I was talking with a guy from the Dutch embassy in Beijing a few days back about our article on slipstreaming. He had a similar experience, and between us we figured out a way forward - Read on...
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If you already know what slipstreaming is, simply know we recommend nLite for creating slipstreamed installs. Get it here : www.nliteos.com
If you don't know what slipstreaming, is then read on...
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There are those who would have you believe that moving SBS2003 onto new hardware isn't possible, and requires a full domain rebuild. This simply isn't the case. We recently performed an in place upgrade, replacing old hardware with new on SBS2003 for a client, with no significant downtime - only what was needed to physically move the Exchange store between the machines. If you have a similar scenario, and would like to discuss how we can assist your migration, contact us on +44 (0) 800 876 6696 - what have you got to lose?
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One of those thorny little problems that comes up from time to time, we get asked about with monotonous regularity. Users install Microsoft SQL Server, leave the options as default, and away they go. Later on they start encountering performance problems, and really need to move those databases files to a RAID array or two - but how do you do it? It's actually quite simple...
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Software development has always been a costly and time-consuming process. Specialised requirements and lack of skilled resources are just two of the difficulties facing many companies today. For SMEs and Major corporation alike skills are in short supply causing many multi-functional tasks and roles being split into a number of individual operations, requiring in some cases a lower skill set per se, but in turn needing a methodology and automation. The rise of methodologies such as Sigma 6 and Prince 2 are an attempt to encapsulate “common sense” and elements of experience into a “road-map” which can be followed by all concerned. As we all know, even satellite navigation systems can lead some one up the garden path, so use of such without “domain knowledge” or business knowledge within a vertical market can be just as confusing as no process what so ever.
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Training people on computer systems is stupid. We need to train the systems to work with people. If we in the IT industry can turn that idea into a profitable reality, even a retired punch-card kid might find himself captaining the development team.

And if anyone bothers to make an analysis of productivity and success rates they will find software vendors can improve the quality and cost efficiency of their product output by improving the quality of their requirements input. Never mind all the excuses, like we spend too little on R&D or innovation, go out of your way to find “differentiation” and then swallow this dose of business reality.

Words that some of us in industry as a whole and consultants have been thinking for years but it took Geoffrey More of TCG Advisors to finally commit it to print in February of this year.
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Aviation has the potential to become the world’s first totally Internet Protocol-enabled industry.
This one of the major findings of SITA’s eight Annual Airline IT Trends Survey. According to the report 82 percent of airline locations now have IP connectivity, anticipating a rise to 89 percent by the end of 2007 and a projection of 93 percent by the end of 2008.
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RAD has become something of a dirty word in the industry. That's not really a failure of the process, in my opinion - rather the implementation. How do I justify that? The problem is, not uncommonly, one of evangelism. RAD was promoted as the solution to all ills in software development, which it most certainly is not.
The RAD approach works only if the project, and more importantly, project sponsorship within the organisation(s), are committed to the approach. It's all too easy for management to pay lip service to the RAD approach, but not truly buy in.
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"Evangelism in the IT industry is ethically bankrupt. Every world saving concept in this industry in the last 15 years, promoted with evangelical zeal, has turned out to be a bust. There is a simple reason for that"
Walter Morris, Managing Director of MWM Systems Limited
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Our in house consultants, Marcus Webster and Walter Morris, have worked with a good number of blue chip companies in the past. Almost all of those companies extended consultancy contracts at least once and often multiple times. We firmly believe that our commitment to the end client and our integrity is the reason why. We've even been sought out by people we've worked with in the past, years on, to undertake complex consultancy roles - because they know that we deliver.
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