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Alameda Tech Lab and Research Center delivers 'reality-based' information to the developer or administrator that reads as if it were written by a peer. Here are some links to samples:

   
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Technical Publications
  • Vitria BusinessWare Connector Programming Guide, a key component of the Connector SDK. Worked with sample code for an application integration product (CORBA-based, Java and C++ implementation). Rewrote Connector Programming Guide and related documentation (Installation Guide, Release Note, documentation for an EBank Sample) for BusinessWare Connector SDK.
  • Vitria WAP Connector Configuration Guide, Installation Guide, and Release Notes.
  • Securant Technologies ClearTrust Installation and Configuration Guide, Policy Administration Guide, and Developer's Guide. (Securant was acquired by RSA Security in August, 2001.)
  • Tandem NonStop Software Solutions Design Guide. Provides technical and conceptual information about developing applications for Tandem’s NonStop Software for Windows NT Server platform. The Solutions Design Guide was the key element of Tandem’s NonStop Software SDK, aimed at getting developers to start creating applications for NonStop clusters of Windows NT Servers. Includes an overview of clustering technology; multi-tier applications; transaction processing; Web-oriented transaction processing; and related development technologies, including Java, ActiveX (COM/DCOM), and CORBA/IIOP (1997).
  • ODBC Tutorial. A walk-through of a sample console application (written in C), that uses ODBC functions to interact with a SQL-92 compliant database.
  • Windows NT Server Cookbook. A 110-page step-by-step administrator’s guide for an enterprise-wide Windows NT Server network (table of contents only).
Position Papers, White Papers Writing Credits
  • Picturing Program Design [Overview of UML 2.0]    [ Oracle Magazine  |  May/June 2005 ]
  • Southwest's Strategy for Success: Consoliate!    [Oracle Magazine  |  Sep/Oct 2004 ]
  • Scoring with Web Services    [Oracle Magazine  |  Jul/Aug 2004
  • The Many Faces of XML   [ Oracle Magazine  |  Mar/Apr 2004 ]
  • Bring the Right JAX to Play [JAX-B API]   [ Oracle Magazine  |  Mar/Apr 2004 ]
  • Expect More Service [Services-oriented Architectures (SOA) Feature ]  [ Oracle Magazine  |  Jan/Feb 2004 ]
  • The Expanding Role of Location [Oracle Spatial]  [ Oracle Magazine  |  Jan/Feb 2004 ]
  • Oracle Database 10g: The World's First Self-Managing, Grid-Ready Database Arrives   [ Oracle Magazine  |  Sep/Oct 2003 ]
  • Find Meaning [Feature about Oracle9i Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing   [ Oracle Magazine  |  Sept/Oct 2001 ]
  • Life with Linux: Four Steps for a Seamless Oracle Install   [ Oracle Magazine  |  May/June 2001 ]
  • Introduction to LDAP and Directory Services   [ Oracle Magazine  |  Mar/Apr 2000 ]
  • Introduction to XML   [ Oracle Magazine  |  Jan/Feb 2000 ]
  • Building Web Sites with Oracle WebDB   [ Oracle Magazine  | J an/Feb 2000 ]
  • Guerilla PL/SQL Development with WebDB   [ Oracle Magazine  |  Nov/Dec 1999 ]
  • Zero Downtime: User Fantasy Becomes Reality   [ Computerworld  |  Sept, 1998 ]
  • Next-Generation Web   [ Oracle magazine  |  Nov/Dec 1998 ]
  • RFP: Building the Ideal Intranet   [ Oracle magazine  |  Sept/Oct 1998 ]
  • Business Services Architecture: Component Applications   [ Network Applications Consortium  |  April 1998 ]
  • Soup Up Your Server   [ MacUser  |  Jan 1997 ]
  • Enterprise-wide Authentication and Single Sign-on   [ Network Applications Consortium  |  August 1996 ]
  • Enterprise-wide Security: A NAC Position Paper   [ Network Applications Consortium  |  April 1996 ]
  • Safety Net: Security in a Distributed World   [ Oracle magazine  |  July/Aug 1996 ]
  • Easier Ethernet   [ MacUser  |  April 1996 ]
  • Breaking the Speed Limit (RAID 0 Lab report)   [ MacUser  |  December 1995 ]
  • Power Macs: The Sequel   [ MacUser  |  October 1995 ]
  • netOctopus review   [ MacUser  |  October 1995 ]
  • Turbocharging Your Network   [ MacUser  |  July 1995 ]
  • From the Desktop to the Data Center: Working in Concert   [ Oracle magazine  |  May/Jun 1995 ]
  • TCP/Connect II (review)   [ MacWeek  |  April 3, 1995 ]
  • Roll Your Own Internet Server   [ MacUser  |  March 1995 ]
  • Data Warehouse: Architecture for the Information Age   [ Oracle magazine  |  Jan/Feb 1995 ]
  • Cruising the World-wide Web with Mosaic (draft chapters)   [ Sybex Computer Books  |  Jan 1995 ]
  • Beyond File Service   [ MacUser  |  October 1994 ]
  • Neon Software LANSurveyor (Review)   [ MacUser  |  May 1994 ]
  • Ethernet for PowerBooks   [ MacUser  |  November 1993 ]
  • Devising Local Strategies   [ MacUser  |  March 1993 ]
  • Supercharging the SCSI Bus: SCSI-2 Cards   [ MacUser  |  July 1992 ]
  • Tapping into the Global Network: E-mail Gateways   [ MacUser  |  April 1992 ]
  • When Worlds Collide: Macs Versus Unix Workstations   [ MacUser  |  January 1992 ]
  • Instant Ethernet: 10BASE-T   [ MacUser  |  September 1991 ]
  • Overnight Success: Network Backup   [ MacUser  |  October 1991 ]
  • Painting Programs: The Fine Art of 32-Bit Color   [ MacUser  |  March 1991 ]
  • Picture-Perfect Portraits: Full-Page Displays   [ MacUser  |  February 1991 ]
  • Do-it-Yourself Screen Tests   [ MacUser  |  February 1991 ]
  • Best-buy Bargain Word Processors   [ MacUser  |  January 1991 ]
  • Affordable Laser-Quality QuickDraw Printers   [ MacUser  |  November 1991]
Editing and Re-writing Samples
  • Setting Up Linux with FireWire-Based Shared Storage for Oracle9i RAC   [ Oracle Technology Network  |  Jan 2003 ]
  • Clustering with FireWire   [ Oracle Technology Network  |  Dec 2002 ]
  • Building Mobile Apps (Java Servlets) with Oracle8i Lite's Web-to-go (rewrite)   [ Oracle Magazine  |  Jan 2000 ]
  • Groupware Tutorial (rewrite)   [ Corporate Computing  |  November 1992 ]
  • Apple’s VITAL Statistics for Enterprise Architecture   [ Corporate Computing  |  October 1992 ]
  • Pocket Opticals: 3.5-inch Magneto-Optical Drives   [ MacUser  |  July 1992 ]
  • 5.25-Inch Magneto-Optical Mechanisms   [ MacUser  |  July 1992 ]
  • 3.5-Inch Gigabyte Hard-Disk Mechanisms   [ MacUser  |  July 1992 ]
  • Blasting Off: CPU Accelerators   [ MacUser  |  June 1992 ]
  • Database Strategies: Relational Databases   [ MacUser  |  June 1992 ]
  • A Mac Color Primer (rewrite)   [ MacUser  |  May 1992 ]
  • Chasing Rainbows: Accelerated-Video Cards   [ MacUser  |  May 1992 ]
  • Stamp of Approval: Mac E-mail Systems   [ MacUser  |  March 1992 ]
  • Practically Perfect Printing: High-resolution PostScript Printers   [ MacUser  |  February 1991 ]
  • Less is More: Digital Audiotape   [ MacUser  |  October 1991 ]
  • Mac. DOS and VAX File Servers   [ MacUser  |  June 1991 ]
  • Fast Full-Featured Fax Modems   [ MacUser  |  May 1991 ]
  • EtherTalk-to-LocalTalk Routers   [ MacUser  |  April 1991 ]
  • Building a Better Network with EtherTalk-to-LocalTalk Routers   [ MacUser  |  June 1990 ]