A look at software tools and technologies on the market.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pramati Server Version 3.5 provides high performance at a low cost, with features that allow users to run apps
already deployed on Apache HTTP Server, Tomcat and WebLogic Server.
SOA may or may not bring about a reuse nirvana. But whatever happens,
Web services certainly will allow much better connections between apps.
The software fortress architecture consists of a series of self-contained,
mutually suspicious, marginally cooperating software fortresses interacting
through carefully crafted and meticulously managed treaty relationships.
Mike Gunderloy reviews IBM Rational XDE Developer .NET Edition v2003.06
and DriverStudio 3.0
How does RFID stack up? It is classic new-technology riddle. In the spheres of supply-chain and logistics software, it is now a matter of constant discussion.
The partnership between XML and OO will be successful if XML finally
gets OO programmers to accept declarative approaches to programming.
Are IT development organizations ready to start building simpler,
low-end Java applications for multiple platforms rather than using the Microsoft
tools for just Windows?
Software configuration management (SCM) is about to emerge from the shadows cast by supercool, hyperbole-laden IDEs.
Q&A with Dale Vecchio of Gartner Inc. on the resurgence of mainframes.
Grand unification efforts have historically fallen short because they were too rigid, but SOA shows flexibility and promise for integration.
Even the most perfect BI system will flop unless project managers overcome individual and organizational resistance to change.
Application integration is a complex process. You must master not only the technologies involved, but develop a strategy that will take into account your business processes and business goals.
Mike Gunderloy reviews DevPartner Studio 7.1 and InstallShield DevStudio 9