May 2007 - Posts

• SOA and Newton's Universe

  Bill de hOra and my old friend (from our Amazon days) Mike Dierken commented on my use of SOA versus "distributed systems". There was also an interest in my perspective on the CAP Conjecture . Let me spew forth some thoughts... It may be a bit unusual, Read More... Posted Sunday, May 20, 2007 10:42 AM by PatHelland | 5 Comments Filed under: Architectural

• Link to "Life Beyond Distributed Transactions: an Apostate's Opinion

  My friend Harry Pierson points out that I am blogging-challenged and didn't include the links to my paper and talk. This talk and paper were given at CIDR (Conference on Innovative Database Research) on Jan 8th, 2007. Thanks, Harry! - Pat Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 1:35 PM by PatHelland | 4 Comments Filed under: Architectural

• Memories, Guesses, and Apologies

  Well, here I am blogging on the bus with my newly installed Windows Live Writer!!! This blog is a text version of a five minute "Gong Show" presentation I did at CIDR (Conference on Innovative Database Research) on Jan 8,2007. All computing can be considered Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:56 PM by PatHelland | 5 Comments Filed under: Architectural

• I’m glad to be back!

  Wow! It’s been over two years since I’ve blogged or had much of a public presence and I am VERY glad to return. There is SO much to tell all of you. First of all, I returned to Microsoft on March 5 th after being gone for two years (to the day… my last Read More... Posted Monday, May 14, 2007 4:16 PM by PatHelland | 12 Comments