How to Run/Deploy Java EE applications on Amazon EC2?
Running Java EE applications on Amazon EC2: deploying to 20 machines with no money down Computer hardware has traditionally been a scarce, expensive resource. In the early…
EC2Deploy and the Cloud Tools Maven plugin are now available
I’m pleased to announce that EC2Deploy – a Groovy-based framework for deploying Java EE applications to Amazon EC2 – is now available as part of the Cloud…
Cloud Tools now supports Amazon Elastic Block Store
One of the exciting new features of Amazon EC2 is Elastic Block Store, which provides truly durable storage for your instances. Prior to EBS, the contents of…
Amazon EC2 key pairs and other stumbling blocks – Guide
While working with Cloud Tools and Cloud Foundry users, I have noticed that EC2 key pairs and security group configuration are common stumbling blocks for people who…
Cloud Computing Trends | Cloud Adoption Analysis | Organizations
We just finished the first decade of this century/millennium. The early part of this decade saw great worry about the Year 2000 problem. Much gloom and doom…
Workforce Management Software Helps Call Centers Save Money
One way to increase revenues in your inbound call center might be via workforce management software. For call centers that realize revenue by answering calls (be they…
Running MSBuild 4.0 and MSBuild 3.5 on Continuous Integration
With Visual Studio 2010 RC released recently, we jumped on the release and began to code with VS2010. One issue that popped up was that now all…
Issues Compiling VS2010 solutions (with web projects) from Nant | MSB4064 error
Recently I upgraded a project of mine (the Dimecasts code base) to use VisualStudio 2010. In the process everything worked just fine from the IDE, but when…
JUnit 4 Test Logging Tips using SLF4J
When writing JUnit tests developers often add log statements that can help provide information on test failures. During the initial attempt to find a failure a simple…
Why and how to use Jetty in mission-critical production
This article is a summary of a seminar I had on the topic. If it seems like it’s a continuation of an existing discussion that’s because, to…
Understand Cloud Computing in Simple Terms – Maximumbit Inc
Cloud Computing is an emerging computing technology that uses the internet and central remote servers to maintain data and applications. Cloud computing allows consumers and businesses to…
Cloud Computing: The Computer is out the Window!
Debates have been heating up about Cloud Computing (CC). Biggest challenge is security and bigger bigger challenge is ‘control’ of a company’s tech assets. The only limitation…
Cloud Computing Selection: Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers
There are list of solution which provides Cloud Infrastructures for Hardware as a service (HAAS) or Software as a Services(SAAS). AllenPort AllenPort’s technology handles file management chores…
Jacksum – a java checksum utility – Introduction and usage
Jacksum, a java checksum utility Software Name : Jacksum Website : http://jacksum.net/en/index.html Version : 1.7.0 Jacksum is a platform independent checksum utility (written entirely in Java) for computing…
Introduction of RFT(Rational Functional Testing)
Introduction of RFT(Rational Functional Testing) Functional Tester is available in two integrated development environments and two scripting languages. Functional Tester, Java™ Scripting uses the Java language and…
Advance Features of Smart Build Tools
Table of Contents Agile Development Challenges Deployment Challenges Build Acceleration Challenges Integration with Elastic and Cloud Computing Workflow Management Reference: Agile Development Challenges Two of the…
Disadvantages of Bamboo – Bamboo Expert Review
Bamboo Disappointment Being a big fan of Atlassian’s Confluence and Jira, it was with much anticipation that installed Bamboo, the continuous integration (CI) engine they’ve released. Perhaps…
Bamboo Vs TeamCity Vs CruiseControl – Continuous Integration Expert Review
Difference between Bamboo Vs TeamCity Vs CruiseControl TEAMCITY TC pre-tested commit is good. TC integrates to Visual Studio which is our main IDE. JetBrains are more focused…
Bamboo – A Continuous Integration Server – Complete Guide
Bamboo – A Continues Integration Server Continuous integration (CI) brings faster feedback to your development process, preventing bugs from piling up and reducing the risk of project…
Deployment Foundation Issues
Deployment Foundation Issues Establish Key Roles/Charter for Deployment The very first order of business is to firmly establish “who’s on first” for getting deployment done. Senior management…
Why Worry About Versioning? – Versioning Complete guide
Why Worry About Versioning? Having a good version scheme for your software is important for several reasons. The following are the top five things a version scheme…
Build Management Recommendation – Build Management Guidance
Recommendation from Microsoft’s Software Configuration Management Best Practices Build Management Recommendation Recommendation for Defining a Build Define terms in your development process, and keep a glossary of…
Test Article
Test Article Rajesh KumarI’m a DevOps/SRE/DevSecOps/Cloud Expert passionate about sharing knowledge and experiences. I have worked at Cotocus. I share tech blog at DevOps School, travel stories…
List of Free Issue Tracking / Bug Tracking System
An issue tracking system (also called trouble ticket system or incident ticket system) is a computer software package that manages and maintains lists of issues, as needed…
How to copy VSS project from one VSS database to another one without loosing history
If you have any of the following questions in your mind, then this article is the perfect destination for you. How to copy VSS project from one…
Considerations for Multiple VSS Databases – Pros and Cons
Microsoft recommends against using multiple VSS databases in simple cases. The support that was in some earlier versions of the product using Data Path doesn’t seem to…
SSARC Utility & SSRESTOR Utility – Archive, Restore VSS Project – Guide
Question: How to Archive VSS Project in Visual Source Safe (VSS)? How to Restore VSS Project in Visual Source Safe (VSS)? What is SSARC Utility? What is…
How To Create a Unique SRCSAFE.INI File ?
1. Create a new SRCSAFE.INI file and place it in the desired location. 2. If you want include the default SRCSAFE.INI in the unique copy, add the…
Understand Ant command line arguments with Examples
Several tasks take arguments that will be passed to another process on the command line. To make it easier to specify arguments that contain space characters, nested…
ANT Builds and Subversion (SVN) | Ant integration with Subversion guide
As I have mentioned in a previous blog entry, I have come to love using ANT in my development environment. One of the things that I like…