Java - One liners

// replace the text between two tags with *s.
System.out.println("12345".replaceAll("(?)12345", "*****"));

Automate random audit.

One of the innovative ideas to improve performance of some IT services is to 'randomize' some of the aspects which are currently being performed once-in-a-while by human resources.

Automation of 'random audit activities' is to me the next "aspect" of IT.

Match - High Valued Customers and High Performers

As part of 'tiered services' strategy, there should be a way for organizations to match a 'high-valued' customer to a high-performer in the company at every possible business-interaction.

Here a high-performer can be a top-employee in customer support (via email, phone or web chat) or an IT service with high QOS (response time, availability, activity).

XSLT

I tried to view the output of an XSLT in IE7. It just doesn't show the SOAP tags that I wanted to printout. Instead it shows the 'content' within the tags. So, I searched for "View XSL Output" and found a microsoft 'utility' that I installed (don't forget the last step of installing .inf). And boom I got the option "View XSL Output" in IE7 upon right-click.

Datapower & Integration at enterprise Edges.

WOW - I am looking at the 'possibilities' at the edges of an enterprise. So far I have been gathering my experience intra-enterprise integration projects. While doing study of Datapower, I came to know the challenges and exciting new solutions for intra-enterprise integration projects. Datapower does make life easier if you are dealing with 'heavy xml', 'stringent security needs' and lack of options from a J2EE or traditional EAI servers like WebMethods for your intra-enterprise integration projects.

WebServices and J2EE

I am _struggling_ to understand why NOT J2EE define a new container or at least a componenty-by-itself for 'web services'. When they have 'Servlet' and a sibling called 'JSP', 'EJB' (and a variety of them), 'Web Page' etc., - why couldn't they define a simple 'Web Service'. Lets face it.

Now I have to choose between a simple Java class vs EJB as my 'Web Service' implementation. Isn't?

And why should people use the term "SOAP over JMS"? Some how this doesn't sound like 'platform neutral' as in "SOAP over http". Check this one out for another opinion from other gurus -

http://www.subbu.org/weblogs/main/2005/03/soap_over_jms.html

http://dev2dev.bea.com/blog/pdone/archive/2007/03/using_soap_over.html

My original jokes...

Divorce rates are high coz people are used to "return policy".

"The race is not about race or sex". - a thought on Democratic Campaign 2008.

American Idol is a huge success and Indian Idol is too. Chinese Idol wouldn't work because people can't vote in China.