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Microsoft Solution Specialist Application Platform Melbourne Australia

October 2006 - Posts

InfoWorld's BizTalk 2006 review (Oct 2006)...!
Just saw this from the BizTalk Team. A great result for BizTalk 2006. Infoworld has posted thier Oct 2006 review of BizTalk 2006 and given it thier highest rating…. Check out the article: BizTalk 2006 deftly connects enterprise apps Read More...
New BizTalk Team EDI and B2B Blog.. (BizTalk 2006)
OK, so no hiding the fact I have been a little behind on my blog posts over the last several weeks ;-) It’s somewhat old news now but in case you did not know, the BTS team in Redmond have launched a new B2B / EDI blog to keep us all updated. It’s Read More...
BizTalk 2006 Training with QUICKLEARN?
While I was over in Redmond a couple of weeks ago, I caught up with Ginny Simmons from QuickLearn. I have been wanting to bring QuickLearn back to Australia / NZ to deliver some deep dive BizTalk 2006 courses, but really need to get some momentum here Read More...
*Updated* BizTalk 2006, WF and WCF Training in Australia NOV/DEC 06
*************************************************************************************************************************** UPDATE NO 3. Email from our readiness team: Hi Chris, The BizTalk event was originally cancelled which meant the registration links Read More...
BizTalk 2006 Recipes Reference Book on the Market
Hey All, Just curious to know if any of you have actually taken a look at the first BizTalk 2006 book on the market? I have not gone out and bought it yet, but I am keen to know what some of your opinions are. You can actually buy it at Borders here in Read More...
INFOSYS - BizTalk 2006 Performance Benchmarking Report
Mick Badran just reminded me of a new BizTalk Benchmarking Report that was released by INFOSYS this month comparing performance accross: BTS 2004 SP1 with SQL 2000 SP3 BTS 2006 SQL 2000 SP4 BTS2006 SQL 2005 I have posted the report to my OFFICEISP hosted Read More...
Resolved: BizTalk 2006 SAP Adapter schema generation error.
Got an email today from one of our BizTalk customers in Melbourne. He seemed to be having an error while trying to retrieve an IDOC from SAP using the BizTalk 2006 SAP Adapter. The error he was getting was: Anyway, after doing a bit of digging around, Read More...
Managing BizTalk Business Rule Solutions With RuleBurst
Over the last several months, I have been having local dialog here in Australia with a company called RuleBurst. They actually provide the ability to author business rules through Office, that can optionally later be sent to the BizTalk rules engine store. Read More...
CHEP will use BizTalk 2006 R2 (RFID) Globally ;-)
CHEP chooses Cactus Commerce to develop Global Track & Trace RFID Solution Microsoft Gold Certified RFID systems integrator helps leading logistics company extend the benefits of RFID to their customer OTTAWA, ON and LOS ANGELES, CA - October 16, Read More...
Vista RC1 and Westpac Internet Banking - Finally!
One of the major frustrations I have been having over the last several weeks at home was trying to use VISTA RC1 (IE7) with Westpac Internet Banking. Do you think I could get it to work? I turned of protected mode, turned off phishing, turned off everything Read More...
ITEMFIELD at Melbourne BizTalk User Group - 19th October 2006
Hi All, We’ve organised itemfield to present at the next Melbourne BizTalk User Group on 19th October at Clifton’s in the city. Check it out here . Essentially, I was interested in Itemfield for their EXCEL and PDF parsing capabilities…. Read More...
BizTalk 2004 - 2006 Adapter Performance Whitepaper
Thanks Mick for highlighting this new BizTalk whitepaper to me. Abstract: This whitepaper describes the results of a study that compares the performance of BizTalk Server 2004 and BizTalk Server 2006 adapters. Check it our here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fdae55db-184b-4d93-ad79-a113b5268ee2&DisplayLang=e Read More...
SOA and BP Conference in Redmond
I’m sitting here listening to all of the dialog around BizTalk 2006 R2 and RFID is already kicking butt over here. I want to hear from partners in Australia who feel they are prepared to take this on board. I can;t get across to all of you personally, Read More...
Update: BizTalk Adapters for HOST SYSTEMS 2006
I have had “lots” of questions over the last months as to when the ETA is for these adapters . RTM is Late October / Early November 2006 (word on the street) with media available in December. Read More...
BizTalk Server 2006: Managing a Successful Performance Lab Whitepaper
Hey all, Check this new whitepaper out… Abstract: Part of every application’s pre-production testing should include performance and stress testing. You should know the limits of your platform and your applications with certainty prior to Read More...
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