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Microsoft Cloud Computing In A Nutshell

Cloud Computing Cloud computing is when computing resources and applications are virtualized and accessed as a service on the Internet. The term cloud is used as a metaphor for the Internet. Cloud computing builds on a stack of technologies, where those higher up are directly or indirectly dependent on

Deploying SharePoint Features To A Multiple Server Farm

I recently deployed some features, mainly web parts, to a client’s load balanced SharePoint farm. The features were created with the Visual Studio 2008 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services. When using features created with VSeWSS they work fine on a simple, non-load balanced, single server farm. However when I

South Africa To Remain Stagnant On The Edge Of Socio Economic Unr

Healines like “clothing workers to reject new wage offer” truly highlight the harsh reality of the current and future South African economic landscape. On the one hand one cannot help but to feel truly sorry for these factory workers. Surviving on a R1000 cannot be easy. Every industry in

Call SOAP-XML Web Services With jQuery Ajax

jQuery: Write less, do more jQuery’s popularity has really exploded over last few years. What really stands out about jQuery is its clear and consise JavaScript library. Other things I’ve come to appreciate over time is its deep functionality and completely non-intrusive configuration. Recently, to improve the responsiveness of

Deploy An Assembly/.dll To The GAC On Windows Server 2008

Problem: You get an error “Access is denied: [dll name]” trying to deploy a strong named assembly/.dll to the GAC on Windows Server 2008. "Access Is Denied" error message Solution: 1. Run the Command Prompt as Administrator and enter the command: explorer %windir%\assembly . 2. Run the Command Prompt

The Joy, Blood, Sweat And Tears Of InfoPath 2007

I recently completed a project based on InfoPath 2007 (Office client version) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007 (MOSS 2007). Looking back I can say that InfoPath has its uses, but before you build a solution around it you have to be very sure about its limitations. InfoPath has

A Minor Battle That Declared The Begining Of British Rule Of Sout

HMS America, HMS Stately, HMS Rattlesnake and HMS Echo at the Battle of Muizenberg Soon after the start of the American War of Independence from Britain, tension mounted between Holland and Britain, because of the Dutch’s trade with France and the American revolutionaries. In 1779 the Dutch Republic joined

Old English Fort And The Southern Most Battle Of The Anglo Boer W

On easter weekend we traveled on the Kogman’s pass (also spelt as Cogman) to Montagu on our way to Stilbaai. From 1875 to 1877 Thomas Charles John Bain (1830 to 1893), son of the pioneer road builder Andrew Geddes Bain, constructed the Kogman’s Kloof Pass. Thomas Bain, was a

No turnaround confirmed yet

A cornerstone of Dow Theory is confirmation. Dow Jones used industrial and railroad indexes as indicators of the state of the economy and business. Confirmation is the process of comparing two averages, to assert the direction of the primary trend. What this means is that if the one index

Executing Shell Commands From A Visual Studio Deployment Project

Visual Studio’s Deployment Projects are quite limited. To get them to do more complicated setup tasks require writing custom deployment actions in C#. The problem with writing code is that it places an additional maintenance and testing burden on the developer. Often all that’s needed is to perform a

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