Jim Liddle

I had some interesting (sic) experiences with two separate banks with regards to two business accounts that we keep with each recently. The problem highlighted two issues that were both in some ways intertwined: False positive flagging of online transactions Identity Management between bank departments First let me set the scenario. I am CEO of Storage Made Easy, a business that can be categorized (in bank speak) as an online internet business. We are a business that spends a fair amount on online advertising through various different channels and who also uses best of breed online services to make our life easier. Therefore we spend money with other online based internet companies including companies like Google, Amazon etc and we pay certain providers through merchant gateways such as Paypal. I suspect we are not that different to other similar companies in this re... (more)

Process-Driven Architectures for WebSphere Application Server

As the industry moves toward a new, process-based application model, it is important to understand the terms and standards involved. There have been many definitions of business process management (BPM) bandied about, but the one that is the easiest to understand and that most accurately reflects BPM is the following: Business Process Management is the representation and enactment of business interactions that involve multiple steps, possibly over time, that can occur in parallel across multiple systems or people. Within the BPM market itself there are different terms that tend to... (more)

Yet Another Java/J2ME Google Maps Midlet!

Jim Liddle's Symbian Blog: Yet Another Java/J2ME Google Maps Midlet! These seem to be coming out quicker that I can blog them !  This one is called J2MEMap and you can get the JAR from here, and the jar from here ... (more)

How to Record Calls on Your Windows Smartphone

One of the last things that I keep my Palm 650 for is it's ability to record calls, which is very handy when you are having a conference call and need to review your call later or take notes -of course always ensure you ask the people you are speaking to whether they are OK with this! To date I've never found a product that could do this easily and efficiently on Windows Mobile. The Palm 650 does this painlessly and seamlessly using a product called CallRec by QMobileSoft. Now It is a pain switching the SIM backwards and forwards when I want to do this so I have kept my eye on t... (more)

Is Amazon EC2 As a Platform Secure?

Amazon Cloud Journal on Ulitzer Following on from my last post, Securing Applications on the Amazon Elastic Cloud, One of the biggest questions I often see asked is “Is Amazon EC2 as a platform secure”? This is like saying is my vanilla network secure?  As you do to your internal network you can take some steps to make the environment as secure as you can, such as: - First read the Amazon Security Whitepaper and the Amazon discussion of Security processes - Ensure the system key is encrypted at start-up - Ensure you plan for load balancing in case an instance goes down. Ensure ... (more)