We are in the IT business, and a lot depends on how requirements are gathered. If we as IT Gurus try to implement a technology and ignore the requirements, then we have failed.
Our employers and clients are not interested in the latest technology, but they are rather interested in delivering the functionality their requirements dictates.
There are many ways to document requirements and there are times where you have to be innovative on how to document your client’s wishes and dreams. The better you are in this at the beginning, the better the final product will look at the end of the project.
One of the techniques I used many times to document and code requirements is Decision Tables.
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Introduction:
Billing systems in telecom are pivotal for the operation of any telecom operator. In this article I explain some of the terminologies about telecom and try to show how they fit in the big picture in telecom operators.
Also I explain the Customer, Network and Money triangle which helps in defining functionalities of the Billing system and maybe IT Applications inside the telecom operator matrix of business processes.
The ideas discussed in this article is intended to be as generic as possible and based on my personal perspective.
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Tags: Billing, BSCS, Business Model, ERD, GSM, SIM, telecom
BSCS, Introduction, Oracle BRM, Telecom Billing, Uncategorized | asmaklad, 12 Nov 10 | 
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I know no body does that, but I did it anyway :
I read through the JDBC connection types “http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jdbc/getstart/intro.html#1019423” and thought I summarize the deferences between JDBC drivr types in this diagram:
Diagram Showing Layers of JDBC and Types with Oracle drivers
In short, there are 4 types of JDBC Connection, but only two are important from my experience:
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Ever wanted to boot a PC from a USB stick, but had to download a thousand tools and follow a million steps guide that never works ?
Well this excellent tool from www.pendrivelinux.com is not only going to help you create a bootable USB, but also multi-boot it with some top linux distribution and windows.
multibootUSB Application
You don’t really have to do anything yourself. Not even download the ISO files , it does that for you.
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Time for another tutorial: XML in 100 minutes.
XML today is a vital technology in contemporary organizations, it is widely used to transfer data between applications and other uses.
Knowing XML for today’s IT Gurus is as important as Unix and SQL skills. Many Applications requires XML know-how.
This short guide to XML is only an fast introduction to XML, later tutorials will follow about the individual subjects in XML, like XSLT, SOAP …etc.
The tutorial is available here in PDF, HTML and Adobe-Flash Formats
One of the slides has an overview of XML technologies:
XML at a glance
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