Since last fortnight's post, most development activity has been on the following projects:
- Website development - development work on our Hilltops IT website for re-branding. this has been the main focus for us - bringing together the design work with the "nuts and bolts" of the mechanics of the site. there are still a couple of tweaks to make, but the site is looking really good. Everyone internally is really excited about being able to announce the launch.
- Business Intelligence reporting - continued work on a bespoke project reporting on 3,000,000+ rows of data from disparate data sources using SQL Server Reporting Services.
Industry News
Development tools component makers see 2009 as a big year for MS platforms
Introduction: The gears are turning for implementations of Microsoft's next generation of platform technologies, and as a matter of course, component makers are the leading-edge innovators. In 2009, some of the latest Microsoft technologies will be gaining the most traction as Silverlight's star rises and developers rethink how they structure Web applications. Silverlight is rapidly becoming a popular platform for component developers to target. ComponentArt, ComponentOne, Developer Express and Infragistics are all making controls for creating business applications and filling in functionality that Microsoft has omitted.
See the full article here: www.sdtimes.com/link/33194
So as Microsoft Partners, leading edge software and website developers and providers of Microsoft platform-based business solutions, Hilltops IT are perfectly placed to take advantage of these new innovations.
Free e-book Introducing SQL Server 2008
Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 by Peter DeBetta, Greg Low, and Mark Whitehorn
ISBN: 9780735625587
Learn about major new features in SQL Server 2008 including security, administration, and performance.
Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008:
- Chapter 1: Security and Administration
- Chapter 2: Performance
- Chapter 3: Type System
- Chapter 4: Programmability
- Chapter 5: Storage
- Chapter 6: Enhancements for High Availability
- Chapter 7: Business Intelligence Enhancements
Download it here: http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urss1q2we6
For further information on our website and software development services, please do not hesitate to contact us on +44(0)844 357 7360 or +44(0)1782 564252 or email development@hilltopsit.co.uk
We look forward to hearing from you!
