David Hurtado's Integration Traces
Yet another blog about BizTalk, Architecture, and some fuzzy acronyms such as EAI, SOA, ESB, EDA, CEP, MSFLA, etc.
Introduction to xRM. One Platform. Many Applications
Although xRM is not directly related to me, my job and my area of expertise, I really like this...
Date: 07/16/2009
Bumptop and User Experience: Creating new problems and solving them
This post has nothing to do with BizTalk or EAI/SOA/etc, but it’s interesting, so here it goes! I’ve...
Date: 06/15/2009
Book review: SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009 (II) – WCF Primer
This is a part of small posts reviewing the book ‘SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009’, by Richard...
Date: 06/09/2009
ESB Toolkit 2.0 released
Good news that the BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.0 (previously known as ESB Guidance 2.0) has been released...
Date: 06/09/2009
Book review: SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009 (I) - Refresher
This is a part of small posts reviewing the book ‘SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009’, by Richard...
Date: 06/01/2009
Cite: SOA, build or buy
Repeat with me: SOA is something you do, not something you buy - David Linthicum This is a...
Date: 05/22/2009
New book and free chapter: SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server 2009
I’ve just received for review from Packt Publishing the new book ‘SOA Patterns with BizTalk Server’...
Date: 05/21/2009
Connecting systems – From Object Oriented to ESB for dummies
I’m working with a customer in a BizTalk Server 2009 + ESB solution for eAdmin. It’s a really nice...
Date: 05/21/2009
New BizTalk HotRod Magazine – Issue 6 Q2 2009
There’s a new issue published of the nice BizTalk HotRod Magazine. It contains some very nice...
Date: 04/22/2009
Workflow still matters
As we said yesterday, workflow still matters, and I'm catching this stuff again in the...
Date: 02/26/2008
Workflow matters
David Chappell blogs about it. From my point of view, technologies such BTS Orchestration Engine are...
Date: 07/21/2005
BizUnit 2.0 released
Finally, BizUnit 2.0 is here, one of my favorite BizTalk projects must-haves. These guys work hard,...
Date: 07/18/2005
Easy Promotion of Context Properties
Abstract: I’ve been dealing with context properties, and I’ve discovered a couple of very useful...
Date: 07/07/2005
Fun with BAM and orchestration execution time
Abstract: I’ve using BAM to measure execution time in some orchestrations. I cannot use HAT because...
Date: 06/28/2005
Calling A Receive Pipeline Inside an Orchestration in BizTalk 2006
Impresive! from Steve W Thomas: For starter, why would you want to call a Receive Pipeline from...
Date: 06/16/2005
Why (good) Xml is much better than plain text
There are many reasons, sure, and probably there are also reasons why plain text files can be...
Date: 06/13/2005
Fun with ConfigFramework (updated)
I've been playing around with a funny error message in ConfigFramework. It says "The Operation...
Date: 06/07/2005
Compiled BizTalk 2004 Help File (.chm), indexed with MSN Desktop Search
Marty Wasznicky has posted a compiled BizTalk 2004 Help File (.chm) check it out in his blog (11 Mb)...
Date: 06/07/2005
New whitepaper about BizTalk Messaging Internals
There is a new whitepaper on MSDN about messaging. It's called BizTalk Server 2004: A Messaging...
Date: 06/06/2005
BizTalk messages based on .NET types instead of Xsd schemas
Abstract: You can create a BizTalk message from a custom .NET class, instead of using an Xsd schema....
Date: 05/31/2005
What Videogame character are you?
Calculated shot... well, I've played Scorched Earth a lot in my life... :-) I am a Scorched Earth...
Date: 05/27/2005
Real asynchronous vs. Simulated asynchronous
Abstract: In the asynchronous world, we can talk about Real async and Simulated async. Each one has...
Date: 05/17/2005
Question: Secure the access or secure the content?
Abstract: this seems an easy question, but I have not found a proper answer yet… feel free to give...
Date: 05/12/2005
Orchestration Error handling: Fix-and-Log
Abstract: An exception has been thrown, what should I do? --> At least two actions: Fix the...
Date: 05/09/2005
Suddenly SOA does not exist!...
...or at least that's what Clemens Vaster thinks. A little bit radical just to explain that SOA is...
Date: 05/04/2005
Hierarchical naming convention for messaging artifacts
Abstract: the use of a hierarchical naming convention allow to group messaging artifacts in a...
Date: 04/28/2005
Integration with messaging: Command messages and Document messages
Abstract: although the concept of document message and command message is quite simple, it’s usual...
Date: 04/20/2005
Team development with BizTalk: new white paper
a must read for everyone working with BizTalk. It includes team development, best practices,...
Date: 04/20/2005
Schema design: do include support for Errors and Warnings
Abstract: Schema designs usually contain some boolean Error-or-Success code to handle the result of...
Date: 04/14/2005
Programming inside orchestrations: Where should I put the code?
Abstract: A common question from my customers: ‘how much code should be in the orchestration, and...
Date: 04/12/2005
Orchestrations as Business Processes, not Technical Processes (Part 2, Development)
Abstract: Once I read a book that said: “A complex system that works is invariably found to have...
Date: 04/08/2005
Orchestrations as Business Processes, not Technical Processes (Part 1, Design)
Abstract: In a Business Process Management oriented project, orchestrations are business processes,...
Date: 04/06/2005
Introducing the blog (and myself)
Welcome to my brand new blog! this is my first post, so I'll try to set the expectations and...
Date: 04/06/2005