Large enterprise organizations use Jacada technology to modernize
existing legacy apps to reengineer legacy application workflow, generate a more
efficient GUI to replace green screens and to Web-enable these core business
systems.
John Williams describes the trend of emergence, and how one example of this technology, eBay, is an excellent business example of emergent behavior creating self-regulating and self-organizing communities of interest.
A decade-long effort to build useful data marts and data warehouses has set
the stage for a new generation of analytical application software tools that
find patterns in the vast quantities of corporate data available for consumption.
As Web access to legacy data becomes more critical, IT developers must ensure that the links are strong and reliable; without testing throughout the development process, experts say the ties will likely break at some point.
Model-Driven Architecture is based on UML, MOF and CWM standards. Its creator,
the OMG, promises the new modeling standard will evolve to follow and incorporate
more standard technologies.
The quality of data degenerates over time. Companies fragment, and data begins
to mean different things to different divisions. These are not trivial problems,
as poor data quality can have a negative impact on the health of a company.
Extending the concept of customer to include the entire value chain -- channel
partners, suppliers, dealers and influencers -- can create a solid consortium
that benefits all.
Experts blame technology focus for lack of widespread business process reengineering
implementation.
Meeting development challenges depends on the full utilization of the programmer's craft. Planning, tools, technologies, and more are required. ADT focuses on these crucial issues in its series of 'Programmers Reports.'
Agile modeling was born of the Extreme Programming movement, which aimed to
simplify the development process. The methodology now brings diagrams to the
"rip-and-run" development world.
OMG extends standard beyond notation to construction; new version 2.0 adds standards
support, eliminates "unnecessary" features and simplifies others.
While the OMG proceeds with its plans for UML 2.0, some observers say it is
a waste of time. They contend that UML is merely a rehash of IIOP, the Internet
Inter-ORB Protocol of the OMG's Common Object Request Broker Architecture
(CORBA).