 | | | | | | | | | News and highlights Police department implements innovative technology for Super Bowl security
The Arlington, Texas, Police Department pulled out all the stops to keep players and fans safe at this year's Super Bowl, including implementing a Fusion Core Solution to track resources, personnel, and leads on suspicious activity in one place. Microsoft SharePoint helps Recovery.gov users point, click, and follow the money
Using SharePoint as the core platform that supports Recovery.gov provided developers with an integrated suite of collaboration, content management, and enterprise search capabilities. – GCN Microsoft steps up competition with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011
The cloud-based version of the new CRM offering helps government agencies reduce costs, improve citizen engagement, and increase transparency. – InformationWeek 5 trends in the cloud forecast for 2011
Industry surveys show 50 percent or more of organizations polled have implemented some form of cloud computing. And worldwide cloud adoption is expanding at a pace of roughly 17 percent per year, according to research firm Gartner. – Forbes Government social media: Five questions for 2011
In this Fast Company article, Mark Drapeau, Director of U.S. Public Sector Social Engagement at Microsoft, asks five "big questions" about government social media use to put Gov 2.0 in a larger perspective. Microsoft grants help veterans find work in the civilian world
Microsoft recently awarded grants under its Elevate America Veterans initiative to fund efforts that offer education, job training, and placement programs to the military community.
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Microsoft WebMatrix is a new web development tool that makes it easy for anyone to create a new web site. Make the move to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010
With state-of-the-art version control, integrated bug tracking and flexible build automation, Team Foundation Server 2010 ensures the delivery of quality software faster. Get your no-cost Windows Azure Platform 30-Day Pass
Put Windows Azure and SQL Azure through their paces. Use promo code MSDNT1. With the Windows Azure platform, you pay only for what you use, and scale up when you need capacity and down when you don't. Windows Phone 7 Government Applications Contest ends February 18!
You can win an Xbox 360 Kinect Combo Pack if your application is one of the 10 winning apps! Enter today and get your state and local government application into the Windows Marketplace by Feb 18, 2011. Upcoming developer-focused events  Developer Dinner Event: SharePoint 2010 as a Development Platform Series
» Take your SharePoint solutions to the cloud | Feb. 23 in Reston, Virginia
» Developing Office 2010 solutions for SharePoint 2010 | Mar. 23 in Reston, Virginia SharePoint-as-a-Development-Platform successes in federal government
Learn how you can quickly build custom SharePoint applications leveraging the project templates, designers, and packaging tools within Visual Studio 2010.
» Mar. 3 in Reston, Virginia and Mar. 10 in Washington, DC
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