For systems architects, it is the best chance yet at a common language. It might also be a good match for Java.
Tools and vendors are in flux as managers say hello to the 21st century.
Admittedly, much talk of device-embedded DBs is futuristic. But the future could be now. Footprint, of course, is an issue, and sometimes file systems may still be preferable.
Variously named, and maybe not that different from the application server, OTMs are an evolutionary extension of the raw ORB.
Have we learned anything from the massive industry-wide Y2K effort?
Top database suppliers take another stab at persuading users that they need the universal DBMS.
Booch, Rumbaugh and Jacobson guide you through the first steps of UML pattern implementation.
The Open Sores - er, Source - movement at the Gates.
Clever use of middleware helps a premier airline react rapidly to anything from a blizzard to fuel price hikes.
Best Buy Co. Inc.