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Getting Started With Microsoft StreamInsight
Introduction Imagine a technology that lets you immediately respond to variations in energy or water consumption – or one that allows monitoring of real-time stock data (up to 100,000 events…
New interfaces for implementing Publish-Subscribe in .NET
You know you are a techie at heart if you find yourself getting excited at the introduction of a couple of new interfaces. .NET introduces IObservable (Publisher) and IObserver (Subscriber).…
Cold Fusion Administrator–Unable to browse the server
When adding datasources to the Cold Fusion Administrator, one might encounter the following error: Solution The browse server functionality uses the RDS server in Cold Fusion. I wish…
ODBC 32 bit drivers on Windows 7
When I opened the ODBC control panel (on Windows 7) and started enumerating the built-in database drivers, I got a bit of a shock. Not only were the Microsoft Access…
Installing and Configuring ColdFusion with IIS7
It has been 10 years since I did coldfusion development. What I liked most about CF was the ease of getting installed and started. It would take all of 15…
Generating Random Numbers C#
When tasked with generating Random numbers, some folks use a static method such as that shown below: Code Snippet static Random rn = new Random(); static int ReturnNextRandom(int maxIndex) {…
Windows DataGridView – Improving the Data Display (Refresh) Performance
The DataGridView is used everywhere – both in apps as well as WinForms apps. A quick google search will reveal the scale of users affected by the slow refresh…
An alternative to IBM Consulting
What happens when you hire the biggest name brand consulting firm to develop your mission critical software? Chances are, you end up paying ‘name brand’ fees – and getting software…
Leadership – The ‘vacation’ test
What makes a good leader? Is there a test – just one single test – that can pick out ‘good’ leaders from the novices? There are more books on leadership…
Session Storage – App Fabric Cache
Introduction (From Microsoft’s Azure Documentation) - Windows Server AppFabric is a set of integrated technologies that make it easier to build, scale and manage Web and composite applications that run…