March 25, 2005
Failure, Failure, Burning Bright
Every successful consultant has to sit and wonder when that great, next failure will occur. You know the one where you tell a customer you can do this one thing only to find you can't deliver because the technology isn't ready, resources didn't pan out, or the vision was too grand to fit into the timeline or budget. See, great consultants are like Rock Stars; they get paid handsomely to put themselves out for everyone to see, then bear the...
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March 18, 2005
Identifying Custom Code - Binary
Last week I presented a scenario wherein the correct version of custom code for a CFR Part 11 LIMS system had been lost, which presented the opportunity to review several methods of re-identifying custom code that was textual (meaning human readable). Let's now look for a way to reliably identify binary code in that same scenario.
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March 15, 2005
Identifying Custom Code - Textual
Eventually in the lifecycle of every project someone will look at a piece of custom software and think to themselves, "Is this the right version, or did I put the new version on my other computer?" While it seems silly for a company that likely spent thousands of dollars on analyzing, developing and validating that particular piece of software, this still happens in even with the best companies. Let's look at some ways a company can...
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March 12, 2005
Pittcon 2005
Our goal was simple: visit every LIMS software vendor at Pittcon 2005 and take a full day to do it. Unfortunately, it turned out to be more difficult than we anticipated.
Posted by Jeff Vannest at 09:26 AM
