January 2006 Entries
Technology Evaluation Centers has an okay article about the “middleware dilemma”. The article talks about the emergence of a lot of players including some heavy hitters. (Free registration is required to read the article.)
The article mentions GlobeRanger and lists some of its partnerships. (The article incorrectly lists GlobeRanger as Global Ranger.) Partnerships which the author eludes to as important to the survivor of companies offering RFID middleware. The article is light on suppor
RFID Update has an article based on an ABI Research that mentions three key trends for RFID in 2006. The complete article can be found here: http://www.rfidupdate.com/articles/?id=1031. I provide a summary.
I finally got back to reading some of my “Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 For Developers” book and I stumbled upon the topic of user defined aggregates (UDA). I think this is an interesting subject, although probably only useful in very distinct scenarios.
The 5.1 version of the Globeranger iMotion Edgeware platform indirectly supports the European UHF duty cycle.
I just had a dilemma today that called for a solution better than using if or case statements. After some thought, probably too much thought (my excuse is I'm tired), I determined that the Visitor pattern could do a much better job without being a maintenance nightmare...