We have recently completed a move from Dropbox to SharePoint and given it was such a interesting process I'd thought I'd share some lessons learned. We had been using Dropbox for several years but decided to move onto SharePoint. What we started with was approximately...
And now for something completely different. Chat bots are a technology that I have not had the opportunity to use in the past. Recently I was given a opportunity to get one working for a proof of concept. There are a few different options in this space, but we chose...
When you work with databases all day every day it's easy to forget that many people new to the technology development space will not have used a relational database. Once I get over the moment of surprise, I think about the question if I wanted to learn now, where...
Last year I wrote a series of posts going through a working example of getting SAML working with a group of components consisting of Qlik Sense Enterprise, Apache HTTP Server, Shibboleh and GLUU. Recently I had an opportunity to test a natural progression in this...
I recently discovered a free service that can provide SSL certificates. It's called Let's Encrypt and in the correct use cases, it's a great tool to have in your developer's arsenal. At this point, I should point out a few things worth knowing. The certificate has a...
A side effect of working for OptimalBI is working with new technology and young people. Something I became aware of years ago was that I couldn't keep up with software technology from a technical viewpoint, and so I stopped trying. Well not completely, instead I found...
Last month Amazon Web Services (AWS) have made their Business Intelligence (BI) solution QuickSight generally available for all customers. They describe it like this: "QuickSight is a fast, cloud-powered business analytics service that makes it easy for you to build...
Qlik Sense 3.1 has just been released. It's an incremental release to tries to improve usability in many areas without any radical changes to the GUI. The upgrade process is a breeze. Run the installer and click the upgrade button. The only only thing that made me...
I'm lazy, why doesn't anyone have instructions I can follow already! I guess it's time to give back to the Google seekers of this world. After going through the process I can understand why no one has written a guide, it's not a straight forward process. As this sort...
It's always nice to dip your toes in the familiar with Oralce Apex 5 being out for over a year now I thought I'd validate an old blog I wrote about running Apex in the Cloud. Oracle do provide cloud options if you just want to try it out but like any tech geek I...