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Techie’s paradise – a visit to Dell Solution Centre

This entry was posted in Interesting and tagged Dell on May 19, 2016 by HAL

I recently had an invite to visit the Limerick Dell Solution Centre with a client to consider the options for a project coming up in the next 12 months. This particular facility is used in part by Dell to provide proofs of concept for clients planning or building application stacks for their specific needs. This […]

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Eclipse and Java – made for each other

This entry was posted in Collaboration Development Eclipse Interesting Java Must Have and tagged Eclipse JAVA on May 29, 2014 by HAL

When starting off with Java programming – the first productive step you can make is to select an integrated development environment (IDE) that supports your learning and development efforts. In my case the IDE is pretty much preordained as it already the IDE of choice for Domino development – Eclipse. The transition from using it […]

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Time For Java

This entry was posted in Development Interesting Java Websphere on May 25, 2014 by HAL

I attended one of the Learning Tree Anyware training courses on Java last week. This is an office or home based method of attending the training course rather than going on site to a training location. This is the third I have been on and there are pros and cons for attending remotely. Interruptions can […]

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Making Office Connections

This entry was posted in Collaboration IBM Connections Interesting on August 31, 2013 by HAL

Nothing lives in isolation these days so how do you integrate Connections with your office tools. With the IBM Connections desktop plugin from here. You will need a greenhouse account – you can create one easily at the site. Close all office apps then install the plugin and reboot your machine to let it  take […]

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Report Export from Crystal

This entry was posted in Interesting Programming Software Tips and tagged Crystal Reports on August 29, 2013 by HAL

During a meeting with a client who was outlining a novel Crystal report that they had developed to show which exployees were on site at a factory complex if a fire alert was triggered I discovered a useful utility they had used. Crystal report exporter CRE – available here allow you to run a report and […]

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Life without an iphone

This entry was posted in Gadgets Hardware Interesting Must Have and tagged Samsung S4 on June 16, 2013 by HAL

I recently had the opportunity to replace my iphone 4 which has served me well for some time. I considered a new iPhone but decided to cast the net further and looked at Android.  After consulting with colleagues and looking at physical handsets the dice was thrown and I am now the proud owner of […]

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Early christmas present for Lotus Notes users (Notes 9 Beta is here)

This entry was posted in Interesting and tagged notes 9 on December 14, 2012 by HAL

  Announcement – Great news about IBM Notes and Domino ! Thank you for requesting to join the IBM Notes and Domino 9.0 Social Edition Public Beta Program!   As promised this is your notification that the Beta is NOW AVAILABLE! We are very excited for you to see how the Notes and Domino 9.0 […]

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Press Pause or the Zombies will get me ! (or how Windows 8 was launched)

This entry was posted in Comment Interesting Review and tagged Windows 8 on October 25, 2012 by HAL

The “Press Pause” bit was a comment from one of my children when asked to finish off playing on an Ipad game. It came shortly after I listened to Steve Ballmer being interviewed on Radio 4 of all places about the release of Windows 8. Thinking back to the launches of earlier o/s such as […]

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