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  • Outlook folder structure Template

    - by Filip Ekberg
    Having a lot of different customers and a lot of different areas to work with makes it trivial to have your mail folders in order. Everytime I get a new Project / Customer I want to add a certain Folder Structure in my "Customer" / "Project" sub directory. It might look like this: Customer_name/ Bugs Documents Important Support/ Done And as it is today, I have to manually add these manually, which is harsh when you have a lot of it going on and each sub directory under the customer_name directory needs to have "display all items" since it's important to me to see all Items in Bugs / Support / Important. Makes my life easier. So, Is it possible to Automize the process somehow? Macro? Folder Templates? What are my options?

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  • Social Business Forum Milano: Day 1

    - by me
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Reiser ?@peterreiser social business manifesto theses #2: organizations are conversations - hello Oracle Social Network #sbf12 Here are the Thesis (auto-translated from italian to english) From Stress to Success - Pragmatic pathways for Social Business - John Hagel John Hagel talked about challenges of deploying new social technologies. Below are some key points participant tweeted during the session. 6hRhiannon Hughes ?@Rhi_Hughes Favourite quote this morning 'We need to strengthen the champions & neutralise the enemies' John Hagel. Not a hard task at all #sbf12 Expand Reply Retweet Favorite 8hElena Torresani ?@ElenaTorresani Minimize the power of the enemies of change. Maximize the power of the champions - John Hagel #sbf12 Expand Reply Retweet Favorite 8hGaetano Mazzanti ?@mgaewsj John Hagel change: minimize the power of the enemies #sbf12 Expand Reply Retweet Favorite 8hGaetano Mazzanti ?@mgaewsj John Hagel social software as band-aid for poor leadtime/waste management? mmm #sbf12 Expand Reply Retweet Favorite 8hElena Torresani ?@ElenaTorresani "information is power. We need access to information to get power"John Hagel, Deloitte &Touche #sbf12http://instagr.am/p/LcjgFqMXrf/ View photo Reply Retweet Favorite 8hItalo Marconi ?@italomarconi Information is power and Knowledge is subversive. John Hagel#sbf12 Expand Reply Retweet Favorite 8hdanielce ?@danielce #sbf12 john Hagel: innovation is not rational. from Milano, Milano Reply Retweet Favorite 8hGaetano Mazzanti ?@mgaewsj John Hagel: change is a political (not rational) process #sbf12 Expand Reply Retweet Favorite Enterprise gamification to drive engagement - Ray Wang Ray Wang did an excellent speech around engagement strategies and gamification More details can be found on the Harvard Business Review blog Panel Discussion: Does technology matter? Understanding how software enables or prevents participation Christian Finn, Ram Menon, Mike Gotta, moderated by Paolo Calderari Below are the highlights of the panel discussions as live tweets: 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser @cfinn Q: social silos: mega trend social suites - do we create social silos + apps silos + org silos ... #sbf12 Expand Reply Delete Favorite 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser @cfinn A: Social will be less siloed - more integrated into application design. Analyatics is key to make intelligent decisions #sbf12 Expand Reply Delete Favorite 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser @MikeGotta - A: its more social be design then social by layer - Better work experience using social design. #sbf12 Expand Reply Delete Favorite 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser Ram Menon: A: Social + Mobile + consumeration is coming together#sbf12 Expand Reply Delete Favorite 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser Q: What is the evolution for social business solution in the next 4-5 years? #sbf12 Expand Reply Delete Favorite 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser @cfinn Adoption: A: User experience is king - no training needed - We let you participate into a conversation via mobile and email#sbf12 Expand Reply Delete Favorite 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser @MikeGotta A:Adoption - how can we measure quality? Literacy - Are people get confident to talk to a invisible audience ? #sbf12 Expand Reply Delete Favorite 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser Ram Meno: A:Adoption - What should I measure ? Depend on business goal you want to active? #sbf12 Expand Reply Delete Favorite 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser Q: How can technology facilitate adoption #sbf12 Expand Reply Delete Favorite 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser #sbf12 @cfinn @mgotta Ram Menon at panel discussion about social technology @oraclewebcenter http://pic.twitter.com/Pquz73jO View photo Reply Delete Favorite 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser Ram Menon: 100% of data is in a system somewhere. 100% of collective intelligence is with people. Social System bridge both worlds Expand Reply Delete Favorite 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser #sbf12 @MikeGotta Adoption is specific to the culture of the company Expand Reply Delete Favorite 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser @cfinn - drive adoption is important @MikeGotta - activity stream + watch list is most important feature in a social system #sbf12 Expand Reply Delete Favorite 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser @MikeGotta Why just adoption? email as 100% adoption? #sbf12 Expand Reply Delete Favorite 2hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser @MikeGotta Ram Menon respond: there is only 1 questions to ask: What is the adoption? #sbf12 @socialadoption you like this ? #sbf12 Expand Reply Delete Favorite 3hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser @MikeGotta - just replacing old technology (e.g. email) with new technology does not help. we need to change model/attitude #sbf12 Expand Reply Delete Favorite 3hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser Ram Menon: CEO mandated to replace 6500 email aliases with Social Networking Software #sbf12 Expand Reply Delete Favorite 3hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser @MikeGotta A: How to bring interface together #sbf12 . Going from point tools to platform, UI, Architecture + Eco-system is important Expand Reply Delete Favorite 3hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser Q: How is technology important in Social Business #sbf12 A:@cfinn - technology is enabler , user experience -easy of use is important Expand Reply Delete Favorite 3hPeter H. Reiser ?@peterreiser @cfinn particiapte in panel "Does technology matter? Understanding how software enables or prevents participation" #sbf #webcenter

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  • JavaOne Latin America Schedule Changes For Thursday

    - by Tori Wieldt
    tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.oracle.com/javaone/2010/12/javaone_latin_america_schedule_changes_for_thursday.html'; Share .FBConnectButton_Small{background-position:-5px -232px !important;border-left:1px solid #1A356E;} .FBConnectButton_Text{margin-left:12px !important ;padding:2px 3px 3px !important;} The good news: we've got LOTS of developers at JavaOne Latin America.The bad news: the rooms are too small to hold everyone! (we've heard you)The good news: selected sessions for Thursday have been moved larger rooms (the keynote halls) More good news: some sessions that were full from Wednesday will be repeated on Thursday. SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9THNote: Be sure to check the schedule on site, there still may be some last minute changes. Session Name Speaker New Time/Room Ginga, LWUIT, JavaDTV and You 2.0 Dimas Oliveria Thursday, December 9, 11:15am - 12:00pm Auditorio 4 JavaFX do seu jeito: criando aplicativos JavaFX com linguagens alternativas Stephen Chin Thursday, December 9, 3:00pm - 3:45pm Auditorio 4 Automatizando sua casa usando Java; JavaME, JavaFX, e Open Source Hardware Vinicius Senger Thursday, December 9, 9:00am - 9:45am Auditorio 3 Construindo uma arquitetura RESTful para aplicacoes ricas com HTML 5 e JSF2 Raphael Helmonth Adrien Caetano Thursday, December 9, 5:15pm - 6:00pm Auditorio 2 Dicas eTruquies sobre performance em Java EE JPA e JSF Alberto Lemos e Danival Taffarel Calegari Thursday, December 9, 2:00pm - 2:45pm Auditorio 2 Escrevendo Aplicativos Multipatforma Incriveis Usando LWUIT Roger Brinkley Cancelled Platforma NetBeans: sem slide - apenas codigo Mauricio Leal Cancelled Escalando o seu AJAX Push com Servlet 3.0 Paulo Silveria Keynote Hall 9:00am - 9:45am Cobetura Completa de Ferramentas para a Platforma Java EE 6 Ludovic Champenois Keynote Hall 10:00am - 10:45am Servlet 3.0 - Expansivel, Assincrono e Facil de Usar Arun Gupta Keynote Hall 4:00pm - 4:45pm Transforme seu processo em REST com JAX-RS Guilherme Silveria Keynote Hall 5:00pm - 5:45pm The Future of Java Fabiane Nardon e Bruno Souza Keynote Hall 6:00pm - 6:45pm Thanks for your understanding, we are tuning the conference to make it the best JavaOne possible.

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  • Are there any font rendering libraries for games development that support hinting?

    - by Richard Fabian
    I've used angel code's bitmap font generator quite a bit and though it's very good, I wondered if there would be a way of using the hinting information to provide a better readable result by using hinting to provide differing thickness based on size/pixel coverage. I imagine any solution would have to use the distance field tech presented in the valve paper on smoothing fonts while maintaining or reducing asset size. (http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=494612) but I haven't found any demos of it being used with hinting information turned on or included in the field gradients in any way. Another way of looking at this is whether there are any font bitmap generators that will output mipmaps that still maintain their readability in the face of pixel size. I think the lower mip levels would try to guarantee fill and space where it is necessary to maintain readability/topology over maintaining style/form (the point of hinting). In response to "Is there a reason you can't just render the size you want", the problem lies in the fact that font rasterisers currently don't render in 3D, and hinting information would be important in different amounts due to the pixel density being different along different axes, even differing in importance along the length of a string due to the size reducing over distance. For example, I only want horizontal hinting in a texture that is viewed from the side, and only really want vertical hinting in a font that is viewed from below or above. This isn't meant to be a renderer that tries to render a perfect outline as accurately as possible, as hinting distorts the reality of the font, instead this is meant to be a rendering solution for quite static scenes, but scenes that have 3D transformed and warped text layout. In this case the legibility is important, more important than the accuracy of representation of the polygon shape.

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  • Java Road Trip: Code to Coast

    - by Tori Wieldt
    tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.oracle.com/javaone/2010/06/java_road_trip_code_to_coast.html'; Share .FBConnectButton_Small{background-position:-5px -232px !important;border-left:1px solid #1A356E;} .FBConnectButton_Text{margin-left:12px !important ;padding:2px 3px 3px !important;} The Java Road Trip: Code to CoastJava developers, architects, programmers, and enthusiasts: get ready for a real adrenaline rush! Follow the Java Road Trip: Code to Coast as this high-tech block party on wheels travels to 20 cities across the United States showcasing Oracle's commitment to everything Java. It's a chance to talk to Java leaders and engineers and get your hands on the latest Java technology. The Java Road Trip kicks off June 14 in New York City with Octavian Tanase, Vice President, Java Platform Group at Oracle, headlining the event. Don't miss    EJBs in Boston!    Governance in Washington, DC!    Swing(ing) in Memphis!    Mile-high UIs in Denver!    Java in Seattle! (too easy)     and more!Join or follow the tour here: http://java.com/roadtrip/Read the Oracle Magazine articleUse or follow the hash tag #javaroadtrip

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  • Adaptive Case Management – Exposing the API – part 1 by Roger Goossens

    - by JuergenKress
    One of the most important building blocks of Adaptive Case Management is the ACM API. At one point or another you’re gonna need a way to get information (think about a list of stakeholders, available activities, milestones reached, etc.) out of the case. Since there’s no webservice available yet that exposes the internals of the case, your only option right now is the ACM API. ACM evangelist Niall Commiskey has put some samples online to give you a good feeling of the power of the ACM API. The examples show how you can access the API by means of RMI. You first need to obtain a BPMServiceClientFactory that gives access to the important services you’ll mostly be needing, i.e. the IBPMUserAuthenticationService (needed for obtaining a valid user context) and the ICaseService (the service that exposes all important case information). Now, obtaining an instance of the BPMServiceClientFactory involves some boilerplate coding in which you’ll need the RMI url and user credentials: Read the complete article here. SOA & BPM Partner Community For regular information on Oracle SOA Suite become a member in the SOA & BPM Partner Community for registration please visit www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa (OPN account required) If you need support with your account please contact the Oracle Partner Business Center. Blog Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Wiki Technorati Tags: ACM,API,Adaptive Case Management,Community,Oracle SOA,Oracle BPM,OPN,Jürgen Kress

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  • The Importance of Collaboration, Analytics, and Mobile Technologies for Modern HR

    - by HCM-Oracle
    It was 17 years ago, when a McKinsey study uncovered the “war for talent”. Today, it is no point of contention that a strong talent-centric strategy maybe the most important focus for organizations. A talent-centric organization aims at recruiting, retaining and developing the best talent.  The best employees will be able to adapt responsibilities and be able to come up with solutions to solve problems, which are important skills in today’s dynamic work environment, and arguably more important in this recessionary climate.   The notion of hiring and retaining talented employees for organizational sustainability and competitive advantage is not a new concept. But can organizations consider themselves as having a “talent-centric” strategy without up-to-date collaboration tools, HR analytics and mobile technologies in pursuit of attracting, hiring and retaining the best talent? Attend the Upcoming Webcast A webcast on June 19th at 3pm EST will reveal more results of the study. Based on original research done in collaboration between Oracle HCM and HCI, we unveil new findings that explore how critical collaboration, analytic insights and mobile technology are for supporting a talent-centric work environment. You will learn: What are the benefits to being talent-centric? How does collaboration via social networks, analytics with predictive insights and mobile technologies support the talent-centric strategy of an organization? What is the state of play for these technologies? Register Here 

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  • Oracle Develop Newbies

    - by Cassandra Clark
    tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.oracle.com/develop/2010/06/oracle_develop_newbies.html'; Share .FBConnectButton_Small{background-position:-5px -232px !important;border-left:1px solid #1A356E;} .FBConnectButton_Text{margin-left:12px !important ;padding:2px 3px 3px !important;} There are a number of us in the Oracle Technology Network team that came over from the Sun acquisition so we are true Oracle Develop "newbies."  We are boning up on Oracle history and thought it would be fun to test your knowledge too.  Below are a few Oracle history questions.  Post your answers in the comment section of the blog and if you answer all questions correctly you will be listed in the next post as an "Oracle Genius".  Feel free to turn the tables on your fellow blog readers by posting your own Oracle history questions.  If you stump the community we'll add your question to our next post as well.  Oracle History Quiz - In 2003, what Applications rival company did Oracle acquire?In which year was JDeveloper first released?In what language was Oracle v 1.0 written?What Oracle program is designed to recognize and reward members of the Oracle Technology and Applications communities for their contributions back to the Oracle community?What party event draws in nearly 4,000 attendees every year during Oracle OpenWorld, Oracle Develop and now JavaOne?See you in September! 

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  • Content Catalog Live!

    - by marius.ciortea
    tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.oracle.com/javaone/2010/06/content_catalog_live.html'; Share .FBConnectButton_Small{background-position:-5px -232px !important;border-left:1px solid #1A356E;} .FBConnectButton_Text{margin-left:12px !important ;padding:2px 3px 3px !important;} The Oracle OpenWorld, JavaOne and Oracle Develop 2010 content catalog is live. You can peruse most of the almost 2,000 sessions available this year at OpenWorld, JavaOne and Oracle Develop, including session titles, abstracts, track info, and confirmed speakers.You can find the latest on JDK 7, deep dives on the JVM, REST, JavaFX, JSF, Enterprise Java, Seam, OSGi, HTTP, Swing, GWT, Groovy, JRuby, Unit Testing, Metro, Lift, Comet, jclouds, Hudson, Scala, [insert technology here], etc. To access the Content Catalog, just look under Tools on the right side of this page. You can tag content in the catalog so you--and others who do what you do, or think the way you think--can easily find this year's don't-miss sessions. Take a few minutes to look around, and start planning your most productive/informative/valuable JavaOne ever! Schedule Builder, where you can sign up for sessions, will be up in July.

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  • IoT? Time for Enterprise Architecture

    - by OTN ArchBeat
    Of course you've been listening to the latest OTN ArchBeat Podcast on the challenges and opportunities in the Internet of Things. If so, you'll also be interested in ZDNet blogger Joe McKendricks' recent post, Will the 'Internet of Things' make CIOs' jobs harder?. In that post McKendrick offers this important bit of advice that will certainly have architects saying "I told you so." Enterprises need to develop architectural approaches to the management of data. Meaning the development of repeatable processes to source, ingest, transform and store information. For years, IT managers simply bought more hardware and addressed data with on-off integration projects. Now it's time for enterprise architecture. IoT is an important new phase in the evolution of enterprise IT. Challenging? You bet! But meeting any such challenge requires big, broad thinking and planning. In that context Enterprise Architecture has always been important. But as IoT gains traction and speed, enterprise architecture should be top of mind for all concerned.

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  • Dealing with an Idiot [closed]

    - by inspectorG4dget
    I'm a 4th year University Computer Science student, and I have this problem, that I don't seem to be able to find a straight answer to: As a 4th year computer science student, I spend more time in the computer lab on campus, than even my own home. This means that getting along with everyone else here is very important to me. In most cases, this is not an issue because my interactions with almost all the people here fall into one of the following categories: Let me help you, junior Hi fellow student in a course I'm taking, I'm having trouble with this assignment question. Can you give me a hint as to how you solved it? Hi fellow student in a course I'm taking, This is how I solved the problem that you're stuck on. Hope it helps Hi fellow student, I noticed that you're working on a project, using a library that I'm interested in. Can we setup a time so I can learn about this library from you? This model of interaction works very well for me. However, there is one fellow student, who manages to make my life hell beyond all of this (his name is not important, let's just call him "Sam"). He seems to be always (pardon my crass description) high and completely unwilling to contribute to a constructive, academic conversation. He's a pretty smart guy, but just comes across as (I hate to say something like this about a fellow student, but) an imbecile. He also has ignorant opinions on important topics, some of which pertain to my specialization (AI, NLP, etc), and when I try to explain to him why he's wrong, all he does is insult me and put me in a foul mood. I have tried ignoring him (sitting somewhere else in the lab, headphones, etc), but he seems to like doing this because he approaches me and no amount of "leave me alone" seems to do the trick. Can anyone please suggest to me how to deal with this man in a civil way? Thank you

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  • Data Movement and the Decision Matrix

    - by BuckWoody
    Maybe it’s my military background, or maybe I’ve always had this predilection, but I like to use two devices when I need to make a complex decision: A checklist and a decision matrix. I like to use a checklist because it ensures that I remember the big bits of what I need to do, and brings up questions or areas that I didn’t think about when evaluating options for the decision. And the decision matrix – that’s the thing I use to actually lay out those options. It’s simply a spreadsheet-like grid (I use Excel, but paper and pencil works as well) that lays out the requirements or advantages for the decision across the top, and the options I have on the left-hand side. Then in the “cells” I put whether or not that option on the left will meet the requirement in that column. I then simply “weight” each cell to organize the choices by best-fit. The right answer (or answers) will float right to the top. I was asked yesterday about options for moving data in SQL Server to another system. There are just dozens of ways to do this, from bcp to Replication, each with certain advantages and costs. But asking the questions for the top row first helped me show the person that it isn’t a particular technology that is important, it’s laying out those requirements and thinking about which elements are more important than the other. For instance, is it more important to have the data moved all the time, or is it OK if that happens once in a while? Does the data have to move in two directions or just one? All of these will help that answer jump right out. Try it sometime – it’s a great learning exercise, since it will force you to focus on filling out the matrix. The answer is out there, Neo. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!

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  • What functionality should a (basic) mock framework have?

    - by user1175327
    If i would start on writing a simple Mock framework, then what are the things that a basic mock framework MUST have? Obviously mocking any object, but what about assertions and perhaps other things? When I think of how I would write my own mock framework then I realise how much I really know (or don't know) and what I would trip up on. So this is more for educational purposes. Of course I did research and this is what i've come up with that a minimal mocking framework should be able to do. Now my question in this whole thing is, am I missing some important details in my ideas? Mocking Mocking a class: Should be able to mock any class. The Mock should preserve the properties and their original values as they were set in the original class. All method implementations are empty. Calls to methods of Mock: The Mock framework must be able to define what a mocked method must return. IE: $MockObj->CallTo('SomeMethod')->Returns('some value'); Assertions To my understanding mocking frameworks also have a set of assertions. These are the ones I think are most important (taken from SimpleTest). expect($method, $args) Arguments must match if called expectAt($timing, $method, $args) Arguments must match when called on the $timing'th time expectCallCount($method, $count) The method must be called exactly this many times expectMaximumCallCount($method, $count) Call this method no more than $count times expectMinimumCallCount($method, $count) Must be called at least $count times expectNever($method) Must never be called expectOnce($method, $args) Must be called once and with the expected arguments if supplied expectAtLeastOnce($method, $args) Must be called at least once, and always with any expected arguments And that's basically, as far as I understand, what a mock framework should be able to do. But is this really everything? Because it currently doesn't seem like a big deal to build something like this. But that's also the reason why I have the feeling that i'm missing some important details about such a framework. So is my understanding right about a mock framework? Or am i missing alot of details?

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  • CSOM (Client Side Object Model) - What's new with SharePoint 2013

    - by KunaalKapoor
    SharePoint CSOMThe Client-Side Object Model or CSOM came out with SharePoint 2010. CSOM is accessible through client.svc but all client.svc calls must go through supported WFC entry points (supported entry points are .NET, Silverlight and JavaScript). So a developer would need to use client side proxy objects exposed by either a .NET assembly or a JavaScript library. Changes with SharePoint 2013REST Capabilities - Direct access to client.svcNew APIs - App ModelREST CapabilitiesOne of the most important changes to the CSOM with SharePoint 2013 is that the web service entry point of client.svc has been extended to allow direct access  via REST-Based web service calls. This is a really critical change since its going to make the SharePoint platform accessible to any other platform, opening the horizons of integration and collaboration with other REST based platforms and devices. OData (a really popular standard data access API for HTTP-based clients) is supported similar to 2010 but will be a more important aspect of SharePoint 2013 development.New API'sCSOM for SharePoint 2013 has been buffed up with several new APIs for not only SharePoint server functionality but also an API for Windows Phone applications. For a SharePoint 2010 farm most of the new APIs mentioned below are available only via server side APIs:SearchTaxonomyPublishingWorkflowUser ProfilesE-DiscoveryAnalyticsBusiness DataIRMFeedsSharePoint 2013 remote APIs being accessible through both CSOM and REST is very important to the new app model where developers can no longer run code in a SharePoint environment nor can they access the server-side APIs. So CSOM plays the savior here.Also, you can now substitute the alias '_api' in order to reference '_vti_bin/client.svc'.

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  • Dealing with numerous, simultaneous sounds in unity

    - by luxchar
    I've written a custom class that creates a fixed number of audio sources. When a new sound is played, it goes through the class, which creates a queue of sounds that will be played during that frame. The sounds that are closer to the camera are given preference. If new sounds arrive in the next frame, I have a complex set of rules that determines how to replace the old ones. Ideally, "big" or "important" sounds should not be replaced by small ones. Sound replacement is necessary since the game can be fast-paced at times, and should try to play new sounds by replacing old ones. Otherwise, there can be "silent" moments when an old sound is about to stop playing and isn't replaced right away by a new sound. The drawback of replacing old sounds right away is that there is a harsh transition from the old sound clip to the new one. But I wonder if I could just remove that management logic altogether, and create audio sources on the fly for new sounds. I could give "important" sounds more priority (closer to 0 in the corresponding property) as opposed to less important ones, and let Unity take care of culling out sound effects that exceed the channel limit. The only drawback is that it requires many heap allocations. I wonder what strategy people use here?

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  • Deal Registration Moves to Oracle Partner Store (OPS)- The Four Action Items for Partners

    - by Richard Lefebvre
    In November 2012, Oracle’s partner deal registration process will move to the Oracle Partner Store (OPS). During this time, OPS will become the single source for partners to register deals, obtain deal status, and place orders. What will partners need to do? 1. Request an OPS Account – If your company is new to OPS the first thing you need to do is request an account (if your company already has an OPS account, go to step 2). It’s important to have the person who will be managing your OPS account make this request as soon as possible. They will be set up as your company’s primary administrator. 2. Set-Up Users in OPS – Setup of users can start immediately, and will be handled by the primary OPS administrator at your company. The process is simple, but all existing users of Global PRM (Partner Relationship Management) deal registration will need to be set up in OPS before November 14, 2012.  3. Review/Action Any Registrations Pending Submission in PRM – Prior to November 14, 2012, all pending registrations should be submitted in the existing PRM system. It is important that this step is complete so registrations will not need to be re-entered when the system is moved to OPS on November 17, 2012. Registrations pending submission are easily identified on the registration listing screen with either “Incomplete” or “Returned to Partner” in the status column.  4. Attend Training – Oracle will offer multiple VAD and VAR training sessions beginning October 29, 2012. It is recommended that all users attend one of these important sessions.  Detailed instructions on each of these tasks can be found on the OPS Information Page. OPS will offer several enhancements to the deal registration process, including: Simplified Registration Form Easier Product Selection Expanded Browser Support Shared Registration Visibility Between VAD and VAR Pre-set Customer Selection From Partner Ordering Base Best Regards, Titina Ott Vice President, Worldwide A&C Systems And Business Processes 

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  • SharePoint 2010 Center and Fixed Width of all content on page including the ribbon

    - by Bill Daugherty
    All, I am trying to make the width of the sharepoint 2010 web site to be within a fixed width and centered across the screen. I would like for it to be 800px and centered. When i do this, it seems like it starts to work until the ribbion bar renters. Here is my attempt so far: body.v4/* _lcid="1033" _version="14.0.4536" _LocalBinding */ body,form{ margin:0px; width:800px; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; } .ms-toolbar{ font-family:verdana; font-size:8pt; text-decoration:none; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Hyperlink")] */ color:#0072BC; } a.ms-toolbar:hover{ text-decoration:underline; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent1",themeShade:"0.8")] */ color:#005e9a; } .ms-toolbar-togglebutton-on{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Darker")] */ border:1px solid #2353b2; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent4-Lightest")] */ background-color:#fffacc; } table.ms-toolbar{ height:45px; border:none; /* [RecolorImage(themeColor:"Light2",includeRectangle:{x:0,y:610,width:1,height:42})] */ background:url("/_layouts/images/bgximg.png") repeat-x -0px -610px; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ background-color:#fff; } table.ms-toolbar{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light2-Lightest")] */ border:1px solid #f1f1f2; } .ms-menutoolbar{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light2-Lightest")] */ border-bottom:1px solid #f1f1f2; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ background-color:#fff; /* [RecolorImage(themeColor:"Light2",includeRectangle:{x:0,y:610,width:1,height:42})] */ background:url("/_layouts/images/bgximg.png") repeat-x -0px -610px; height:45px; } .ms-menutoolbar td{ padding:0px 0px 0px 4px; margin:0px; border:none; } .ms-menutoolbar td a{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Hyperlink")] */ color:#0072bc; font-size:8pt; font-family:verdana; text-decoration:none; } .ms-menutoolbar td a:hover{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Hyperlink",themeShade:"0.82")] */ color:#005e9a; text-decoration:none; } .ms-menubuttoninactivehover,.ms-buttoninactivehover{ margin:3px; padding:3px 4px 4px 4px; border:1px solid transparent; background-color:transparent; white-space:nowrap; } .ms-menubuttonactivehover,.ms-buttonactivehover{ margin:3px; padding:3px 4px 4px 4px; /* [RecolorImage(themeColor:"Light1-Darkest",includeRectangle:{x:0,y:431,width:1,height:21})] */ background:url("/_layouts/images/bgximg.png") repeat-x -0px -431px; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ background-color:#fff; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1-Lighter")] */ border:solid 1px #cccccc; cursor:pointer; } .ms-buttoninactivehover{ white-space:nowrap; } .ms-buttoninactivehover img,.ms-buttonactivehover img{ margin:0px 1px 0px 0px; } td.ms-menutoolbarheader{ font-size:10pt; font-family:verdana; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Medium")] */ color:#204d89; font-weight:bold; line-height:16px; padding-left:7px; padding-right:7px; } .ms-listheaderlabel{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark2")] */ color:#204d89; } .ms-listheaderlabel,.ms-viewselector,.ms-viewselectortext,.ms-viewselectorhover{ font-size:8pt; font-family:tahoma; } .ms-menutoolbar td td.ms-viewselector,.ms-menutoolbar td td.ms-viewselectorhover,.ms-toolbar td td.ms-viewselector,.ms-toolbar td td.ms-viewselectorhover,td.ms-viewselector{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ background-color:#ffffff; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark2-Medium")] */ border:1px solid #D3D6DA; font-weight:bold; padding:0px; } .ms-menutoolbar td td{ border:none; } div.ms-viewselector,div.ms-viewselectorhover{ padding:2px 4px 2px 4px; cursor:pointer; } div.ms-viewselector a,div.ms-viewselectorhover a.ms-menu-a span{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark1")] */ color:#000000; } .ms-viewselector-arrow{ vertical-align:middle; } .ms-menutoolbar td td.ms-viewselectorhover,.ms-toolbar td td.ms-viewselectorhover{ /* [RecolorImage(themeColor:"Accent1",method:"Tinting",includeRectangle:{x:0,y:654,width:1,height:18})] */ background:url("/_layouts/images/bgximg.png") repeat-x -0px -654px; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent1-Lighter")] */ border-color:#91cdf2; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent1",themeTint:"0.35")] */ background-color:#ccebff; } .ms-bottompaging{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Lightest")] */ background:#ebf3ff; } .ms-bottompagingline1{ height:3px; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ background-color:#ffffff; } .ms-bottompagingline2,.ms-bottompagingline3{ height:1px; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ background-color:#ffffff; } .ms-bottompaging .ms-vb{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ background-color:#ffffff; } .ms-bottompagingline2 img,.ms-bottompagingline3 img,.ms-partline img{ display:none; } .ms-paging{ padding-left:11px; padding-right:11px; padding-bottom:4px; font-family:tahoma,sans-serif; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Darker")] */ color:#204d89; } .ms-bottompaging .ms-paging{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark1-Medium")] */ color:#4c4c4c; } .ms-menutoolbar .ms-splitbuttondropdown{ padding:3px 2px 0px 2px; } .ms-menutoolbar .ms-splitbuttontext{ padding:0px 7px 1px 7px; } .ms-splitbutton{ margin:0px 2px; } .ms-splitbuttonhover{ margin:0px 2px; /* [RecolorImage(themeColor:"Accent6-Darker",method:"Tinting",includeRectangle:{x:0,y:431,width:1,height:21})] */ background:url("/_layouts/images/bgximg.png") repeat-x -0px -431px; border-collapse:collapse; height:22px; background-color:#fff; } .ms-splitbuttonhover .ms-splitbuttondropdown{ padding:3px 1px 0px 2px; } .ms-splitbuttonhover .ms-splitbuttontext{ padding:0px 6px 0px 6px; } .ms-splitbuttonhover .ms-splitbuttondropdown,.ms-splitbuttonhover .ms-splitbuttontext{ border:solid 1px #cccccc; cursor:pointer; } .ms-propertysheet { font-size:1em; } .ms-propertysheet th.ms-gridT1 { text-align:left; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark1")] */ color:#000000; width:190px; } .ms-viewselect a:link{ font-size:8pt; font-family:Verdana,sans-serif; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3")] */ color:#003399; } select{ font-size:8pt; font-family:Verdana,sans-serif; } hr{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3")] */ color:#003399; height:2px; } .ms-input{ font-size:8pt; font-family:Verdana,sans-serif; } .ms-treeviewouter{ margin-top:5px; } .ms-quicklaunch table td{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Lighter")] */ border-top:1px solid #add1ff; } .ms-quicklaunch .ms-treeviewouter table td{ border-top:none; } .ms-quicklaunch table.ms-navheader td,.ms-quicklaunch span.ms-navheader{ padding:1px 4px 4px 4px; } div.ms-treeviewouter > div > div{ border:none; } .ms-quicklaunch span.ms-navheader{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Lightest")] */ background-color:#d6e8ff; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Lighter")] */ border-top:1px solid #add1ff; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Lightest")] */ border-left:solid 1px #f2f8ff; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Lighter")] */ border-bottom:1px solid #add1ff; padding:1px 6px 3px 6px; } .ms-quicklaunch table.ms-navsubmenu2 td{ border:none; } .ms-quicklaunch table.ms-selectednavheader td{ width:100%; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent6-Lightest")] */ background-color:#fff699; } .ms-quicklaunch table.ms-selectednavheader{ border:none; } .ms-quicklaunch span{ display:block; } .ms-quicklaunch div.ms-navsubmenu1 br{ display:none; } .ms-quicklaunch table.ms-selectednav{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent6-Darker")] */ border:solid 1px #d2b47a; /* [RecolorImage(themeColor:"Accent1",method:"Tinting")] */ background-image:url("/_layouts/images/selectednav.gif"); background-repeat:repeat-x; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent6-Lightest")] */ background-color:#ffe6a0; margin:2px; margin-bottom:0; width:97%; } .ms-quicklaunch table.ms-selectednav td{ background:transparent url("/_layouts/images/selectednavbullet.gif"); background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:left top; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ border:solid 1px #ffffff; padding:0px 4px 1px 12px; margin:0px; } table.ms-selectednav td a.ms-selectednav{ background:none; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark1")] */ color:#000000; } .ms-quicklaunch table.ms-selectednavheader td{ width:100%; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent6-Lighter")] */ background-color:#ffe6a0; /* [RecolorImage(themeColor:"Accent1",method:"Tinting")] */ background-image:url("/_layouts/images/selectednav.gif"); background-repeat:repeat-x; padding-top:2px; padding-bottom:2px; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ border-top:solid 1px #ffffff; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ border-left:solid 1px #ffffff; padding:1px 6px 3px 6px; } .ms-selectednavheader a{ font-weight:bold; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark1")] */ color:#000000; text-decoration:none; } .ms-selectednavheader a:hover{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark1")] */ color:#000000; text-decoration:underline; } table.ms-navitem td,span.ms-navitem{ background-image:url("/_layouts/images/navBullet.gif"); background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:left top; padding:3px 6px 4px 16px; font-family:tahoma; } .ms-navsubmenu1{ width:100%; border-collapse:collapse; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1-Lightest")] */ background-color:#f2f8ff; } .ms-navsubmenu2{ width:100%; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1-Lightest")] */ background-color:#f2f8ff; margin-bottom:6px; } table.ms-navselected{ padding:2px; } table.ms-navselected,span.ms-navselected{ /* [RecolorImage(themeColor:"Accent6",method:"Tinting")] */ background-image:url("/_layouts/images/SELECTEDNAV.GIF"); /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent6-Lighter")] */ background-color:#ffe6a0; background-repeat:repeat-x; } table.ms-navselected td{ background-image:url("/_layouts/images/navBullet.gif"); background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:top left; padding:3px 6px 4px 17px; } table.ms-navheader td{ background-image:none; } .ms-navheader a{ font-weight:bold; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3")] */ color:#003399; text-decoration:none; } .ms-navheader a:hover{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark1")] */ color:#000000; text-decoration:underline; } .ms-navitem a{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark2")] */ color:#3b4f65 !important; text-decoration:none; display:inline-block; } .ms-navitem a:hover{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent1")] */ color:#44aff6 !important; text-decoration:underline !important; } .ms-quicklaunchouter{ border:none; margin-bottom:5px; } .ms-quicklaunchouter{ margin:0px 1px 2px 1px; } .ms-treeviewouter a.ms-navitem{ padding:4px 4px 5px; margin-left:4px; border-color:transparent; border-width:1px; border-style:solid !important; } .ms-tvselected a.ms-navitem{ /* [RecolorImage(themeColor:"Light1")] */ background:url("/_layouts/images/selbg.png") repeat-x left top; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent1",themeTint:"0.15")] */ background-color:#ccebff; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent1-Lighter")] */ border-color:#91cdf2; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent1-Lightest")] */ border-top-color:#c6e5f8; border-width:1px; border-style:solid !important; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark2")] */ color:#003759 !important; display:inline-block; } .ms-tvselected a:hover{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark2")] */ color:#003759 !important; } table.ms-recyclebin td{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1-Lightest")] */ background-color:#f2f8ff; width:100%; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ border-top:solid 1px #ffffff; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ border-left:solid 1px #ffffff; padding:3px 5px 7px 3px; } table.ms-recyclebin td a{ font-weight:bold; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent5-Darker")] */ color:#008800; text-decoration:none; } table.ms-recyclebin td a:hover{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark1")] */ color:#000000; text-decoration:underline; } .ms-quickLaunch{ padding-top:5px; } .ms-quickLaunch h3{ font-size:1em; font-weight:normal; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark2")] */ color:#929fad; margin:0px 0px 6px 10px; } .ms-quicklaunchheader{ padding:2px 6px 4px 10px; font-weight:bold; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1-Lighter")] */ color:#676767; background-image:url("/_layouts/images/quickLaunchHeader.gif"); background-repeat:repeat-x; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Lightest")] */ background-color:#d6e8ff; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1-Lightest")] */ border-left:solid 1px #f2f8ff; margin-left:-7px; font-size:inherit; } .ms-quicklaunchheader a,.ms-unselectednav a{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark1-Lighter")] */ color:#676767 !important; text-decoration:none; } .ms-quicklaunchheader a:hover{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark1")] */ color:#000000 !important; text-decoration:underline; } .ms-navline{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1-Darker")] */ border-bottom:1px solid #adadad; } .ms-navwatermark{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent6-Lighter")] */ color:#ffdf88; } .ms-selectednav{ border:1px solid #2353b2; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent6-Lightest")] */ background:#fff699; padding-top:1px; padding-bottom:2px; } .ms-unselectednav{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Medium")] */ border:1px solid #83b0ec; padding-top:1px; padding-bottom:2px; } .ms-verticaldots{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Medium")] */ border-right:1px solid #83b0ec; border-left:none; } .ms-nav{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Medium")] */ background-color:#83b0ec; font-family:tahoma; } .ms-globalTitleArea{ text-align:right; background-image:url("/_layouts/images/siteTitleBKGD.gif"); background-position:right top; background-repeat:repeat-y; padding-left:5px; padding-right:0px; padding-top:1px; } .ms-titlearea{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark1-Lighter")] */ color:#666666; font-family:tahoma; font-size:8pt; letter-spacing:.1em; } .ms-titlearea a { /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Darker")] */ color:#3966bf; text-decoration:none; } .ms-titlearea a:hover { /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark1")] */ color:#000000; text-decoration:underline; } .ms-titlearealeft { /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Lightest")] */ background-color:#d6e8ff; } TD.ms-titleareaframe,Div.ms-titleareaframe,.ms-pagetitleareaframe{ background:url("/_layouts/images/bgximg.png") repeat-x -0px -461px; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Lightest")] */ background-color:#d6e8ff; text-align:left; } div.ms-titleareaframe{ height:100%; } .ms-pagetitleareaframe table{ background-image:url("/_layouts/images/topshape.jpg"); background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:332px 4px; height:54px; } .ms-titlearealine{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Medium")] */ background-color:#83b0ec; } .ms-titleareaframe table td.ms-titlearea,.ms-areaseparator table td.ms-titlearea,.ms-pagetitleareaframe table td.ms-titlearea{ padding:7px 0px 1px 0px; } .ms-sitemapdirectional,.ms-sitemapdirectional a{ unicode-bidi:embed; } .ms-areaseparatorcorner{ background-image:url("/_layouts/images/framecornergrad.gif"); background-position:left top; background-repeat:repeat-y; height:8px; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent5-Medium")] */ border-right:1px solid #6f9dd9; } td.ms-areaseparatorleft{ background:#d6e8ff url("/_layouts/images/bgximg.png") repeat-x -0px -461px; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent5-Medium")] */ border-right:1px solid #6f9dd9; height:100%; } div.ms-areaseparatorleft{ background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:-143px 0px; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent5-Medium")] */ border-right:1px solid #6f9dd9; height:100%; } div.ms-areaseparatorright{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent5-Medium")] */ border-left:1px solid #6f9dd9; padding-right:2px; height:100%; } .ms-titlearearight .ms-areaseparatorright{ background:#d6e8ff url("/_layouts/images/bgximg.png") repeat-x -0px -461px; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent5-Medium")] */ border-left:1px solid #6f9dd9; padding-right:2px; height:100%; } .ms-areaseparator{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent4-Lightest")] */ background-color:#ffeaad; border-right:none; border-left:none; padding-left:5px; height:61px; } .ms-pagemargin{ background-color:#83b0ec; height:100%; } td.ms-rightareacell div.ms-pagemargin{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Medium")] */ background-color:#83b0ec; height:100%; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Medium")] */ border-left:solid 1px #83b0ec; } .ms-bodyareacell{ vertical-align:top; } .ms-pagebottommargin,.ms-pagebottommarginleft,.ms-pagebottommarginright{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Medium")] */ background:#83b0ec; } .ms-bodyareapagemargin{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Medium")] */ background:#83b0ec; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Lighter")] */ border-top:1px solid #6f9dd9; } .ms-bodyareaframe{ vertical-align:top; height:100%; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ background-color:#ffffff; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent3-Lighter")] */ border:1px solid #6f9dd9; } .ms-bodyareaframe{ padding:10px; } .ms-pagetitle{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark1")] */ color:#000000; font-family:verdana; font-size:16pt; margin:0px 0px 4px 0px; font-weight:normal; } .ms-pagetitle a{ text-decoration:none; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Dark1")] */ color:#000000; margin:0; font-weight:normal; } .ms-pagetitle a:hover{ } .ms-vh table.ms-selectedtitle,.ms-vh2 table.ms-selectedtitle,.ms-vh-icon table.ms-selectedtitle,.ms-vh table.ms-unselectedtitle,.ms-vh2 table.ms-unselectedtitle,.ms-vh-icon table.ms-unselectedtitle{ height:21px; } .ms-vh table.ms-selectedtitle,.ms-vh2 table.ms-selectedtitle,.ms-vh-icon table.ms-selectedtitle{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1-Lighter")] */ background-color:#dde1e5; border:none; } .ms-vh2 .ms-selectedtitle .ms-vb,.ms-vh2 .ms-unselectedtitle .ms-vb{ padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px; padding-top:1px; } .ms-vh-icon .ms-selectedtitle .ms-vb,.ms-vh-icon .ms-unselectedtitle .ms-vb{ padding-left:0px; vertical-align:middle; } .ms-propertysheet th.ms-vh2,.ms-propertysheet th.ms-vh2-nofilter{ font-family:tahoma; } .ms-listviewtable .ms-vh2,.ms-summarystandardbody .ms-vh2{ padding:1px 1px 0px 1px; } .ms-listviewtable .ms-vb2,.ms-summarystandardbody .ms-vb2{ padding-left:2px; padding-right:7px; } .ms-selectedtitle{ /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ background-color:#ffffff; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent4-Darker")] */ border:1px solid #b09460; margin:0px; padding:0px; cursor:pointer; } .ms-selectedtitlealternative { /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ background-color:#ffffff; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent4-Darker")] */ border:1px solid #b09460; margin:0px; padding:0px; cursor:pointer; } .ms-unselectedtitle{ background-color:transparent; margin:0px; padding:0px; } .ms-newgif{ display:inline-block; margin-left:5px; } .ms-menuimagecell{ /* [RecolorImage(themeColor:"Accent1",method:"Tinting")] */ background:url("/_layouts/images/selectednav.gif") repeat-x; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Accent6-Lighter")] */ background-color:#ffe6a0; cursor:pointer; /* [ReplaceColor(themeColor:"Light1")] */ border:solid 1px #ffffff; padding:0px; height:18px; } .ms-vh .ms-menuimagecell,.ms-vh2 .ms-menuimagecell,.ms-vh-icon .ms-menuimagecell{ height:20px; 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  • Anatomy of a .NET Assembly - PE Headers

    - by Simon Cooper
    Today, I'll be starting a look at what exactly is inside a .NET assembly - how the metadata and IL is stored, how Windows knows how to load it, and what all those bytes are actually doing. First of all, we need to understand the PE file format. PE files .NET assemblies are built on top of the PE (Portable Executable) file format that is used for all Windows executables and dlls, which itself is built on top of the MSDOS executable file format. The reason for this is that when .NET 1 was released, it wasn't a built-in part of the operating system like it is nowadays. Prior to Windows XP, .NET executables had to load like any other executable, had to execute native code to start the CLR to read & execute the rest of the file. However, starting with Windows XP, the operating system loader knows natively how to deal with .NET assemblies, rendering most of this legacy code & structure unnecessary. It still is part of the spec, and so is part of every .NET assembly. The result of this is that there are a lot of structure values in the assembly that simply aren't meaningful in a .NET assembly, as they refer to features that aren't needed. These are either set to zero or to certain pre-defined values, specified in the CLR spec. There are also several fields that specify the size of other datastructures in the file, which I will generally be glossing over in this initial post. Structure of a PE file Most of a PE file is split up into separate sections; each section stores different types of data. For instance, the .text section stores all the executable code; .rsrc stores unmanaged resources, .debug contains debugging information, and so on. Each section has a section header associated with it; this specifies whether the section is executable, read-only or read/write, whether it can be cached... When an exe or dll is loaded, each section can be mapped into a different location in memory as the OS loader sees fit. In order to reliably address a particular location within a file, most file offsets are specified using a Relative Virtual Address (RVA). This specifies the offset from the start of each section, rather than the offset within the executable file on disk, so the various sections can be moved around in memory without breaking anything. The mapping from RVA to file offset is done using the section headers, which specify the range of RVAs which are valid within that section. For example, if the .rsrc section header specifies that the base RVA is 0x4000, and the section starts at file offset 0xa00, then an RVA of 0x401d (offset 0x1d within the .rsrc section) corresponds to a file offset of 0xa1d. Because each section has its own base RVA, each valid RVA has a one-to-one mapping with a particular file offset. PE headers As I said above, most of the header information isn't relevant to .NET assemblies. To help show what's going on, I've created a diagram identifying all the various parts of the first 512 bytes of a .NET executable assembly. I've highlighted the relevant bytes that I will refer to in this post: Bear in mind that all numbers are stored in the assembly in little-endian format; the hex number 0x0123 will appear as 23 01 in the diagram. The first 64 bytes of every file is the DOS header. This starts with the magic number 'MZ' (0x4D, 0x5A in hex), identifying this file as an executable file of some sort (an .exe or .dll). Most of the rest of this header is zeroed out. The important part of this header is at offset 0x3C - this contains the file offset of the PE signature (0x80). Between the DOS header & PE signature is the DOS stub - this is a stub program that simply prints out 'This program cannot be run in DOS mode.\r\n' to the console. I will be having a closer look at this stub later on. The PE signature starts at offset 0x80, with the magic number 'PE\0\0' (0x50, 0x45, 0x00, 0x00), identifying this file as a PE executable, followed by the PE file header (also known as the COFF header). The relevant field in this header is in the last two bytes, and it specifies whether the file is an executable or a dll; bit 0x2000 is set for a dll. Next up is the PE standard fields, which start with a magic number of 0x010b for x86 and AnyCPU assemblies, and 0x20b for x64 assemblies. Most of the rest of the fields are to do with the CLR loader stub, which I will be covering in a later post. After the PE standard fields comes the NT-specific fields; again, most of these are not relevant for .NET assemblies. The one that is is the highlighted Subsystem field, and specifies if this is a GUI or console app - 0x20 for a GUI app, 0x30 for a console app. Data directories & section headers After the PE and COFF headers come the data directories; each directory specifies the RVA (first 4 bytes) and size (next 4 bytes) of various important parts of the executable. The only relevant ones are the 2nd (Import table), 13th (Import Address table), and 15th (CLI header). The Import and Import Address table are only used by the startup stub, so we will look at those later on. The 15th points to the CLI header, where the CLR-specific metadata begins. After the data directories comes the section headers; one for each section in the file. Each header starts with the section's ASCII name, null-padded to 8 bytes. Again, most of each header is irrelevant, but I've highlighted the base RVA and file offset in each header. In the diagram, you can see the following sections: .text: base RVA 0x2000, file offset 0x200 .rsrc: base RVA 0x4000, file offset 0xa00 .reloc: base RVA 0x6000, file offset 0x1000 The .text section contains all the CLR metadata and code, and so is by far the largest in .NET assemblies. The .rsrc section contains the data you see in the Details page in the right-click file properties page, but is otherwise unused. The .reloc section contains address relocations, which we will look at when we study the CLR startup stub. What about the CLR? As you can see, most of the first 512 bytes of an assembly are largely irrelevant to the CLR, and only a few bytes specify needed things like the bitness (AnyCPU/x86 or x64), whether this is an exe or dll, and the type of app this is. There are some bytes that I haven't covered that affect the layout of the file (eg. the file alignment, which determines where in a file each section can start). These values are pretty much constant in most .NET assemblies, and don't affect the CLR data directly. Conclusion To summarize, the important data in the first 512 bytes of a file is: DOS header. This contains a pointer to the PE signature. DOS stub, which we'll be looking at in a later post. PE signature PE file header (aka COFF header). This specifies whether the file is an exe or a dll. PE standard fields. This specifies whether the file is AnyCPU/32bit or 64bit. PE NT-specific fields. This specifies what type of app this is, if it is an app. Data directories. The 15th entry (at offset 0x168) contains the RVA and size of the CLI header inside the .text section. Section headers. These are used to map between RVA and file offset. The important one is .text, which is where all the CLR data is stored. In my next post, we'll start looking at the metadata used by the CLR directly, which is all inside the .text section.

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  • FluentPath: a fluent wrapper around System.IO

    - by Bertrand Le Roy
    .NET is now more than eight years old, and some of its APIs got old with more grace than others. System.IO in particular has always been a little awkward. It’s mostly static method calls (Path.*, Directory.*, etc.) and some stateful classes (DirectoryInfo, FileInfo). In these APIs, paths are plain strings. Since .NET v1, lots of good things happened to C#: lambda expressions, extension methods, optional parameters to name just a few. Outside of .NET, other interesting things happened as well. For example, you might have heard about this JavaScript library that had some success introducing a fluent API to handle the hierarchical structure of the HTML DOM. You know? jQuery. Knowing all that, every time I need to use the stuff in System.IO, I cringe. So I thought I’d just build a more modern wrapper around it. I used a fluent API based on an essentially immutable Path type and an enumeration of such path objects. To achieve the fluent style, a healthy dose of lambda expressions is being used to act on the objects. Without further ado, here’s an example of what you can do with the new API. In that example, I’m using a Media Center extension that wants all video files to be in their own folder. For that, I need a small tool that creates directories for each video file and moves the files in there. Here’s the code for it: Path.Get(args[0]) .Select(p => p.Extension == ".avi" || p.Extension == ".m4v" || p.Extension == ".wmv" || p.Extension == ".mp4" || p.Extension == ".dvr-ms" || p.Extension == ".mpg" || p.Extension == ".mkv") .CreateDirectory(p => p.Parent .Combine(p.FileNameWithoutExtension)) .Previous() .Move(p => p.Parent .Combine(p.FileNameWithoutExtension) .Combine(p.FileName)); This code creates a Path object pointing at the path pointed to by the first command line argument of my executable. It then selects all video files. After that, it creates directories that have the same names as each of the files, but without their extension. The result of that operation is the set of created directories. We can now get back to the previous set using the Previous method, and finally we can move each of the files in the set to the corresponding freshly created directory, whose name is the combination of the parent directory and the filename without extension. The new fluent path library covers a fair part of what’s in System.IO in a single, convenient API. Check it out, I hope you’ll enjoy it. Suggestions are more than welcome. For example, should I make this its own project on CodePlex or is this informal style just OK? Anything missing that you’d like to see? Is there a specific example you’d like to see expressed with the new API? Bugs? The code can be downloaded from here (this is under a new BSD license): http://weblogs.asp.net/blogs/bleroy/Samples/FluentPath.zip

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  • SQL – Quick Start with Admin Sections of NuoDB – Manage NuoDB Database

    - by Pinal Dave
    In the yesterday’s blog post we have seen that it is extremely easy to install the NuoDB database on your local machine. Now that the application is properly set up, let us explore NuoDB a bit more and get you familiar with the how it works and what the important areas of the NuoDB are that you should learn. As we have already installed NuoDB, now we will quickly start with two of the important areas in NuoDB: 1) Admin and 2) Explorer. In this blog post I will explore how the Admin Section of the NuoDB Console works.  In the next blog post we will learn how the Explorer Section works. Let us go to the NuoDB Console by typing the following URL in your browser: http://localhost:8080/ It will bring you to the following screen: On this screen you can see a big Start QuickStart button. Click on the button and it will bring you to following screen. On this screen you will find very important information about Domain and Database Settings. It is our habit that we do not read what is written on the screen and keep on clicking on continue without reading. While we are familiar with most wizards, we can often miss the very important message on the screen. Please note the information of Domain Settings and Database Settings from the following screen before clicking on Create Database. Domain Settings User: quickstart Password: quickstart Database Settings User: dba Password: goalie Database: test Schema: HOCKEY Once you click on the Create Database button it will immediately start creating sample database. First, it will start a Storage Manager and right after that it will start a Transaction Engine. Once the engine is up, it will Create a Schema and Sample Data. On the success of the creating the sample database it will show the following screen. Now is the time where we can explore the NuoDB Admin or NuoDB Explorer. If you click on Admin, it will first show following login screen. Enter for the username “domain” and for the password “bird”. Alternatively you can enter “quickstart”  twice for username and password.  It works as too. Once you enter into the Admin Section, on the left side you can see information about NuoDB and Admin Console and on the right side you can see the domain overview area. From this Administrative section you can do any of the following tasks: Create a view of the entire domain Add and remove databases Start and stop NuoDB Transaction Engines and Storage Managers Monitor transaction across all the NuoDB databases On the right side of the Admin Section we can see various information about a particular NuoDB domain. You can quickly view various alerts, find out information about the number of host machines that are provisioned for the domain, and see the number of databases and processes that are running in the domain. If you click on the “1 host” link you will be able to see various processes, CPU usage and other information. In the Processes Section you can see that there are two different types of processes. The first process (where you can see the floppy drive icon) represents a running Storage Manager process and the second process a running Transaction Engine process. You can click on the links for the Storage Manager and Transaction Engine to see further statistical details right down to the last byte of the data. There are various charts available for analysis as well. I think the product is quite mature and the user can add different monitor charts to the Admin section. Additionally, the Admin section is the place where you can create and manage new databases. I hope today’s tutorial gives you enough confidence that you can try out NuoDB and checkout various administrative activities with the database. I am personally impressed with their dashboard related to various counters. For more information about how the NuoDB architecture works and what a Storage Manager or Transaction Engine does, check out this short video with NuoDB CTO Seth Proctor:  In the next blog post, we will try out the Explorer section of NuoDB, which allows us to run SQL queries and write SQL code.  Meanwhile, I strongly suggest you download and install NuoDB and get yourself familiar with the product. Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.sqlauthority.com) Filed under: Big Data, PostADay, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology Tagged: NuoDB

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  • Fast Data: Go Big. Go Fast.

    - by Dain C. Hansen
    Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 For those of you who may have missed it, today’s second full day of Oracle OpenWorld 2012 started with a rumpus. Joe Tucci, from EMC outlined the human face of big data with real examples of how big data is transforming our world. And no not the usual tried-and-true weblog examples, but real stories about taxi cab drivers in Singapore using big data to better optimize their routes as well as folks just trying to get a better hair cut. Next we heard from Thomas Kurian who talked at length about the important platform characteristics of Oracle’s Cloud and more specifically Oracle’s expanded Cloud Services portfolio. Especially interesting to our integration customers are the messaging support for Oracle’s Cloud applications. What this means is that now Oracle’s Cloud applications have a lightweight integration fabric that on-premise applications can communicate to it via REST-APIs using Oracle SOA Suite. It’s an important element to our strategy at Oracle that supports this idea that whether your requirements are for private or public, Oracle has a solution in the Cloud for all of your applications and we give you more deployment choice than any vendor. If this wasn’t enough to get the juices flowing, later that morning we heard from Hasan Rizvi who outlined in his Fusion Middleware session the four most important enterprise imperatives: Social, Mobile, Cloud, and a brand new one: Fast Data. Today, Rizvi made an important step in the definition of this term to explain that he believes it’s a convergence of four essential technology elements: Event Processing for event filtering, business rules – with Oracle Event Processing Data Transformation and Loading - with Oracle Data Integrator Real-time replication and integration – with Oracle GoldenGate Analytics and data discovery – with Oracle Business Intelligence Each of these four elements can be considered (and architect-ed) together on a single integrated platform that can help customers integrate any type of data (structured, semi-structured) leveraging new styles of big data technologies (MapReduce, HDFS, Hive, NoSQL) to process more volume and variety of data at a faster velocity with greater results.  Fast data processing (and especially real-time) has always been our credo at Oracle with each one of these products in Fusion Middleware. For example, Oracle GoldenGate continues to be made even faster with the recent 11g R2 Release of Oracle GoldenGate which gives us some even greater optimization to Oracle Database with Integrated Capture, as well as some new heterogeneity capabilities. With Oracle Data Integrator with Big Data Connectors, we’re seeing much improved performance by running MapReduce transformations natively on Hadoop systems. And with Oracle Event Processing we’re seeing some remarkable performance with customers like NTT Docomo. Check out their upcoming session at Oracle OpenWorld on Wednesday to hear more how this customer is using Event processing and Big Data together. If you missed any of these sessions and keynotes, not to worry. There's on-demand versions available on the Oracle OpenWorld website. You can also checkout our upcoming webcast where we will outline some of these new breakthroughs in Data Integration technologies for Big Data, Cloud, and Real-time in more details. /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}

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  • jtreg update, March 2012

    - by jjg
    There is a new update for jtreg 4.1, b04, available. The primary changes have been to support faster and more reliable test runs, especially for tests in the jdk/ repository. [ For users inside Oracle, there is preliminary direct support for gathering code coverage data using jcov while running tests, and for generating a coverage report when all the tests have been run. ] -- jtreg can be downloaded from the OpenJDK jtreg page: http://openjdk.java.net/jtreg/. Scratch directories On platforms like Windows, if a test leaves a file open when the test is over, that can cause a problem for downstream tests, because the scratch directory cannot be emptied beforehand. This is addressed in agentvm mode by discarding any agents using that scratch directory and starting new agents using a new empty scratch directory. Successive directives use suffices _1, _2, etc. If you see such directories appearing in the work directory, that is an indication that files were left open in the preceding directory in the series. Locking support Some tests use shared system resources such as fixed port numbers. This causes a problem when running tests concurrently. So, you can now mark a directory such that all the tests within all such directories will be run sequentially, even if you use -concurrency:N on the command line to run the rest of the tests in parallel. This is seen as a short term solution: it is recommended that tests not use shared system resources whenever possible. If you are running multiple instances of jtreg on the same machine at the same time, you can use a new option -lock:file to specify a file to be used for file locking; otherwise, the locking will just be within the JVM used to run jtreg. "autovm mode" By default, if no options to the contrary are given on the command line, tests will be run in othervm mode. Now, a test suite can be marked so that the default execution mode is "agentvm" mode. In conjunction with this, you can now mark a directory such that all the tests within that directory will be run in "othervm" mode. Conceptually, this is equivalent to putting /othervm on every appropriate action on every test in that directory and any subdirectories. This is seen as a short term solution: it is recommended tests be adapted to use agentvm mode, or use "@run main/othervm" explicitly. Info in test result files The user name and jtreg version info are now stored in the properties near the beginning of the .jtr file. Build The makefiles used to build and test jtreg have been reorganized and simplified. jtreg is now using JT Harness version 4.4. Other jtreg provides access to GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID when set. jtreg ensures that shell tests are given an absolute path for the JDK under test. jtreg now honors the "first sentence rule" for the description given by @summary. jtreg saves the default locale before executing a test in samevm or agentvm mode, and restores it afterwards. Bug fixes jtreg tried to execute a test even if the compilation failed in agentvm mode because of a JVM crash. jtreg did not correctly handle the -compilejdk option. Acknowledgements Thanks to Alan, Amy, Andrey, Brad, Christine, Dima, Max, Mike, Sherman, Steve and others for their help, suggestions, bug reports and for testing this latest version.

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  • Windows Azure Use Case: New Development

    - by BuckWoody
    This is one in a series of posts on when and where to use a distributed architecture design in your organization's computing needs. You can find the main post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2011/01/18/windows-azure-and-sql-azure-use-cases.aspx Description: Computing platforms evolve over time. Originally computers were directed by hardware wiring - that, the “code” was the path of the wiring that directed an electrical signal from one component to another, or in some cases a physical switch controlled the path. From there software was developed, first in a very low machine language, then when compilers were created, computer languages could more closely mimic written statements. These language statements can be compiled into the lower-level machine language still used by computers today. Microprocessors replaced logic circuits, sometimes with fewer instructions (Reduced Instruction Set Computing, RISC) and sometimes with more instructions (Complex Instruction Set Computing, CISC). The reason this history is important is that along each technology advancement, computer code has adapted. Writing software for a RISC architecture is significantly different than developing for a CISC architecture. And moving to a Distributed Architecture like Windows Azure also has specific implementation details that our code must follow. But why make a change? As I’ve described, we need to make the change to our code to follow advances in technology. There’s no point in change for its own sake, but as a new paradigm offers benefits to our users, it’s important for us to leverage those benefits where it makes sense. That’s most often done in new development projects. It’s a far simpler task to take a new project and adapt it to Windows Azure than to try and retrofit older code designed in a previous computing environment. We can still use the same coding languages (.NET, Java, C++) to write code for Windows Azure, but we need to think about the architecture of that code on a new project so that it runs in the most efficient, cost-effective way in a Distributed Architecture. As we receive new requests from the organization for new projects, a distributed architecture paradigm belongs in the decision matrix for the platform target. Implementation: When you are designing new applications for Windows Azure (or any distributed architecture) there are many important details to consider. But at the risk of over-simplification, there are three main concepts to learn and architect within the new code: Stateless Programming - Stateless program is a prime concept within distributed architectures. Rather than each server owning the complete processing cycle, the information from an operation that needs to be retained (the “state”) should be persisted to another location c(like storage) common to all machines involved in the process.  An interesting learning process for Stateless Programming (although not unique to this language type) is to learn Functional Programming. Server-Side Processing - Along with developing using a Stateless Design, the closer you can locate the code processing to the data, the less expensive and faster the code will run. When you control the network layer, this is less important, since you can send vast amounts of data between the server and client, allowing the client to perform processing. In a distributed architecture, you don’t always own the network, so it’s performance is unpredictable. Also, you may not be able to control the platform the user is on (such as a smartphone, PC or tablet), so it’s imperative to deliver only results and graphical elements where possible.  Token-Based Authentication - Also called “Claims-Based Authorization”, this code practice means instead of allowing a user to log on once and then running code in that context, a more granular level of security is used. A “token” or “claim”, often represented as a Certificate, is sent along for a series or even one request. In other words, every call to the code is authenticated against the token, rather than allowing a user free reign within the code call. While this is more work initially, it can bring a greater level of security, and it is far more resilient to disconnections. Resources: See the references of “Nondistributed Deployment” and “Distributed Deployment” at the top of this article for more information with graphics:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee658120.aspx  Stack Overflow has a good thread on functional programming: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/844536/advantages-of-stateless-programming  Another good discussion on Stack Overflow on server-side processing is here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3064018/client-side-or-server-side-processing Claims Based Authorization is described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee335707.aspx

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  • Windows Azure Use Case: New Development

    - by BuckWoody
    This is one in a series of posts on when and where to use a distributed architecture design in your organization's computing needs. You can find the main post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2011/01/18/windows-azure-and-sql-azure-use-cases.aspx Description: Computing platforms evolve over time. Originally computers were directed by hardware wiring - that, the “code” was the path of the wiring that directed an electrical signal from one component to another, or in some cases a physical switch controlled the path. From there software was developed, first in a very low machine language, then when compilers were created, computer languages could more closely mimic written statements. These language statements can be compiled into the lower-level machine language still used by computers today. Microprocessors replaced logic circuits, sometimes with fewer instructions (Reduced Instruction Set Computing, RISC) and sometimes with more instructions (Complex Instruction Set Computing, CISC). The reason this history is important is that along each technology advancement, computer code has adapted. Writing software for a RISC architecture is significantly different than developing for a CISC architecture. And moving to a Distributed Architecture like Windows Azure also has specific implementation details that our code must follow. But why make a change? As I’ve described, we need to make the change to our code to follow advances in technology. There’s no point in change for its own sake, but as a new paradigm offers benefits to our users, it’s important for us to leverage those benefits where it makes sense. That’s most often done in new development projects. It’s a far simpler task to take a new project and adapt it to Windows Azure than to try and retrofit older code designed in a previous computing environment. We can still use the same coding languages (.NET, Java, C++) to write code for Windows Azure, but we need to think about the architecture of that code on a new project so that it runs in the most efficient, cost-effective way in a Distributed Architecture. As we receive new requests from the organization for new projects, a distributed architecture paradigm belongs in the decision matrix for the platform target. Implementation: When you are designing new applications for Windows Azure (or any distributed architecture) there are many important details to consider. But at the risk of over-simplification, there are three main concepts to learn and architect within the new code: Stateless Programming - Stateless program is a prime concept within distributed architectures. Rather than each server owning the complete processing cycle, the information from an operation that needs to be retained (the “state”) should be persisted to another location c(like storage) common to all machines involved in the process.  An interesting learning process for Stateless Programming (although not unique to this language type) is to learn Functional Programming. Server-Side Processing - Along with developing using a Stateless Design, the closer you can locate the code processing to the data, the less expensive and faster the code will run. When you control the network layer, this is less important, since you can send vast amounts of data between the server and client, allowing the client to perform processing. In a distributed architecture, you don’t always own the network, so it’s performance is unpredictable. Also, you may not be able to control the platform the user is on (such as a smartphone, PC or tablet), so it’s imperative to deliver only results and graphical elements where possible.  Token-Based Authentication - Also called “Claims-Based Authorization”, this code practice means instead of allowing a user to log on once and then running code in that context, a more granular level of security is used. A “token” or “claim”, often represented as a Certificate, is sent along for a series or even one request. In other words, every call to the code is authenticated against the token, rather than allowing a user free reign within the code call. While this is more work initially, it can bring a greater level of security, and it is far more resilient to disconnections. Resources: See the references of “Nondistributed Deployment” and “Distributed Deployment” at the top of this article for more information with graphics:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee658120.aspx  Stack Overflow has a good thread on functional programming: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/844536/advantages-of-stateless-programming  Another good discussion on Stack Overflow on server-side processing is here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3064018/client-side-or-server-side-processing Claims Based Authorization is described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee335707.aspx

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  • Customer Spotlight - CSX: Charles Pack

    - by cwarticki
    A couple of weeks ago, I had the distinct privilege of facilitating a training session with CSX.  CSX is a wonderful customer.  They've been a dedicated Oracle customer for many years. They have quite an extensive Oracle footprint including Server Technologies, Fusion Middleware and E-Business Suite products.  They also utilize Oracle's Solution Support Center offering from Advanced Customer Services, for their Database products. I'm always on the lookout for Oracle gems and I discovered one at CSX. Before my session began, I met with Charles Pack.  In my view, he's an Oracle guru.  Don't take my word for it, just read any of the books he's authored or co-authored and the one soon to be released.  Just looking at his bookshelf, I saw titles going back to Oracle 7 & 8, as well as a Solaris 2.x book.  Remember those?   Anyway, Charles is a technologist and a manager (and wears numerous other hats too).  I had a wonderful time talking with Charles and getting to know him.  What do you consider keys to your personal success?  Inability to quit.  When I decide that I will accomplish something, I will, regardless of the nature of the challenge.  Never quitting means a perpetual drive for change and progress and setting examples for others to follow.  The reason I write OCP books is because I can provide a path for people to improve their knowledge of the product, gain a certification, and reach their professional goals. What do you consider the most important part of your job?  Negotiations.  We all have competing goals, incentives and finite resources, but we should all have the same common goal – progress.  So finding the way for all parties to progress is the most important thing we do. What is the most important part of your relationship with Oracle?  Oracle provides solutions – not just products - that are critical to our business success.  So continuous communication regarding education, services, product roadmaps and shared goals is the most important part of our ongoing relationship. Charles is an Oracle loyalist.  His career has been based on using our products and he's passionate about the products he works with.  You can tell, just by talking with him.  I appreciate Charles and other customers like him.  He's an expert in his field and an Oracle evangelist.  He is an asset to CSX and to their success.  He's an advocate for Oracle and an asset to our customers.  You can also friend and follow Charles on Twitter @charlesapack It was a pleasure meeting you Charles! -Chris Warticki Global Customer Management

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