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One of the relatively recent additions to the Force.com platform was the ability to make calls to asynchronous methods from Apex classes. By using the @future (callout=true) annotation, we can set up the method to be called in a seperate, asynchronous request. This gave the developers the ability to run logic outside the current transaction, create asynchronous data loads, etc. But it also presented one obstacle… The method could only be called asynchronously. Which made testing a problem.
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When talking with the head of our Customer Experience initiative, he made a passing comment about the results of a recent Sundog customer satisfaction survey. Those with the lower scores were stakeholders who were not involved in an iterative meeting process. As we move from adopting Agile into having an evaluated and mature model, we see measurable indicators of its value (to both the client and the service agency).
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For the past few months, we here at Sundog have been evaluating the migration of our messaging platform from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps Premier. Having recently won approval to make the move official, I have come across a few ideas that small businesses and, in particular, IT professionals might want to keep in mind while considering a move from an on-premises Microsoft Exchange environment to cloud-based Google Apps
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Everyone takes a shortcut now and then when developing code. We shouldn’t, and we know it, but sometimes we do anyways. I am guilty of it as much as the next guy. And unfortunately, it can bite me in the butt just like everyone else. Let me tell you a story…
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Today is Cyber Monday, the online equivalent to the more traditional shopping day of Black Friday. Maybe it is just me, but they sound like such dire names for what should be major shopping days and economic bellwethers in a free enterprise system.
Due to a tough economy, pundits had expected both Black Friday and Cyber Monday to be down this year, but according to a National Retail Federation Black Friday survey conduct by BIGresearch, 172 million shoppers visited stores and websites this Black Friday weekend compared to 147 million shoppers last year. The research also indicated that the average shopper spent $373 this year compared to $348 last year. Total spending was estimated at $41 billion. The survey also indicated almost a quarter of shoppers were at stores by 5 a.m., and over half made it to stores by 9 a.m.
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