http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/ In this blog, Noam Tamarkin provides ideas for improving and better integrating your applications. en Copyright 2012 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:16:12 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.37 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Hi,In the system that I am responsible on, we use SAP ERP as our back office for payments and charge.Since we have produce a monthly batch of about 1,000,000 lines we need to pass a large amount of data in... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2012/04/interface_large_amount_of_data.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2012/04/interface_large_amount_of_data.php Batch process Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:16:12 -0500 noamtamarkin Hello,For a long time there is a buzz about virtual desktop that will enable us to thin (a.k.a cheap) clients.I wonder if my idea could work. In my work I use some browser based client to work on my servers... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2011/12/virtual_desktop.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2011/12/virtual_desktop.php Technology adaptation Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:18:17 -0500 noamtamarkin Hello, Oracle announced Oracle Database Appliance. I just want to recall some things that wrote sometime ago: Oracle bought Sun - the SaaS new rivalOracle, Sun, Red Hat - one more piece of the puzzleMore from Oracle - Red Hat... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2011/11/oracle_database_appliance.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2011/11/oracle_database_appliance.php Application marketing Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:41:14 -0500 noamtamarkin Hello, Just a short time ago, I finished a small install in a website. The install is about integrating some commercial content for very small businesses. Normally, that would take 10-15 minutes because it is just coping a  <iframe>  tag... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2011/08/google_sites_-_experience_in_c.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2011/08/google_sites_-_experience_in_c.php Software complexity Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:50:42 -0500 noamtamarkin Dear Readers:Lately, I was challenged by an upgrade to our ESB server. That happened to be Web Methods. From the client point of view (my application) it was easy. Just open Visual Studio, update the web reference or Service reference... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2011/06/esb_flexibility_in_question.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2011/06/esb_flexibility_in_question.php Integration Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:11:52 -0500 noamtamarkin Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE HE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"טבלה רגילה"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Hi,... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2011/03/implement_a_new_business_appli.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2011/03/implement_a_new_business_appli.php Integration Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:55:08 -0500 noamtamarkin Hello, In the last year I have been maintaining applications on enterprise cloud. Yesterday I noticed the operating system. It is Windows 2008 on my server. I noticed that it is the same as in any computer e.g. I can... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/11/cloud_operating_system_-_real.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/11/cloud_operating_system_-_real.php Cloud computing Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:31:22 -0500 noamtamarkin Hello to the hard working IT's,I have a Halloween story for you today.On a Thursday evening, I started to upgrade our testing environment.Everything went well but suddenly on 19:39 - I got disconnected from the servers.I started to call the... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/10/who_moved_my_server.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/10/who_moved_my_server.php Cloud computing Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:41:33 -0500 noamtamarkin Hello to the hard working integrators In my previous job, integration was something to avoid. Every solution that involved integration of our product was rejected because "Integration is too complicated". Even integration with our own products was not a good... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/09/how_to_succeed_with_integratio.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/09/how_to_succeed_with_integratio.php Integration Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:58:42 -0500 noamtamarkin Hello to my readers, In my previous position, we used to discuss the amount of integration that could be imposed on our customers. The idea was that anyone that will buy our software product will need to integrate it because... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/06/integration_at_the_customer_si.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/06/integration_at_the_customer_si.php Integration Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:40:10 -0500 noamtamarkin Dear readers,As normal part my work on integration I am always asking: What is the interface to that system?You would expect that in this time, I would get a WSDL. Well, no!I often get a View or Stored Procedure. In... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/05/is_soa_just_soap.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/05/is_soa_just_soap.php Service design Sat, 29 May 2010 20:23:40 -0500 noamtamarkin Hi all, I want to provide an example that will comprise my two last posts: "Thinking Inside the Box but Out of the Context" and "Resource optimization for the Virtual infrastructure". In a large enterprise system or ERP, there are... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/05/optimizing_load_in_a_large_bat.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/05/optimizing_load_in_a_large_bat.php Creativity Fri, 14 May 2010 12:15:51 -0500 noamtamarkin Hi, are you still in the IT department? I hope you do, because it may be difficult to understand me otherwise. In our daily work, we work and think inside the box. Most experts find solutions that are part of... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/05/in_the_box_but_out_of_context.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/05/in_the_box_but_out_of_context.php Creativity Thu, 06 May 2010 12:14:43 -0500 noamtamarkin Hello my IT partners,Virtual machines are a fact of IT in large organizations and even medium ones.The saving in hardware is obvious and appealing.Let us assume a single physical machine that provide all different servers in one organization.This a single... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/04/resource_optimization_for_the.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/04/resource_optimization_for_the.php Cloud computing Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:12:28 -0500 noamtamarkin Hello to my IT colleagues,For sometime I wonder if ESB is good or bad. From SOA point of view is it a friend or a foe?Well, I wrote about it and also designed some architecture that bypass the need for... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/04/esb_-_friend_or_foe.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/itgumbo/openforbusiness/2010/04/esb_-_friend_or_foe.php Integration Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:38:51 -0500 noamtamarkin