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Some of the developer/technology feeds I follow…

There is an ocean of developer and technology information on the Internet. I use feeds as one of the ways to try and "Sip" from the firehose of content.
EDN - http://edn.embarcadero.com/rss
DelphiFeeds.com - http://feeds.delphifeeds.com/delphifeeds?format=xml
Dr.Dobb’s - All Articles - http://feeds.pheedo.com/drdobbs_all_articles
DDJ CodeTalk Blog Entries - http://www.dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&task=rss
O’Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies - http://feeds.feedburner.com/oreilly/radar/atom
Slashdot: Developers [...]

Evaluating the Total Cost of Software Tools…

When looking to reduce costs an often overlooked area to consider is the overall costs for the tools needed to design, build, and run your databases and applications.
A new comparison report, entitled Reducing Total Cost of Ownership of Your Application Development and Database Tools”, provides straightforward guidelines for evaluating and comparing costs for database tools.
In this comparison report [...]

2009 06 26 David Intersimone All-Access
Change Manager
CodeGear
Database
DatabaseGear
Embarcadero
Optimization
Performance
S/W Engineering
SQL
Tuning
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24 years of software development work in Scotts Valley…

I just got back from two weeks in Europe visiting with great customers, partners, and press in Moscow, Milan (Piacenza), Hamburg, Frankfurt, Brussels, London, and Maidenhead. I arrived back in time to celebrate my 24 years, today, here in Scotts Valley working for Embarcadero (Borland International, Inprise, Borland Software Corporation, DevCo, and CodeGear). Twenty-Four years focused [...]

2009 06 17 David Intersimone CodeGear
Database
DatabaseGear
Delphi
EDN
Embarcadero
History
Languages
Pascal
S/W Engineering
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The myriad of ways to stay connected and up to date with Embarcadero products, news, events, etc.

Embarcadero Technologies, the leading independent provider of award winning Database Tools and Developer Software, provides many ways for developers, architects, and DBAs to keep up to date. Here are just a few of the ways new and current customers can find out about our products, product updates, company news, upcoming events, and more.

Join Us! Embarcadero [...]

2009 05 21 David Intersimone Database
Delphi
Delphi Prism
EDN
Embarcadero
Events
Java
News
People
Products
Ruby
Twibe
Twitter
Webinar
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DelphiLive! 2009 starts next week - it’s not too late to join us in San Jose California

There’s less than a week until DelphiLive! 2009 starts in San Jose California, not far from Delphi’s birthplace in Scotts Valley. Power workshops and technical sessions for Delphi and Delphi Prism will be given by the Embarcadero Delphi R&D team members, industry experts, developers like you, and book authors. Attendees can also hang out with [...]

2009 05 08 David Intersimone .NET
Delphi
Delphi Prism
Events
Windows Comments (0)

"…if you want developer tools, go to Embarcadero"

I didn’t have to write the title of my blog post for today, Alan Zeichick did it for me. Alan Zeichick’s Take on today’s announcement that Micro Focus was buying Borland. In his post, he quotes a tweet from his partner at BZ Media, Ted Bahr who writes "…the [Borland] products you loved were bought [...]

2009 05 06 David Intersimone CodeGear
Database
DatabaseGear
Embarcadero
News
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Old-school programming techniques you probably don’t miss

"…and today can blissfully forget" by Esther Schindler, ComputerWorld Developer
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Development&articleId=9132061&taxonomyId=11&pageNumber=1
Esther has written a wonderful article on Computerworld’s Development site. She highlights 11 programming techniques that developers sent her after she posted a request on FaceBook and otehr sites asking developers to send in their thoughts. The article also lists some "honorable mention" techniques in each area.
The [...]

2009 05 02 David Intersimone History
Languages
Random Thoughts
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Converting Delphi applications into Appliances…

One of the cool and useful presentations at the recent Australian Delphi User Group (ADUG) Autumn (Spring in the northern hemisphere) Symposium help in Melbourne and Sydney, I sat in on a technical session given by Jason Tolley of ROK Technology. ROK Technology is a privately owned Australian company. One of their core competencies is building embedded [...]

2009 04 29 David Intersimone Delphi
Embedded
Hardware
Windows Comments (13)

Software in the news….

While I was travelling, I tried to keep up on the news happening in our industry, in research, and at universities. Here are a few recent news items that I’m sure will be of interest to developers:
I.B.M. Computer Program to Take on ‘Jeopardy!’
New York Times (04/27/09) P. A11; Markoff, John
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/27jeopardy.html
NIST Suggests Areas for Further Security [...]

2009 04 28 David Intersimone Cloud Computing
Education
News
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Development problem/solution scenarios that cry out for better tooling solutions

The following are several user stories that I’ve collected from my recent visits with customers, schools, and partners. From time to time we are all faced with problems that cry out for database tooling and development tooling solutions. Which ones fit problems you have looking for a solution? Maybe you have additional scenarios, send them to davidi@embarcadero.com.

Reviewing and Auditing [...]

2009 04 27 David Intersimone Database
Embarcadero
Modeling
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