The company I’m currently working for, DVT, has a product called Radical, with which I’ve been playing around with quite intensely lately.

I’m currently busy with a very large Aviation project, where we are using Radical to co-ordinate and store vital information for the Aircraft, parts and much more.(don’t want to abbreviate on this yet).

This product was developed locally and thus this is localy Intellectual Property of DVT, which was bought from(or acquisition done) Solutional a few years ago.

The main idea behind Radical was to be a CRM solutional, but it has grown to such a powerful product, that today, you can vitually build anything on it - an in very quick timeframes.  I usually just summarize it as “Access on Steroids”  where you now have a powerful Intelligent GUI interface which lays on top of the database, with form logic and BRP(Busines Rule Processor) running on top of that to ensure you can monitor and manage any process effectively.

They do have a free download available(1 user lisence) for guys that want to have a peek.

Unfortunately this product only runs with MS SQL Server underneath, but soon(if I can get them converted :-/ ) we could maybe see engines like MySQL under the bonet.

written by Arné

Yip, the US-BEE has flown in, and no - it has nothing to do with Black Economic Empowerment .

The USBee flash drive is attention-grabbing, not only because of its bee-themed appearance, but also because of its bendable neck and curvaceous shape. The USBee also features heat ventilation around the circuit board so that you don’t fry your precious content. This would be a good thumb drive solution for the Macbook Air and its unfortunate USB situation.

More info on GizModo …

written by Arné

We’ve succesfully rolled out MS Groove within a few business units at the moment, and even our Directors are using it now.

Last week I found that adding a 100MB file in a workspace that has about 10-15 people in.

It knocked down our internet access totally as the relay server were pointing to MS’ relay servers and the file was uploaded and downloaded from the MS servers and NOT peer-to-peer transfers.

We are now looking at way to all workspace members always use the fastest connection available and not draw from the internet …

written by Arné

Connected over Horizons - Road Show 2008

brough to you by NetCB Solutions Pty(Ltd)

Novell products and latest security woes with Sharepoint.

Microsoft 2008 Launch Wave

Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 launch

Register here    for SA event.

written by Arné

I’ve been using Microsoft Groove quite extensively the last couple of weeks, and all I can say GENIUS!!

I’ve only been working on the peer-to-peer version, but am researching the Groove Server to offer more control.

Will post more information and experiences when I get some time.

written by Arné