http://blog.seguetech.com Technical articles from the experts at Segue Technoliges. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:47:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Todd Godbout As the general public becomes savvier regarding computer and internet usage, many Information Technology customers have requested an increased role in managing the day to day operations of their web applications. One vehicle to facilitate this request is a Content Management System (CMS), which provides a role based ... http://blog.seguetech.com/?p=219 by Michael McConville What type of person is a Quality Control (QC) Tester? There are many kinds of professions out there. For instance, some people are movie critics, video game testers, teachers, scientists, mystery shoppers, food tasters, and stockbrokers. All of these occupations have something in common; looking for the best ... http://blog.seguetech.com/?p=212 by Ron Novak As a representative of Segue, I attended AFCEA West 2010 in San Diego, CA this past week and am very happy that I did. AFCEA, the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, is a non-profit membership association serving the military, government, industry, and academia as an ethical forum ... http://blog.seguetech.com/?p=201 by Prashanth Prasanna On behalf of the Segue Technologies Business Intelligence unit, I attended Kaleidoscope 2009, a conference organized by the Oracle Development Users Group (ODTUG, www.odtug.com), of which I happen to be a member. It was held during the third week of June at Monterey Bay California. This was the ... http://blog.seguetech.com/?p=185 by Steven Wright Good websites make it easy for users to find what they want, by implementing proper usability techniques. This is often a challenge for application-based websites with features like user logins, searching, shopping carts, and document archives. However, usability is also important for brochure websites, meaning those with limited ... http://blog.seguetech.com/?p=177 by Xavier Bignon Nineteenth Century writer and critic John Ruskin said, “Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.” In a modern corporate environment, this intelligent effort is a natural result of establishing repeatable activities and tasks that are supported by skilled and knowledgeable people. The ... http://blog.seguetech.com/?p=173 by David Hart Segue Technologies recently sponsored the Armed Forces Communication and Electronic Association (AFCEA) Northern Virginia NOVA chapter’s annual Naval IT Day. This event provided an opportunity for members of industry to meet with civilian and military leaders of the Department of the Navy, including NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, and the ... http://blog.seguetech.com/?p=166 by Xavier Bignon They are not big bad wolves! Quality Assurance and Quality Control are often seen as loathsome corporate entities, assigning blame, slowing down the production process with excessive control measures, and creating tons of “useless” documentation. This perception is unfortunately the result of years of bad corporate QA and QC ... http://blog.seguetech.com/?p=160 by Bonnie E. Betts I had been recently building a cfgrid with html format in my company’s ColdFusion application when I encountered a problem. For those not familiar, the cfgrid html format uses the ExtJS API. The intent of this blog entry is to describe a bug fix, but look here ... http://blog.seguetech.com/?p=149 Segue Technologies is leading a system integration effort to support the Media Research Center (MRC) as they modernize their digital video recording and archival system. Segue will provide MRC a state-of-the-art system that integrates SnapStream DVRs with a best-of-breed EMC Storage and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) solution. This system will ... http://blog.seguetech.com/?p=146