Dave Oliver

Does your software or database run like a dog? Running out of space? Or doesn't recover well in a disaster?... then your storage configuration may be one…

The Open Group has recently released a draft version of a SOA ontology. The Open Group has always had a mandate to help boundaryless information flow and…

OK, so techniques for managing our time are common place such as calendars and to-do lists. But what about managing your thinking?

John McGovern and Robert Mcilree have fired off the latest salvo in one of EA's biggest and most maddening debates. In short the debate is about whether…

For sometime now I have been working on a few papers on the subject of SOA. This is the first, my definitive definition of what is SOA Governance.

Ok, I've been lucky enough to get a copy of Vista Ultimate RTM. Firstly the disclaimer, trying any of the suggestions in this post is taken at your own…

!(http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nt/ma/madevnet1.gif) Yahoo has created a design pattern library in their developer section and can be found.

! DDD3 is being held on the 3rd June @ Microsoft, Reading, UK The reason why the date has been changed from the 10th was because of a certain football…

When companies such as BEA Systems, IBM, Oracle, SAP, Siebel Systems, IONA and Sybase comes together it is for an important reason.

What were you doing on Saturday? Traipsing around the shops looking for new socks? Spending hours in the Supermarket? Getting the car sorted out? That…

I know I don’t often talk about code, but I have recently had the good fortune to get back into playing around with the new version of SQL Server 2005. I…

One word ... Awesome! http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2005/06/a\letter\to\geo.asp My favourite bit is the guitar solo.

I very much enjoyed last night. Hugh MacLoed was a wonderful host. 190 Poindexters filled the Texas Embassy in the end.

I’m very much looking forward to Tuesdays in London. This event promises to be quite an affair with the guest of honour being the bravura the.

Have you built a mobile solution for you company from scratch? Yes, I’ve tried it too. Don’t get me wrong Visual Studio is a very powerful tool and the…

Yesterday, I attended DeveloperDays at what Microsoft Campus in Reading, UK. A good days was had by all and I sure as hell learnt allot, but I did feel…