12/15/2008

December 2008 - 2009 and Beyond

Our cover story features a panel of dev industry leaders and pundits who provide a glimpse into the turbulent year ahead. Our columnists also reflect forward as they ponder the impact of a declining economy on developers and the emerging technologies. Plus the latest news on SOA, JavaFX, Silverlight 3.0, 'Kilamanjaro,' 'Madison,' Robotics and more. Also, a Tech Brief on authentication services and a Q&A with David DeWitt who talks about building parallel processing into SQL Server.


In-Depth

2009 and Beyond

By Michael Desmond


Q&As

The Query Optimizer

By Jeffrey Schwartz


DevDisasters

DevDisaster: For Security Purposes, of Course

By Alex Papadimoulis


Developer's Toolkit

Jazzing up Dev Teams

By Peter Varhol


Frameworks

Hostile Territory

By Michael Desmond


Redmond Review

Build and Share

By Andrew J. Brust


Response Chain

Silverlight 3 Wish List

By Readers of Redmond Developer News


Tech Brief

Authentication Service

By Liz Andrews


Zachmann.NET

The Road Ahead

By William F. Zachmann


News

JavaFX Faces off Against Adobe, Microsoft

By Michael Desmond and John K. Waters


Microsoft Upgrades Robotics Tools

By John K. Waters, with Michael Desmond contributing


Will SOA Fly in 2009?

By John K. Waters


Powerset Gives Microsoft Semantic Search Tools

By John K. Waters


Infragistics Rolls out New Components

By Michael Desmond and John K. Waters


Web PI Gains XP, Windows 2003 Support

By Jeffrey Schwartz


Microsoft Demos 'Kilimanjaro'

By Jeffrey Schwartz