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Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:57 PM

Why is the interoperability drive so important to us?

This must be the gazillionth time I am writing this blog post, whereby I deleted the previous attempts as I wanted to avoid the possible whiplash I will receive from some of my colleagues and the more 'radical' technologists. Henk, who is one of my colleagues involved in our interoperability drive within our company, in our technology communities and more recently at universities, emailed me two links, which everyone must have a look at: Microsoft Becomes Official Apache Sponsor Sam Ramji...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:40 PM

Vista - Run As Other User

We are currently battling with our Vista based laptops, as our remote assistance and remote access has been disabled after the last batch of hot fixes, and literally grayed out ... we cannot enable. We are raising a support incident as we cannot find a resolution and as the issue is quite frustrating. We will report back on this gremlin. Another frustrating Vista issue is the lack of the "Run As Other User" feature. Once again SysInternals comes to the rescue with the ShellRunas utility...
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Sunday, February 03, 2008 7:34 AM

RSS Aggregated Viewer ... can anyone help SA Architect?

We need a SharePoint WebPart for the SA Architect which aggregates a number of predefined RSS feeds, based on a category filter. In other words, we would like to aggregate feed A, B and C, showing only posts with a predefined category, i.e. SA Architect. Can anyone assist the SA Architect community in this regard or refer us to such a control? Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Friday, July 13, 2007 5:22 PM

Software Engineers on their way to Pluto ... we have a liftoff!

COWABUNGA! We have just received the green lights to wrapup and print our third book, titled " Software Engineers on their way to Pluto ". If you are in for an exciting journey to Pluto, while investigating 4 typical software development lifecycle environments and watching software engineers build their own spacecraft, then give us a shout and book your copy. Extract from the back cover: This book continues the discussion and sharing of best practices we introduced with the books "...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:09 PM

BB&D goes "Vista Logo" certified

Thanks to the tenacity and commitment by my colleague Paul Coetser, BB&D has completed the Vista Logo certification for one of strategic solutions. Paul, thanks for your efforts and congratulations on a "pass" we can all be very proud of. Why are we pursuing the logo certification? Primarily to ensure that our solutions are compliant with the industry best practices and to motivate all our solution builders to ensure their solutions are logo compliant ... eventually going logo certified...
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Monday, June 11, 2007 10:15 AM

SDLC - We can learn from other industries ...

" Dad, what are these people doing? " my son asked me while we walked past a construction site on the way to school. Being in a rush as always and dragging three really motivated sons to school on a Monday morning made me answer "don't know", without really having a look. On my way back, however, I wondered what he meant and watched the site for quite a while. The building team was in a hot-tub formation ... that's a circle for non-scuba divers ... discussing plans and...
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Monday, May 21, 2007 3:22 PM

Book 3 - Software Engineers on their way to Pluto: We need your comment(s)!

We need your feedback in terms of our third book, which has gone into final revision. A "DRAFT" extract, including the first few chapter s and the chapter on the Lightweight Scrum Process Template, can be found as a download at http://www.drp.co.za/Media/Books/tabid/67/Default.aspx under the item "Software Engineers on their way to Pluto" at the bottom. Your comments would be appreciated in terms of the following queries ... please add comment to this post, whereby comments will...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007 12:33 AM

Are you still using the CMD Shell ... stop! Consider PowerShell!

If you are still using the CMD Shell and developing administrative command and batch files, please have a look at the Microsoft Windows PowerShell command line shell and scripting language, which is tightly integrated with .NET, delivering immense productivity benefits. Some useful site are: Microsoft PowerShell Site Microsoft powerShell Script Center PowerShell Analyzer & PowerShell IDE Have fun! Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Thursday, April 19, 2007 2:05 AM

Software Engineers on their way to Pluto ... mission countdown commencing.

We have received the ISBN number (78-0-620-38514-5) for the third book, titled "Software Engineers on their way to Pluto, Software Development Lifecycle for the connoisseur " and the final DRAFT has been submitted to our best and most critical editors for the final thumbs up or down verdict. The main theme of the book as per the back cover is as follows: This book continues the discussion and sharing of best practices we introduced with the books “.NET Enterprise Solutions … Best Practices for the...
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Sunday, March 04, 2007 8:48 PM

Microsoft strategic architects forum 2007

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 8:44 AM

archWorkshop starting on September 7th, with focus on Enterprise Solutions Architect

We are hosting the kick-off archWorkshop meeting on September 7, 2006 at BB&D. We will be linking up with saArchitect Cape Town and snacks/drinks will be served. The intention is to listen to architects from the field, understand their role, their issues and what makes them tick. The result will be a whitepaper I am planning to publish at the end of the year for saArchitect. At this stage the agenda looks as follows: September Peter Scheffel to present his role as Enterprise Solutions Architect...
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Sunday, July 30, 2006 9:39 PM

What is an Architect - Interactive Discussion Sessions

We are planning the archWorkshops as outlined on http://www.saarchitect.net/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=7860 to investigate and define the architecture roles and understand what makes architects “tick”. The monthly interactive, round-the-table, sessions are planned for August, September, October and November. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Monday, July 24, 2006 8:09 PM

Apologies for low profile and plans for August+

Firstly I wish to apologize to everyone for having such a low profile, however, production projects and the imminent release of our book “.NET Enterprise Solutions … Interoperability for the Connoisseur” is creating a rather hectic schedule for our team. This post is intended to reassure that we are still around and to give you a summary of what is planned for August 2006 and beyond. August 2006 www.drp.co.za … will soon get a facelift, whereby we are planning to deliver better developer readiness...
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Friday, July 07, 2006 9:16 AM

Remember back in the 80s when software was play ...

Thanks Charles for pointing out these links to the Microsoft Robotics Group. Microsoft have just released a technical preview of the Microsoft Robotics Studio ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=66d1363e-36a4-46be-ad36-01bcfbfb4969&displaylang=en ). Looks like an interesting environment if you are involved in building robots, i.e. test BOTs. http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics/ http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=206574 Share this post: email it! | bookmark it...
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:33 PM

Get Ready for Exchange & Office 2007 Roadshow

Take a peek at http://www.windowsitpro.com/roadshows/exchange2007europe/index.cfm?fuseaction=dynamic&v=5024&p=5032&code for details on the forthcoming "Get Ready for Exchange & Office 2007 Roadshow" event, scheduled for July 6, 2006 in Johannesburg. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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