SBC DotNet Weblog

Jeff Richter has an excellent article on thread pools - a must read for any serious development using threads. A real performance booster and am looking forward to a 'sequel' about using thread pools for 'asynchronous I/O requests'.

While web services has the limelight now, it's partner in enterprise architecture - the UDDI srevices is slowly getting the spotlight. Peter Coffee has a brief piece that waters down its role for clients and bosses' digestion. I have made strides with the UDDI services in the new W2K3 server albeit it was a slow start due to the MSDE installation problems.

There is an ongoing discussion (cross-references, etc) regarding Performance Optimization. Sam cited the very recent articles in MSDN (excellent ones I might add) but in sharp contrast James Robertson proffers his views. I did respond with a minor (perhaps an inconsequential one) that's excerpted here:

Tarari Content Processors can now be used for .NET application content. Interknowlogy in partnership with Tarari will have dedicated processor hardware boards for .NET applications. For example - XML content processing can be increased 10-fold! It can also be used for more compute-intensive applications like anti-virus, encryption/decryption, etc.

Groove has a new v2.5d out for Groove Web Services. For an example of what it can do - check out InfoExplorer.

Good article in ADT Magazine regarding the transition from VB to VB.NET. Read it and then give it to your boss (it's not too technical but addresses some of the issues regarding the bright future of VB.NET).

MS recently released the SQL2K SP3a patch - this is a critical one that addresses a lot of the recent security issues. Related to this, is the installation of the UDDI Services on W2K3 Server. It is difficult (yes difficult) to install the MSDE (desktop SQL2K Server) and have it work with the UDDI Services. Several postings in the newsgroup 'microsoft.public.uddi.general' has garnered no favorable responses nor solutions. I believe the problem is related to the 'sa' account's blank password's vulnerability. Anyone know a workaround this one - installation of UDDI Services with MSDE under W2K3 Server? Thanks in advance.