligence.

Explore and dive into Business Intelligence

As you build line-of-business (LOB) applications, information workers need to have proper insights into their business data and ask for an appropriate analytics solution. Building these solutions is often a complex and time-consuming business, resulting in solutions that don't correspond precisely to the user's requirements and expectations. As an ISV, building applications on top of Microsoft SQL Server, you have the platform for business intelligence at your fingertips to help users unlock their business data through reporting, and self-service BI using Excel 2010 and PowerPivot.

Have a look at our website and discover a handpicked choice of articles, white papers and videos explaining what Microsoft BI has to offer for you as an ISV.

Speaker : Nick Trogh

Other interesting Summer Campaigns :

- For Developers : Windows Phone 7 Mango, Visual Studio 2010 ALM

- For Architects : Cloud Power, Windows Azure Platform

- For IT Professionals : Virtualization, Desktop Deployment

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/liese/ISV-Summer-Campaign-Introduction-into-Unlocking-your-Data ISV Summer Campaign - Introduction into Unlocking your DataSummer's here and for the most of us this is the time we take that well-deserved rest and stand back a little fromthe daily grind. It's also a time for some reflection, a time to think about the things that we would like to do during the next couple of months. This is why we will be serving you up with such a refreshing cocktail of new things to enjoy in 4 special issues of the MSDN newsletter. The second topic of this summer edition lets you dive into Business Intelligence. Explore and dive into Business IntelligenceAs you build line-of-business (LOB) applications, information workers need to have proper insights into their business data and ask for an appropriate analytics solution. Building these solutions is often a complex and time-consuming business, resulting in solutions that don't correspond precisely to the user's requirements and expectations. As an ISV, building applications on top of Microsoft SQL Server, you have the platform for business intelligence at your fingertips to help users unlock their business data through reporting, and self-service BI using Excel 2010 and PowerPivot.Have a look at our website and discover a handpicked choice of articles, white papers and videos explaining what Microsoft BI has to offer for you as an ISV.Speaker : Nick TroghOther interesting Summer Campaigns : - For Developers : Windows Phone 7 Mango, Visual Studio 2010 ALM- For Architects : Cloud Power, Windows Azure Platform- For IT Professionals : Virtualization, Desktop Deployment 111 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/liese/ISV-Summer-Campaign-Introduction-into-Unlocking-your-Data Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:08:01 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/liese/ISV-Summer-Campaign-Introduction-into-Unlocking-your-Data Anthony de Bruyn Anthony de Bruyn 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/liese/ISV-Summer-Campaign-Introduction-into-Unlocking-your-Data/RSS Application Services Belgium BeLux BI Data Excel 2010 fr-be ISV Line of Business LOB MSDN NL-BE PowerPivot Summer New Book Explores How to Determine Your Hardware Requirements for SQL Server A new book, SQL Server Hardware, tells you what you need to know about your hardware before you create your database. The book by Most Valued Professional Glenn Berry of Newsgator describes how you can determine your hardware requirements for SQL Server.

Glenn shares his expertise gained at Newsgator with ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle. Glenn's book, SQL Server Hardware from Simple Talk Press provides the fundamental knowledge and resources you need to make intelligent decisions about choice, and optimal installation and configuration, of SQL Server hardware, operating system and SQL Server.

Glenn provides a few tips from his book in this video.

You find out more about the book on Amazon. See SQL Server Hardware.

Chapter Outline

  1. Processors and Associated Hardware
  2. The Storage Subsystem
  3. Benchmarking Tools
  4. Hardware Discovery
  5. Operating System Selection and Configuration
  6. SQL Server Version and Edition Selection
  7. SQL Server Installation and Configuration

Glenn's Blog

Glenn Berry's SQL Server Performance is one of the best resources for SQL Server tips and tricks. He blogs daily exploring both the hardware and software sides of SQL.

Follow Glenn on Twitter at @GlennAlanBerry.

See his interview with John O'Donnell at Talking with NewsGator at PDC 2009.

About Most Valued Professionals (MVP)

Microsoft recognizes the best and brightest from technology communities around the world with the
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award. These exceptional community leaders come from a wide range of backgrounds. They are teachers, artists, doctors, engineers, as well as technologists, who actively share their high-quality, real-world technical expertise with the community and with Microsoft.

About NewsGator

NewsGator was founded in 2004 to realize the potential of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) to transform the way people consume information. Today NewsGator's flagship product - Social Sites – is social computing software that’s built directly into Microsoft SharePoint.

Other ISV Videos

For other videos about independent software vendors (ISVs):

Up to Date News for ISVs and Software Developers

See US ISV Community blog.

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/New-Book-Explores-How-to-Determine-Your-Hardware-Requirements-for-SQL-Server A new book, SQL Server Hardware, tells you what you need to know about your hardware before you create your database. The book by Most Valued Professional Glenn Berry of Newsgator describes how you can determine your hardware requirements for SQL Server.Glenn shares his expertise gained at Newsgator with ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle. Glenn's book, SQL Server Hardware from Simple Talk Press provides the fundamental knowledge and resources you need to make intelligent decisions about choice, and optimal installation and configuration, of SQL Server hardware, operating system and SQL Server.Glenn provides a few tips from his book in this video.You find out more about the book on Amazon. See SQL Server Hardware.Chapter OutlineProcessors and Associated Hardware The Storage Subsystem Benchmarking Tools Hardware Discovery Operating System Selection and Configuration SQL Server Version and Edition Selection SQL Server Installation and Configuration Glenn's BlogGlenn Berry's SQL Server Performance is one of the best resources for SQL Server tips and tricks. He blogs daily exploring both the hardware and software sides of SQL.Follow Glenn on Twitter at @GlennAlanBerry.See his interview with John O'Donnell at Talking with NewsGator at PDC 2009.About Most Valued Professionals (MVP)Microsoft recognizes the best and brightest from technology communities around the world with the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award. These exceptional community leaders come from a wide range of backgrounds. They are teachers, artists, doctors, engineers, as well as technologists, who actively share their high-quality, real-world technical expertise with the community and with Microsoft.About NewsGatorNewsGator was founded in 2004 to realize the potential of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) to transform the way people consume information. Today NewsGator's flagship product - Social Sites – is social computing software that’s built directly into Microsoft 276 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/New-Book-Explores-How-to-Determine-Your-Hardware-Requirements-for-SQL-Server Mon, 16 May 2011 20:07:36 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/New-Book-Explores-How-to-Determine-Your-Hardware-Requirements-for-SQL-Server Bruce D Kyle Bruce D Kyle 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/New-Book-Explores-How-to-Determine-Your-Hardware-Requirements-for-SQL-Server/RSS Computer Hardware Data Data Services Hardware ISV SQL SQL Server Storage USISV NewsGator Moves 3 Million Blog Posts Per Day on Azure Through its Datawire service, NewsGator aggregates approximately 1.6 million content sources on an hourly basis. This service used to be housed in their own data center; NewsGator recently moved this service to Windows Azure.

The VP of Mobile and Data Services, Walker Fenton, and Software Developer Brian Reischl describe tips and tricks of moving this high availability service which aggregates more than 3.25 million posts per day. The team tells ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle how they started with an existing ASP.NET application, but during the transition had to change how they thought about several facets of the solution – from technical aspects of storage and network connectivity to the business model. 

Very important to them was team members need no longer carry a pager to handle issues in the day-to-day operations of the data center, such as hard drive failures. Brian says, "No one gets woken up in the middle of the night because an Azure hard drive has failed."

Walker describes the newness of the cost model — how seemingly small transactions can add up. He also talks of the deployment efficiencies, and how they no longer have the "one weird box" problem — where one machine in the data center is somehow different from the rest, and always causing headaches around deployment, scalability, and maintenance.

About NewsGator

NewsGator, who has earned the ISV Gold Competency,, offers award-winning enterprise social computing solutions. Direct integration with SharePoint’s business collaboration platform means NewsGator Social Sites runs hassle-free on thousands of organizations’ existing computing infrastructures. Capabilities familiar to consumer-oriented social software, such as microblogging, activity streams, social profiles, mobile clients, and expertise location, ensure users extract real business value from collaboration and knowledge management activities.

Founded in 2004 and with over 2.5 million paid users, NewsGator serves Fortune 200 and government knowledge workers across the globe – including Accenture, Biogen Idec, Charles Schwab, Deloitte, Edelman, Fujitsu, General Mills, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Kraft Foods, Novartis, Unisys Corporation, the United States Air Force, and the United States Army.

Together, SharePoint and Social Sites are propelling the future of productivity -  http://www.newsgator.com.

Other ISV Videos

For videos on Windows Azure Platform, see:

For other videos about independent software vendors (ISVs):

Up to Date News for ISVs and Software Developers

See US ISV Community blog.

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/NewsGator-Devs-Move-Feeds-for-Three-Million-Posts-Per-Day-to-Windows-Azure Through its Datawire service, NewsGator aggregates approximately 1.6 million content sources on an hourly basis. This service used to be housed in their own data center; NewsGator recently moved this service to Windows Azure.The VP of Mobile and Data Services, Walker Fenton, and Software Developer Brian Reischl describe tips and tricks of moving this high availability service which aggregates more than 3.25 million posts per day. The team tells ISV Architect Evangelist Bruce Kyle how they started with an existing ASP.NET application, but during the transition had to change how they thought about several facets of the solution – from technical aspects of storage and network connectivity to the business model. Very important to them was team members need no longer carry a pager to handle issues in the day-to-day operations of the data center, such as hard drive failures. Brian says, "No one gets woken up in the middle of the night because an Azure hard drive has failed."Walker describes the newness of the cost model — how seemingly small transactions can add up. He also talks of the deployment efficiencies, and how they no longer have the "one weird box" problem — where one machine in the data center is somehow different from the rest, and always causing headaches around deployment, scalability, and maintenance.About NewsGatorNewsGator, who has earned the ISV Gold Competency,, offers award-winning enterprise social computing solutions. Direct integration with SharePoint’s business collaboration platform means NewsGator Social Sites runs hassle-free on thousands of organizations’ existing computing infrastructures. Capabilities familiar to consumer-oriented social software, such as microblogging, activity streams, social profiles, mobile clients, and expertise location, ensure users extract real business value from collaboration and knowledge management activities.Founded in 2004 and with over 2.5 million paid users, NewsGator serves Fortune 2 564 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/NewsGator-Devs-Move-Feeds-for-Three-Million-Posts-Per-Day-to-Windows-Azure Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:58:13 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/NewsGator-Devs-Move-Feeds-for-Three-Million-Posts-Per-Day-to-Windows-Azure Bruce D Kyle Bruce D Kyle 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/NewsGator-Devs-Move-Feeds-for-Three-Million-Posts-Per-Day-to-Windows-Azure/RSS Azure Azure Storage Data ISV Newsgator USISV Windows Azure data centers data center Bytes by MSDN: Lynn Langit and Dave Nielsen discuss "Big Data" in the Cloud What is “big data?” Lynn Langit and Dave Nielsen offer a few examples of big data, and how data scientists are using the Cloud to manage massive amounts of data. Using SQL Azure (which is just SQL Server hosted on the Azure infrastructure) as an example, Lynn describes why customers are using a combination of NO SQL Windows Azure tables and SQL Azure relational tables. Tune in to the end, of this short video, to receive instructions on how to access your free 30-day pass to a Windows Azure account.

About Lynn Langit

 What inspires someone from Fargo, North Dakota to dream of becoming a United Nations translator? Love of words, of course. A self-described language geek, Lynn is fascinated by languages and semantics. She understands that life rarely travels in a straight line, and her own career reflects this winding path. Lynn moved from a degree in linguistics to become a business executive, and then launched her own software development, training and consulting company. She's done production work with all versions of .NET, BizTalk, K2.Net, SharePoint, SQL Server, Analysis Services, InfoPath, MOM, and Active Directory, and holds an array of certifications, including MCT, MCSD, MCITP, MCSE, MCDBA and MSF. Lynn is also the author of Foundations of SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence from Apress. She gets her biggest on-the-job buzz from developing architecture - translating business needs into technical solutions that provide real value and opportunities. In her spare time, Lynn gives back to the community by supporting children's education. Her current projects include work with the Mona Foundation (Redmond, Washington) and SmartCare (Lusaka, Zambia).

 

About Dave Nielsen

 Dave is the co-founder of CloudCamp, and principal consultant at Platform D, a developer programs consulting company. With over 8 years of developer marketing experience, Dave helps companies such as PayPal, Wetpaint, Nirvanix, Strikeiron create and run their own developer programs. Prior to Platform D, Dave was PayPal's first Technical Evangelist and went on to grow the PayPal Developer Network to over 350,000 developers. Dave gained modest notoriety when he proposed to his wife in his book PayPal Hacks. Dave is also the co-creator of the CloudCamp, a grassroots community for sharing of information about Cloud Computing. You can follow Dave on Twitter or through his blog.

 

Lynn Langit and Dave Nielsen recommend you check out

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Bytes+by+MSDN/Bytes-by-MSDN-Lynn-Langit-and-Dave-Nielsen-discuss-Big-Data-in-the-Cloud What is “big data?” Lynn Langit and Dave Nielsen offer a few examples of big data, and how data scientists are using the Cloud to manage massive amounts of data. Using SQL Azure (which is just SQL Server hosted on the Azure infrastructure) as an example, Lynn describes why customers are using a combination of NO SQL Windows Azure tables and SQL Azure relational tables. Tune in to the end, of this short video, to receive instructions on how to access your free 30-day pass to a Windows Azure account.About Lynn Langit What inspires someone from Fargo, North Dakota to dream of becoming a United Nations translator? Love of words, of course. A self-described language geek, Lynn is fascinated by languages and semantics. She understands that life rarely travels in a straight line, and her own career reflects this winding path. Lynn moved from a degree in linguistics to become a business executive, and then launched her own software development, training and consulting company. She's done production work with all versions of .NET, BizTalk, K2.Net, SharePoint, SQL Server, Analysis Services, InfoPath, MOM, and Active Directory, and holds an array of certifications, including MCT, MCSD, MCITP, MCSE, MCDBA and MSF. Lynn is also the author of Foundations of SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence from Apress. She gets her biggest on-the-job buzz from developing architecture - translating business needs into technical solutions that provide real value and opportunities. In her spare time, Lynn gives back to the community by supporting children's education. Her current projects include work with the Mona Foundation (Redmond, Washington) and SmartCare (Lusaka, Zambia). About Dave Nielsen Dave is the co-founder of CloudCamp, and principal consultant at Platform D, a developer programs consulting company. With over 8 years of developer marketing experience, Dave helps companies such as PayPal, Wetpaint, Nirvanix, Strikeiron create and run their own developer programs. Pr 266 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Bytes+by+MSDN/Bytes-by-MSDN-Lynn-Langit-and-Dave-Nielsen-discuss-Big-Data-in-the-Cloud Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:06:24 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Bytes+by+MSDN/Bytes-by-MSDN-Lynn-Langit-and-Dave-Nielsen-discuss-Big-Data-in-the-Cloud Bytes by MSDN Bytes by MSDN 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Bytes+by+MSDN/Bytes-by-MSDN-Lynn-Langit-and-Dave-Nielsen-discuss-Big-Data-in-the-Cloud/RSS Bytes by MSDN Data SQL Azure Windows Azure StorSimple Integrates On-Premises, Cloud Storage with Windows Azure StorSimple provides a hybrid storage solution that combines on-premises storage with a scalable, on-demand cloud storage model. StorSimple integrates with several cloud storage providers, including Windows Azure.  Dr. Ian Howells, CMO for StorSimple, talks with Developer Evangelist Wes Yanaga about how the team created a solution that enables companies to seamlessly integrate cloud storage services for Microsoft Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Windows Server. Howells describes why the company offers storage on Azure and how that benefits its customers.

StorSimple uses an algorithm that tiers storage to an on-premises, high-performance disk or to Windows Azure Blob storage to optimize performance.

To address performance issues with on-premises data storage, a data compression process eliminates redundant data segments and minimizes the amount of storage space that an application consumes. At the same time that StorSimple optimizes storage space for data-intensive applications, it uses Cloud Clones—a patented StorSimple technology—to persistently store copies of application data in the cloud.

With StorSimple and Windows Azure, customers maintain control of their data and can take advantage of public cloud services with security-enhanced data connections. StorSimple uses Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control to provide rule-based authorization to validate requests and connect the on-premises applications to the cloud. Customers who deploy StorSimple use a private key to encrypt the data with AES-256 military-grade encryption before it is pushed to Windows Azure, helping to enhance security and ensure that data can only be retrieved by the customer.

About StorSimple

StorSimple provides application-optimized cloud storage for Microsoft Server applications. StorSimple's mission is to bring the benefits of the cloud to on-premises applications without forcing the migration of applications into the cloud. StorSimple manages storage and backup for working set apps such as Microsoft SharePoint, shared file drives, Microsoft Exchange, and virtual machine libraries, offering SSD performance with cloud elasticity.

Other ISV Videos

For videos on Windows Azure Platform, see:

For other videos about independent software vendors (ISVs):

Up to Date News for ISVs and Software Developers

See US ISV Community blog.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/StorSimple-Integrates-On-Premises-Cloud-Storage-with-Windows-Azure StorSimple provides a hybrid storage solution that combines on-premises storage with a scalable, on-demand cloud storage model. StorSimple integrates with several cloud storage providers, including Windows Azure.  Dr. Ian Howells, CMO for StorSimple, talks with Developer Evangelist Wes Yanaga about how the team created a solution that enables companies to seamlessly integrate cloud storage services for Microsoft Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Windows Server. Howells describes why the company offers storage on Azure and how that benefits its customers.StorSimple uses an algorithm that tiers storage to an on-premises, high-performance disk or to Windows Azure Blob storage to optimize performance.To address performance issues with on-premises data storage, a data compression process eliminates redundant data segments and minimizes the amount of storage space that an application consumes. At the same time that StorSimple optimizes storage space for data-intensive applications, it uses Cloud Clones—a patented StorSimple technology—to persistently store copies of application data in the cloud.With StorSimple and Windows Azure, customers maintain control of their data and can take advantage of public cloud services with security-enhanced data connections. StorSimple uses Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control to provide rule-based authorization to validate requests and connect the on-premises applications to the cloud. Customers who deploy StorSimple use a private key to encrypt the data with AES-256 military-grade encryption before it is pushed to Windows Azure, helping to enhance security and ensure that data can only be retrieved by the customer.About StorSimpleStorSimple provides application-optimized cloud storage for Microsoft Server applications. StorSimple's mission is to bring the benefits of the cloud to on-premises applications without forcing the migration of applications into the cloud. StorSimple manages storage and backup for working set 519 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/StorSimple-Integrates-On-Premises-Cloud-Storage-with-Windows-Azure Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:42:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/StorSimple-Integrates-On-Premises-Cloud-Storage-with-Windows-Azure Bruce D Kyle Bruce D Kyle 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/bruceky/StorSimple-Integrates-On-Premises-Cloud-Storage-with-Windows-Azure/RSS Azure Azure AppFabric Azure Storage Data Exchange ISV Sharepoint USISV Windows Azure Windows Azure AppFabric backup exchange+server Entity Framework - Code First CTP5 with Wouter Hendrickx This talk presents the new developments in Entity Framework. More specifically, the EF 4.1 features involving “Code First” are discussed.
The session first gives an overview of the state-of-the-art Entity Framework approach using the EDMX model. It pinpoints some of the weak points of this approach and provides some context.
Then, the “Code First” approach is introduced using an example data model, both the fluent interface and attribute way of configuring the code first context are presented, and some example usage of the code first POCO’s is given. 
The presentation concludes with a more exotic setup involving multiple EDMX files with navigation properties linking them together.

Recommended resources for Entity Framework

A great resource for getting a hang of the Entity framework 4.1 is the ADO.NET team blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adonet/). Specifically, the 12 post series titled “Using DbContext in EF 4.1” gives a nice overview of the features in CTP5.
 
Furthermore, Scott Guthrie’s blog contains a simple ASP.NET MVC demo, using the Code First approach for the data layer (http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/07/16/code-first-development-with-entity-framework-4.aspx).
 
The MSDN Data Development Center (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data) contains loads of information on EF 4.1 in its “Entity framework” section.

About the speaker: Wouter Hendrickx

Wouter Hendrickx is a .NET Software Architect with the Belgian .NET consultancy firm Nais Software. He holds a PhD in computer science and a master’s degree in mathematics.
 
He has strong interest in the newest technology developments on the .NET scene, and has been following the Entity Framework innovations quite closely. He is currently coordinating team of developers in India with a steering group in Spain building a large Software Factory, involving an n-tier setup providing front-end infrastructure for both ASP.NET, Silverlight and WPF, and backed by an Entity Framework Data Layer. 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Entity-Framework-Code-First-CTP5-with-Wouter-Hendrickx This talk presents the new developments in Entity Framework. More specifically, the EF 4.1 features involving “Code First” are discussed. The session first gives an overview of the state-of-the-art Entity Framework approach using the EDMX model. It pinpoints some of the weak points of this approach and provides some context. Then, the “Code First” approach is introduced using an example data model, both the fluent interface and attribute way of configuring the code first context are presented, and some example usage of the code first POCO’s is given. The presentation concludes with a more exotic setup involving multiple EDMX files with navigation properties linking them together.Recommended resources for Entity FrameworkA great resource for getting a hang of the Entity framework 4.1 is the ADO.NET team blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adonet/). Specifically, the 12 post series titled “Using DbContext in EF 4.1” gives a nice overview of the features in CTP5.  Furthermore, Scott Guthrie’s blog contains a simple ASP.NET MVC demo, using the Code First approach for the data layer (http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/07/16/code-first-development-with-entity-framework-4.aspx). The MSDN Data Development Center (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data) contains loads of information on EF 4.1 in its “Entity framework” section.About the speaker: Wouter HendrickxWouter Hendrickx is a .NET Software Architect with the Belgian .NET consultancy firm Nais Software. He holds a PhD in computer science and a master’s degree in mathematics.  He has strong interest in the newest technology developments on the .NET scene, and has been following the Entity Framework innovations quite closely. He is currently coordinating team of developers in India with a steering group in Spain building a large Software Factory, involving an n-tier setup providing front-end infrastructure for both ASP.NET, Silverlight and WPF, and backed by an Entity Framework Data Layer.  3601 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Entity-Framework-Code-First-CTP5-with-Wouter-Hendrickx Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:49:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Entity-Framework-Code-First-CTP5-with-Wouter-Hendrickx Katrien De Graeve Katrien De Graeve 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Entity-Framework-Code-First-CTP5-with-Wouter-Hendrickx/rss BeLux Data Entity Framework NL-FR Customer Council Cloud Power Next Generation Datacenter Customer Council Belgium

Cloud Power Next Generation Datacenter

Speaker : Rudy Van Hoe

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/liese/Customer-Council-Cloud-Power-Next-Generation-Datacenter Customer Council BelgiumCloud Power Next Generation DatacenterSpeaker : Rudy Van Hoe 5151 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/liese/Customer-Council-Cloud-Power-Next-Generation-Datacenter Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:20:04 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/liese/Customer-Council-Cloud-Power-Next-Generation-Datacenter Anthony de Bruyn Anthony de Bruyn 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/liese/Customer-Council-Cloud-Power-Next-Generation-Datacenter/RSS Belgium BeLux Cloud Cloud Patterns Data Datacenter fr-be NL-BE Checking In: Jeff Derstadt - Programming Data and the Entity Framework Jeff Derstadt is a developer on the Entity Framework team, and in this video Erik visits Jeff to learn more about what he does day to day. Jeff and Erik talk about programming data, generally, and the Entity Framework development model, specifically. We learn about how Jeff got into software development, how/why he landed in the data world, things he's working on, his team's interaction with developer customers, providing the things users of EF need/want - like Code First-, and the software engineering processed employed by his broader development team, especially as it relates to the developer-tester relationship. Check out the latest Checking In with Erik Meijer.

Enjoy.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Jeff-Derstadt-Programming-Data-and-the-Entity-Framework Jeff Derstadt is a developer on the Entity Framework team, and in this video Erik visits Jeff to learn more about what he does day to day. Jeff and Erik talk about programming data, generally, and the Entity Framework development model, specifically. We learn about how Jeff got into software development, how/why he landed in the data world, things he's working on, his team's interaction with developer customers, providing the things users of EF need/want - like Code First-, and the software engineering processed employed by his broader development team, especially as it relates to the developer-tester relationship. Check out the latest Checking In with Erik Meijer.Enjoy. 3487 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Jeff-Derstadt-Programming-Data-and-the-Entity-Framework Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:56:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Jeff-Derstadt-Programming-Data-and-the-Entity-Framework Charles Charles 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Checking-In-with-Erik-Meijer/Checking-In-Jeff-Derstadt-Programming-Data-and-the-Entity-Framework/RSS Data Entity Framework 4 Erik Meijer Programming SQL MSDN Radio: Switching the Lights on with Beth Massi Application development is working with data and as the tools become more refined, our jobs become easier and less code is required. The challenge is getting the code right. The latest release of Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch brings a great tool for working with data in a streamlined way. It logically organizes the project by data, but behind the scenes is built on Microsoft .NET. This week we talk with Beth Massi on what’s exciting and possible with LightSwitch. This show is hosted by Mike Benkovich and Mithun Dhar.

MSDN Radio is a weekly Developer talk-show that helps answer your questions about the latest Microsoft news, solutions, and technologies. We dive into the challenges of deciphering today’s technology stack. For previous and upcoming shows visit www.MSDNRadio.com.

Guest: Beth Massi, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation

Beth Massi is a Senior Program Manager on the Visual Studio BizApps team at Microsoft and a community champion for business applications and Visual Basic developers. She has over 15 years of industry experience building business applications and is a frequent speaker at various software development events. You can find her on a variety of developer sites including MSDN Developer Centers, Channel 9, and her blog www.BethMassi.com. Follow her on twitter @BethMassi.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/MSDN-Radio-Switching-the-Lights-on-with-Beth-Massi Application development is working with data and as the tools become more refined, our jobs become easier and less code is required. The challenge is getting the code right. The latest release of Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch brings a great tool for working with data in a streamlined way. It logically organizes the project by data, but behind the scenes is built on Microsoft .NET. This week we talk with Beth Massi on what’s exciting and possible with LightSwitch. This show is hosted by Mike Benkovich and Mithun Dhar.MSDN Radio is a weekly Developer talk-show that helps answer your questions about the latest Microsoft news, solutions, and technologies. We dive into the challenges of deciphering today’s technology stack. For previous and upcoming shows visit www.MSDNRadio.com.Guest: Beth Massi, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft CorporationBeth Massi is a Senior Program Manager on the Visual Studio BizApps team at Microsoft and a community champion for business applications and Visual Basic developers. She has over 15 years of industry experience building business applications and is a frequent speaker at various software development events. You can find her on a variety of developer sites including MSDN Developer Centers, Channel 9, and her blog www.BethMassi.com. Follow her on twitter @BethMassi. 1885 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/MSDN-Radio-Switching-the-Lights-on-with-Beth-Massi Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:13:58 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/MSDN-Radio-Switching-the-Lights-on-with-Beth-Massi MSDN Online Media MSDN Online Media 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/MSDN-Radio-Switching-the-Lights-on-with-Beth-Massi/rss .NET .NET Framework Data LightSwitch MSDNRadio Visual Studio 2010 vs2010 MSDN Radio: Finding Sasquatch & Exploring other Data Mysteries with Jonathan Carter This week we explore the mountains of data around us by looking at the Open Data Protocol (OData). Jonathan Carter is a Technology Evangelist who helps people explore the possible with these new technologies, including how to build client and server-side solutions to implement and expose data endpoints. Join us and find out how you can leverage these technologies. This show is hosted by Mike Benkovich and Mithun Dhar.

MSDN Radio is a weekly Developer talk-show that helps answer your questions about the latest Microsoft news, solutions, and technologies. We dive into the challenges of deciphering today’s technology stack. For previous or upcoming shows visit www.MSDNRadio.com.

Guest: Jonathan Carter, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation

Jonathan Carter is a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft and a frequent contributor to Channel 9 and speaking at conferences and events around the world.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/MSDN-Radio-Finding-Sasquatch--Exploring-other-Data-Mysteries-with-Jonathan-Carter This week we explore the mountains of data around us by looking at the Open Data Protocol (OData). Jonathan Carter is a Technology Evangelist who helps people explore the possible with these new technologies, including how to build client and server-side solutions to implement and expose data endpoints. Join us and find out how you can leverage these technologies. This show is hosted by Mike Benkovich and Mithun Dhar.MSDN Radio is a weekly Developer talk-show that helps answer your questions about the latest Microsoft news, solutions, and technologies. We dive into the challenges of deciphering today’s technology stack. For previous or upcoming shows visit www.MSDNRadio.com.Guest: Jonathan Carter, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft CorporationJonathan Carter is a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft and a frequent contributor to Channel 9 and speaking at conferences and events around the world. 1853 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/MSDN-Radio-Finding-Sasquatch--Exploring-other-Data-Mysteries-with-Jonathan-Carter Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:44:10 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/MSDN-Radio-Finding-Sasquatch--Exploring-other-Data-Mysteries-with-Jonathan-Carter MSDN Online Media MSDN Online Media 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/MSDN-Radio-Finding-Sasquatch--Exploring-other-Data-Mysteries-with-Jonathan-Carter/rss Data DPEField MSDNRadio odata talk-radio Information Marketplace Dallas Arriving Later this Year At the Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft revealed new details about the forthcoming launch of codename “Dallas,” the information marketplace which provides developers and other information workers the ability to find, purchase and manage datasets from one online resource.  The service, powered by the Windows Azure platform, will go live in the fourth quarter of this year.

Some datasets on the service are “premium,” meaning available for a fee, but many are free of charge and will continue to be free, even after launch. It’s up to the dataset providers whether or not to charge. Currently, it its pre-launch state, Dallas offers datasets from the AP, InfoUSA, the FDA, NASA, WHO and others.

Already, over 3000 developers have set up accounts on Dallas and are using the datasets to run app that can run on Silverlight on the web as well as on mobile devices like the iPhone. For example, one of the companies using Dallas is Tableau, which was featured during a keynote at WPC this week where their visualization of UNESCO data (a heatmap) was showcased.

(via SeattleTimes)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Information-Marketplace-Dallas-Arriving-Later-this-Year At the Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft revealed new details about the forthcoming launch of codename “Dallas,” the information marketplace which provides developers and other information workers the ability to find, purchase and manage datasets from one online resource.  The service, powered by the Windows Azure platform, will go live in the fourth quarter of this year.Some datasets on the service are “premium,” meaning available for a fee, but many are free of charge and will continue to be free, even after launch. It’s up to the dataset providers whether or not to charge. Currently, it its pre-launch state, Dallas offers datasets from the AP, InfoUSA, the FDA, NASA, WHO and others. Already, over 3000 developers have set up accounts on Dallas and are using the datasets to run app that can run on Silverlight on the web as well as on mobile devices like the iPhone. For example, one of the companies using Dallas is Tableau, which was featured during a keynote at WPC this week where their visualization of UNESCO data (a heatmap) was showcased. (via SeattleTimes) http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Information-Marketplace-Dallas-Arriving-Later-this-Year Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:11:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Information-Marketplace-Dallas-Arriving-Later-this-Year Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Information-Marketplace-Dallas-Arriving-Later-this-Year/RSS Azure Data Moving From the DataSet to Data Services Recorded Live at Philly.NET CodeCamp April 2010
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Summary
OData and WCF Data Services makes it very easy to build data centric WCF Services.  In this session you will learn how to replace your current DataSet driven applications with WCF Data Services.

Speaker  
Don Demsak is a Senior Solution Architect at Tellago, based out of New Jersey, who specializes in building enterprise applications with .Net. He has a popular blog at www.donxml.com and is a Microsoft MVP, and a member of the INETA Speakers Bureau. He is currently immersed in building RESTful Services with .Net 3.5, exploring Domain Specific Languages in .Net, and promoting the use of Business Intelligence technologies to the .Net developer community.
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Devs4Devs/Moving-From-the-DataSet-to-Data-Services Recorded Live at Philly.NET CodeCamp April 2010http://codecamp.phillydotnet.org/2010-1Want more details on why you should attend a Microsoft Community Code Camp?SummaryOData and WCF Data Services makes it very easy to build data centric WCF Services.  In this session you will learn how to replace your current DataSet driven applications with WCF Data Services.Speaker   Don Demsak is a Senior Solution Architect at Tellago, based out of New Jersey, who specializes in building enterprise applications with .Net. He has a popular blog at www.donxml.com and is a Microsoft MVP, and a member of the INETA Speakers Bureau. He is currently immersed in building RESTful Services with .Net 3.5, exploring Domain Specific Languages in .Net, and promoting the use of Business Intelligence technologies to the .Net developer community. 4917 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Devs4Devs/Moving-From-the-DataSet-to-Data-Services Wed, 12 May 2010 12:43:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Devs4Devs/Moving-From-the-DataSet-to-Data-Services Dave Isbitski Dave Isbitski 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Devs4Devs/Moving-From-the-DataSet-to-Data-Services/RSS Data Data Services DPEeast DPEField PhillyCC Real World Entity Framework Recorded Live at Philly.NET CodeCamp April 2010 http://codecamp.phillydotnet.org/2010-1

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Most applications connect to a database at some point and ORM tools, like Entity Framework, can make that process a lot simpler.  Whether you have worked with the Entity Framework before, sometimes it takes real world examples to make it all click.  In this session we will look at a few real world examples using Entity Framework with technologies like ASP.Net MVC, Silverlight and WCF.  We will look at some of the common issues when building applications with any ORM solution and how the new features in Entity Framework 4 help reduce development time and frustration.   Most importantly, you will get to see how Entity Framework can be utilized in real applications along with some tips, tricks and gotchas.

Speaker
Dane Morgridge has been a developer for 9+ years and has worked with .Net & C# since the first public beta. His current passions are Entity Framework, WPF, WCF, Silverlight and LINQ and is currently a Microsoft MVP for Data Platform Development. He works mostly with C#, but is also a big fan of whatever new technology he happens to come across. In addition to software development, he is the host of the Community Megaphone Podcast and also enjoys dabbling in graphic design, video special effects and hockey. When not with his family he is usually learning some new technology or working on some side projects. He is currently working as the Development Manager & Architect at Roska Direct in Montgomeryville, PA.  He can be reached through is blog http://geekswithblogs.net/danemorgridge or on Twitter @danemorgridge. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Devs4Devs/Real-World-Entity-Framework Recorded Live at Philly.NET CodeCamp April 2010 http://codecamp.phillydotnet.org/2010-1Want more details on why you should attend a Microsoft Community Code Camp?SummaryMost applications connect to a database at some point and ORM tools, like Entity Framework, can make that process a lot simpler.  Whether you have worked with the Entity Framework before, sometimes it takes real world examples to make it all click.  In this session we will look at a few real world examples using Entity Framework with technologies like ASP.Net MVC, Silverlight and WCF.  We will look at some of the common issues when building applications with any ORM solution and how the new features in Entity Framework 4 help reduce development time and frustration.   Most importantly, you will get to see how Entity Framework can be utilized in real applications along with some tips, tricks and gotchas.SpeakerDane Morgridge has been a developer for 9+ years and has worked with .Net & C# since the first public beta. His current passions are Entity Framework, WPF, WCF, Silverlight and LINQ and is currently a Microsoft MVP for Data Platform Development. He works mostly with C#, but is also a big fan of whatever new technology he happens to come across. In addition to software development, he is the host of the Community Megaphone Podcast and also enjoys dabbling in graphic design, video special effects and hockey. When not with his family he is usually learning some new technology or working on some side projects. He is currently working as the Development Manager & Architect at Roska Direct in Montgomeryville, PA.  He can be reached through is blog http://geekswithblogs.net/danemorgridge or on Twitter @danemorgridge. 4403 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Devs4Devs/Real-World-Entity-Framework Wed, 12 May 2010 02:03:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Devs4Devs/Real-World-Entity-Framework Dave Isbitski Dave Isbitski 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Devs4Devs/Real-World-Entity-Framework/RSS Dane Morgridge Data DPEeast DPEField Entity Framework PhillyCC E2E: Erik Meijer and Dave Campbell: Data, Databases and the Cloud Dave Campbell is a Technical Fellow at Microsoft and long time database architect. Today, Dave works on the hardest problems facing SQL's foray into the new world of cloud computing. His latest project in this space takes the form of SQL Azure. What is SQL Azure? What's the different with the cloud and what we already experience with SQL server running in a clustered environment and reachable via the Internet? How does this focus on cloud computing and impact the evolution of database design? What's going here? What's next? Erik Meijer, de facto E2E host and language designer, interviews Dave to ge answers to some of these questions. Erik works for Dave, by the way, and as you can see that doesn't stop Erik from asking more than softball questions.

Dave will be presenting at PDC09 in the Technical Leaders track. His talk will focus on ambient data and what this means for the evolution of ways to understand and shape the data this all around us using software. You should attend his session and come with questions if you are going to be at PDC. If you're not going to be there, then make sure to ask Dave questions when he appears on Channel 9 Live!

Enjoy! ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/E2E-Erik-Meijer-and-Dave-Campbell-Data-Databases-and-the-Cloud Dave Campbell is a Technical Fellow at Microsoft and long time database architect. Today, Dave works on the hardest problems facing SQL's foray into the new world of cloud computing. His latest project in this space takes the form of SQL Azure. What is SQL Azure? What's the different with the cloud and what we already experience with SQL server running in a clustered environment and reachable via the Internet? How does this focus on cloud computing and impact the evolution of database design? What's going here? What's next? Erik Meijer, de facto E2E host and language designer, interviews Dave to ge answers to some of these questions. Erik works for Dave, by the way, and as you can see that doesn't stop Erik from asking more than softball questions.Dave will be presenting at PDC09 in the Technical Leaders track. His talk will focus on ambient data and what this means for the evolution of ways to understand and shape the data this all around us using software. You should attend his session and come with questions if you are going to be at PDC. If you're not going to be there, then make sure to ask Dave questions when he appears on Channel 9 Live!Enjoy! 1983 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/E2E-Erik-Meijer-and-Dave-Campbell-Data-Databases-and-the-Cloud Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:03:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/E2E-Erik-Meijer-and-Dave-Campbell-Data-Databases-and-the-Cloud Charles Charles 7 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/E2E-Erik-Meijer-and-Dave-Campbell-Data-Databases-and-the-Cloud/RSS Cloud Computing Data Dave Campbell Erik Meijer Expert to Expert SQL Azure A New App For Mobile Security: Maverick Mobile At this year’s DEMO conference, one of the best demos was from a Pune, India-based company called Maverick Mobile. Their new mobile application helps protect the data on your phone in the event the phone is lost or stolen. The app can be used to back up your data, encrypt it, track your device, retrieve your phonebook from a lost phone, disable the device remotely, and even sound a warning alarm if you know the device to be stolen. At time of launch, the Maverick Mobile app works on Nokia phones only, but in November, the company will debut their Windows Mobile and Blackberry versions.

The app incrementally backs up the data on your phone to their secure servers so you can always retrieve it easily. If your phone is stolen and a new SIM card is put into the device, the application recognizes the change and immediately encrypts all the data, including your phonebook, images, messages, etc. You can then retrieve the data from another phone that’s in your possession and – here’s the best part – that retrieval is done using SMS text messages that are automatically sent from the stolen phone...meaning the thief’s account is used to pay for them!

You can also hunt down your device once it's been re-activated. The mobile app can send your new phone the phone number, device ID, country code, operator name, and area code belonging to your stolen device.

However, the craziest thing about the Maverick Mobile app is that it actually lets you harass the thief! You can make spy calls to the device, which switches on the loudspeaker and mic of the stolen phone so you can listen in on the conversations made. But what’s even more hilarious is that you can disable the stolen phone remotely and then have the device sound a loud alarm that sounds like a siren. The only way to disable the siren is to remove the battery! You can also have the app send a customized message with the alarm (like “this phone has been reported stolen, to return it, please call…” (or whatever message you want).

I couldn’t find any company videos that would allow you to see the device in action, unfortunately. However, I did come across this video from eWEEK where they interview one of the company founders:

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/A-New-App-For-Mobile-Security-Maverick-Mobile At this year’s DEMO conference, one of the best demos was from a Pune, India-based company called Maverick Mobile. Their new mobile application helps protect the data on your phone in the event the phone is lost or stolen. The app can be used to back up your data, encrypt it, track your device, retrieve your phonebook from a lost phone, disable the device remotely, and even sound a warning alarm if you know the device to be stolen. At time of launch, the Maverick Mobile app works on Nokia phones only, but in November, the company will debut their Windows Mobile and Blackberry versions. The app incrementally backs up the data on your phone to their secure servers so you can always retrieve it easily. If your phone is stolen and a new SIM card is put into the device, the application recognizes the change and immediately encrypts all the data, including your phonebook, images, messages, etc. You can then retrieve the data from another phone that’s in your possession and – here’s the best part – that retrieval is done using SMS text messages that are automatically sent from the stolen phone...meaning the thief’s account is used to pay for them! You can also hunt down your device once it's been re-activated. The mobile app can send your new phone the phone number, device ID, country code, operator name, and area code belonging to your stolen device. However, the craziest thing about the Maverick Mobile app is that it actually lets you harass the thief! You can make spy calls to the device, which switches on the loudspeaker and mic of the stolen phone so you can listen in on the conversations made. But what’s even more hilarious is that you can disable the stolen phone remotely and then have the device sound a loud alarm that sounds like a siren. The only way to disable the siren is to remove the battery! You can also have the app send a customized message with the alarm (like “this phone has been reported stolen, to return it, please call…” (or whatever message you want http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/A-New-App-For-Mobile-Security-Maverick-Mobile Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:31:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/A-New-App-For-Mobile-Security-Maverick-Mobile Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/A-New-App-For-Mobile-Security-Maverick-Mobile/RSS Data encryption Mobile Security Windows Mobile backup Cellphone Supercomputer (via The Raw Feed) ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Cellphone-Supercomputer A new technology from Accenture's research labs, a French company, allows cell phones to transform into thin clients. The technology was demoed last week by showing a cell phone that recorded images of a print of Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" painting. After the camera took video images of the painting, a search of a database on the linked Windows XP computer returned results giving information about the painting as well as info about the the recent film of the same title. This extends the possibility of mobile-based search to include interaction with objects in the real world...when can I get a phone that does that? (via The Raw Feed) http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Cellphone-Supercomputer Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:10:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Cellphone-Supercomputer Sarah Perez Sarah Perez 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Cellphone-Supercomputer/RSS Data Mobile Search Technology cell phones