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In http://www.digwin.com/developing-and-managing-services-with-windows-server-appfabric Today at PDC we are excited to introduce the Windows Server AppFabric Beta 1. AppFabric evolves the existing application server capabilities of Windows Server to make it easier to build, scale and manage Web and composite applications that run on Internet Information Services (IIS). For Web applications, AppFabric provides caching capabilities to http://www.digwin.com/wcf-interoperability-highlighted-at-pdc-and-apachecon At PDC this week we had a booth to showcase the interoperability that WCF gives you through its support for the WS-* protocols. In particular, we highlighted an Apache incubator project called Stonehenge. At Stonehenge we work together with a growing list of WS-* vendors (WSO2, Sun, SpringSource, and soon Progress) to build samples and prove out http://www.digwin.com/pdc-2009-developing-rest-applications-with-the-net-framework Attending Microsoft PDC 2009? 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