In an effort to streamline its expense reporting process, reduce turnaround times and save money, Weston Solutions Inc., an environment and redevelopment firm in West Chester, Pa., embarked on its first Web-based, enterprise-wide transactional application rollout.
Toolmakers hope real-time features, Web services, XML and more can bring extract, transform and load tools to the data warehousing masses.
It is not the new kid on the block but Java is proving time tested, and worthy of continued investigation.
Web services without forethought could prove to be a mess. Enter SOA.
A look at software tools and technologies on the market.
Insufficient standards and increasing complexity are slowing efforts to tame the Web services monster; management tools are slow to emerge.
A comparison of the evolution and impact of Java and Linux.
A new, scaled-back B2B vision is emerging from the failed grand vision of
dot-com revolutionaries. Austere consortia-run and privately run exchanges are
finding small successes.
Veteran and start-up developers use XML in a variety of next-generation
tools. Experts expect business to be volatile for some time.
If you act smart, you can do more than survive, you can help ready the business for new opportunities.
Truths and falsehoods from the world of development.
A new generation of tools takes on portfolio management, best practices,
collaborative development and other tasks.
A look at creating XML-ready content.
Project management tools listed with features and capabilities.
A look at the relationship between ETL and business intelligence.
A preview of the cover story on SOA and web services.
Extreme Programming veterans share their experiences using the 'lightweight'
methodology to build applications for a client.
If Web services are to reach the ''next level,'' IT must adopt loosely coupled,
standards-based Service-Oriented Architectures. A new perspective on the role of
IT.