Columns: Dev How-To and Advice


Red Sox call the bullpen for IP telephony

Steve Conley is director of IT for the Boston Red Sox, where he oversees infrastructure for the World Series Champions. In this interview with ADT, he discusses the IP telephony implementation of Avaya at Fenway Park and Fort Myers, Fla., Red Sox’ spring training facility.

Does XML give away the keys to the warehouse?

Data security is a matter of good architecture, and XML doesn’t do anything to aggravate security problems.

FACT MATTER

Annual online retail sales will grow to $172.4 billion this year, up 22 percent over $141.4 billion in 2004, according to Forrester Research.

Business rules: Tips, traps and other pratfalls

As you might expect with any emerging technology, business rules—even when implemented in tandem with a high-performance business rules management system—are anything but turnkey.

Thinkpiece: Think before pushing development offshore

Sending software development offshore is what everyone wants to do, but sometimes it's not the right way to go.

Extreme programming for a rainy day

XP's failing is that it encourages software development without fully exploring the customer's requirements before teams begin coding.

What's on your mind?

Have you checked out www.ADTmag.com lately?

Data warehouse builders advocate for different architectures

Most enterprises build hybrid data warehouse architectures that borrow elements from four different approaches.

Innovative makeovers win awards

For 11 years, ADT’s annual Innovator Awards have recognized IT departments that have successfully launched development projects that have paid off with noteworthy business and financial benefits.

Bixhorn Paints Indigo Picture

Ari Bixhorn discusses Microsoft's plan to create a unified programming model (code-named Indigo) for building distributed, interconnected apps in an interview with VSM Editor in Chief Patrick Meader.

Dashboard is to envelope, as scorecard is to letter

Although many people use dashboard and scorecard interchangeably, there's a subtle difference.

Thinkpiece: Cross the Trough of Disillusionment

One analyst reports that only 28 percent of outsourcers report achieving the savings they expected.