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News for developers

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* Microsoft Corporation announced the release of the final version of SQL Server 2008. Among the innovations is worth noting separately editor web-server-oriented use of hosting providers. In total seven teams. Other innovations include a new means of data analysis, the new manager of applications, completely revised system of resource management, as well as the new manager of databases. * Mozilla and Nokia created the first working assembly 3 Firefox browser-based, cross-platform graphics library Qt. In the long run, this assembly will be included in the main tree assemblies Firefox, and will develop as a promising mobile version of your browser. * Sybase Corporation introduced new versions of its products. Sybase PowerBuilder 11.5 offers enhanced support for the platform. NET, more effective interaction with databases SQL Server 2008 and Oracle 11g. Supplement Application Server Plug-in will simplify the deployment of application servers from third-party manufacturers direc...

IT-sector: farewell to summer

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So, the "battle for Yahoo" otgremela, and now the world's IT-business, we can say, eat the last quiet days before the busy time of year - autumn. Chief Information has become a cause of August Olympics, which once again riveted the attention of the world to China. Here we are with Celestial and start the current review. According to authoritative forecasts research agency Global Insight, are already in 2009 China will become the world's largest producer of manufactured goods Who Was Well Ahead of the U.S.. And a large portion of total production will be electronics, mostly computer, and mobile devices. By the way, just a month ago, China by the number of Internet users outstripped America, confidently taking first place in the world. By volume production States beat China in four years earlier than the expected duration. U.S. next year for the first time in 100 years give way leading positions primarily "due to" current financial crisis, which, among other t...

Competing with India and the prospects of the Belarusian offshore programming.

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The number of companies, earning money outsourcing, in our country right now is rather big, and it all continues to grow. But whether many of those working in the field of outsourcing, thinking that the boom will inevitably be for depression? Rainbow plans The successes of outsourcing companies operating abroad, quite naturally, and quite a long time already generate interest among all stakeholders in Belarus - from businessmen, employees (ie programmers), in power. Thus, there is "Infopark" and high-tech Park (TIP), and incidentally - zashkalivayuschie competitions at the Universities of specialty programming and a very high salary for Belarus to the programmers. At the same time, and there are plans for the future. It is, the successes have to ensure that plans were brighter. At the time of PVT sounded figure in world market offshore programming around $ 70 billion a year. Of these $ 10 billion went to India. Indeed, the very PVT organized precisely in order to "to sna...