In-Depth Features


Book Excerpt: Building best practices for IT

Like any business, IT must develop a strong "product model" that provides value to customers. Managers can ignore best practices only at their peril.

AdventNet pursues more manageable Java

AdventNet Inc., a Pleasanton, Calif., provider of J2EE management solutions, is seeking to further the JMX cause by introducing a software framework that allows developers to better customize the management of their apps.

Manage Java apps for premium performance

Who is to blame when Java apps perform badly? EJBs on the fritz, JDBC connects that dawdle, leaking JVMs: All this and more lurks over the development-deployment wall.

Giving applications a voice

Most agree that speech technologies still have a long way to go, but IT managers should not ignore some interesting applications emerging from a variety of sources; waiting for Hal.

USAToday.com puts XML to work at the editor's desk

Editors at USAToday.com use the Extensible Markup Language (XML) and other software tools to scan stories and automatically compose headlines, write summaries of the content and list 10 keywords for search engines.

Q&A: Some notes on UML 2.0

Jack Vaughan talks with Rational Software's Grady Booch.

IT still looks for offshore help

Global conflicts and a flagging economy prompt added study, but experts say the benefits still outweigh the risks.

Five emerging technologies to watch

In which we tender some views on hot technology trends and offer some thoughts on how to predict their paths to success.

The elements of Web services

What you need to know about standards, technologies and implementations.

Can IT developers work together?

Collaboration requires a change in developer attitudes, but experts say an emerging union of open source and proprietary mindsets are making CIOs take notice.