In-Depth Features


Q&A with Kevin Dick: Where is XML headed?

ADT's Jack Vaughan recently went to the source to uncover the path of enterprise XML in years to come. Kevin Dick is head of The Middletier Group, long time chair of the XML Web Services One Conference, and the author of "XML: A Manager's Guide," which is due soon in a new edition.

AMS turns to Versata

AMS uses Versata Logic Suite within its Advantaged management suite to modify e-business applications.

Servlets and EJBs: Friends or foes?

The spread of J2EE applications begs the question of whether Java servlets or Enterprise JavaBeans is the best foundation for e-business applications.

Business rules are back

Improved technology and empowered business analysts are bringing business rules engines back from a "near-death experience."

Getting control of data

A new breed of tools is boosting the chances of getting the right information to the right people at the right time.

Tool said to ease J2EE, EJB development

Last week, the company started shipping version 3.0 of the flagship product, and with it a new component said to help users build and manage J2EE applications. -June 24

Make Sense of Web Service Discovery

Rumors of DISCO's death have been greatly exaggerated -- it's simply hibernating. Roger Jennings shows you how to wake the DISCO service and prepare for eventual migration to its replacement: WS-Inspection.

Free SunOne version due on Linux, AIX and other OSes

Sun Microsystems said it will make its application server available for free on HP-UX, Windows, AIX and Linux. -June 19

Explaining Java and Web services

One of the biggest problems with Web services, said authors David Chappell and Tyler Jewell, is explaining it -- that is, pulling all the pieces together into a coherent and hype-free description of what Web services are and how developers can create and deploy them.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.