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Going to Microsoft TechEd (North America) to Speak About Cloud Integration
In a few weeks, I’ll be heading to New Orleans to speak at Microsoft TechEd for the first time. My topic – Patterns of Cloud Integration – is an extension of things I’ve talked about this year in Amsterdam, Gothenburg, and in my latest Pluralsight course. However, I’ll also be covering some entirely new ground […]
Creating a “Flat File” Shared Database with Amazon S3 and Node.js
May 6, 2013
In my latest Pluralsight video training course – Patterns of Cloud Integration – I addressed application and data integration scenarios that involve cloud endpoints. In the “shared database” module of the course, I discussed integration options where parties relied on a common (cloud) data repository. One of my solutions was inspired by Amazon CTO Werner […]
My New Pluralsight Course – Patterns of Cloud Integration – Is Now Live
April 9, 2013
I’ve been hard at work on a new Pluralsight video course and it’s now live and available for viewing. This course, Patterns of Cloud Integration, takes you through how application and data integration differ when adding cloud endpoints. The course highlights the 4 integration styles/patterns introduced in the excellent Enterprise Integration Patterns book and discusses […]
Using ASP.NET SignalR to Publish Incremental Responses from Scatter-Gather BizTalk Workflow
February 1, 2013
While in Europe last week presenting at the Integration Days event, I showed off some demonstration of cool new technologies working with existing integration tools. One of those demos combined SignalR and BizTalk Server in a novel way. One of the use cases for an integration bus like BizTalk Server is to aggregate data from […]
Book Review: The New Kingmakers
January 14, 2013
I just finished reading the fascinating new mini-eBook “The New Kingmakers” from Redmonk co-founder Stephen O’Grady. This book represents a more in-depth analysis of a premise put forth by O’Grady a couple years back: developers are the single most important constituency in technology. O’Grady doubles-down on that claim here, and while I think he proves […]
Book Review: Microsoft Windows Server AppFabric Cookbook
September 14, 2012
It’s hard to write technical books nowadays. First off, technology changes so fast that there’s nearly a 100% chance that by the time a book is published, its subject has undergone some sort of update. Secondly, there is so much technical content available online that it makes books themselves feel downright stodgy and out-dated. So […]
Building a Node.js App to Generate Release Notes from Trello Cards
August 13, 2012
One of the things that I volunteered for in my job as Product Manager at Tier 3 was the creation of release notes for our regular cloud software updates. It helps me stay up to date by seeing exactly what we’re pushing out. Lately we’ve been using Trello, the sweet project collaboration from Fog Creek […]
Installing and Testing the New Service Bus for Windows
July 17, 2012
Yesterday, Microsoft kicked out the first public beta of the Service Bus for Windows software. You can use this to install and maintain Service Bus queues and topics in your own data center (or laptop!). See my InfoQ article for a bit more info. I thought I’d take a stab at installing this software on […]
Book Review: The REST API Design Handbook
June 21, 2012
I’ve read a handful of books about REST, API design, and RESTful API design, but I’ve honestly never read a great book that effectively balanced the theory and practice. That changed when I finished reading enstratus CTO George Reese’s new ebook, The REST API Design Handbook. I liked this book. A lot. Not quite a […]
Should Enterprise IT Offer a “Dollar Menu”?
May 16, 2012
It seems that there is still so much friction in the request and fulfillment of IT services. Need a quick task tracking website? That’ll take a change request, project manager, pair of business analysts, a few 3rd party developers and a test team. Want a report to replace your Excel workbook pivot charts? Let’s ramp […]
Publications
Microsoft BizTalk 2010: Line of Business Systems Integration (Amazon.com, Packt Publishing)
Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform (Amazon.com, Packt Publishing)
SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009
(Amazon.com, Packt Publishing)
Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform (Amazon.com, Packt Publishing)
SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009
(Amazon.com, Packt Publishing)
May 13, 2013
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