Without a good architectural foundation, projects lack the support they need and tend toward failure.
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.
A look at software tools and technologies on the market.
Longhorn’s Indigo technology -- still years away from its first ship -- could mark Microsoft’s embrace of real interoperability with non-Windows systems.
A look at software tools and technologies on the market.
Business Activity Monitoring faces plenty of competition in the battle to become the next killer app for execs to get more information faster
Corporate developers have simultaneously lauded and trashed development tool technologies; what is the outlook for tools?
Altova’s xmlspy 2004 is highly recommended, especially for organizations in which users of varying levels of technical skill are working with XML documents.
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.
Mike Gunderloy reviews Openmake 6.2 and SOAPscope 3.0
It's back to the future as all the major BI
suppliers have moved to add the reporting capabilities they once ridiculed as
old-fashioned and out of touch to their suites.
Ken Orr has long provided IT units with his expertise on a variety of subjects ranging from BPM and software engineering to data warehousing and knowledge management. Editor-at-Large Jack Vaughan caught up with Orr recently to get his latest insights.
Mike Gunderloy reviews Teamplate 4.0, PrimalCode
3.0 and Microsoft Virtual PC 2004.
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.
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.
A look at software tools and technologies on the market.
Serious corporate developers and weekend homepage builders alike will find a lot to appreciate in Microsoft FrontPage 2003.
New rules to protect investors can give savvy CIOs a raison d'etre for moving forward with innovative new projects that limit legal exposure of top execs.
A reader takes issue with a column by Uche Ogbuji.
There have been periods when experts called for replacing all things technology, but for the most part, managers recognize that maintaining and
updating legacy systems is vital to corporate success.