Time Cockpit Blog - Rainer Stropek

One of the unique possibilities of time cockpit is its extensibility. You can adapt the data model, lists, forms, export and import formats, reports, etc. to your needs. A question that we often get is how to test customizations before putting them into production. In this blog post I would like to show you some options you have.  Read more ...

One of my hobbies in my private live is beekeeping. A colony of honey bees is a fascinating superorganism. Bees have perfected the principle of self-organization for millions of years. So what can we learn from these masters?  Read more ...

Yesterday we represented Microsoft and their Team Foundation Server in the Tools Challenge at the Software Quality Days 2014 in Vienna. The topic was Model Driven Development and Testing. The great news: We won :-) Read more about what we have demonstrated during the challenge.  Read more ...

At the current time of the year, many people are thinking about their New Year’s resolutions. Beside classics like “eat more vegetables” or “go to the gym more often”, you could add one for your job: Stop thinking you are productive if you are just busy.  Read more ...

Yesterday I was speaker at the Cloudconf 2013 in Berlin. My first session was about Windows Azure Websites. The second one was an introduction into Windows Azure Active Directory. I recorded the second session (German). Here it is.  Read more ...

Nowadays people are on the alert for data security and privacy when it comes to cloud computing. Time cockpit is a SaaS offering in the cloud. In this article we want to describe in detail how we designed, developed, and how we operate time cockpit in order to be secure.  Read more ...

I was part of a keynote panel for this year's WebTech Conference in Munich. We discussed the business value of the cloud. In this blog post you find the recording of the keynote.  Read more ...

Customers regularly hire me to do code reviews for software projects. Over the years I put together my personal checklist. In this blog article I share a summary of it with you. Note that the checklist is in German. However, the article contains a link to auto-translate it in English.  Read more ...

One of our partners, IT-Visions, invited me to speak at their VS2013/Win8.1 What's New event in Munich today. Of course I am happy to participate. During the session I will demo new features from VS2013, Windows Store app development, and Windows Azure Mobile Services.  Read more ...

Yesterday at the WebTech 2013 conference in Munich I did an interview with Corinna Kern from Software and Support Media. Here is the video (German).  Read more ...