09-May-2008

Technology workers have debated what is the best for the past twenty years. Apple or Microsoft? Microsoft or Sun? Microsoft or Oracle? Microsoft or Open Source? I am generally technology agnostic and have worked with a wide variety of techologies - both open source and proprietary. Both have their benefits. I have chosen to focus my technology expertise in two areas: technology standards and Microsoft technologies.

recent technology explorations

• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
• Microsoft Workflow Foundation Services
• AJaX - Asynchronous Java and XML
• Open Laszlo Presentation Server

a calvalcade of acronyms

I have worked with a great deal of different technologies. These include:

languages

• Visual Basic (version 1.0 through .NET 2.0)
• C# (since 2002)
• C/C++
• Java (since beta)
• JavaScript, ECMAScript, VBCript
• Fortran and LISP many years ago

data technologies

• SQL Server (6.5 through 2005)
• Oracle (7 through 11i)
• XML/XSL
• DB2, flatfile, MS-Access, Sybase and other ODBC compliant systems

display technologies

• HTML/DHTML
• ASP, ASP.NET (1.1 and 2.0)
• Windows Forms
• Flash (using Macromedia and Open Laszlo Presentation Server)
• JSP, Swing

Server technologies

• Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004
• BroadVision, Blaze Advisor, Vignette
• Integration with AS/400, ATG, BaaN, SAP, Siebel, etc/