Happy user of Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files
I’m always looking for software that can take care of boring tasks for me without intervention. For linux, one can easily hack a cron job with rsync and they’ve got a poor’s man backup in little time. For Windows, things get a little messier. While it’s possible to play with the Task Scheduler, there are…
Lire la suiteInstalling WebSphere Integration Developer V6
Well, it’s been rather busy lately with most of my colleagues attending the WebSphere Technical Exchange in Miami. When 60% (3 out of 5) of your team leaves, it makes a BIG difference. While I’ve still got my hands full with the day-to-day stuff (sales requests, RFPs, sizings, dept projects, etc), I still need that…
Lire la suiteGDS 2 now supports multiple Notes databases
Well, thanks to Google, I now have the-mother-of-all-search-engines in Google Desktop Search for Enterprise V2. It now sports the same sidebar (if you’re into that) as the regular Desktop Search Version 2, but includes the security. One of my gripes with the previous Enteprise edition, as I had previously discussed on this blog, was that…
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From ZDNet News: IBM is jumping into the podcast stream by creating Internet radio shows on technology trends and encouraging its employees to create their own podcasts. The move comes less than six months after the company launched an initiative to encourage its more than 300,000 employees to write blogs… The most recent podcast, «IBM…
Lire la suiteOracle To Offer A Free Database
«By introducing a free entry-level product, Oracle intends to get more developers and students familiar with its namesake database, Mendelsohn said. Those customers, Oracle hopes, will eventually upgrade to a higher-end version.» [Via ZDNet News] I wonder what this means for IBM’s DB2 Express. Or should we consider we already have an offering by having…
Lire la suite8 weeks to go for 2005
With only 8 weeks to go to 4Q and 2005, it’s time to work on those remaining todos that I’ve been procrastinating for the last few months. Some of the items, like product certification and cleaning up my team’s knowledge base on WebSphere should prove quite entertaining as I stare at the deadline… When you’ve…
Lire la suiteMore opensource utilities
Lately, I’ve been expanding the number of opensource software I use. First of all, I was invited to Flock (like a zillion other people, most likely). The browser is essentially a stripped-down Firefox, with different add-ons built into the browser. Actually, I’m using the Blog Tool component right now to edit this post, and it’s…
Lire la suiteUsing Rational Application Developer in real life
I have been reading Ed Gibbs’ Musings of a Software Development Manager for a little while now and if you’d like to know what it feels like to develop and especially manage a team of developer as they transition to using our tools, you need to check his blog too. While RAD does many things…
Lire la suiteMore spam attacks have me react
I’m not used to being a target of malware, since I’m running OS X at home and at work, Big Blue takes care of making my workstation pretty much full-proof automatically, even though it’s running on Win XP. But my wiki, based on MediaWiki, has been the target of attacks every day for a week…
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