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Derik Palacino

"There's a better way to do it, find it." is the motto Derik operates on. Derik thrives on creating technology and constantly improving existing technology through innovation.

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Nov09

Social Networking in SharePoint with FAST

I am proud to have been the lead on the social networking project of the DiscoverPoint product. Recently, our CTO Malcolm Hyson was interviewed by Michael Gannotti.   Check out the video! Driving Dynamic SharePoint Content with FAST Using Micro ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-09-09 | 4864 Comments | 805 Links to this post

Oct18

IT Project Failure

According to Richard Anderson (CIO at Commvault Systems) the 2008 Gartner Report indicates that one (1) in three (3) IT project failed because they were substantially late.   Read more @ http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswer ...[Read More]
Published: Oct-18-09 | 4049 Comments | 131 Links to this post

Oct08

Software Configuration: Part 2

XML Configuration   Adoption   An MSDN Magazine Article by Brian Porter (Chief Software Architect for Software Plus) does an adequate job of encouraging the use of XML configuration files over Windows® Registry settings. This article was pub ...[Read More]
Published: Oct-08-09 | 6124 Comments | 309 Links to this post

Sep16

Software Configuration: Part 1

A history of configurability INI Files INI files were one of the first forms of software configuration to be widely used. Most developers, administrators and some users have a familiarity with INI files, but for posterity I'll discuss them bri ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-16-09 | 4382 Comments | 461 Links to this post

Sep02

Linq vs. Loop

A developer recently commented that Linq select expressions perform slower than looping. I was not familiar with this idea, so I contacted my colleague Martin Mallea and we began the process of testing the validity of the assertion. All tests were ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-02-09 | 6064 Comments | 19499 Links to this post