Archive for June, 2007

Sydney Business & Technology User Group

The meeting held on 27 June 2007 was fantastic, sessions covered were: Web 2.0 (Steven Ringo) Connected Systems (Scott Scovell) Number of good things about the sessions, few to highlight were the references given by Steven Ringo and the high level overview of the connected systems by Scott Scovell. The sessions can be downloaded here and here (or […]

June 28, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Blogroll, General, Talman news

TCS among top 10 profitable cos – Software -News – Tech News – Indiatimes Infotech

TCS among top 10 profitable cos – Software – News – Tech News – Indiatimes Infotech Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been ranked among the leading global IT companies by global magazine BusinessWeek, besides being the only Indian entity to be listed among the world’s top 10 profitable firms. BusinessWeek in its ‘2007 Information Technology […]

June 24, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: General

» Even Softies get the Vista installation blues | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

Good to know I was not the only one who could not upgrade…….  » Even Softies get the Vista installation blues | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com Technorati Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Mary Jo Foley

June 24, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: General

Craig Bailey’s thoughts on life and Visual FoxPro: MANAGEMENT: Hiring and firing

Craig Bailey’s thoughts on life and Visual FoxPro: MANAGEMENT: Hiring and firing Craig Bailey, Thanks for the link. Technorati Tags: Phil Factor

June 22, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: General

Talman looking for Senior Developer and Senior testing and QA professional…

Talman Pty. Ltd. is currently looking for Senior developer and a Senior testing and QA professional. The roles are based in Sydney-Australia, for more information on our company visit http://www.talmansolutions.com.au Applicants must have Australian permanent residency in order to apply. Please send expressions of interest to Craig Bailey at craig.bailey@talman.com.au with a CC to rahul.desai@talman.com.au Technorati […]

June 22, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: General, Talman news

"Rush" of projects….

This happens once in a while, you are working on a project which lasts longer than expected (may be overrun or mis-managed or whatever) and then while you are approaching the end of the project or after you have completed the project, there is a rush of requirements / projects to be managed, this can be […]

June 18, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Project Management

Microsoft Releases Scrum Tool

  Microsoft Releases Scrum Tool   Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Project Management

June 17, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Project Management, Tools, Tips & Utilities

Download details: Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2 and "Sedna" – Beta

  Download details: Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2 and “Sedna” – Beta   Technorati Tags: Visual FoxPro, VFP, Microsoft

June 17, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Visual Foxpro

Fixed cost Quotes…the other side

A fixed cost definition can be broadly termed as below (as any standard IT Person can perceive): Should it bid at modest rates and go over budget, the Vendor / Developer will eat the cost, – thus, stating a risk for Vendor / Developer. On the contrary, in case it is hard to predict in terms of time […]

June 5, 2007 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
Posted in: Project Management, Software Engineering

No more newsletters on VFP……

Link to my post on VFP monthly newsletter dated 2nd April 2007: Monthly VFP newsletter from the VFP Program Manager Well, we did not have to wait long for this to happen, no more new monthly newsletters on VFP newsletter home page from program manager Milind Lele… At least there is none for May 2007… Technorati […]

June 2, 2007 · Rahul Desai · 2 Comments
Posted in: Visual Foxpro