Its been a while since I posted a entry (well I have posted a couple in the last few days but there was a big gap before that;-), so I thought I would do a quick post about what I have been up to.

• As you may have noted I now have an extra a in saasinct, so I have spent quite a bit of time updating my blog, website, web store etc.
• I was in Australia a few weeks ago for the SAS Australia and New Zealand forum, where I presented a paper outlining some of the steps I would recommend when undertaking any SAS Data Warehouse development.  I also managed to attend a number of other great presentations and the papers for these are available for download at:http://www.sasforum.com/anz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106&Itemid=4

• I have also been working on an Information Strategy for a customer and have been making extensive use of an Open Source methodology for Information Management called MIKE 2.0 (http://mike2.openmethodology.org/).  Weird name but great content, ill blog more about it when I get a chance.
• We have done a complete rewrite on our Flash Graph Portlet and as part of this we have moved away from hand coding the graphing engine and OEM’d a flex based graphing engine from AmCharts.  It means we can release new graphing capabilities faster and easier and they look cool to!
• We have also finally got around to adding a web store to our site so you can now buy our portlets online via a secure credit card facility and then download the portlet install file (.par) straight away.
• We were also getting a lot of request for trial copies of our portlets so we have created a demo server that enables potential customers to try portlets before purchasing them.  we are know working on demo content that makes them shine so will let you know when we are done
• I have been involved in a new project building an Accountability Reporting software suite called Comet4.  Not really SAS related but fun none the less.
• We have been looking to move to SAS Grid for one customer, so again will post on that experience soon
• We have also been developing a set of capabilities to manage (i.e Kill) rogue SAS processes, and should have the last bit finished off soon, and open for sale (hint hint .