This morning I struggled to get Microsoft Lync 2013 to work. The symptoms consisted of the application running normally – I could authenticate, and the contact list would load – but after a few minutes the application would hang. Naturally, I Googled the symptoms and found a match for the […]
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Early last December we were fortunate enough to move into a brand new home which we bought off the plan – with a couple of slight alterations. One of those alterations was to fully network all rooms with CAT-6 Ethernet, terminating in the garage with plenty of space for wall […]
Yesterday I attended an executive breakfast briefing hosted by Oracle at the Hyatt Hotel in Yarralumla. The event was hosted by Oracle’s Chief Technology Officer, Stuart Long and also featured a case study by NTT Communications. As usual, I took shorthand notes based partly off the presentation slides and mostly […]
As un-Architect as it sounds, I still very much like to stay “hands on” when it comes to hardware and software. Particularly, I like to hand build my personal machines so I can stay current with advancements in hardware. You may recall from the previous post, I’ve been planning on […]
Well, this has been a busy week. Today, I finished day four of a four day course on The Open Group Architecture Forum (TOGAF)’s v9.1 Level 1 & 2 Enterprise Architecture certification. The course has given me a very decent foundation of learning from which to build upon, and hopefully […]
Did you know that Oracle and Java were available on the Windows Azure? Well, it’s true and the images have been available for some time now as previews in the Azure Virtual Machine gallery. If you’ve invested into Oracle/Java on Azure, you’ll need to be prepared for increased usage charges […]
I originally wrote this article about my now former employer, CGI Solutions and Technologies, back in January 2014 when I was lamenting what appeared to be the apparent demise of the company which I had originally joined in late 2011. Unbeknownst to me at that time, I was to be […]
If you’ve spent any amount of time in the IT industry – and particularly in software development – you’ve probably been asked to forecast the effort associated with some kind of work, outcome or deliverable. Software development is tricky as it involves some degree of guess work – requirements can […]
Intro If you have used or are deciding on using an Azure hosted SQL Server database, you might also want the ability to govern the identities and credentials used to access your data. When you create a SQL Database in SQL Azure, initially credentials are created for you, but they […]
Introduction Last week I gave an internal presentation to my fellow consultants at CGI on the principals of data modelling/data architecture, modelling within Visual Studio 2013 and a history of the (ADO.NET) Entity Framework. I’ve attached the slide deck to this article, and also in my presentations page. Data Modelling […]
Time for a quick timeout — It recently came to my attention that the Aussie Wine Guy app for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 is doing a pretty decent trade. It’s ranked amongst the top apps in the competitive Food & Dining category in the Windows App Store. This is […]
Recently I asked what the Internet Society of Australia’s position was in relation to the distinction between the Coalition’s FTTN-based NBN verses the previous Government’s FTTP-based NBN plans. Here’s an abstract from the response off the member’s list: On the topic of FTTN vs. FTTP: ISOC-AU does not see any […]
Intro If you want to manage your SQL Databases in Azure using tools that you’re a little more familiar and comfortable with – for example – SQL Management Studio, how do you go about connecting? You could read the help article from Microsoft, or you can follow my intuitive screen-based […]
Introduction Recently, I added some articles about installing and configuring some new pre-release software that Microsoft released earlier in the year. [ Visual Studio 2013 | Team Foundation Server 2013 ] Now I’m ready to put it all to the test! I know there’s been a lot of build-up, and […]