In-Depth Features


Change Case Analysis

The software systems that allow companies to fulfill their objectives must evolve rapidly. The authors outline a stepwise use case construction to be used as a baseline for change identification and illustrate how to produce change-resilience diagrams.

Tales from the Java shops

Servers are central to Web-enabled architectures. How quickly can they take the Java route?

Online Software Distribution on a roll

Evolving model is tackling administrative, bandwidth and security issues.

UML: Ready for prime time?

Booch, Rumbaugh, Jacobson collaboration set for shift from Rational to OMG; What's next in the methodology wars?

4GLs gear up for4GLs gear up for full-cycle development

To focus exclusively on one part of the life cycle is to court disaster

Mining for data tools

Finding the right data mining tool requires some digging, and yes, there are some technical questions that must be asked.

Now Olap meets the Web

Olap was a great idea. It was also costly to implement en masse ...

JFC or AFC? Foundation class

Industry dives after a [mostly] political football.

This is not a test

Are testing tools keeping up with the new wave of Web-based applications?

Message queuing middleware: No longer high risk for I/S

Though implementing the technology can be very complex and expensive, using the right technology at the right time can do wonders for a business.

Taking an application

Developers take note -- IT says today's complex module mesh requires instrumentation.