Perspectives
Operational Considerations for a Business Intelligence Initiative
As professionals working in the business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing field, if we’re not posing questions of our data warehouse, we’re asking ourselves questions–especially about how to do our job better or maximize the value of our warehouse. Here... read moreThe Seven Habits of Highly Effective Solutions Engineers
Over the past 20 years or so the concept of Design Patterns has emerged as a way to classify and define solutions to Information Technology challenges. In the software engineering community, patterns typically relate to technical topics and fill an important... read moreCommon Themes (and reusable components) in XTIVIA’s Enterprise Portal Implementations
These are exciting times in our Enterprise Portal practice – we are implementing challenging projects for some of the most recognizable names in Corporate America, growing our top-notch team, and solving interesting technical problems. All of this translates to being... read moreHave enough DBAs?
How do you know if you have the right number of database administrators (DBAs) on staff to properly take care of your environment? All your organization’s databases need to be kept operational and properly tuned, which probably requires around the clock... read more
Top 10 reasons why Liferay is the best Enterprise Portal product
At XTIVIA, we have extensive experience delivering enterprise portal, content management, and collaboration solutions since the late 1990s, and have seen this product space mature and evolve over the years. We started with traditional commercial software from the... read more