Microsoft Teams + Stream = a winning combination

Microsoft is throwing a lot of resources at improving Teams.  We certainly have been using Teams increasingly over the last several months.  There are some things I really like about it, and some things I like less (eh-hem multi-tenant).  One thing I have found recently, is using the record feature for meetings.  I do recognize … Continued

Changing the World With Process Improvement

I’m going to tell you a story of one the most satisfying professional experiences I’ve had. I believe this story is not all that unusual, and most good consultants could spin you a similar yarn. Our work can often get minimized by those who don’t understand it. To a great many people the word process is either … Continued

Containerizing Development Environments

In a given calendar year, our staff can be working in a LOT of different development environments. While Axian as a whole tends to focus on Node.js, Java and .NET runtimes/toolchains, we are also often found working with systems that comprise everything from Python, to Golang, Ruby and beyond! Needless to say this can create … Continued

Axian Connections: Gaming like it’s 2005

Axian kicked off its inaugural Xbox 360 LAN party this November. We sustainably sourced (ahem…bought used from Craigslist/Ebay) 16 lightly enjoyed Xbox 360s, controllers and a LOT of games. In my experience, very little brings a team together like a Halo 3 Capture the Flag game and this event was no different. A big thanks … Continued

Javascript vs. Java

Extracted from a Presentation by Dwain Fagerberg, Solution Architect at Axian JavaScript (Not Java-lite) History (or, why would they name it JavaScript?) JavaScript is an implementation of ECMA-262. JavaScript was originally developed by Brendan Eich of Netscape under the name Mocha Later named LiveScript Finally renamed to JavaScript as part of a co-marketing deal between … Continued

2018 Axian Summer Family Picnic

2018 Axian Summer Family picnic, a place where a valid question is “can I possibly operate more than one squirt gun per hand?” Awesome gathering of quality people, great BBQ and fun games!

Shawn Duffy Presents at OPPMA Conference

Shawn Duffy presented the topic “Dude, Where’s My Data? – A Discussion on the Data Lifecycle & Big Data” to a group of approximately 75 folks at the OPPMA conference. https://www.oppmaoregon.com/ Another great opportunity to showcase Axian’s thought leadership in data. The material was well received with lots of audience interaction and questions at the … Continued