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Authentication versus Authorization Authentication is often confused with authorization. I’ve even heard of an eCommerce course wherein the teacher was using both terms as if they were interchangeable. In fact, there is a huge difference between...

The Importance of Being S.M.A.R.T. Many methodologies are trying to align technology related-activities to the purely business activities. With Premier (forgive my non-subtle link to the Microsoft Premier Services), we are using PSDM (Premier Service...

Daily standups are a really good practice, even if a team is not using an agile methodology. But let’s try to clarify things, because the statement “We are doing daily standups, so we are Agile” is a little confusing. What is a Daily Standup? A daily...

Today, software developers have a slew of alternatives. Many technologies are available, and making the right choice is always a challenge. Azure? WCF/.NET? Web 2.0? … Access? Why choose one architecture rather than another? All too often, I find people...