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A Strategy for Getting the Right Information to Your Manager
Jack Rockart, a Senior Lecturer Emeritus at the MIT Sloan School and one of the driving forces behind seminal IT concepts like critical success factors (CSFs) and executive support systems (ESS), has just written an article that outlines how an organization can implement a strategy to deliver this important information to managers and knowledge workers. The article is called, “Information: Let’s Get it Right” and was published in the MIS Quarterly Executive (MISQE). In this newsletter article, I will summarize the approach that Jack Rockart advocates.

Improving the Software Development Life Cycle with Visual Studio 2005 Team Services
Currently, there are many disparate tools available for managing the software development life cycle. Examples include Microsoft’s Visual SourceSafe for source code control, third-party tools for automating unit and load testing, automated build environments for automating the software build process, and diagramming tools for creating object models and database entity/relationship diagrams. However, it is often difficult and time consuming to integrate these tools into a unified development environment. Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2005 Team Services, currently in beta and scheduled for release later this year, provides a unified environment for managing the software development life cycle by integrating an array of extensible tools that manage all phases of the software life cycle (not just source code control) into a standard IDE.

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Secrets of the SharePoint Search Results Revealed

From a Microsoft perspective, 2004 was the year of SharePoint Portal Server.  Organizations around the world have implemented SharePoint-based solutions for more effective knowledge management and better team collaboration.  It is becoming the single source for corporate content… unless, of course, you are trying to find something!  I’ve equated the SharePoint search results with my seven year old daughter’s room: I know what I’m looking for is in there somewhere; I just can’t find.   This article is intended to help you better leverage SharePoint’s search results… I’ve given up on my daughter’s room!

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