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Starting with Web services

Some tips on getting started from those who have been there.

Movers and Shakers: How Bekins built a Web services-based Broadcast Exchange system

Everyone is talking about Web services, but take it from Randy Mowen, lead solutions architect for an award-winning, cost-saving application of the new technology, it takes careful planning to do it right.

ADT's Programmers Report: What's in store for XML storage?

As XML documents begin to proliferate in the corporation, developers will consider native XML storage. But big RDB vendors are responding.

Call for expert systems

Methodology gurus say a software "Developer Assistant" can finally bring process to IT development organizations, bringing artificial intelligence back to the forefront.

Web services: Report from the field

Application integration provides the first, best test case for Web services. Early users say to start small, develop skills and make sure staff understands overall business processes.

The many heads of XML modeling

XML initiatives, including Web services, have much to gain by associating themselves with efforts such as the OMG's MDA.

ADT's Programmers Report: DataPower sets eyes on era of XML acceleration

Start-up DataPower Technology, Cambridge, Mass., is among a handful of hardware start-ups that foresee bottlenecks in XML processing as use of the tag language technology grows in middle-tier computing.

ADT's Programmers Report: Grab hold of the snake

Dan Romanschik reviews "Python Web Programming" by Steve Holden (with David Beazley).

Can the hackers be stopped?

Hackers, crackers and script kiddies; attacks on corporate networks are coming from all sides. Blocking the threats requires more than software tools. Experts say the answer lies in "people, processes and technology."

Some real Web services stories

Many in the high-tech world are betting heavily on a bright future for Web services.

ADT's Programmers Report: PHP prowls the edge

What chance do young companies in the open-source application server space have today?

Seven security basics

Everyone knows the basics of network security, but a little review never hurt anyone.

ADT's Programmers Report: Open-source servers today

Full J2EE servers are outside the open-source province, but handy application servers, XML modules and servlet engines -- often in commercial packs -- hold ground.

Lifting the fog on Web services

There are statements about Web services that I see repeated in the press, expressed at conferences and even written on billboards that just aren't true. In this column, I'll address the misconceptions I see as most ripe for correction.

Recent ADT articles on Java

Java continues to thrive in enterprise computing. Here lies a sampling of recent ADT excursions in spaces of the Java kind.

ADT's Programmers Report: Microsoft's Don Box on SOAP, XML & VB

Programmers Report Supplement Editor Jack Vaughan talks with Don Box.

IBM talks ‘Grids’ at developerWorks Live!

So-called Grid computing was one of the new technologies on display at this week’s developerWorks Live! conference for IBM developers in San Francisco. WebSphere updates were also taps. -May 10

XML/Web Services Page

This page provides a handy jumping point to ADT coverage on these pivotal topics.

Data Warehousing Special Report: Data quality and the bottom line

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.