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SQL Server 2008 Indexing Tips And Tricks
Bill Vaughn provides a roundup of SQL Server 2008 indexing tips and tricks, based on advice form Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randall. The tips cover Query Optimizer selectivity and query optimization.
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AtomPub in the .NET World
With the advent of .NET 3.5 SP1 and Microsoft’s decision to support the Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) for services offered by Microsoft's Live Platform, AtomPub is gaining momentum in the .NET world. In addition BlogSvc.net, an AtomPub server for WCF and .NET, features an implementation of the AtomPub protocol based on a provider model.
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Amazon Brings Virtualized Storage to the Cloud with Elastic Block Storage
Persistent has long been an achilles heel of the EC2 platform. Today Amazon moved to address this issue with the release of Elastic Block Storage (EBS).
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Ruby and Rails Software Stacks Overview
A growing number of fully fledged software stacks for Ruby is available, providing all the necessary software you need to run an application, including web and database servers. They come in different flavors: virtual machine images, Amazon EC2 images and installer based. We take a look at some of them to give you an overview.
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Lutz Roeder's .NET Reflector Headed to Red Gate Software
The very popular .NET developer utility, .NET Reflector, written by Lutz Roeder is being taken over by Red Gate Software. The news was announced on Lutz's blog and the download was immediately available on the Red Gate web site.
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Complex Event Processing and EDA?
Complex Event Processing systems and Event Driven Architectures have been identified as playing a larger role in sophisticated systems today and in the future. What that role is and how it is carried out are up for debate.
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Is Database-as-a-Service a Bad Idea?
Data Management represents a strategic asset for Cloud Platforms as the most popular Data Services will likely command the largest platform market share. In a post this week, Arnon Rotem-gal-Oz argues that "Database-as-a-Service" is a bad idea. Would you trust your enterprise data to DaaS?
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David Chappell: Introduction To Cloud Computing
David Chappell published a Microsoft sponsored white paper on Introduction to Cloud Platforms
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An in-depth overview of modern Application Performance Management
Nicholas Whitehead, a Senior Technology Architect with ADP, published a three part article series on IBM's developerWorks entitled Java run-time monitoring that reviews, in detail, the strategies employed in modern Application Performance Management (APM) solutions.
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I.T. SOA vs Business SOA?
In a recent blog post Jeff Schneider talks about I.T. SOA and Business SOA, terms that he hears from the likes of IBM and SAP, who now assume that I.T. SOA is in well ensconced with their customers. Jeff believes that this is a good move and industry should concentrate on making a success of Business SOA if users are to really see success from adopting SOA.
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Article: SOA Governance: An Enterprise View
In a new article, SOA architect Michael Poulin explains the necessity for SOA governance to ensure an SOA initiative's success, and explains the role the OASIS SOA Reference Model and the accompanying SOA Reference Architecture assign to SOA Governance. Michael observes SOA governance specifics from the enterprise perspective and illustrates them with several examples of SOA Governance policies.
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Oracle delivers first new release of the WebLogic App Server since BEA acquisition
Oracle has announced the release of WebLogic Server 10g R3 which is the first release of BEA’s Application Server since its acquisition by Oracle earlier this year. This version adds support for Java SE 6, Spring, Comet, improved Operations Control, FastSwap Deployment and more.
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Occasionally Connected Client Support With VS 2008 SP1
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 provides increased support for occasionally connected clients through an enhanced DataSet designer, integrating ADO.NET Sync Services and SQL Server 2008 Change Data Capture.
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Presentation: Do The Hustle
In this presentation at RubyFringe, Obie Fernandez shares his experience selling consulting services for both Thoughtworks and Hashrocket and gives advice on how developers/consultants can deal with clients by setting minimal requirements, saying "No" and how to choose hourly rates and much more.
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The Industrialization of Software Delivery
IT has consistently failed to deliver expected value time and time again. According to Ian Thomas, Industrialization (componentization, specialization) may be a solution for supporting software agility and reliability in the new business environment.