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AMQP enthusiasm?

Yazan: admin | 31 May 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Development

All existing messaging solutions (WebSphereMQ, JMS, …) use proprietary protocols. This is not a problem within a single organization. But between organizations, standard protocols are needed. Therefore, the B2B world uses protocols such as AS2, RNIF (RosettaNet) or good old (S)FTP(S).
AMQP is an initiative to bring a standard binary wire protocol to [...]

Field Report: IndyTechFest

Yazan: admin | 30 May 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Development, Internet

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Yesterday (Saturday the 13th) was the IndyTechFest in Indianapolis,
IN.  IndyTechFest is an all day technology conference that is centered around
Microsoft Technologies (mainly .NET and SQL Server).  It is co-presented by the Indianapolis
.NET Developers Association and the Indianapolis
Professional Association for SQL Server.  It is very similar to the “Day
of .NET” or “Deeper [...]

Field Report: An Event Apart Day One

Yazan: admin | 29 May 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Development, Internet

I got to attend the An Event Apart conference
in Chicago this week.  An Event Apart is the in person version of the
popular web magazine A List Apart, which
bills itself as “explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with
a special focus on web standards and best practices.”

This is a different style of conference than [...]

Reset Button Did It Again!

Yazan: admin | 29 May 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Computer

Just a few days ago, again I happen to encounter a black-out CPU cause by a shorted reset button.If you troubleshoot the unit without disassembling or unplugging all front panel switches, chances are you will be mislead into believing that you have a defective motherboard.
Micro switches in CPU’s accumulate dirt or stuck overtime(especially on [...]

Justifying a large scale Vista migration

Yazan: admin | 26 May 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Computer, Information Technology

Over the past couple of months, I have had in-depth conversations with five CIOs that have made a significant commitment to Windows Vista.
One of the main issues I explored with each of them was the foundation upon which the business case for migration was made. The responses I received were remarkably consistent, and not completely [...]