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Turnkey Virtual Appliance is Brilliant

I have just come into the opportunity to buy a small business that, among other things, will immediately need a new web site.  From my other posts you’ll gather I’m an IT guy.  But lately I’ve not been so hands … Continue reading

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What I love about Australia

I’m an American living in Australia now for just over 10 years.  I first came here because I fell in love with Sydney and the amazing beaches.  But I’ve remained for a deeper reason that I have felt, but couldn’t … Continue reading

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Moving the conversation from point-to-point to SOA

I’m currently working as the Architect on a large Calypso implementation. Integration with the surrounding systems is clearly critical to our success. As usual, we are under very tight time constraints  I am participating in recurring working groups where we … Continue reading

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Youth with a Mission

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Culture of Communication vs a Culture of Fear

Does your organisation have a culture of communication or a culture of fear? This thought came to mind while I was having a discussion with a System Owner recently.  He wanted to establish a forum in which like minded people … Continue reading

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Sydney Sunrise

Looking outside today the entire sky is orange.   It’s like an orange fog.  To find an explanation, I tried hunting through news paper web sites and of course google.  As usual when searching the internet, i did not find what … Continue reading

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Matching Strings that don't exactly match

Today I was helping a fellow in our office tackle what appeared on the surface to be a really simple problem. He needs to confirm that records in one system match those in another. However, some of this data is … Continue reading

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Home Single Signon for Macs and PCs

Why? I have 4 kids and a wife and these days everyone wants to use a computer. I’m not going to buy 6 – so there’s going to have to be some sharing. Also, I can’t leave these things unsecured … Continue reading

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Why no Apple Home Server?

Recently I’ve been wanting a decent home server. I have primarily Mac’s in the house, so thought it would be great to have an OSX based box that could serve as a Home Server. I’d like to have the usual … Continue reading

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Data Migration

Is it just me, or is Data Migration suddenly interesting? I recently joined a big Australian Bank and noticed there are many data migration exercises to come as a result of a recent merger and major system replacement programs in … Continue reading

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