First post

This is the first post in this blog.

I plan on using this blog to flesh out ideas that I have regarding development, sales, and marketing my software product.

Right now I think that I will begin working on a database application that I will be able to use at my day job.  It would have entries for each piece of equipment in my office, and allow me to trace paths from one piece of equipment to another.  Sortof like if you had a room of servers, switches, cat5 patch panels, etc.  My app will have an entry for a switch, and then each port on the switch will be traced to where it plugs into. 

I believe that this will help a lot in untangling the web of wiring, panels, and equipment that I have to deal with.  Yes, my current employer has a huge database that has all this information in it.  The problem with that database is it is huge (containing every panel in 70+ offices), and hard to find the information that I am looking for.  The other problem is that each time my office was purchased by another company (2 times in the last 2 years), the migration from one database platform to another is difficult.  As a result, most of the information that I can put my hands on is in Excel spreadsheets.

For one office, the huge database platforms are too much.  I want something that is easily updatable and searchable.  I will be able to put a customer name on a path, along with what the ID is now, what it was last year, and the original order that installed it.

Anyway, that is where I am at now.  More info to come.