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Compatibility Tax – Case Study

Is there anything more quirky than Windows file path processing… but have you ever considered how it got there and why? In this entry, I’m going to do a case study to see how maintaining and/or obtaining compatibility can add a tax onto a design.

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Your Next ESB May Just be IM

Looking for a scalable, enterprise grade messaging middle-ware on a budget? Then take a look at XMPP.

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Extending Capture Capabilities with Transactional Content Management

In a recent survey by AIIM (http://www.aiim.org/), one-third of the respondents felt they were only scanning 10 percent of what could usefully be scanned, and another third only 50 percent.

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ERP Software Selection: The Law of Diminishing Returns

Software is important, but let’s spend most of our time and money on the key drivers of success.

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A New Species of Patent Troll

Geoffrey.landis writes "According to the Wall Street Journal, there's a new species of patent troll out there. These new trolls sue companies that sell products with an expired patent number on them. That's right, it's against the law to sell a product...

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Shortening Development Times through Lean Integration

Spend a few minutes with David Lyle, Informatica’s VP of Product Strategy and you will learn three things. David is passionate about his work, he’s proud of the products they have created and he enjoys meeting with user groups. The Informatica tea...

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New PolyMaths Needed for Kickstarting IT Innovation

I thought it was only me but it appears that many others are expressing the sentiment that IT Innovation came to a dead stop circa Dot Com Bust in 2001 and never recovered. We have been innovating earthshaking things like searching tweets and finding B...

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Developer returns from stone age, finds nirvana

This week I dove back into coding and have totally embraced how productive the new world is versus the environments that I coded in back in the day. Here is my story.

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Good News: Security Researcher Released on Bail

Hari Prasad, the Indian security researcher arrested for allegedly stealing an electronic voting machine, has been released on bail. Earlier this year, an anonymous source gave the machine to Prasad and a team of researchers, who discovered critical s...

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Just Where Is The Lincoln Memorial, Anyhow?

John3 writes "Searching Google Maps for the Lincoln Memorial is returning the location of the FDR Memorial instead. Conservative bloggers smell a conspiracy since Glen Beck is holding his 'Restoring Honor' gathering at the Lincoln Memorial tomorrow (Au...

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