Columns: Dev How-To and Advice


Product briefs

A look at software tools and technologies on the market.

Harvard Medical goes remote

To keep technology expenses in check, Harvard's Dr. John Halamka extend existing systems to build a set of e-learning applications.

Editorial: Microsoft's next big challenge

Some observers say that as Microsoft develops the next-generation desktop OS, code-named Longhorn, ownership of the desktop may be in play again. This time it is Linux that could pose a challenge to Microsoft's world.

Books: Building a better foundation

Without a good architectural foundation, projects lack the support they need and tend toward failure.

Reporter's Notebook: XML: Real thing, taken for granted

When we as an industry look for the next big thing, we should also look at what is already here, working and shifting the paradigm. XML is such a thing.

Product Briefs

A look at software tools and technologies on the market.

A review of Crystal Reports V10 Advanced Developer Edition and MetaEdit+ 4.0

Mike Gunderloy reviews Crystal Reports V10 Advanced Developer Edition and MetaEdit+ 4.0

IT security: Taking a bite out of development?

Historically, developers worked to open systems to more users; today, security and vigilance top corporate software efforts.

Keep your XML clean

Our expert urges developers to improve the design of XML documents; readability and consistency will help developers to code, debug and follow data created by others.

Product Review: Optimal Java

Compuware OptimalJ 3.1 allows users flexibility in deployment, selection of appropriate technologies and scalability. The vendor is well positioned to plug new and evolving technologies into the tool as they emerge, allowing developers to reuse models and re-target their app for this new technology.

Product Review: Altova’s XML IDE gets richer

Altova’s xmlspy 2004 is highly recommended, especially for organizations in which users of varying levels of technical skill are working with XML documents.

Indigo: The end of the rainbow

Longhorn’s Indigo technology -- still years away from its first ship -- could mark Microsoft’s embrace of real interoperability with non-Windows systems.

Product Briefs

A look at software tools and technologies on the market.

BAM against the world

Business Activity Monitoring faces plenty of competition in the battle to become the next killer app for execs to get more information faster

Tools debate endures

Corporate developers have simultaneously lauded and trashed development tool technologies; what is the outlook for tools?

Books in Brief: A Linux quick start for Windows programmers

Need to write an application that runs on a Linux box? If all your experience up to now has been on Windows machines or mainframes, this book will let you come up to speed quickly on Linux tools and development concepts.

Product Reviews: Openmake 6.2 and SOAPscope 3.0

Mike Gunderloy reviews Openmake 6.2 and SOAPscope 3.0

A review of Teamplate 4.0, PrimalCode 3.0 and Microsoft Virtual PC 2004

Mike Gunderloy reviews Teamplate 4.0, PrimalCode 3.0 and Microsoft Virtual PC 2004.

Software license to ill

For some vendors, software licenses are like minting money -- but for many software buyers the yearly license invoice is their most dreaded mail. Something has to give.

Book review: On the march with Ed Yourdon

Once a project has reached death march status, it will be next to impossible to fulfill all the requirements by the time you reach your deadline. That being the case, the best you can do is to determine which features you must implement and concentrate on getting those done.