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CrushFTP Bugfixing

Recently I had the opportunity to work with managed file transfer software called CrushFTP. Although the client already had a CrushFTP server set up, I had the opportunity to install a new server with the latest, brand new version…

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What I learned @ Devoxx

Devoxx, the yearly overload on JVM related inspiring talks. With a total of 200 sessions it’s impossible to see them all. But I’ll like to share my experiences and thoughts…

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Unikernel: microservices without an OS

Unikernels become most relevant when used on top of a virtualization layer. A single application is combined with the Unikernel to become a super light-weight runtime unit. A fine alternative for microservices running in a container…

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HCI Info Days 2016

On the 21st of June I attended the HCI info days in Walldorf.  It was the moment to get a fresh update on SAP’s efforts to build an integration platform based on HANA.  Last year I participated in a codejam and I played around with

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Synchronize an asynchronous flow with IBM IIB

Introduction During an integration process, it often occurs that a consumer (client application) requires a synchronous flow. With other words, it is a requirement to guarantee the communication (complete round trip of the message) is synchronous. This can easily be provided using the default components

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Adding Slack to BizTalk360 Notifications

Many BizTalk customers use the 3rd party BizTalk360 product to monitor their BizTalk integration platform. BizTalk360 is a great, web based support and monitoring tool. It addresses many common BizTalk monitoring challenges. BizTalk360 also provides a monitoring and support dashboard that is accessible and understandable

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SAP PI: Synchronous Sender JDBC Adapter

Recently I was working on an interface where users were updating materials in a database, and these changes had to be sent to their SAP backend system (ECC). They wanted to leverage an existing RFC in order to minimise the amount of extra development required,

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Upgrading BizTalk360 to version 8

The new BizTalk360 version comes with great new features and the whole GUI has been made similar to the Azure portal. But reviewing this features will be for another time. BizTalk360 is a web based support and monitoring tool for Microsoft BizTalk Server. The goal of

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