In-Depth Features


Alcan brokers transactions across multiple systems

Alcan Inc. is ADT's Innovator Awards Honorable Mention in the Middleware and Application Integration category.

School District 51 builds a portal

Mesa County Valley School District #51 is ADT's Innovator Awards Honorable Mention in the E-business Application Development category.

Project reduces false alerts

Paymentech is ADT's Innovator Awards Honorable Mention in the Application Management and Deployment category.

XML message router improves logistics for an agri-business

ABNA Ltd. is ADT's Innovator Awards winner in the Middleware and Application Integration category.

Q&A: Best of breed? It depends

Editor-in-Chief Mike Bucken recently spoke with Mike Gilpin, VP and research director at Forrester Research Inc., about the state of development tools. This Q&A is part of our ongoing coverage on the State of Tools. For more, please go to http://www.adtmag.com/webextra.asp.

Create a .NET-J2EE Shared Database

Create a shared database to provide interoperability between .NET and J2EE platforms, then extend it with a notification level between platforms.

XO Communications warehouse streamlines billing, more

XO Communications is ADT's Innovator Awards winner in the Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence category.

XML tools: Who knows where or when?

Depending on the nature and scope of the roject, it is a good bet to start with existing tools, see what XML features they have and go from there.

FleetBoston banks on business intelligence benefits

FleetBoston is ADT's Innovator Awards Honorable Mention in the Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence category.

Innovator Awards 2004: Risk Takers Triumph

Application Development Trends awards Innovator Awards to IT development organizations undertaking risky projects utilizing innovative technologies and/or processes aimed at solving a pressing business problem.

WebFACTS lets Ohio county focus on the kids

Montgomery County Children Services is ADT's Innovator Awards winner in the Application Management and Deployment category.

Zooming in on XAML

The Extensible Application Mark-up Language (XAML) is a scripting language based on XML that allows Longhorn developers to build and manage UI apps.

Conversation with Novell's Stone

Editor-in-Chief Mike Bucken recently visited Chris Stone, Novell’s vice chairman, office of the CEO, in his Waltham, Mass., digs. Stone, has been charged with driving Novell forward, with Linux as its main weapon

Longhorn roundup

Microsoft's next-generation OS may be two or three years off, but details are already leaking out to development managers. Can Longhorn head off a desktop Linux?

New wrinkles in data integration business

Pervasive Software focuses on bringing a broader but still interrelated product set under one roof.

DB design and app development: Why can't we be friends?

Increasingly, the barriers between development and data are blurring, and the designer often acts as the focal point of communication between the two camps. Useful tools are only part of the equation when pursuing success.

Sorting out the meaning of BPM

Despite confusion about its definition, BPM is a vital piece in the effort to optimize the execution of business strategy.

The long and short of Longhorn

Simon Yates, senior analyst at Forrester Research, summarizes some of the features of Longhorn.

The push for process heats up

Managers are gaining an edge in the effort to implement development processes. Can SCM cut development costs?

Getting real about real-time BI

Companies start looking for more from data warehouses; more timely data seen as improving operational decisions.