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Rethinking Connectivity - New Article: Connectivity? What is the point in rethinking that ol' fish? You might ask. Didn't we solve that with adapters and ESBs? If you ask me the answer is no...not exactly. Check out my new article and see why.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on April 10, 2008 at 10:55 PDT
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Disruption is the new black!: Disruptive defined as "characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination" may invoke concern in a parents mind but for AquaLogic and ALSB disruption may be the new black!
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on March 20, 2008 at 07:35 PDT
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Where in the World?: No I hadnt disappeared, I have been busy traveling the globe in support the AquaLogic 3.0 launch. Read on for some geotagged insights
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on March 19, 2008 at 15:07 PDT
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Tis the season of SOA Events: With BEA Dev2Dev days and ZapThinks Practical SOA events it seems like it is the season for good SOA and technology events.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on March 13, 2008 at 23:43 PDT
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and the other BIG news is?: Yes there has a been a flurry of posts about the Oracle acquisition but there are some other important industry news that we should not forget about
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on January 17, 2008 at 13:02 PDT
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SmartConnect making Dollars and Sense: Looks like BEA SmartConnect is making a lot of sense to CFOs and other individuals looking to grow revenue within an organization
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on January 10, 2008 at 10:05 PDT
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SmartConnect and the revenge of the packaged apps: The new year brings plenty of joy, one of these being the great buzz around BEA SmartConnect 3.0 which we announced in Shanghai mid December.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on January 02, 2008 at 10:19 PDT
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SmartConnect on YouTube!: Why read when you can see a picture? Why see a picture when you can see a video? Take a few minutes and learn about BEA SmartConnect via the wonderful world of web2.0 and YouTube.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on December 05, 2007 at 10:48 PDT
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Java, the Cobol of the 90's?: Harsh words.... read on and see if you agree or not.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on December 05, 2007 at 05:44 PDT
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If you had an IT crystal ball what would you do?: If you had an IT crystal ball that would let you change something in the past and see something in the future what would you do?
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on December 04, 2007 at 11:41 PDT
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Day 1 - Gartner Application Architecture Development & Integration Summit: Gartnerisms were coming thick and fast at the Gartner Application Architecture, Development & Integration sumit
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on December 03, 2007 at 22:46 PDT
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Web 2.0 on the go!: Web 2.0 is finally breaking free and like a virus invading our daily lives away from the computer. Perhaps its time to up the moniker to World2.0?
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 29, 2007 at 19:32 PDT
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Smart tactical thinking with BEA SmartConnect: So how do we start some smart tactical thinking in the light of a difficult economy? BEA SmartConnect may just be the trick.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 28, 2007 at 11:11 PDT
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BEA current again with the SEC: BEA is current again with their SEC filings and profits are up... happy days indeed.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 15, 2007 at 14:04 PDT
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Oracle OpenWorld Keynotes: Some zen inspiring presentations on the importance of architecture and design from Intel CEO, Paul Otelini.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 13, 2007 at 10:55 PDT
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Oracle OpenWorld Day 1 - update 2: Post lunch entertainment at Oracle Openworld was provided by Mark Hurd, CEO of HP.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 12, 2007 at 17:26 PDT
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Oracle OpenWorld Opening keynote: Some (mostly) unbiased coverage from the opening keynote at Oracle Openworld in SanFrancisco.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 12, 2007 at 10:26 PDT
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AquaLogic Integrator 3.0 Sneak Peek: Some sneak-peek screenshots at AquaLogic Integrator 3.0's rocking unified IDE. Agile Integration never looked so good!
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 09, 2007 at 08:29 PDT
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Tips for successful SOA through Integration: Dr. Carl Sagan said it well when he stated that "you have to know the past to understand the present". This is solid advice especially if Gartner is right about the importance of Integration to drive SOA success
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 08, 2007 at 11:14 PDT
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Gartner Integration Trends: I came across this very informative podcast from Gartner highlighting the sleeping giant of integration.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 06, 2007 at 15:40 PDT
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Building your Integration muscles: Just like fitness where the goal isnt getting fit but being fit and remaining that way for the long term, Integration initiatives should not be a point in time solution rather they should continually help you meet and beat the competition. AqauLogic Integrator may just be the muscle builder of choice!
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 05, 2007 at 16:38 PDT
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Oracle dips its toe into the BEA talent pool?: Todays announcement of Oracle's bid to acquire BEA has the rumor mill working over time....but there are always things everyone seems to agree upon; talent.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on October 12, 2007 at 13:44 PDT
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The 70% Integration Assembly Opportunity: Forget the 80/20 rule, 70/30 is the new black when it comes to SOA and Integration.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on October 11, 2007 at 16:38 PDT
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Social Computing - Barcelona Style: Some pix from Barcelona just to prove that we made there and it wasnt another Capricorn 1 .
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on October 09, 2007 at 14:38 PDT
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Pragmatic advice for sucessful Integration projects: Still hyped up on Tapas and hot chocolate, BEAWorld Barcelona ended with some good food and good advice from a customer on success in Integration projects.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on October 04, 2007 at 17:42 PDT
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Notes from BEAWorld Barcelona Breakout Sessions Day 2: It is early morning on day 3 of BEAWorld Barcelona. The keynotes have started and it is relatively quiet so I thought I would take the opportunity provide a quick update of yesterdays activities.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on October 04, 2007 at 01:12 PDT
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The stars were out last night at BEAWorld Barcelona: Last night the Customer Appreciation Event was held at BEAWorld Barcelona with many star performers gracing the stage.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on October 04, 2007 at 01:07 PDT
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BEAWorld Barcelona Day 1: BEAWorld Barcelona kicked off yesterday to much conversation and anticipation. Here is a quick summary of my observations from the solution showcase floor.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on October 03, 2007 at 01:27 PDT
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BEAWorld SF Blognoting Day 2: more blognotes from the first few keynote sessions on day 2 BEA World SF
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on September 12, 2007 at 10:21 PDT
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BEAWorld SF Update Day 1 - Keynotes part 2: Some interesting keynotes for the second half of the mornings session. I avoided the compulsion to blognote again but fresh from lunch here is a wrap up.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on September 11, 2007 at 16:17 PDT
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Blognoting at BEAWorld SF Keynotes: I am sitting in this years BEAWorld San Francisco keynotes and wanted to share some early feedback.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on September 11, 2007 at 10:16 PDT
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Smashup or Mashup? The choice is yours: By now we all know what a mashup is but what about a smashup? I fear that we will all know this all too well unless some careful planning takes place in your organization.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on September 07, 2007 at 09:06 PDT
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Defintional Development and Relationships: Here is a brainteaser for you. What do Ted Codd, Flickr and WorkDay have in common?
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on August 31, 2007 at 16:13 PDT
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Want Sugar with your Mash-Up?: Im all for mash-ups, web2.0 etc to promote innovation but unless you have a green field to create the next flicker or youtube there is more to making these technologies truly successfull as an organic part of your organization.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on August 20, 2007 at 08:42 PDT
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Pre-emptive SOA migration planning?: I read a recent blog that asked the question of which should come first BPM or SOA. My musing suggests the answer may result in some form of pre-emptive SOA migration planning based strongly on business drivers....
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on July 02, 2007 at 15:41 PDT
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Email is like so yesterday: Has the killer app of the 20th century died a brutal death and organizations have not recognized the death throws as corporate America continues to sit huddled behind desks trying to keep up their inbox? If you ask me they answer is YES.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on June 29, 2007 at 14:39 PDT
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Information Management: The world of computing is changing faster than ever before quickly and we better be prepared. One place to start may be information management.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on June 29, 2007 at 09:11 PDT
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You there?: The joys of the wired world can sometimes be defined with 2 words "You There?"
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on June 12, 2007 at 06:02 PDT
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Are ESBs all really the same?: ESBs these days are like a smorgasbord of protocols and transports. But does standardization lead to Commoditization? Only if you don't take a more strategic view of your enterprise integration and service enablement needs.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on May 29, 2007 at 13:49 PDT
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Wiki problem do I really have?: I was happy to see a blog entry on BEAs en.terpri.se site which addresses one of the big issues people often seem to have with wikis and other Web 2.0esque technologies.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on May 24, 2007 at 15:32 PDT
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We don't hire Architects: We don't hire architects. Like a bell tolling that phrase has stuck in my head for the past few weeks now. They are only 4 words but together they have such a powerful impact I have not been able to shake them ever since a friend, a VP in a start-up here in Palo Alto mentioned them to me.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on May 21, 2007 at 11:11 PDT
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Can Web 2.0 break free?: Without a doubt Web2.0 is a hot topic with the wave driven through glamware sites such as youtube, flickr and del.icio.us but does it have the power to break free of its parent and truly change the way we live?
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on May 11, 2007 at 16:52 PDT
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Flexing the Atom on the road to Rome: Seems as though there was a bunch of interesting news this week in the technologies world which caught my attention. From the Atom publishing protocol to the open sourcing of Flex and some very positive embracing of Web2.0. Makes you glad to be in this industry.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on May 04, 2007 at 16:15 PDT
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Muscles sore from the SOA marathon?: So you've been running the SOA race for a while. You have a few wins but those muscles are getting sore. perhaps the answer is some warm-ups? I am looking for input for a new series of articles that should help you run your best SOA marathon yet...and better still run it again tomorrow, and the next day...
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on April 27, 2007 at 14:39 PDT
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The state of Java: Anyone up for some cool java games? Im going to dig out my old Atari and mourn the passing of Java unless something changes.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on April 20, 2007 at 15:54 PDT
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The Right Tools: Social Observation and Starbucks...who would have thought you could learn so much
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on April 19, 2007 at 10:04 PDT
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Rethinking SOA Governance: My new article has just been published in the arch2arch site... please take the time to take a fresh look at SOA Governance
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on March 19, 2007 at 22:49 PDT
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Design Patterns: The importance of design is ever more prevalent in the SOA era but it is often overlooked in favor of technology or tooling. Undoubtably you need both but it is a difficult balancing act. One which we must answer for future benefit.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on March 01, 2007 at 11:01 PDT
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Identifying Need: Sometimes you find the answers in the most obscure places. I have been turning over many rocks within my new role to understand the right questions I should be asking.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on February 22, 2007 at 15:30 PDT
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And the answer is?: I have a simple question that I would be very interested in your thoughts and feedback.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on January 22, 2007 at 16:21 PDT
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Law of Diminishing Returns: I have been doing a lot of reading and research for an article I am working on tentatively titled The Economics of SOA which is an investigation of a number of economic principles and how they relate (incredibly strongly btw!) to the benefits (or negatives) of a SOA initiative. I wanted to brainstorm a little and get some feedback.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on January 08, 2007 at 16:25 PDT
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Controlling momentum: I spent some time over the break working on a business plan for the internal product readiness group and defined some strong objectives but as I poured over the information I started to realize that all my talking about simplistic and organic growth I had fallen victim to trying to solve all the problems from day one.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on January 04, 2007 at 12:12 PDT
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Needs of Tomorrow, Today: How do we balance the needs of tomorrow today when we are still beginning to understand what today offers.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on December 22, 2006 at 09:41 PDT
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New Role - New Focus: With a change of role and location it is time to start focusing on getting the house in order. Hopefully this means more material I can contribute to dev2dev going forward.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on December 11, 2006 at 10:51 PDT
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Understanding the Service Lifecycle Article Part 2: Just a quick note to let you know that Part 2 of my Understanding the Service Lifecycle Series has been published on http://dev2dev.bea.com
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 08, 2006 at 07:14 PDT
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SOA Executive Forum Day 1: A quick update and review of day 1 of the SOA Executive Forum in NYC
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 08, 2006 at 07:07 PDT
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SOA Executive Forum: The Infoworld SOA Executive Forum starts in NYC in 2 days. Before it starts I wanted to take a brief look back since last years event.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 05, 2006 at 20:53 PDT
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Saved by the Service: I had a near-bookmark-death experience this morning that made me thankful we are closer to a true service orientated ecosystem than we may think.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 02, 2006 at 09:52 PDT
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SOA as an MBA subject?: Things are getting interesting in the SOA space with a lot of buzz from recent BEA announcements but I can not help to think that we will miss the real benefits of SOA if we keep talking technical. Perhaps SOA should become an MBA subject?
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on October 19, 2006 at 12:53 PDT
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BEAWorld wrap up: A quick wrap up of day 1 at BEAWorld
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on September 22, 2006 at 14:56 PDT
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BEAWorld Update 1: We are in between breaks in the keynote addresses on BEAWorld so I thought I would give a quick update on the opening presentations.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on September 19, 2006 at 11:15 PDT
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Understanding the Shared Service Lifecycle: Its been a crazy last few weeks but in the downtime I have finally finished a number of new articles dealing with the SOA shared service lifecycle. I would like to announce part 1 is now available.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on September 17, 2006 at 14:33 PDT
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Liquid Thinking: To me most things are about uncovering opportunity. This may be untapped potential within your organization through business or IT initiatives, negotiating contracts, partnerships to grow your business or anything else you may think of. The trick is to not limit the pool of opportunity you have to draw upon.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on August 26, 2006 at 13:45 PDT
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A little change in technique: Technique defined as the manner and ability with which an artist, writer, dancer, athlete, or the like employs the technical skills of a particular art or field of endeavor. often means the difference between success or failure. I unfortunately had to reflect a little on what failure in technique cost me in a friendly game of table tennis and what that reflection made me realize about software design.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on August 23, 2006 at 11:13 PDT
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It's all about perception: We may not be aware about how perception influences the way that we look at the world on a daily basis. Through recognition and sometimes a little adjusting the solutions we are seeking may be right under our nose. For me it certainly was.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on August 18, 2006 at 08:18 PDT
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Consistency, Consistency, Consistency: I spend a lot of my time talking to customers about SOA and developing
their services catalog. Much of the discussion and interest is around
the costs and processes associated with how this is done. Of course there is a lot of important aspects to the solution but one stands above the rest; consistency.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on August 07, 2006 at 12:45 PDT
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Taking the first step: If Neil Armstrong only took one step on the moon would the moment be any less important? Any IT initiative must start somewhere and that point should be driven by business need. With the need established the solution is often much clearer.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on July 06, 2006 at 07:50 PDT
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Which came first; re-use or complexity?: I had a conversation with a friend last night that made me think about why some organizations form re-use strategies rather than focusing on the potential systemic issues of system complexity.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on June 20, 2006 at 17:27 PDT
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Project Managing SOA Projects: There has been a lot of interest around SOA from a design and business perspective. Most conferences that I have attended and those that I have spoken at all seem to focus on a few aspects of SOA. In particular technical design and more recently some of the financial aspects of SOA such as ROI (Return On Investment) and CBA (Cost Benefits Analysis). One aspect that I have not seen much written about to date is the idea of how a project based on SOA principles is managed.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on June 14, 2006 at 15:22 PDT
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Corvettes and software evolution: I just recently moved up to Southern New Hampshire but am communiting down to Boston on a client project. The drive itself is not too bad but the traffic is a killer; especially once you hit I95 South. This morning as I was stuck in traffic listening to my ipod I noticed in front of me was a black 2005 Corvette.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on June 06, 2006 at 07:21 PDT
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Bring back the semantics: I read a lot about web2.0, blogging, ajax etc but I cant help thinking that perhaps we are missing another equally important aspect to leveraging all that information out there on the internet.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on May 19, 2006 at 06:27 PDT
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Swords and Software: Somethings things change in unexpected ways. From swords to software and stage coaches. The imagination of individuals and organizations always facinates me.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on May 14, 2006 at 12:13 PDT
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Indian food and business enablement: Its interesting how a meaningless mix up with Indian food can make you think about the importance of business enablement and the need for closely aligning IT with the reason your business exists; your customers!
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on May 11, 2006 at 13:16 PDT
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Planning for your IT initiative: When planning for your IT initiative it often helps to define a series of questions. This is especially true in the realm of software architecture and even more so in SOA. There are often many questions, the hard part is finding the right one. Here are a few suggestions that may help.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on April 13, 2006 at 11:04 PDT
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Organizational Computing: I mentioned Organizational computing in a recent blog so I thought I should repost an entry from a previous blog site to make it easier to understand what I am talking about.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on April 06, 2006 at 07:11 PDT
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XP Release Tools: Its been a while since I was involved on a full lifecycle implementation project. Being a big fan of XP and agile methodologies my first instinct in regards to release planning was to go to the local convenience store and buy up all the CRC cards I could find to start scribbling tasks and stories but I thought I would take a look and see what tools are out there to make life easier.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on April 06, 2006 at 06:45 PDT
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The OS of the future and SOA reloaded?: Service Infrastructure is a term used to define the space between application development and physical systems particularily in regards to SOA strategies. In between cursing my laptop and drinking a chai tea I started to think who is to blame and what are software services in the future going to look like.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on March 15, 2006 at 06:30 PDT
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BEA acquires Fuego. What does it mean to us?: As many of you have probably already read BEA just annouced the acquisition of Fuego, one of the leading providers of BPM solutions. So what does this mean to us in the field and in particular to those of us focused on the SOA space?
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on March 02, 2006 at 06:28 PDT
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EAI vs. ESB: With the increasing interest in adopting an Enterprise Service Bus as an enabler for your service infrastructure I have often been asked what the difference between ESB and EAI is. Some of these points may help.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on February 26, 2006 at 21:13 PDT
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Community Portals: Portals are often targetted towards the building of communities. I recently wrote an article which attempted to capture some best practices about community driven portals and portals in general.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on January 16, 2006 at 08:08 PDT
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Back to Basics and the power of Use Cases: With the world of IT becoming increasingly complex I find use cases a great way to avoid the noise and focus on the true purpose of systems; that of a business enabler.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on January 16, 2006 at 07:26 PDT
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dev2dev firefox search plugin: I was playing arounding with the Mozilla Firefox implementation of the Sherlock search standard from Apple Computers. The outcome was a dev2dev firefox search plugin that you may find useful.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on December 14, 2005 at 11:03 PDT
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SOA Solutions Office: Its time to get down to the coal face and start planning for success in SOA initiatives. Just remember its not just about IT. Its about leveraging all aspects of your organization.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on December 07, 2005 at 10:40 PDT
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The SOA message: Last weeks SOA Executive Forum in NYC was a good indication that the SOA message is being received well by both IT and business users. There is so much discussion these days about how to adopt a SOA model. Sometimes the low hanging fruit is not the best approach
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 13, 2005 at 07:29 PDT
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AquaLogic and Data Services Platform: The Data Services Platform takes an old problem, disparate and heterogeneous data sources and solves it with a model that has broad reaching effects on enterprise architecture decisions.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on November 03, 2005 at 19:02 PDT
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Getting closer to Reeter: I have had some time to work on my RSS feed Eater for the Portal CMS and just wanted to provide a little brain dump.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on October 19, 2005 at 12:26 PDT
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MDA and the Eclipse Tools Project: A brief discussion on the Eclipse Tools project and how MDA might just change the way we develop systems in the not too distance future.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on October 14, 2005 at 19:04 PDT
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SSO and the Organization: Over the past few days I have been heads down on a SSO strategy for a client. Now that the dust has settled I wanted to look at what such an initiative may mean to an organization.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on October 07, 2005 at 10:44 PDT
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M7 Acquisition: BEA announces acquisition of M7.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on September 28, 2005 at 10:28 PDT
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The Art of CM API: Recently much of my time has been spent deep in the Content Management APIs exposed through WLP. There is a lot to get your head around when you frst start working with the content tools. Here is a (very) short introduction to some of the main classes and their use.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on September 27, 2005 at 15:19 PDT
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Affordance: Maybe its the constant presence of Starbucks on every corner or
the proliferation of IPod's on everyone from janitors to wall St.
stockbrokers but I cant help be influenced by design from other sources and be struck at how far the art of software engineering and architecture has to go before truly being throught of as art.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on September 19, 2005 at 10:45 PDT
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Promoting loose coupling through XQuery/XPath: Martin Fowler in his book, Refactoring, identified a 'smell' called Shotgun Surgery and its indication that it was time to rework your code. While working on my Reeter app I redicovered the power of XQuery/XPath to promote loose coupling between your XMLBeans and application.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on September 07, 2005 at 15:03 PDT
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Eclipse and UML roundtripping: I was on a quest to hunt down the best UML modelling plugin for Eclipse. After much search I can rest easy for now happy in my conquest.....at least until the next point release of Eclipse comes out.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on August 31, 2005 at 17:27 PDT
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Definition Label: For any of you that have worked with Portal, one of the items that you have to get your head around is the differences between streaming mode and file or .portal mode. Streaming mode provides additional functionality such as entitlements and performance improvements but it also means that everything is now stored in the database and constrainted by referential integrity rules.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on August 27, 2005 at 03:21 PDT
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Reeter: I have been working on a project which I will upload to codeshare soon which I have called Reeter. Reeter is an Rss fEEd eaTer that is a small utility task that based on a configuration file polls RSS feeds and inserts them directly into BEA's CMS.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on August 23, 2005 at 05:35 PDT
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First Post: I sometimes take a bit of a different angle to technical problems, believing that for a project to be successful there needs to be a strong mix of technical and business objectives. My education is in organizational leadership and IT so forgive me if I go off a tangent once and while.
Posted by Quinton Wall (quinton_wall) on August 23, 2005 at 05:19 PDT
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