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Living the Dreamforce
Posted by Paul Armstrong in Cloud Computing, Salesforce on September 7th, 2011I have just been lucky enough to spend the week in San Francisco at the annual Salesforce Dreamforce event. With 45,000 attendees this was the biggest IT event of its kind, ever; and when you're deep
In-house testing: does Fronde have a fox guarding the hen house?
Posted by Kieron Horide-Hobley in Testing on July 15th, 2011Recently I was discussing with a business development manager, a client who felt strongly about bringing in a third party to "do the testing". They felt this would give independence and allow for so
Fronde to Assist Canterbury Businesses
Posted by Helen Mills in Cloud Computing, Internet, Technology on March 15th, 2011Fronde to Assist Canterbury Businesses by Offering Free Google Apps Services Canterbury businesses can now take advantage of free cloud-based email, documents, and other services to get back in b
The earth, wind, and fire of solution architecture
Posted by Paul Armstrong in Architecture, Software Development, Tips on February 24th, 2011Okay so I will come clean right away: I have always wanted to use “earth, wind, and fire” in a blog post title. I am no particular fan of the band, but I do think it’s a cool name. But the metap
Cloud Architecture
Posted by Paul Armstrong in Cloud Computing on December 21st, 2010Much has been made of the fact that cloud computing is many things to many people. Unlike technologies and solutions that have gone before it, no standard or vendor can claim to define or own the clou
How to: Install Checkpoint VPN client software on Ubuntu
Posted by James Valentine in Tips on December 3rd, 2010I guess we're not big on "how to" guides on the Fronde blog...no particular reason - I guess some things are trade secrets, others are shared Intellectual Proprty with our clients or partners, other t
Getting Started with Cloud Development
Posted by James Valentine in Cloud Computing, Software Development, Tips on November 26th, 2010One great aspect of cloud computing is that many providers offer free entry level access to their platforms. This allows developers to get started with low costs and experiment with the different clou
Is Microsoft in the cloud?
Posted by Andrew Bennett in Cloud Computing, Internet, Technology on October 21st, 2010Background In early 2010, Steve Ballmer announced that Microsoft is betting its future on the cloud. He quantified this by saying that 70% of Microsoft's 40,000 employees are working on cloud relat
Imagine Cup Success for OneBeep
Posted by James Valentine in Uncategorized on July 26th, 2010I've recently returned from Poland, as mentor for the rather fantastic Team OneBeep - New Zealand's finalist in the Microsoft Imagine Cup. 69 teams from around the world were in Warsaw as finalists i
PaaS on Google – more services, more opportunities
Posted by James Valentine in Cloud Computing, Software Development, Technology on May 28th, 2010Last week saw a steady stream of big announcements out of Google I/O. Of particular interest are the announcements relating to Platform as a Service: API for Google Latitude: a programmatic way
Changing Enterprise Through Projects. Are Projects Evil?
Posted by Darko Bohinc in Architecture, Project Management on May 10th, 2010Many organisations use "Projects" as the tool for enabling change and realising benefits within their Organisation. It seems to be the "silver bullet" that will solve all of the organisation's proble
Imagine a trip to Poland!
Posted by James Valentine in Uncategorized on May 4th, 2010I've been mentoring a team in Microsoft's Imagine Cup competition - an international competition for tertiary students which "encourages young people to apply their imagination, their passion and the
VMforce cloud – the Sky’s the “Limit”
Posted by Stephen Chan in Cloud Computing, Software Development on April 28th, 2010With Salesforce.com and VMware's recent announcement of the "world's first Enterprise Java cloud" comes another opportunity to re-assess how we build, deploy and run our Java code in the cloud. Having
How many architectures do you see?
Posted by Darko Bohinc in Architecture on April 23rd, 2010Defining and especially agreeing on what the term "architecture" means and represents, within organisations that do not produce brick-and-mortar structures, seems to be a never ending struggle. The sa
More unconferencing in Wellington – NZ Google Barcamp and CloudCamp
Posted by Desiree Purvis in Cloud Computing on March 11th, 2010Whew! Things are really humming here in Wellington! No sooner did we finish saying Goong Hei Fat Choi to kick off the Year of the Tiger, than the beat of drums on the water signalled frantic padd
Wellington APN presentation: Agile – it works!
Posted by Desiree Purvis in Agile, Business Analysis, Project Management on March 10th, 2010Ex-Frondie Ceedee Doyle, in conjunction with the Wellington chapter of the Agile Professionals Network, will be presenting her experiences of using Agile techniques on a real-life project. Using the
Want to learn Agile from the creator of Scrum?
Posted by Carolyn Berridge in Agile on February 2nd, 2010As an Agile practitioner and coach, I'm often asked how to get Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification, since it's quite hard to find an official course in NZ. Most of the time Certified Scrum
Top 10 for 2010
Posted by Carolyn Berridge in Cloud Computing, Summary, Technology on December 23rd, 2009"Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future" - Niels Bohr, Danish Physicist A few weeks ago we asked Fronde's top thinkers for their predictions for 2010, both in the IT industry and
Agile BarCamp in Wellington @Fronde
Posted by Carolyn Berridge in Agile on November 27th, 2009Buzzy Bee Flies Again! In 2007 the inaugural BarcampAgile was held at Fronde in Wellington. Following the success of that event the Wellington Chapter of the Agile Professionals Network is a
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