Archive for July, 2007

Solid progress with PowerShell round robin database


July 18th, 2007

I’ve made some progress with the PowerShell round robin database. The code is now successfully creating the database, creating a data source and pushing data into it. The data is now being read out successfully too!
Pheww! I should be able to knock off the rest of the tests fairly quickly. Most of them are centred [...]

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Product configurator coming soon…


July 17th, 2007

Hate the name, but I think you’re going to love the soon to be released product configurator for the Sensatronics E4. Whilst the existing site makes creating a Sensatronics E4 solution easier, it still isn’t as easy as it should be.
So, with that in mind, we have created a product configurator for the E4. There [...]

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Open source and the computer press


July 16th, 2007

For a long time non-commercial open source projects had exclusive access to an audience. Sites like Slashdot are very focused on open source, commercial software doesn’t get a look in.
With the emergence of commercial open source players things are a little more complex. The commercial open source players have access to traditional media, but they [...]

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ANN: Brother Label Printers


July 12th, 2007

OPENXTRA has now added the Brother range of professional label printers to our product portfolio. Brother label printers are PC compatible and produce professional cable labels which can include barcodes, logos and images if desired. You can find our range at Brother Printers And if you are a Test-Um Validator user , the Validator [...]

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Introducing PowerGUI…


July 4th, 2007

Whilst we are on the topic of PowerShell, may as well mention PowerGUI as well.
PowerGUI gives you a nice GUI based interface to the command line PowerShell. Dimitry Sotnikov runs a great blog around PowerShell, PowerGUI and Quest’s other free tools. Quest have got into PowerShell big time.
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PowerShell Community Extensions well worth a look


July 3rd, 2007

I’m a fan of Windows PowerShell as I’ve mentioned before. I think it is going to be a boon for Windows admins everywhere.
We’ve had a stab at support for it too.
If you are currently learning about PowerShell, I’d recommend you check out PowerShell Community Extensions project. A large collection of PowerShell tools that will make [...]

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