by DeeDee Walsh, on Mar 18, 2026 8:53:15 PM

Why Your Next VDI Bill May Be the Best Reason to Finally Modernize PowerBuilder There is a specific kind of dread reserved for the person who has to justify a …

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Topics:PowerBuilderCitrixCitrix renewal price increasePowerBuilder modernizationCitrix pricing

by DeeDee Walsh, on Mar 16, 2026 6:25:09 PM

Microsoft shipped .NET 11 Preview 2 on March 10, 2026, exactly one month after Preview 1. While Preview 1 gave us the architectural bones like Zstandard compression and CoreCLR on …

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Topics:.NETAI.NET 11

by DeeDee Walsh, on Mar 15, 2026 6:26:28 PM

You’ve probably already tried it. You opened ChatGPT or Claude, pasted a chunk of VBA that’s been running since the Clinton administration, and asked it to "make this a C# …

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Topics:AIChatGPTMS AccessVELOClaude

by DeeDee Walsh, on Mar 11, 2026 1:06:41 PM

Why wrapping legacy DataWindows in REST endpoints isn’t modernization. It’s embalming. PowerBuilder 2025 shipped with a feature that’s going to get a lot of attention: automatic REST API generation from …

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Topics:.NETPowerBuilder

by DeeDee Walsh, on Mar 8, 2026 2:40:42 PM

A Practical Framework for Choosing Your Target Platform Microsoft released .NET 10 in November 2025, and .NET 11 Preview 1 followed in February 2026. If you’re making platform decisions right …

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Topics:.NET.NET 10.NET 11

by DeeDee Walsh, on Mar 6, 2026 4:33:53 PM

What Preview 1 Means for Legacy Modernization Teams Microsoft shipped .NET 11 Preview 1 on February 10, 2026, kicking off the development cycle for what will be a Standard Term …

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Topics:.NET.NET 11

by DeeDee Walsh, on Mar 1, 2026 9:43:01 AM

For decades, PowerBuilder modernization was something enterprises talked about at annual planning meetings and then quietly shelved. The apps still worked. The business still ran. And the cost and risk …

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Topics:PowerBuilder

by DeeDee Walsh, on Feb 25, 2026 8:47:54 AM

If you search "Microsoft Access end of life," you'll find a mix of speculation, outdated information, and vendor marketing designed to create urgency. Some articles declare Access dead. Others insist …

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Topics:AzureBlazorMS Access

by Cheyenne Sokkappa, on Feb 21, 2026 11:59:59 PM

Your modernization toolkit just got sharper. Here's what's new across both products — and why it matters for your next migration project. We've been busy. This quarter brings meaningful updates …

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Topics:VB6.NETByteinsight.NET 10VB6 AI Migrator

by DeeDee Walsh, on Feb 17, 2026 8:43:48 AM

Generic AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot work great for simple code translation, but WebForms migrations aren't simple. ViewState semantics, dynamic control generation, lifecycle dependencies, nested UpdatePanels, and third-party …

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Topics:ASP.NET Web FormsAI.NET 10webforms

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