N Timothy Aho
4185 Paradise Road, Suite 2036, Las Vegas, NV
89109 - USA - 702-792-5666
Attention: GIS Crowd
I am
ecstatic about a development in the computer industry I hit upon some time ago. Now, it’s hard to evangelize things
over the ‘net due to the plethora of misinformation out there. However, I offer
this to the list because I believe strongly in it as the most useful piece of
software to hit the computer industry (outside of database-ware mayhaps).
It’s Citrix
MetaFrame and the Application Server Providing (ASP) architecture. To summarize, it allows you to take existing
COM-based apps and serve them instantly to the web via terminal sessions
(Client side: a plug-in in a
browser). There is also a Solaris
version available as well for Unix apps.
But the point is, there is no special Java, JavaScript, HTML, Perl or
other web programming necessary now to serve apps to the web.
But it
goes beyond just this. This is the
way to re-architect your firm, by adding new hardware to the server-side (in a
load-balanced server “farm”) of your house and adding terminals for clients (or
lower-end PC’s). Architected
correctly this mainframe-style network is now ready for prime-time.
In any
case, “Don’t just take my word for it, see for yourself.”
Also,
check out my arguments on ESRI’s web site:
http://forums.esri.com/forums/Index.cfm?CFApp=9&Message_ID=51169
Cheers
all,
N
Timothy Aho
Full Sail
Software Corp
I am writing to express interest in
working with you. My diverse
background in application server development, integration and information
technology should be of interest to you.
Currently contracting as a Systems
Analyst with the Las Vegas Valley Water District, I am engineering
first-of-their-kind GIS and Mapviewing applications with ArcInfo and MapObjects
served to the web with Citrix Metaframe and NT Terminal Server. This model represents a breakthrough in
Internet Map Serving in the Application Server Provider (ASP) style. See: http://janus.state.me.us/dep/gis/ for more details on designing and implementing this (Note: this
instance is not my work, but a replicate idea). I began my investigation into this architecture when NT
Terminal Server was released (July 1998) and am amazed at its capabilities and
utility within the browser via MetaFrame.
A
briefing of my past projects is as follows:
Miami-Dade
Metro - GIS Specialist providing primarily ArcInfo and AML scripting support
ACS Government
Solutions Group and the Department of the Interior – contractor on a project involving
ArcView and SDE development
PacifiCAD,
Inc. (Spokane, WA) - Visual Basic developer with ESRI’s MapObjects and an
Access database.
SAIC - GIS
integrator on several projects involving GPS and vehicle tracking. The technologies involved ranged from
Rational Rose to Visual C++/MapObjects to ArcView and Internet Map Server.
Prior
to this, my work with GIS Trans, Ltd. involved:
p A portion of the Air Traffic Control
Tower tracking application for the FAA,
p
Enhancing and debugging the traffic count tracking and reporting
application for the Maryland State Highway Authority, and
p Assisting in various other GIS projects as well as internal
network administration.
These
projects were developed using Powersoft’s PowerBuilder and ESRI's MapObjects
with Informix databases.
My
experience is both diverse and deep in GIS programming, integration, systems
engineering, PC hardware, software, and network administration.
Please
contact me at (tel) 702-792-5666 or (e-mail) [log in to unmask] to discuss
possible opportunities with you.
Thank You,
N Timothy Aho
Please view my resume by clicking on the link
below:
http://www.fullsail.net/docs/resume.htm