http://www.d-toolsblog.com a view from the top Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:05:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/d-tools-news/scheduled-server-maintenence-alert/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/d-tools-news/scheduled-server-maintenence-alert/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:43:51 +0000 Corey Krehel http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=4088 D-Tools will be performing necessary maintenance of our production servers on Thursday, October 22nd. The maintenance is scheduled for 5PM PST (8PM EST) and will take approximately 2 hours to complete. During this time, some ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/d-tools-news/scheduled-server-maintenence-alert/feed/ 0 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/d-tools-news/estimator-for-verticals/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/d-tools-news/estimator-for-verticals/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:38:09 +0000 Corey Krehel http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=4057 D-Tools Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software today announced that it is expanding its customer focus to enable systems integrators in the Energy, IT, and Security markets to quickly and easily generate accurate, ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/d-tools-news/estimator-for-verticals/feed/ 1 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/d-tools-news/si55-sp1-release/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/d-tools-news/si55-sp1-release/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:33:26 +0000 Corey Krehel http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=3910 The D-Tools team is proud to announce the release of the first service pack (SP1) for the award winning  version 5.5.  New customers will begin receiving discs with SI5.5 SP1 starting on September 14 2009.  All existing SI5.x ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/d-tools-news/si55-sp1-release/feed/ 4 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/technical-terminal/quick-tips/si55-quick-tip-open-quicklinks/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/technical-terminal/quick-tips/si55-quick-tip-open-quicklinks/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:47:44 +0000 Corey Krehel http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=2915 This article is for SI5.5 users who have received an error message attempting to start QuickLinks from anywhere in SI5.5, and describes how to quickly resolve the error. If you have received one, or both, of ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/technical-terminal/quick-tips/si55-quick-tip-open-quicklinks/feed/ 0 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/technical-terminal/quick-tips/quick-fix-missing-prerequisite-message-installing-si55/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/technical-terminal/quick-tips/quick-fix-missing-prerequisite-message-installing-si55/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:47:17 +0000 Corey Krehel http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=2718 This article explains what to do if you get a message that reads  ”System Integrator 5.5 requires SQL Server Compact Edition” during installation or upgrade.  SI5.5 uses a new database technology that must be installed as ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/technical-terminal/quick-tips/quick-fix-missing-prerequisite-message-installing-si55/feed/ 3 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/technical-terminal/si55-quick-fix-locate-si55-server/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/technical-terminal/si55-quick-fix-locate-si55-server/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:43:27 +0000 Corey Krehel http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=2822 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/technical-terminal/si55-quick-fix-locate-si55-server/feed/ 1 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/ctoutlook/si55/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/ctoutlook/si55/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:22:53 +0000 Corey Krehel http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=2544 Last week I wrote this post about the upcoming release of SI5.5. Since then I have been thinking about the process by which we have arrived at this release. While this release ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/ctoutlook/si55/feed/ 1 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/ctoutlook/si55-launch-update/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/ctoutlook/si55-launch-update/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:20:20 +0000 Corey Krehel http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=1515 After months of design, development and testing SI5.5 is on the verge of being shipped.  The requirements and feature list for SI5.5 were put in place last August and we have been working nonstop to deliver ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/ctoutlook/si55-launch-update/feed/ 3 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/ctoutlook/the-process-process/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/ctoutlook/the-process-process/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:24:25 +0000 Corey Krehel http://www.d-tools.us/wordpress/?p=111 Like many of my peers, I started my career during the height of the dot-com boom. And, like many of my peers, establishing a career in technology was more a result of time and place then of deliberate planning. In fact, my degree is in English Literature. Many of the people I have worked with, and especially those I have learned from, came to technology with experience, both real and educational, across a wide spectrum of disciplines. I would say that some of the most interesting, talented, and creative software engineers I have met all had been educated in something other that CS. In this way, the dot-com industry reminded me of the Motion Picture industry (and in 1998 the parallels were plenty), a business that I myself had spent 3 years in, learning to be a Film Editor before returning to my education.]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/ctoutlook/the-process-process/feed/ 0