Today's Date: 08 February 2012
21
Dec

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is nearly here…

2012 will be an exciting year for all of us who utilise the broad features of the SQL Server platform. A few weeks ago, Microsoft made available the release candidate (RC0) of SQL Server 2012 (previously known as Denali ).  The release candidate term is used when a product is considered “production ready” – feature and code complete and in a form that can be released, unless fatal defects emerge.  The next stage is 'release to manufacturing' (RTM) which is currently touted for Q1 2012.  The RC0 release enables the Intergen team to continue to build on the knowledge gained from utilising the CTP releases. ... read full post

Posted by:  Tim Mole,   |  21 December 2011
Tags: Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data Mining, Data Visualisation, SQL Server, SQL Server 2012
21
Aug

Unified Communications - a case study

For a while now I have been observing the development of Unified Communications (UC) and considering the value that this presents to the business. With the advent of maturing technologies (both software and hardware) and the development of standards, we are closer than ever before to realising the potential that UC can deliver. A few weeks back, I had the opportunity to listen to Steve Kennedy from SunGard whose role is the IT Director for Corporate IT, APAC Operations and is based here in Christchurch. In his presentation Steve presented a case study of their implementation of UC, highlighting a balanced perspective of this implementation. As a person interested in the current state of UC, I found this presentation highly informative an...... read full post

Posted by:  Tim Mole,   |  21 August 2008
Tags: Unified Communications
23
Jan

Virtualisation - a hot topic in IT

We see it gaining momentum in the hosting and server environments and also as a useful mechanism for shipping enterprise demos and beta software. The value of having multiple server platforms running on a single machine has many advantages, most specifically hardware utilisation and management and the associated cost savings, and, more recently, the pressure of being green. ... read full post

Posted by:  Tim Mole,   |  23 January 2008
Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Virtualisation
01
Oct

The ins and outs of agile methodology

Over the past year, we have started to see a growing interest in implementing projects in an agile way by adopting agile methodology techniques. The agile approach suits a range of projects and engagements and the benefits to our clients can be measured in the successful outcomes we are seeing, the satisfaction with the end result and ultimately the reduction of risk and cost. This is not a new approach to delivering software and does not point to the demise of the traditional waterfall approach – both have their place. ... read full post

Posted by:  Tim Mole,   |  01 October 2007
Tags: Agile, Project Delivery