IT may not draw more respect, but with the growing attention to regulatory compliance, IT folks -- and software firms, in particular -- may command more scrutiny than many have been accustomed to.
Most major software suppliers are waiting on the XQuery standard to be finalized before they ship any related products. An update from IBM, Oracle and some smaller vendors.
The still-developing standard for querying XML documents is garnering more support from vendors. But it will likely be a while before most shops have to deal with it directly.
Oracle must deftly compete with IBM, SAP and Microsoft. But right now, Oracle head Larry Ellison’s touch is far from deft.
Update tackles the problem of defining software requirements by outlining six key phases in defining a software system’s requirements.
The pitch on the buzzword “agility” is that software development can be more like a maneuverable motorcycle than a lumbering locomotive.
Gary Barnett asks whether lock-in truly is the demon we all make it out to be or whether it is just a case of being afraid to tie the knot.
Users find value -- and challenge -- in the handy markup language that could.
It is quite possible that the notion of the real-time enterprise will confront the IT development manager with a risk-reward problem of the kind that can make or break a career.
New book advises when to use Web services and when not to use Web services.
As they become intrinsic to software development within the enterprise, software configuration management tools meet new capabilities.
Off-the-shelf software has changed the world of application integration. Top tool suppliers are forging hooks to ease the pain and to set the stage for better integration testing across the board.
ADT’s Jack Vaughan spoke earlier this year with Deborah Kurata of InStep Technologies Inc. about the migration of Visual Basic developers to .NET.
ADT’s Jack Vaughan spoke recently with IBM’s new Lotus group head, Ambuj Goyal. He talked to us from his offices in Sommers, N.Y.
A recent survey by the Cutter Consortium finds that ‘generally speaking, testing starts late.’
Company uses the Optane tools to alert them when SAP is unavailable to users.
A look at software tools and technologies on the market.
Web services expert Anne Thomas Manes pushes through the hype to explain the particulars of the emerging technology and how it can best be used by development organizations.