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Business data is one of
the most critical
components of the IT
portfolio of any
enterprise. Most
e-business applications
are responsible for
reading and writing
business data in some
form or other. Therefore,
the efficient storage...
Sometimes when we're
faced with addressing a
complex engineering
problem it's helpful to
reflect on antipatterns.
Doing so does more than
track wrong solutions to
common problems; it also
focuses the mind on the
interaction of the m...
Over the last decade,
supply chains have
evolved to keep pace with
changing business
dynamics. This is
especially true in
high-tech electronics,
where companies depend on
an extended value chain
of component suppliers,
outsourced ...
The moniker 'Shared Data
Services' has a sexy ring
to it, and in a market
where service-oriented
architecture is the topic
du jour, you may be
tempted to roll your
eyes... but don't.
Pantero targets an
important segment where
busi...
Today's business
environment is changing
rapidly. Business
dynamics and
technological innovations
have left organizations
with a disparate mix of
operating systems,
applications, and
databases - making it
difficult, time
consumi...
As SOA and Web services
adoption in the industry
is gaining more momentum,
the need to get quick
wins and to show the
value of adopting new (or
old) paradigms is weighed
against the risk of
facing the repercussions
of slapping somet...
When I was in college, I
considered becoming a
teacher, but then the
thought of the pay scale
as well as some time
spent substitute teaching
convinced me that
computers might be a
better way to go. I
mention this because I
never d...
Performance is often an
afterthought when
building new systems, and
I'm finding that services
are no exception. Truth
be told, most services
out there just function.
They are not optimized to
scale, and SOAs are
running into walls a...
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I took the advice of a
friend of mine and
steered clear of the
'normal' movie theaters
and went a little out of
the way to go to a DLP
movie theater. The
experience 
There are 8,909 books
listed on Amazon.com with
the word 'Investing' in
the title; there are(!)
27,146 books with the
word investment in the
title. Without having lo
This book is an update of
an earlier version that
was written for SQL
Server 2000. It employs
the Murach approach of
dual pages that repeat
and enhance the concepts 
Reviewers overuse the
phrase 'required
reading,' but no other
description fits the new
book 'Ajax Security'
(2007, Addison Wesley,
470p). This exhaustive
tome from B
In my many years of
programming, almost 20
years now, I have used
countless integrated
development environments
(IDEs). I have used
everything from a simple
text edi