I believe there is still use for the good old Query.SelectItems. You can do a lot with the content search API and you can do it a lot faster no doubt, but there are cases where you might still decide to use the good old Query. Anyway, even if only to have some fun exploring, […]
Innovation + Product Development
Service discovery, segmented networks, and two pieces of Pi
In an earlier blog post I noted that I like things that just work. To this end one of the User Stories I related to the Library in a Box team was “As a mobile app user I would like the library to be found automatically if the library service is available on the network […]
Retrieve and Update Data in EssBase database using java API
Essbase API Overview Oracle Essbase Provides a solution of EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) that helps end-user analysts across the enterprise in various departments Such as finance, accounting, Sales and marketing to solve complex calculations and perform ad-hoc data query operations . We operate Essbase in a client server environment from custom applications written in […]
Overview of IBM MDM PIM Scripting Concepts
IBM MDM PIM tool is a middleware software component provides robust solutions for Product Information Management. It is designed and implemented based on rich set of MDM technologies and concepts. It enables enterprises to manage single source of reliable and most trusted information. It provides a repository of product information that is accurate, non-redundant, […]
How to implement agile testing on a non-agile project
Often, people think agile testing only can be implemented on an agile project. Actually agile testing is a set of engineering practices, and it can be implemented on any kind of project. For example, as a typical agile testing practice, test-driven requirements can be leveraged in any kind of project. Even for a traditional waterfall project, […]
Would you like a “little rice” with your container?
Sorry, it’s a pun(ny) title. If you haven’t gotten it already, you will soon (ahhh! stop it with the puns already!) My family, colleagues, and people who attend my Scrum training will all attest to my being a big fan of Apple’s products. I appreciate good design and I like things that “just work”. But […]
Docker, mobile, and putting things in boxes
Docker and custom mobile application development are both very hot. Recently we decided to run a small internal project to gain some ‘sleeves-up’ insight into Docker as well as how we could deliver containerized versions of applications. This blog article, along with others to follow from both my colleagues and myself will document some of […]
Master Data and Integration Tools
In today’s business world, the major challenge that enterprises face is to have one source of business data (Master Data) which is non-redundant, more consistent, accurate, complete and error free. Master data of an enterprise could be information about its customers, products, employees, suppliers, business locations, etc. Master data plays an important role in making […]
100% code based configuration in Spring MVC
If you’re a JEE developer, you must be bored with XML configuration. Thanks to new features of Spring project, now you can have a 100% code based configuration for a web application. Here are some tips:
Disabled accounts in SharePoint User Profiles
I recently came across a SharePoint 2010 Environment with some disabled users profiles which got accidentally imported through the User Profile Service. The reason for those disabled profiles import was absence of Exclusion Filters (A feature that enables you to exclude users or groups during Synchronization Process) not being configured before the first User Profile […]
Slow People Picker in SharePoint
Have you experienced problems with People Picker taking too long to find a user? Almost a minute or may be more. Does your SharePoint Environment functions with multiple domains? One of the reasons for sluggish behavior of people picker is the People Picker property called “SearchActiveDirectoryDomains” which usually scopes the entire AD with its sub […]
JNDI support differences between Tibco EMS and ActiveMQ
Recently our team was working on Veracity Quick Start sprint, when I was trying to migrate the JMS provider implementation from Tibco EMS to ActiveMQ, I found that there are notable differences between these two JMS implementations on their JNDI support, which will be illustrated below.