In-Depth Features


Agile modeling: Avoiding the spills, speeding development

Agile modeling was born of the Extreme Programming movement, which aimed to simplify the development process. The methodology now brings diagrams to the "rip-and-run" development world.

UML and IIOP

While the OMG proceeds with its plans for UML 2.0, some observers say it is a waste of time. They contend that UML is merely a rehash of IIOP, the Internet Inter-ORB Protocol of the OMG's Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).

UML overhaul winding up

OMG extends standard beyond notation to construction; new version 2.0 adds standards support, eliminates "unnecessary" features and simplifies others.

In search of the seamless portal

IT faces many options in a quest to provide users with a single point of Internet entry to key applications. As the hype fades, real solutions are emerging.

Analyzing data in real time

Analytic systems are getting faster and many customers are demanding more current data. More and more IT managers are facing the expensive question of whether to take analytic systems real time.

Analyzing data in real time

Analytic systems are getting faster and many customers are demanding more current data. More and more IT managers are facing the expensive question of whether to take analytic systems real time.

2002 Innovator Awards Home Page

ADT saw no letup in the number of innovative development projects submitted for our eighth annual Innovator Awards competition. We found companies willing to take risks during difficult times to undertake projects utilizing new development processes and/or technologies to get a competitive edge.

AM principles

The core principles of agile modeling (AM).

Special Report: Meta happens!

Mostly it is a sleepy backwater, but meta matters! Meta data happens when you least expect it, and we are there to cover it.