Roll-up 4 for AX2009 RTM and SP1 is currently under development and scheduled to be released to Partner Source and Customer Source in the first half of March. In addition to the hotfixes, Roll-up 4 is going to carry multiple country-specific updates for various regions on SYP and GLP layers.
Archive for February, 2010
Roll-up 4 for AX2009 RTM and SP1
February 18th, 2010More changes at SAP and Oracle
February 15th, 2010Oracle recently announced an agreement to acquire the privately held AmberPoint, a leading provider of service-oriented architecture (SOA) management tools. . AmberPoint fills some of the gaps that existed in Oracle Enterprise Manager.
SAP also announced further changes to its management team, most notably the resignation of John Schwarz, a member of the Executive Board and former CEO of Business Objects
Application functionality has been the primary selling point for both SAP and Oracle the platform are becoming more visible in changing the way the applications work.
Embedded analytics—timely, relevant information embedded in the workflow of an application .
Next-generation user interfaces (UIs)—the “unbound portal.” Using new technologies to provide access to information that’s context-aware and available in a format that suits the consumer/user
The need for better, multi-enterprise integration, as well as support for cloud-based deployment models both point to why the infrastructure platform matters
SAP urgently needs to sort out its strategy with respect to NetWeaver
Mid market erp vendors who rely on IBM and Micorsft for theior platforms are going to get squeezed ,or will have to find another platform fast. The likelihood is that there will be more acquisitions of infrastructure and platform providers and more consolidation of erp providers
MS Word -stubborn page break
February 15th, 2010If you have page break in your document that you cannot remove then this may be because Track changes is enabled. To turn this off esnure your screen is in Normal View, and double click the ‘TRK’ section in the status bar ,or simultaneously press: CTRl,, Shift and E
17-year-old Windows/DOS Bug
February 14th, 2010Tavis Ormandy, a security researcher at Google, discovered a security flaw in the Virtual DOS Machine that can allow a nefarious user to inject code into the kernel and possibly install malware. The flaw spanned iterations of Windows operating system over the last 17 years, including:
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7
According to the BBC, Microsoft was to roll out a fix to this bug in a February Security Update. The update will fix five vulnerabilities that allow attackers to hijack a Windows PC and run their own programs on it – – a good idea to have automatic updates turned on so that your OS will check for you
February 14th, 2010
Hard drive head manufacturer TDK released a chart revealing hard drive capacity updates for 2010. – for 3.5-inch HDDs–the company is moving from 500 GB per platter to 640 GB per platte – so hard drive manufacturers can make HDDs with 2.5 TB storage capacities (using four platters), and five-platter HDDs offering a whopping 3 TB of storage – appearing on the market by November.
Led by Professor Tadahiro Kuroda, a team composed of researchers from Toshiba and the Keio University in Tokyo created a 1 TB SSD prototype the size of a small postage stamp, consisting of 128 NAND flash memory chips and one controller chip. The miniature storage device boasts transfer speeds of 2 Gbps, and also uses radio communications which will ultimately make it cheaper to manufacture – don’t expect to see commercial versions of the product until 2012.
The chips are down
February 14th, 2010Intel, IBM, Sun, AMD, and other chipmakers will disclose future processor designs at this year’s International Solid State Circuits Conference that range from single-core to 48 core processors e.g Intel’s experimental 48-core processor, the Single-Chip Cloud Computer (SCCC) and Intel will launch its long, long, long-delayed “Tukwila” Itanium processor on Monday, a 65nm, 2,000,000,000-transistor monster that was behind schedule and IBM’s big POWER7 unveiling, where the company will offer a session on its 8-core, 32-thread server processor and a 64-thread simultaneous multi-threaded processor that uses architecture and implementation techniques to achieve high throughput at low power. Included are static VDD scaling, multi-voltage design, clock gating, multiple VT devices, dynamic thermal control, eDRAM and low-voltage circuit design.
Nine-year-old boy going for his fifth Microsoft certification
February 14th, 2010Check out this Gizmodo article on Markos Calasan . “He’s nine years old and lives in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. He’s also Microsoft Certified four times over and working on his fifth certificate
Free e Book – Microsoft office 2010
February 14th, 2010http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_press/archive/2010/01/20/free-ebook-first-look-microsoft-office-2010.aspx
Windows.next
February 14th, 2010Microsoft is targeting a Windows 8 RTM date of around July 2011. The popular name for the next version is still Windows 8, but some inside Microsoft are referring to it as Windows.next.
John Mangelaars, Regional VP of Consumer and Online at Microsoft EMEA ‘For me, Windows 8 will be mind-blowing.”
Nothing to do ?
February 11th, 2010Some events in February
Dubai Shopping Festival 2010 – 15th edition
Shopping Festival
28.01.10 To: 28.02.10
Venue: Different venues around Dubai
Contact: info@mydsf.ae
Dubai International Racing Carnival
Sporting and social entertainment activities
28.01.10 To: 05.03.10
Venue: Meydan Racecourse -Meydan City
Contact: info@dubairacingclub.com www.dubairacingclub.com
Carpet & Art Oasis
Carpet Show
28.01.10 To: 28.02.10
Venue: Airport Expo Dubai
Contact: www.dubaicustoms.gov.ae
DSF Family Desert Camp “by Watani”
Family Desert Camp, includes accommodation, markets, restaurants, fun and cultural activities
28.01.10 To: 28.02.10
Venue: Al Warqa 4 Area, Dubai
Contact:
Family Gathering 2
Family Gathering 2, includes poetry evenings, competitions, raffles, a market area and kids games
06.02.10 To: 27.03.10
Venue: Al Khawaneej Aera, Dubai
Contact:
Prix Pictet earth 2010
Art Gallery
09.02.10 To: 28.02.10
Venue: Gate Village, Building 02, DIFC
Contact: elie@theemptyquarter.com www.theemptyquarter.com
Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival 2010
Jazz Festival
10.02.10 To: 19.02.10
Venue: Dubai Media City – Outdoor Amphitheater
Contact: rania@chilloutproductions.com www.chilloutproductions.com
The 9th Traditional Poetry Forum
Traditional Poetry Forum
13.02.10 To: 18.02.10
Venue: Dome Forum, behind DWTC
Contact:
The Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships 2010
Tennis Championships
14.02.10 To: 27.02.10
Venue: Dubai Tennis Stadium, The Aviation Club
Contact: info@aviationclub.ae www.barclaysdubaitennischampionships.com
Dubai Traditional Dhow Sailing Race (60ft)
Traditional Dhow Sailling Race
20.02.10 To: 20.02.10
Venue: Mina Seyahi
Contact: info@dimc.ae www.dimc.ae
Gulfood Exhibition
Food and Beverage Exhibition and Hotel Equipment
21.02.10 To: 24.02.10
Venue: DICC
Contact: info@dwtc.com www.dwtc.com
Al Maktoum Sailling Trophy
Sailling Race
21.02.10 To: 27.02.10
Venue: Mina Seyahi
Contact: info@dimc.ae www.dimc.ae
Not to mention:
Spencer! World’s Fastest Hypnotist Comedy Show (First Appearance in Dubai – Live on Stage)
The Spencer Comedy Hypnosis Show is filled with thrills and laughter and all out fun that will leave you with a lifetime of memories
The Monster truck show
The Lauighter factory
Sunidhi Chauhan Live In Concert
Sufi Noor – A beautiful amalgamation of Sufiana Kathak & live Qawwalli
Defending The Caveman
We have been to the moon, solved the theory of relativity, but one problem remains, why are men and women so different?
Dubai Drums (Feb. 26)
Get back to basics and join the adventure
Masquer-Aid For Palestine
The Masquer-AID for Palestine Charity Event, Tuesday 2nd March 2010, to help raise funds for the Palestine Diabetes Institute
Sting – A Night at Meydan
British music legend Sting will perform ‘live’ at the Dubai International Racing Carnival’s Super Thursday
