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• purpleendurer "Unique ID" server for multi-server app

  I'm building an ASP.NET app that I hope will scale to need multiple servers. For certain objects, I'd like to provide users with an "External ID". This would be either a user entered or randomly generated string, like "Fred's Data" or "q1g52xTK". This external ID would be associated with a GUID, and would allow the user to get at the object without having to know the GUID (such as at log-in). (They will also be a ...Show All

• zul_slider Welcome to the Architectu Modeling and Tools Forum!

  Hi Simon, great to see this. I am looking forward to great discussions! Thanks, Damir http://tomicic.de/CategoryView,category,Architecture.aspx Welcome to the Architecture: Modeling and Tools Forum. This forum is for discussing issues and experiences related to the use of modeling and tools, including DSI (Dynamic Systems Initiative) and SDM (System Definition Model).  This forum is moderated by several members of ...Show All

• JoseTA Business layer strategies

  Hi All, I am doing research on the all the possible Business layer stratigies(it is be compiled Vs workflow and rule engine or any other idea ).I need to know what all strategies and technologies are there in dotnet to achieve this. If somebody can refer me a good book especially on this topic, that would be of great help regards bhaskar seekbhaskar@gmail.com Book I have no idea, didnt really tr ...Show All

• twinsun Design pattern for interactive communications between users

  We have a need for two users to communicate interactively over a VPN connection through a DMZ. We are considering a smart client (internet side) talking to a web server (in the DMZ) talking to a smart client (within our network). Wondered if anyone knew of a design pattern (or any other solution) to this problem. Sorry for the delay in response. The issue with scalability is going to come down to ...Show All

• Squirrel WSE 3.0 solution

  I am designing a system that will be using WSE 3.0 with RM for message transfer. One of the endpoints of this system is BizTalk 2004 (may be 2006), which does not support WSE 3.0 natively. That means that I need to have Web Services component that will unwrap the message and send it (or drop it) to Biztalk. What would be your suggestions for exchanging messages between this Web Services component and Biztalk Maybe - what's your perfor ...Show All

• JHB Architecture templates

  I am in a small shop where we don't have UML tools or other design aids other than Visio. What I am looking for if there is any are templates or guides, standards for how a system architecture should be documented. That standard would also include how architecture should be documented graphically as well. Tim I have found the topic very interesting as well. In my case my work is mixed of being a lead and the unofficial architect and th ...Show All

• dudot design and maintenance problem

  I am running into a design and maintenance issue. Any comment can be helpful. I am redesigning a auto insurance company quoting system in c# and basically start from a scratch. Each vehicle type will have different pricing, of course. I have a base class – Quote and different vehicle quote type will derived from the Quote, such as SUVQuote, SedanQuote, etc. Ok, here is the problem. The company has many different (the image ...Show All

• krish_sathish design and maintenance problem

  I am running into a design and maintenance issue. Any comment can be helpful. I am redesigning a auto insurance company quoting system in c# and basically start from a scratch. Each vehicle type will have different pricing, of course. I have a base class – Quote and different vehicle quote type will derived from the Quote, such as SUVQuote, SedanQuote, etc. Ok, here is the problem. The company has many different (the image ...Show All

• tjerk Making Windows 2000 reinitiate its DNS settings

  Hi! I have a little problem that I need some input on... First a little background information: I my organization we have encountered a problem regarding DNS settings when using a VPN client (non-Microsoft) for remote access. The symptom is that the DNS settings, and more spesific the DNS search list, for the NIC's ends up as garbage. This happens only on one perticular computer modell and neighter the computer HW manufaturer nor the VPN soft ...Show All

• Daenris Whitepaper "Distributed Computing Fallacies Explained "

  I posted a whitepaper explaining the distributed computing fallacies and thier implications. This post is an aggregation of several posts I made on my Dr. Dobb's Portal blog I thought it might also interest the people on this forum Arnon ...Show All

• Andrey Shur Advantages of OOP ?

  Hello, Im a fun of OOP designs. I design my bussiness classes when I start a new project. Then maybe I will write mapper classes for bussiness classes to map DB tables or using an O/RM tool or an ODBMS . Think that this project is big one and it has long deadline. You will develop it 2 or 3 years. Requirements will be changed. To develop this project with OOP designs and n-Tier application design is good idea. But I am asking myself ...Show All

• dave_mwi Microsoft Certifications- Good, Bad, or Ugly?

  I would like your opinions on Microsoft Certifications. My opinion is posted here: http://realworldsa.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/microsoftcertifications.htm If you go, please take the poll to the right.  I am interested because of the situation I am finding with the resume story I have in the blog. I want to know how off base or on base the architecture community feels my opinion is. If ...Show All

• k.aadhi Advantages of OOP ?

  Hello, Im a fun of OOP designs. I design my bussiness classes when I start a new project. Then maybe I will write mapper classes for bussiness classes to map DB tables or using an O/RM tool or an ODBMS . Think that this project is big one and it has long deadline. You will develop it 2 or 3 years. Requirements will be changed. To develop this project with OOP designs and n-Tier application design is good idea. But I am asking myself ...Show All

• MarkDu How to properly manage requirements?

  Hi guys, I'm having a bit of a hard time managing the requirements for the application I'm currently working on. I'm currently using a product called Enterprise Architect from Sparx (http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/) to manage the requirements and do the general design. What I did so far was to collect and filter all requirements and categorize them. For example, there are requirements pertaining to the message list , task manager , connection m ...Show All

• tshad Who needs Architecture?

  http://msmvps.com/blogs/rohanthomas/archive/2006/01/26/81848.aspx Would love to hear your comments... Thanks Yes, you require an architecture. Ebay and Amazon are here today after repeated extensions to their architecture for innvoation and scalability. The points you stated are valid points, but I how do you think they apply is the stated scenario Obviously architecture is needed, even for a ...Show All