David Hurtado's Integration Traces

Yet another blog about BizTalk, Architecture, and some fuzzy acronyms such as EAI, SOA, ESB, EDA, CEP, MSFLA, etc.

Introduction to xRM. One Platform. Many Applications

Although xRM is not directly related to me, my job and my area of expertise, I really like this...

Author: dhtoran Date: 07/16/2009

Bumptop and User Experience: Creating new problems and solving them

This post has nothing to do with BizTalk or EAI/SOA/etc, but it’s interesting, so here it goes! I’ve...

Author: dhtoran Date: 06/15/2009

Book review: SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009 (II) – WCF Primer

This is a part of small posts reviewing the book ‘SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009’, by Richard...

Author: dhtoran Date: 06/09/2009

ESB Toolkit 2.0 released

Good news that the BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.0 (previously known as ESB Guidance 2.0) has been released...

Author: dhtoran Date: 06/09/2009

Book review: SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009 (I) - Refresher

This is a part of small posts reviewing the book ‘SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009’, by Richard...

Author: dhtoran Date: 06/01/2009

Cite: SOA, build or buy

Repeat with me: SOA is something you do, not something you buy - David Linthicum   This is a...

Author: dhtoran Date: 05/22/2009

New book and free chapter: SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009

I’ve just received for review from Packt Publishing the new book ‘SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server’...

Author: dhtoran Date: 05/21/2009

Connecting systems – From Object Oriented to ESB for dummies

I’m working with a customer in a BizTalk Server 2009 + ESB solution for eAdmin. It’s a really nice...

Author: dhtoran Date: 05/21/2009

New BizTalk HotRod Magazine – Issue 6 Q2 2009

There’s a new issue published of the nice BizTalk HotRod Magazine. It contains some very nice...

Author: dhtoran Date: 04/22/2009

Workflow still matters

As we said yesterday, workflow still matters, and I'm catching this stuff again in the...

Author: dhtoran Date: 02/26/2008

Workflow matters

David Chappell blogs about it. From my point of view, technologies such BTS Orchestration Engine are...

Author: dhtoran Date: 07/21/2005

BizUnit 2.0 released

Finally, BizUnit 2.0 is here, one of my favorite BizTalk projects must-haves. These guys work hard,...

Author: dhtoran Date: 07/18/2005

Easy Promotion of Context Properties

Abstract: I’ve been dealing with context properties, and I’ve discovered a couple of very useful...

Author: dhtoran Date: 07/07/2005

Fun with BAM and orchestration execution time

Abstract: I’ve using BAM to measure execution time in some orchestrations. I cannot use HAT because...

Author: dhtoran Date: 06/28/2005

Calling A Receive Pipeline Inside an Orchestration in BizTalk 2006

Impresive! from Steve W Thomas: For starter, why would you want to call a Receive Pipeline from...

Author: dhtoran Date: 06/16/2005

Why (good) Xml is much better than plain text

There are many reasons, sure, and probably there are also reasons why plain text files can be...

Author: dhtoran Date: 06/13/2005

Fun with ConfigFramework (updated)

I've been playing around with a funny error message in ConfigFramework. It says "The Operation...

Author: dhtoran Date: 06/07/2005

Marty Wasznicky has posted a compiled BizTalk 2004 Help File (.chm) check it out in his blog (11 Mb)...

Author: dhtoran Date: 06/07/2005

New whitepaper about BizTalk Messaging Internals

There is a new whitepaper on MSDN about messaging. It's called BizTalk Server 2004: A Messaging...

Author: dhtoran Date: 06/06/2005

BizTalk messages based on .NET types instead of Xsd schemas

Abstract: You can create a BizTalk message from a custom .NET class, instead of using an Xsd schema....

Author: dhtoran Date: 05/31/2005

What Videogame character are you?

Calculated shot... well, I've played Scorched Earth a lot in my life... :-) I am a Scorched Earth...

Author: dhtoran Date: 05/27/2005

Real asynchronous vs. Simulated asynchronous

Abstract: In the asynchronous world, we can talk about Real async and Simulated async. Each one has...

Author: dhtoran Date: 05/17/2005

Question: Secure the access or secure the content?

Abstract: this seems an easy question, but I have not found a proper answer yet… feel free to give...

Author: dhtoran Date: 05/12/2005

Orchestration Error handling: Fix-and-Log

Abstract: An exception has been thrown, what should I do? --> At least two actions: Fix the...

Author: dhtoran Date: 05/09/2005

Suddenly SOA does not exist!...

...or at least that's what Clemens Vaster thinks. A little bit radical just to explain that SOA is...

Author: dhtoran Date: 05/04/2005

Hierarchical naming convention for messaging artifacts

Abstract: the use of a hierarchical naming convention allow to group messaging artifacts in a...

Author: dhtoran Date: 04/28/2005

Integration with messaging: Command messages and Document messages

Abstract: although the concept of document message and command message is quite simple, it’s usual...

Author: dhtoran Date: 04/20/2005

Team development with BizTalk: new white paper

a must read for everyone working with BizTalk. It includes team development, best practices,...

Author: dhtoran Date: 04/20/2005

Schema design: do include support for Errors and Warnings

Abstract: Schema designs usually contain some boolean Error-or-Success code to handle the result of...

Author: dhtoran Date: 04/14/2005

Programming inside orchestrations: Where should I put the code?

Abstract: A common question from my customers: ‘how much code should be in the orchestration, and...

Author: dhtoran Date: 04/12/2005

Orchestrations as Business Processes, not Technical Processes (Part 2, Development)

Abstract: Once I read a book that said: “A complex system that works is invariably found to have...

Author: dhtoran Date: 04/08/2005

Orchestrations as Business Processes, not Technical Processes (Part 1, Design)

Abstract: In a Business Process Management oriented project, orchestrations are business processes,...

Author: dhtoran Date: 04/06/2005

Introducing the blog (and myself)

Welcome to my brand new blog! this is my first post, so I'll try to set the expectations and...

Author: dhtoran Date: 04/06/2005