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Rethinking How to Teach C++Part 9: What we learned from our students

Our senior columnists discuss the knowledge they gained in 15 years of teaching C++.

Doorway to data

IT managers look to corporate portals to provide access to masses of data from a single screen; technology is seen as key in progression from Windows to Web desktop.

Q&A

Object Management Group's (OMG) Christopher Stone.

Management Spotlight

US West Communications Group Inc.

Dev Trends

Evolution, IIOP and why the "simple" Web won't die.

Who's who in Java

New products, suppliers and applet innovations indicate the range and depth of Java development.

OLE/COM fundamentals from a business perspective

Microsoft's framework provides a method for building components that interact in distributed applications.

Load testing: A developer's crystal ball

Load testing tools are pricey and require customization, but should result in higher quality scalable client/server applications.

Q&A

Tivoli Systems' Dr. Franklin Moss.

Manager's View

Executives, architects converge on business objects.

Will Java kill cross-platform development tools?

While development tools can build multitier, distributed applications, tools to help manage deployed apps are lacking.

Converging on OOAD agreement

OMG's OOAD task force reviewing submissions: UML from the "three amigos" is notation-centric; Platinum-led effort is process rich; Fusion also vies.

Ask the Change Doctor

Plan user independence to free I/S resources.

Q&A

Netscape Communications Corp.'s Srivats Sampath