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The term “Micro-soft” was first used by Bill Gates in a letter to Paul Allen in 1975, and a year later the trademark “Microsoft” was registered. Microsoft’s destiny was determined when they landed the world’s most famous business deal with IBM – to provide them with an operational system.

Imagine that you are developing a website with the sole purpose of selling cosmetic products. Assuming it’s fully functional (visualizing products, order and paying), what will make your website stand out in a market of thousands of other similar projects? If you don’t know yet, let me tell you: it’s the design!

What is a web service and how does it work? What is the difference between a WCF and a ASMX Web Service? All of this, and more, right here!

Assembly is a low-level programming language for a computer or any other programmable device, which has a very strong (generally one-to-one) correspondence with the machine language instructions (basically, the programmer speaks with the device by using the device’s language).

What “coding” actually means – Is programming for everyone? – How to encourage those who want to learn

A brief history lesson about data formats and an in-depth comparison between JSON and XML

Software outsourcing comes with a series of advantages for the customer (company or individual) – but once you decide to outsource a project, or part of a project, what options do you have?

When you decide to outsource the development of a software product towards an outsourcing company it’s important to get off on the right foot. This means that your requirements and expectations (look and feel of the software) need to be conveyed as clearly as possible to the outsourcing team.

Until recent years, the software companies have accustomed us with longer cycles between software updates (we’ve waited 5 years for Windows Server 2008, remember?!), but nowadays a new trend has emerged – faster software release cycles.

A quick guide and lots of best-practices for dealing with MS SQL language portability issues in ASP.NET

The first database appeared in the 60s by the name of Navigational DBMS , and later, in the 70s, a new type of database was created by Edgar Codd, an IBM employee. This new system was known as the “Relational database management system” – and it’s still popular today, although another database type gained ground in the last years, namely NoSQL

Most applications available require a small amount of user interaction, such as username and password input, however there are some applications that expect more than two simple texts from the user.

As of October 22, 2013, the App Store reached the 1 million apps milestone, which is quite an impressive achievement. Most of these apps have been developed with the help of the iOS SDK, the software development kit developed by Apple Inc., which provides the necessary tools and frameworks for developers.

If at first, the economic climate forced more companies to outsource their IT departments towards outsourcing software companies, now outsourcing has become a viable solution for having access to a multitude of skills and expertise.

In the last decade a new destination has emerged: Eastern Europe. Countries such as: Latvia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, Ukraine etc. made a name for themselves on the outsourcing market by providing a complete set of services – consulting, development, support, maintenance.