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SharePoint as your next Application Platform
If you have a new application to design or are even just looking to make some major enhancements, you can cut out large swaths of development time and money by leveraging SharePoint as an application platform. Read more in our latest newsletter.

Instant Performance Improvement via New Citrix products
If you want instant web application and WAN performance improvements using your existing hardware with no programming changes, consider the WANScaler and NetScaler products from Citrix.

InfoPath 2007 Microsoft Nails It!
InfoPath 2007, especially when coupled with SharePoint, can cost-effectively tackle the toughest forms for process automation – the last surviving hold-outs that you didn’t think were possible. Check out this great newsletter for more details.

Easier Vista Migration with Citrix Presentation Server 4.5
The amazing new Citrix Presentation Server version 4.5 offers solutions for organizations faced with Windows Vista migration challenges. This newsletter concentrates on just one very compelling reason to take a look.

Better Together: SharePoint and SQL Reporting Services
Together, SharePoint and SQL Reporting Services form a powerful platform for creating, sharing and acting on information. It encourages the best use of resources and improves the flow of information inside your organization. If you add Business Data Catalog features you end up with a complete solution that closes the loop and makes SharePoint the true center of information access and business decision-making.

Top 5 Architecture Mistakes
Microsoft changed the way applications should be architected. This is a change for the better, but Microsoft kept near total backward compatibility with previous versions and that poses a danger for those of you responsible for designing or maintaining applications.

Language vs. Framework
A major paradigm shift is underway in the world of software development and it has completely changed the way most people should approach learning the art of software development using Microsoft technologies.

Accountability and Visibility in Work Flows
The next generation of Office and SharePoint provide a powerful workflow engine you can use to make multi-step, multi-person processes and procedures more visible and accountable.

Master Data-Wrangling, Fast with SQL Server Integration Services
If you haven’t looked into SSIS yet, it’s time you did. Read our newsletter to learn more.

Branch Offices First Class Citizens at Last!
Anyone who works at a branch office (or supports branches from headquarters) knows that sometimes the branches have less than full access to less than all of available resources. Until recent advances in Internet technologies it was physically impossible or at least impossibly expensive to provide such access. Read on to find out how Citrix and Microsoft have teamed up to level the playing field at prices everyone can afford.

CRM and VOIP Convergence is Here
Voice over IP (VOIP) and Microsoft CRM have converged to form a customer relationship and telephone integration solution that was previously inaccessible by small to medium-sized organizations. Today you can compete right up there with major corporations at a tiny fraction of the cost.

The Threat from Within - Who do you Trust and Why?
Tens of thousands of dollars are spent on external-facing firewalls and other security products, yet the most likely threat is already past those defenses! Read more in our latest newsletter.

Code is Dead - Long Live the Programmer!
The future of software development involves a different set of skills, rather than the ability to crank line after line of source code. Read more in our newsletter.

Top 4 Trends in CRM
The market for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) products has matured to the point that individual features and functionality are no longer meaningful differentiators. The real action is making CRM, in whatever form it takes, a central part of your organization’s daily operations. This newsletter covers the top four trends that are driving the market.

SQL Server 2005 Dig Deeper
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is so much more than just an upgrade to Microsoft’s flagship relational database product. This newsletter is devoted to highlighting some important new features that take a little digging to discover and appreciate

Citrix Presentation Server and Access Gateway: What’s New?
2006 is shaping up to be a great year for I.T. Citrix has released a new version of their flagship Presentation Server product suite along with better integration with the companion Access Gateway appliance. This newsletter will get you up to speed on this terrific combination.

SharePoint and Citrix Front & Center
This newsletter revisits SharePoint in general and the powerful combination of SharePoint and Citrix in particular, and reminds why these technologies are indeed front and center in many corporate strategies.

Over-Due for Desktop Upgrade?
This newsletter is devoted to explaining the new Business Desktop Deployment Solution Accelerator, offered jointly from Microsoft and Alto.

Missing Out on Mobility?
This newsletter is devoted to getting you caught up on recent advances in mobility.

SQL Server 2005 Top 5 SOA Features
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 offers radically new and often better ways to accomplish modern, distributed, highly-available and scalable solutions.

Citrix Update: Version 4.0
Citrix Systems, Inc. has been busy again. Several products have been revised to bring them into alignment and have gained important new features and enhancements. This newsletter summarizes the major points in the new 4.0 product releases.

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