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Mike Deasy
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Michael Deasy is an application specialist with the State of Washington. He has been working with PowerBuilder since version 3. Mike holds an MBA from Southern a senior systems analyst for the Williams from Southern Nazarene University.
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Is the New Year Really
Going to Be New? By Mike Deasy Time is passing, as that
is its nature. Outside of
overdone science fiction,
there really is no moving
backward. The future is
variable-filled,
uncertainty looming ahead
like an audit of a badly
run project. What do we
dare in the coming days?
What will this New Yea... Jan. 9, 2004 12:00 PM Reads: 9,574 | Holiday Greetings from
Seattle - Jingle all the
way . . . By Mike Deasy Ahh, the holidays - time
for warmth, family, a
spirit of charity (or
greed, depending on your
wont), and days off. Many
of us spend our holidays
vacationing, shopping,
worshipping, and trying
to rekindle childhood
memories or feelings. Dec. 3, 2003 02:00 PM Reads: 11,296 | Don't Impede the Business
of Business By Mike Deasy There are times when it
seems that the most well
intentioned and seemingly
helpful IT professionals
are simply standing in
the way of the progress
of business. It may seem
preposterous to some of
you, probably raise a few
hackles no doubt. 'Hey,
not us. Nov. 12, 2003 11:00 AM Reads: 8,915 | The Hidden Dangers of
Telecommuting By Mike Deasy And if not the CEO, how
about some tech support,
order takers, a
programmer, some direct
marketers, and maybe even
a couple of scheduling
analysts? Telecommuters
are becoming more than a
clever '90s buzzword. May. 1, 2003 12:00 AM Reads: 9,044 | Managing Management By Mike Deasy Bosses are the backbone
of middle American
management and the
harbinger of the
quick-fix style. Some
bosses are good; some can
be a nightmare. There may
be a lot of truth to that
old saying, 'We have a
new boss, same as the old
boss,' but it doesn't
necessarily co... Mar. 1, 2003 12:00 AM Reads: 7,367 | Surfing with the Ancient
Chinese By Mike Deasy Why is it that some Web
sites are more appealing
and seem to work better
than others? It's not
always about the speed of
the download, although
quite often that can be
the problem. Sometimes
there are broader issues
at hand. Even with
screens that refresh
slowly a... Jan. 1, 2003 12:00 AM Reads: 8,683 | Improving Your Transition
Game By Mike Deasy The sport term
'transition game' is
often used in basketball,
as that game requires
instantaneous transition
from one modality to
another. Nov. 1, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 6,519 | Showdown: Are You Ready
to Rumble? By Mike Deasy During a lunch discussion
with my fellow officers
in the Tulsa Java User
Group, we explored the
issues. We also decided
to see if we could get
some vendors to come in
and discuss the issues
from both perspectives.
This expanded into a
formal debate, and thus
the .... Jul. 1, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 10,957 Replies: 4 | Are You Ready to Rumble? By Mike Deasy There is a raging debate
in the developer
community: Microsoft's
new platform .NET versus
the Sun standard J2EE.
J2EE has been around for
a few years, while
Microsoft's attempt is
decidedly the new kid on
the block. Jul. 1, 2002 12:00 AM Reads: 8,922 | Cast 4.0 Adds Java and
Oracle Objects to Reverse
Engineering By Mike Deasy The CAST workbench is a
vital tool for our
applications here at
Williams Energy, and, in
September 2000, I wrote a
case study of how we
applied the CAST
workbench to our Natural
Gas application to assist
in learning about our
object structure. This
summer, CAST is... Nov. 1, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 10,313 | Fear and Loathing in San
Diego By Mike Deasy TechWave offers many
enjoyable aspects - from
classes to vendor
contests to free booze.
TechWave can really be a
lot of fun. However, as
in all things, it's just
as well to make some
concessions to
moderation. When it's
clear that you can't get
what you want from ... Aug. 1, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 9,071 | Charting The Flight Of
The Killer App By Mike Deasy Groundbreaking
nuclear-geneticist
Hermann Joseph Muller
said, 'Life is a whole
ceaseless change. There
is no sign of physical
limit yet.'
Bearing that in mind, it
occurred to me that I
should begin to test the
limits of PowerBuilder 8,
and see if I could
... Jun. 1, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 9,301 | Sybase Rocks! By Mike Deasy I have dealt with Sybase
in one form or another
for over five years,
initially as a student,
taking classes from
certified instructors, or
on occasion calling
technical support for an
assist. Over the last few
years I've been a primary
support point of contact
for... Apr. 1, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 8,425 | Contractors-Use Them,
Don't Abuse Them By Mike Deasy John Olson wrote a
wonderful article on the
value of consultants
('The Value of Consulting
Services,' PBDJ, Vol. 7,
issue 11). In it he
discussed contractor
valuation, gave excellent
hiring and searching
advice, and provided some
explanation of how a
contractor ca... Jan. 1, 2001 12:00 AM Reads: 8,993 | What Cost Optimization? By Mike Deasy It may not be
economically feasible (or
necessary) for you to
throw money at speeding
up applications. Spending
a certain amount of money
on speed may be expedient
and eventually even
necessary, but it
shouldn't be our first
choice as analysts or
managers. Too man... Nov. 1, 2000 12:00 AM Reads: 8,806 | Frenzy Projects - How To
Survive A Season In The
Lion's Den By Mike Deasy I've recently been
involved with several
'frenzy projects' -
projects fueled by a
sense of desperation.
They have a psychotically
myopic sense of purpose.
These projects are known
for large budgets, high
profiles and very severe
consequences if they
don't go well.... Oct. 1, 2000 12:00 AM Reads: 8,522 | CAST Will Map Your
Mystery Objects By Mike Deasy Consider if you will a
company buys the source
code for a large natural
gas operations and
accounting application
and gives a small team of
developers the job of
supporting it. There are
600-plus PB objects, over
1,700 stored procedures,
604 triggers, 179 views
an... Sep. 1, 2000 12:00 AM Reads: 6,353 | DataWindow Tips and
Techniques By Mike Deasy The DataWindow is the
best gift Powersoft could
have given to the
development community. A
primary marketing tool
used to sell
PowerBuilder, the
DataWindow is the one you
save for the end of the
argument (and win), the
exclamation point in the
discussion with the ... Jul. 1, 2000 12:00 AM Reads: 8,943 Replies: 1 | IMHO - On Starting a PBUG By Mike Deasy Several years ago I
realized that the Tulsa
PBUG (PowerBuilder Users
Group) was defunct. After
talking to those involved
it became clear that
interest had waned and
there was little officer
support - the group died
of starvation. It seemed
that here was a great
opportunity. May. 1, 2000 12:00 AM Reads: 8,245 |
PBDJ LATEST STORIES . . . Adobe's Kevin Lynch and
Microsoft's Scott Guthrie
to Keynote AJAX World RIA
Conference & Expo By RIA News Desk  Two of the biggest
launches in Rich Internet
Application history took
place in 2007/2008 when
Adobe launched AIR 1.0 in
February '08 and
Microsoft launched
Silverlight (September
'07). At the 6th
International AJAXWorld
RIA Conference & Expo in
October SYS-CON Events is
delighted to be | A Technology Leap for
PowerBuilder Developers By Chris Pollach  Sybase has just released
the latest version of its
premier .NET development
tool in PowerBuilder
version 11.2. I am proud
to say that I haven't
missed a beta since
November 1989 (version
0.8) and that includes
PocketBuilder and
InfoMaker too. I need to
thank the people at
Sybase for co | PowerBuilder and
EAServer: Uniting the
.NET and J2EE Communities By Jim O'Neil  In PowerBuilder 11.2,
.NET meets J2EE head-on
with the capability to
deploy .NET Windows Forms
and Web Forms
applications (as well as
assemblies and Web
Services) that access
Enterprise JavaBeans
(EJBs) in Sybase's own
EAServer. As you'll see
over the course of this
article, integratin | HarPB Tool Review By Al Soucy  HarPB is a specialized
utility for checking
PowerBuilder source
objects in and out of
AllFusion Harvest. It
handles the special
requirements of checking
objects out to
PowerBuilder Libraries
(PBLs) and checking
objects in from PBLs.
These operations are
non-standard to most
source cont | PowerBuilder Editorial:
The State of the State By Bruce Armstrong  Back in 2002, Sybase
announced their
four-phase approach
toward adding .NET
support to PowerBuilder.
Phase 1 was the
implementation of web
services in PB9 and Phase
2 was the release of
DataWindow.NET, which was
packaged with PB 10.
Phases 3 and 4 were the
more significant phases.
In P | PowerBuilder History -
When Did Sybase Develop
PB and How Did It Evolve? By Chris Pollach  I have been asked many
times by various clients,
students, and the IT
curious about
PowerBuilder: When did
Sybase develop the
product and how did it
evolve? I keep telling
this story and answering
e-mails on the subject. I
am now to the point where
I have decided that I
should have PBD |
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Microsoft's Scott Guthrie
to Keynote AJAX World RIA
Conference & Expo Two of the biggest
launches in Rich Internet
Application history took
place in 2007/2008 when
Adobe | A Technology Leap for
PowerBuilder Developers Sybase has just released
the latest version of its
premier .NET development
tool in PowerBuilder ver | PowerBuilder and
EAServer: Uniting the
.NET and J2EE Communities In PowerBuilder 11.2,
.NET meets J2EE head-on
with the capability to
deploy .NET Windows Forms
and W | HarPB Tool Review HarPB is a specialized
utility for checking
PowerBuilder source
objects in and out of
AllFusion Harv | PowerBuilder Editorial:
The State of the State Back in 2002, Sybase
announced their
four-phase approach
toward adding .NET
support to PowerBuilder. | PowerBuilder History -
When Did Sybase Develop
PB and How Did It Evolve? I have been asked many
times by various clients,
students, and the IT
curious about
PowerBuilder: Wh | PowerBuilder 11's .NET
Interoperability PowerBuilder 11 deploys
entire applications as
.NET Windows Form or Web
Form applications and
deploy | Sanity, Strategy,
Sustainability: The New
World of Verification
Platforms The lines between
embedded and enterprise
computing are blurring.
As embedded devices
become more an | Publishing .NET Web
Services Using SQL
Anywhere 10.0.1 In this article we're
going to take a database
and create our own mini
version of an
'Amazon-like' i | PowerBuilder Editorial -
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bell, it's from the
Reagan / Carter debates
in the 1980 election
cycle. Carte | Integrated Support for
XML Data Management XML is increasingly being
used as the language of
data exchange. An XML
document based on a DTD
or a | SYS-CON's Virtualization
Conference & Expo: Themes
& Topics From Application
Virtualization to Xen, a
round-up of the
virtualization themes &
topics being discu | How Does NY State Manage
Its PowerBuilder
Applications? Most applications need
upgrades and corrections.
If you maintain in-house
development you want to
be | PowerBuilder and UPS
Shipping Does your shipping
department have these
problems? Extra charges
due to incorrect
addresses? Difficu | Using the Eclipse Data
Tools Platform with
PowerBuilder and SQL
Anywhere The Eclipse Data Tools
Platform (DTP) is now a
top-level project at
eclipse.org. Originally
proposed | 2008 Worldwide
PowerBuilder Survey Novalys is holding its
8th annual PowerBuilder
Worldwide Survey. This
survey is a great
feedback mec | View "Virtualization
Power Panel" Live on
SYS-CON.TV Red Hat CTO Brian
Stevens, Citrix CTO Simon
Crosby, Egenera CTO Pete
Manca, Allen Stewart,
Group Man | Sybase PowerBuilder
Delivers AJAX and .NET
Enhancements Sybase announced that
AJAX development
capabilities and further
Microsoft .NET
enhancements have bee | The PB Future: More on
Graphs in PowerBuilder
11.5 Last week I posted a
screen shot of the new 3D
Rendering capabilities
being added to some of
the 3D | BluePhoenix Expands
Modernization
Collaboration with
Microsoft BluePhoenix announced
that it has expanded its
collaboration with
Microsoft on legacy
modernization |
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I began my career at RCA
Aerospace and Defense in
1983 and worked at MITRE
Corp., BAE Systems, and
the State of NH. I worked
in the defense field
performing software