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When Visual Studio 2008 came out last November, it was packed with a lot new functionality and features that made many a Microsoft developer’s heart go a flutter.

This month, Microsoft unveiled the future of Visual Studio and it’s called Visual Studio 2010. To along with the new version, the .Net framework is being upgraded to version 4. There are tons of new improvements expected, along with a rumor that SharePoint development will get much easier.

We took a peek at the changes coming and wanted to fill you in.

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Visual Studio 2010 Eases Web, Cloud Development

Seems like everyone these days wants to jump into cloud services and browser-based applications. IBM is no different. The company has been working on a secret project for nearly five months. Well it is no longer a secret and Big Blue has divulged some details about Blue Spruce, the company’s first attempt in providing a complete browser-based application development platform.

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IBM’s Blue Spruce Shifts Development to Web Browsers

What do you do in turbulent economic times? Downsize or produce more? Yahoo! chooses the latter and attempts to re-incarnate itself and “make history again” with the release of its Open Strategy (Y!OS) platform.

The idea behind this initiative is to open up to developers and let them “tap into benefits once only available within Yahoo!” Yahoo! has opened quite a few features, including content, traffic and Yahoo’s user base.

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Yahoo! Opens Up More to the Masses With Y!OS 1.0

On-demand marketing automation champion MuseWorx recently released MuseWorx Mobile, the first mobile marketing operating system.

The application enables stakeholders to perform all sorts of tasks from their mobile devices including sharing, collaborating, tracking, or utilizing brand assets required for marketing campaigns.

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MuseWorx Releases Mobile Marketing OS

Kentico Software, a Web CMS vendor, was named Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Rising Star. The vendor was ranked as the 5th fastest growing young technology company in Central Europe, after achieving a whopping 553% three-year growth.

The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 annual award honors the fastest growing Central European technology companies, based on the percentage of operational revenue growth. The Rising Stars nod is given to hyper-active young technology companies, if they meet the same criteria necessary for the Technology Fast 50 with the exception of revenues.

Since releasing the first version of its ASP.NET-based Kentico CMS in August 2004, this Czech vendor managed to rack up such prominent clients as Bayer, Gibson Musical Instruments and Guinness — to name a few.

Want to get a closer look at Kentico CMS? The product will be showcased at the upcoming Microsoft Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles and at the Gilbane Conference in Boston.

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Kentico Rises to Deloitte Stars