April 2006 - Posts

Performance and Scalability Checkpoint to Improve Your Software Engineering
When a patterns & practices deliverable would be ready to ship, our General Manager (GM) would ask me to sign off on the performance and security. I would usually be pulled thin so I needed a way to scale. To do so, I created a small checkpoint for Read More...
Posted 12 April 06 11:46 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Strategic Stories
I'm realizing more and more how stories help you drive a point home. It's one thing to make a point, it's another for your story to make the point for you. If your ideas aren't sticking, or you're not getting buy in, maybe a compelling story is the answer. Read More...
Posted 06 April 06 02:25 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Security Innovation Security Engineering Study
The Security Innovation Security Engineering study, Comparing Security in the Application Lifecycle - Microsoft and IBM Development Platforms Compared , is timely, given the emerging industry emphasis on integrating security in the life cycle. My favorite Read More...
Posted 02 April 06 03:41 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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OpenHack 4 (eWeek Labs): Web Application Security
Whenever I bring up the OpenHack 4 competition, most aren't ware of it. It was an interesting study because it was effectively an open "hack me with your best shot" competition. I happened to know the folks on the MS side, like Erik Olson and Girish Chander, Read More...
Posted 02 April 06 02:31 by J.D. Meier | 6 Comments   
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@Stake Security Study: .NET 1.1 vs. WebSphere 5.0
I like competitive studies. I'm usually more interested in the methodology than the outcome. The methodology acts as a blueprint for what's important in a particular problem space. One of my favorite studies was the original @Stake study comparing .NET Read More...
Posted 02 April 06 01:15 by J.D. Meier | 7 Comments   
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Flawless Execution
In the book Flawless Execution , James D. Murphey, shares techniques used by fighter pilots to achieve peak performance, accelerate the learning curve, and make performance more predictable and repeatable. The essence of the execution engine is a set Read More...
Posted 01 April 06 02:54 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Meeting with Gabriel and Sebastian from PreEmptive
I met with Gabriel Torok and Sebastian Holst of PreEmptive Solutions, the other day. PreEmptive makes obfuscator products, including the Dotfuscator that comes with Visual Studio. Gabriel founded PreEmptive more than 10 years ago, and it was originally Read More...
Posted 01 April 06 01:21 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   

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