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Desktop Virtualization Tinkering
Over the last day or so, I’ve been playing with VirtualBox – a type-2 desktop-oriented hypervizor; I managed to get my two favourite Linux flavours up and running pretty quickly now I’m contemplating...
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Hacking FileVault (and BitLocker and TrueCrypt)
I have FileVault enabled on my MBP thinking it was a responsible way to protect work-related proprietary information from falling into the wrong hands; turns out it’s actually quite easy (for a...
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Microsoft and Metcalfe’s Law
Microsoft have finally figured out that Metcalfe’s Law applies to them as much as the next software company – despite their huge footprint. To quote Microsoft’s CEO and CMM (Chief Mad-Monkey) Steve...
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Micro services – the new architecture for digital engagement ?
Disclaimers and excuses. I’d like to think I know as much or more than the average tech. pundit when it comes to building large-scale, resilient systems. In a previous life I spent the best part of a...
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The Evolution of Enterprise Java
Zallinger’s “March of Progress” from wikipedia. I’ve been part of the Java ecosystem for long enough to see and be part of every Java EE / J2EE release to date. I still have a Forte SynerJ box-set...
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JBoss World Red Hat Summit 2010
I’ll be speaking at JBoss World / Red Hat Summit again this year. I’m part of 3 sessions focussed on JBoss : JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Roadmap, Wednesday 2pm I’ll be sharing our 3-year...
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The Best and Worst of 2010
On the first couple of days of 2011 I’m sitting down to continue a tradition I started in 2005 (2006, 2008, 2009) I find this a nice way to review the year before its committed to the cobwebs of my...
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UP3 take 3
I pre-paid for the much anticipated UP3 band in December 2014, was dissapointed with the release delay and the downgrade from waterproof to splashproof but opted for the discount vs get my money...
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JBoss EAP 7 BETA Available !
Today Red Hat released JBoss EAP 7.0 BETA. This is the culmination of a couple of years of hard work by the JBoss EAP team at Red Hat and the broader WildFly community. I would like to thank them for...
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DevNation and Red Hat Summit 2016
It’s that time of year again (OK Summit is actually fairly late this year) but you get my drift. DevNation / Summit alternates between Boston and San Francisco – this year we’re at Moscone North and...
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