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Dec 05

The Skinny on SQL Reporting Services

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SQL Reporting ServicesAs I mentioned in a previous post, we have standardized on SQL Reporting Services for our reporting needs.  Coming from a Business Intelligence consulting background I had used a handful of powerful reporting solutions such as BusinessObjects, Spotfire, etc, so I was very leery when I first started experimenting with SQL Reporting Services.

After working with it for over two years, I can safely say that it is a very decent (and free) reporting solution for people running SQL Server.  For small to medium businesses who already own SQL, odds are with a little bit of experimentation, you can make reporting services work for you.

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Nov 22

The Latest .NET, a Brilliant Strategy

.NET, Business, GPS, Infrastructure, SOA Becker 12 Comments »

Microsoft .NET FoundationThis week Microsoft released Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Framework.  While the 3.0 framework has been out for sometime now, the 3.5 framework builds on this and adds some additional features to the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and the Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).  So why is this worthy of a blog entry? 

The answer is simple! Microsoft’s latest strategy with the .NET platform is brilliant.  At a recent MSDN event I attended, the presenter stated that they had basically concluded that the only thing developers should have to worry about are the elements that are unique to the business requirements they are programming.  These fall into two simple categories, 1) the User Interface (UI) and 2) the business rules.  All other code components are not unique across applications nor across businesses and industries.

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Sep 22

TMW Systems 2007 User Conference

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This week I attended the TMW Systems 2007 user conference down in Orlando, FL with some fellow colleagues from Tradewinds.  As usual, the event was jam packed with sessions and great opportunities to meet other users of the software.  This was the third TMW conference that I have personally attended and am most impressed with how well put together the conference is.

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