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Guido Tapia

July 8, 2009

Code Generated DAL (Data Access Layer) using ORM - Article 1

Hi All, This is the first in a series of posts about building a code generated data access layer. Over the next few weeks I will be publishing articles that will allow you to understand why the approach taken here at PicNet produces such high quality ...

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David Booth

July 7, 2009

Are you ready for Windows 7?

Image courtesy of www.slipperybrick.com Unless you have been hiding under a rock you would know that Microsoft has set an official release date of Windows 7 on October 22. Other websites are even saying that a Release to Manufacture (RTM) could be re ...

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David Booth

July 2, 2009

Which browser do you use and why?

Image courtesy of www.tothepc.com There is much more competition in the browser market these days. Long gone are the days when Internet Explorer ruled. Many people are ditching the empire's browser in favour of others such as Mozilla's Firefox, Googl ...

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Marco Tapia

June 30, 2009

Recruiting permanent/full time IT staff may not be the way to go if your core business is not IT.

Is Information Technology (IT) your core business? The reason why most users bypass or hate the internal IT department is because they are always too busy to do what they are supposed to do i.e. service their customers. Why they are so busy? Mainly b ...

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Guido Tapia

June 29, 2009

JQuery Table Filter Plugin

This project has moved. New Home Page Update 1/Mar/2010 The home page for this project is now at https://picnet.com.au/picnet-table-filter.html The PicNet Table Filter is free, so we appreciate if you would help us out by recommending us on LinkedIn. ...

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Marco Tapia

June 24, 2009

Please keep sending IT work off shore…. I need a new car!

It's fascinating to see company after company send IT work off shore in search of "cost savings" that many times result in the opposite. I have been in IT Management roles for 23 years and for the last 7 running my IT services firm. I talk to many IT ...

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