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July, 2009:

Browser and wiki workflow independence with Liferay the open source “SharePoint”

Jul 4th, 2009
by david.
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July 4th, 2009; today is the US independence day. This has put me in a reflective mood. As I was thinking about the current projects that I’m working on, I thought about this…

SharePoint 2007 is a great improvement over its ancestors: SharePoint 2003 and SharePoint 2001. The capabilities in document management make the old shared file systems obsolete. This is especially true for Microsoft Office products that integrate with SharePoint. I’m waiting for SharePoint 2010 to hopefully resolve some of the issues that the blog and wiki tools have. In the meantime, we have wiki and blog requirements that need to be met. In our search for a top flight wiki that was easy to learn and use by users; we discovered Liferay. continue reading » »

Why virtual machines should be the 1st choice to run your systems

Jul 2nd, 2009
by david.
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Lately, I’ve been on phone calls with several companies to discuss whether they should run their applications on virtual machines or physical machines. Typically, some user or software person has been told the plan is to run their application on a virtual machine. They believe their application is “so special” and will not work properly if it runs on a virtual machine. In general, the concerns are:

  • Vendor Support
  • Performance

To be frank, when possible, I don’t tell users if the machine is virtual or physical. I’m not hiding this, but I don’t volunteer non-relevant information. Part of planning an application has to do continue reading » »

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