Though much-maligned, requirements management becomes more important
as IT turns to incremental development; effective communication still key to
success.
Toufic Boubez has a stellar record in Web services. At IBM, he co-authored UDDI. Later, he founded Layer 7 Technologies which recently released SecureSpan to promote Web services security and integration policy creation. Jack Vaughan met with Boubez over iced tea in Boston's Seaport District.
Pramati Server Version 3.5 provides high performance at a low cost, with features that allow users to run apps
already deployed on Apache HTTP Server, Tomcat and WebLogic Server.
SOA may or may not bring about a reuse nirvana. But whatever happens,
Web services certainly will allow much better connections between apps.
J2EE complexity stemmed the growth of early Java tools. Now, an emerging
breed of simpler offerings aims to give Visual Studio .NET a run for its money
just as the next-generation Microsoft offerings increase complexity.
The software fortress architecture consists of a series of self-contained,
mutually suspicious, marginally cooperating software fortresses interacting
through carefully crafted and meticulously managed treaty relationships.
RoboDemo offers a flexible system for recording demonstrations as Flash movies (or other formats) from your computer. When you need to convey more than the written word can easily handle, check out RoboDemo.
A free task-tracking program based on Excel, MasterList-XL is designed to let you see how much time you're spending on the truly important things.
The Regulator is a full-featured regular expression tool for the .NET Framework. It offers innovative features including multiple document editing and connections to an online library of regexes.
It is no longer the new kid on the block but Java is proving time tested, and
worthy of continued investigation.
InstallShield Express offers an easy way to build setup packages for applications that don't need all the power of a high-end setup.
If you're building a product that needs to handle lots of XML documents, TextML Server provides an embeddable component with attractive licensing terms for ISVs.
Logidex offers a software development asset management tool integrated with Visual Studio .NET. If they can continue to improve the metadata for Microsoft content, it could be very useful indeed.
RMTrack provides a customizable ASP.NET system for bug-tracking in the browser. You can change everything right down to the workflow with ease.
Integra Enterprise is a testing tool for serious enterprise development. Version 4.0 introduces intelligent recording and Mercury TestDirector integration.
eXpress Persistent Objects (XPO) saves .NET objects into an Access or SQL Server database. An attribute-based approach makes it possible to do this without writing a line of data access code.
Ensemble offers a contract-based approach to creating an SOA backbone in your enterprise.
DriverStudio features essential tools and documentation to make the job of writing device drivers for Windows easier.