November, 2008
by Rick Ralston, Managing Editor
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Mahesh Mohta starts off with part 2 of Anatomy of Architecture. Apart from technology aspects chosen to implement the business functionality, the way business needs are architected in an application is also very important. Application architecture also derives significant influence from the domain for which application is built, so that it can have enough flexibility to take care of future enhancements and modification. Some of the examples, which I came across while evaluating architecture, may help in understanding how many hassles can be avoided by correctly architecting from the domain and business needs. These examples highlight some of the aspects of application architecture.
Michael Ley writes about Capacity, Performance & Other Confusing Terms. A few weeks ago I was phoned by a salesman who was trying to sell a "performance measurement tool". It was a bad time to call, I was under pressure to deliver some work and so I tried my usual brush-off / delaying tactics ~ "now is not the right time, phone me back in a few months". However this salesman was more persistent than most and he continued on about how the tool could manage "system capacity".
Phil Mason has some more SAS macro tips in Some Useful SAS Macro Techniques - Part 2. Three more techniques which are also very useful and often not widely known are presented. Creating implicit and command macros, Debugging macros using macro options and MFILE, and %SYSEXEC for calling data step functions, especially data step I/O functions.
Denise Kalm received a request from a reader which resulted in The School of Life. For many of us, our first "resume" was a college transcript, the only proof of our competence we could muster. As we accumulate expertise and on-the-job experience, the old grades and degrees should take a back seat to our current capabilities. But do they? And are you out of luck if you don't have the right degree or the right certification? Can you hope to advance?
Inside the CMG Bulletin we have the following CMG News:
Jaqui Lynch, the CMG'08 General Chair, has an update on CMG'08 in CMG'08 Update.
Tom Kelman lists the known February and March 2009 Regional meetings in Upcoming CMG Regional Meetings. A December 3, 2008 UKCMG meeting is also listed. Mark your calendar with the regional meeting in your neighborhood and plan on attending.
UKCMG is offering 2 Masterclasses in February, 2009.
We have reviews of the following recent Regional meetings:
CMG Canada, November 13, 2008
Greater Atlanta CMG, October 22, 2008
Northern California CMG, November 4, 2008
New York CMG, October 17, 2008
Southern CMG, Raleigh North Carolina, October 17, and Richmond Virginia, October 23, 2008
Connecticut CMG, October 17, 2008
UKCMG Free Forum, October 14, 2008
euroCMG 2009, October 9-10, 2008
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