http://cfdj.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Architecture Copyright 2008 COLDFUSION DEVELOPER'S JOURNAL Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:03:00 GMT COLDFUSION DEVELOPER'S JOURNAL 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/529694.htmhttp://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/529694.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:45:00 GMT Recently I talked about what I see as the next 'waves of virtualization' taking the industry, I talked about I/O Virtualization as a key (maybe THE key) cornerstone, so I thought it might make sense to describe just what it is and why it's important. Like all forms of virtualization, the physical world is masked and abstracted into a virtual representation, allowing for higher utilization or increased agility, etc. For I/O, the physical world is typically defined by dedicated connections to Input/Output (I/O) devices such as disks, networks, CD-ROMs, consoles, etc. http://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/464409.htmhttp://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/464409.htm Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:00:00 GMT In my many years of programming, almost 20 years now, I have used countless integrated development environments (IDEs). I have used everything from a simple text editor all the way up to the high-end IDEs that Sybase, IBM, and Oracle use. More recently I have come to embrace the open source movement and development in Web environments. My programming language of choice for these days is PHP, so it stands to reason that I would be looking for an IDE. Like so many other developers I followed the path of looking for the pinnacle of IDEs for PHP. I started with basic text editors, moved into text editors with code colorizations, and then into project-based development environments, and finally to a fully robust IDE. The one that I've been using for a few years now is Zend's Studio Professional. http://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/101381.htmhttp://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/101381.htm Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:15:00 GMT Over the past few years government agencies and businesses have converted many of their paper forms to static PDF documents, making them available on Web sites as downloadable files for users to print locally, fill out, and submit by snail mail. All Internal Revenue Service forms are now available this way.