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Speaking at Software Architect 2009
I'm pleased to announce that I'm presenting a number of sessions at Software Architect 2009, which takes place at the end of September in London. Here are the details of the sessions I'm presenting and we'll try to organise a CTA user group to coincide ...
Starting an online shop - Part 3 - Planning
Planning for your online shop Having decided to start an online shop, the next step is to come up with a plan. While there is no right or wrong way to run and build your business, it is best to be as organised as possible from the start. This will help ...
Starting an online shop - Part 4 - Budgeting
Budgetting for your online store A vital part of planning any business venture is the preparation of a budget covering both the start-up phase and first year of operation. You should also extend this to cover the next few years, at least in draft form, ...
Stating the obvious
If you've watched A developer's guide to load testing, you will have seen the graph below already. It shows the results from load testing a website written in .NET with the Apache JMeter load testing tool. Along the bottom of the graph are the actions ...
A developer's guide to load testing - video
Just a quickie ... the video from A developer's guide to load testing at Skills Matter last week is now available to view online. The microphone picked up the questions and comments quite well, which is excellent. Enjoy, and feel free to use the Google ...
June 2009 training course
I ran our From Developer to Architect training course (Coding the Architecture Workshop) earlier this week at Skills Matter in London. 8 people came along, all with slightly different levels of software development/architec...
A developer's guide to load testing - slides
Thanks to everybody that came along to the CTA user group earlier in the week. The tube strike may had reduced the numbers but we still had some great discussion about load testing. My slides are available to download (~4MB) and if anybody wants to ...
Starting an online shop - Part 2 - Basic Services
Starting your own online shop We often advise prospective clients on the theme of starting an online shop or business venture and we strongly believe that part of our role is to offer the best advice we can based on our experience. There are many ...
Step back and think - do you have the right website?
We often talk to clients about the suitability of their business website - is the right impression given, does it meet their needs - and so forth. Almost everyone, if asked these questions, will say yes - particularly if the website design was created ...
Website Help / Repairs (Web Development) service launched
Wish you could get someone to help with your website? Based on feedback from our clients (and from those we have spoken to recently), we have added a new facet to our Web Development services - nicknamed Fix-ation. Aimed at smaller businesses and those ...
Starting an online shop - Part 1 - Introduction
A new series of eCommerce Articles We often advise prospective clients on the theme of starting an online shop or business venture and we strongly believe that part of our role is to offer the best advice we can based on our experience. There are many ...
Exhibition by Highlands College BTEC National IT Practitioners students
The Jersey BCS are pleased to invite you to an exhibition by Highlands College BTEC National IT Practitioners students (Year 2) on Thursday 4th June, 2009. The exhibition has been organised as part of the students' Project Management Unit and will ...

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[C5 Alliance] MOSS Lead Developer Evidence of in depth experience in WSS 3.0 and proven delivery using MOSS 2007 as a development platform is essential, as is a strong technical background.
[C5 Alliance] CRM Lead Developer Previous experience customising and developing Microsoft Dynamics CRM version 3 or 4, combined with in-depth knowledge of .NET, C# and SQL Server 2005 is essential.
[C5 Alliance] Senior Developer Experience in C#, ASP.NET is a must as you will be developing applications within an agile framework.
[AP Technical] Junior Network Engineer Our client is looking for an individual with at least three years of experience in an alternative IT role coupled with overall knowledge of Cisco and Microsoft networking technologies.
[AP Technical] Programme Office Manager This team is seeking a programme office manager to provide project life cycle governance and quality assurance for all project and programme deliverables. The successful candidate will ensure that project teams and budgets are managed ...

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Re: Digital Road to Recovery
Couldn't agree more - it's almost painful having downgraded broadband speed (moved back to 'the rock' last year - had gotten used to mainland speeds!). It's also a key piece of infrastructure, and is something which helps to shape public opinion ...
Re: [itjersey] Digital Road to Recovery
We should definitely have faster broadband in Jersey.. Regarding who would pay for it, here's an interesting video suggesting that the purchase of a fibre network infrastructure could be undertaken by a cooperative of home-owners: [link]
Digital Road to Recovery
In a UK report published by the London School of Economics and The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, three technological areas were highlighted as drivers towards job and economic growth. These are detailed as Investment in ...
Want to review an IT book?
Just a quick note to say that itjersey is now a member of a number of IT book publisher user group programmes, which means that we have access to free review copies and book discounts. Please see [link] for more details and let me know if there's a ...
Re: JQuery or Sliverlight 3.0
Even Silverlight 2 is a nice technology for building rich UIs; and it certainly does have the potential for widespread adoption in the UI space because the tooling, etc is familiar to existing .NET developers. However, it's also worth looking ...