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Introduction to xRM. One Platform. Many Applications
16 July 09 11:14 AM | dhtoran | 0 Comments   

Although xRM is not directly related to me, my job and my area of expertise, I really like this video and the idea behind it. Enjoy! Read More...

Bumptop and User Experience: Creating new problems and solving them
15 June 09 04:27 PM | dhtoran | 0 Comments   

This post has nothing to do with BizTalk or EAI/SOA/etc, but it’s interesting, so here it goes! I’ve a thread with some colleagues about User Experience (something I see myself as an enthusiast). Somebody shared a video about Bumptop . As the YouTube Read More...

Book review: SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009 (II) – WCF Primer
09 June 09 02:39 PM | dhtoran | 0 Comments   

This is a part of small posts reviewing the book ‘SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009’ , by Richard Seroter . Chapter II – an WCF Primer The second chapter has been a little surprise for me: it is a WCF primer and has nothing to do with BizTalk Server. Read More...

ESB Toolkit 2.0 released
09 June 09 08:30 AM | dhtoran | 0 Comments   

Good news that the BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.0 (previously known as ESB Guidance 2.0) has been released for download. The download is no longer published on CodePlex. Now you can download it from the BizTalk Developer Center . Changes in the name and the Read More...

Book review: SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009 (I) - Refresher
01 June 09 10:45 AM | dhtoran | 1 Comments   

This is a part of small posts reviewing the book ‘SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009’ , by Richard Seroter . I think I’ll be posting chapter reviews and thoughts as I read them. Preface and Chapter I – BizTalk Server refresher The chapter one, as one Read More...

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Cite: SOA, build or buy
22 May 09 02:25 PM | dhtoran | 1 Comments   

Repeat with me: SOA is something you do, not something you buy - David Linthicum   This is a nice cite I’ve read at the preface of the book I was talking about yesterday . Yes, it seems a cite said by Captain Obvious, but it’s still amazing how many Read More...

New book and free chapter: SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009
21 May 09 05:17 PM | dhtoran | 2 Comments   

I’ve just received for review from Packt Publishing the new book ‘SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server’ by Richard Seroter . There’s also a free chapter from the book, ‘New SOA Capabilities in BizTalk Server 2009: WCF SQL Adapter’ downloadable as .pdf from Read More...

Connecting systems – From Object Oriented to ESB for dummies
21 May 09 01:41 PM | dhtoran | 4 Comments   

I’m working with a customer in a BizTalk Server 2009 + ESB solution for eAdmin. It’s a really nice project and I’m doing lot of different tasks here. One of these tasks involve to design and explain the whole solution to many different people at the customers’. Read More...

New BizTalk HotRod Magazine – Issue 6 Q2 2009
22 April 09 09:12 AM | dhtoran | 1 Comments   

There’s a new issue published of the nice BizTalk HotRod Magazine. It contains some very nice articles written by clever people. And then there’s an article written by me :-)   I’m gonna copy/paste the index from Thiago’s blog, Connected Thoughts Read More...

Workflow still matters
26 February 08 01:07 PM | dhtoran | 4 Comments   

As we said yesterday , workflow still matters, and I'm catching this stuff again in the Realworld(tm), trying to clear concepts and how-tos in these (not so) new componentes of .NET. Workflow Foundation is one of these, and I'll try to talk also about Read More...

Workflow matters
21 July 05 09:51 AM | dhtoran | 3 Comments   

David Chappell blogs about it. From my point of view, technologies such BTS Orchestration Engine are very interesting since they allows to: Separate control flow from code that perform actions. Draw control flow, instead of write it. It's more important Read More...

BizUnit 2.0 released
18 July 05 08:24 AM | dhtoran | 1 Comments   

Finally, BizUnit 2.0 is here, one of my favorite BizTalk projects must-haves. These guys work hard, in the very right direction... I case you're not aware of what BizUnit is, it is a test framework fo BizTalk. Read their blog for more info. Read More...

Easy Promotion of Context Properties
07 July 05 10:43 AM | dhtoran | 18 Comments   

Abstract : I’ve been dealing with context properties, and I’ve discovered a couple of very useful tricks for promoting and routing. some definitions: As you’ll probably know, there are two types of properties in the context of a message: properties based Read More...

Fun with BAM and orchestration execution time
28 June 05 08:42 AM | dhtoran | 41 Comments   

Abstract : I’ve using BAM to measure execution time in some orchestrations. I cannot use HAT because I needed to do some calculations to rest waiting time of the external processes. It’s extremely easy. Things get funny when we needed to get more that Read More...

Calling A Receive Pipeline Inside an Orchestration in BizTalk 2006
17 June 05 02:35 AM | dhtoran | 0 Comments   

Impresive! from Steve W Thomas : For starter, why would you want to call a Receive Pipeline from within an Orchestration? I had to struggle for a bit to come up with a good reason… I can find it useful in debatching Scenarios that require mapping prior Read More...