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BizTalk Server 2010 R2 is part of Microsoft’s overall Azure Integration Strategy

It’s finally here folks! After much hand-wringing in the community over the future of BizTalk Server, Microsoft have continued their commitment to their premier on-premises integration platform and announced the release of BizTalk Server 2010 R2.   The main areas … Continue reading

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Do you know about the Windows Azure Discovery Pack?

Mexia are currently deep-diving on the Windows Azure platform because, like Microsoft, we are “all in” with the cloud. We know that the future of system integration will involve the cloud in one way or the other, and as integration … Continue reading

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Windows Azure BizSpark StartUp Camp

If you’re an aspiring young Queensland company building a cloud-hosted service or product, then you could do far worse than to attend the Windows Azure BizSpark Startup Camp in Brisbane on 2-4th December 2011. Mexia participated in the Melbourne event … Continue reading

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Mexia Welcomes Ben Simmonds into the Fold

We are extremely happy to announce that Ben Simmonds has started with Mexia today, based in Canberra as a Senior Integration Specialist focused on building hybrid integration platforms using BizTalk Server and the Azure AppFabric Middleware stack. He is an … Continue reading

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Mexia Enters the Next Phase of Our Growth

Mexia was founded in 2008 with a vision to provide specialist architectural & technical consulting services in enterprise integration, with a laser-focus on Microsoft BizTalk Server and Windows Server AppFabric.  Obviously that focus has now extended to include the fantastic … Continue reading

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Brisbane BizTalk User Group–Wed 29th Sept

This is just a quick reminder about the next Brisbane BizTalk User Group being held Wednesday 29th Sept. There will be two talks for the night: 1.  Geoff Clarke (Integration Specialist, Microsoft) will talk about the Future of BizTalk. 2.  … Continue reading

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BizTalk Server 2010 Training in Adelaide – 24-28th October

Mexia is partnering with Academy IT in Adelaide again to deliver another BizTalk Server 2010 Development training event from 24th – 28th of October. The BizTalk Server 2010 Developer Training is an update version of the existing BizTalk training that … Continue reading

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A Conceptual Understanding of Azure AppFabric ServiceBus Topics

I’ve been digging into the latest (Sept v1.5) release of Azure AppFabric ServiceBus recently and got caught up on some really simple (in hindsight) concepts that initially had me confused. Being a BizTalk Server guy I was naturally trying to … Continue reading

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Our TechEd 2011 Talk

The TechEd Australia 2011 talk that Bill Chesnut and I did a few weeks back has been put online for those that couldn’t make it. It’s always interesting to hear yourself back and realise what you actually said vs. what … Continue reading

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