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 uses Versata Logic Suite within its Advantaged management suite to modify e-business applications.
The spread of J2EE applications begs the question of whether Java servlets or Enterprise JavaBeans is the best foundation for e-business applications.
Improved technology and empowered business analysts are bringing business rules engines back from a "near-death experience."
A new breed of tools is boosting the chances of getting the right information to the right people at the right time.
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
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.
Sun Microsystems said it will make its application server available for free on HP-UX, Windows, AIX and Linux. -June 19
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.
Some tips on getting started from those who have been there.
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.
Methodology gurus say a software "Developer Assistant" can finally bring process to IT development organizations, bringing artificial intelligence back to the forefront.
As XML documents begin to proliferate in the corporation, developers will consider native XML storage. But big RDB vendors are responding.
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.
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.
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."
What chance do young companies in the open-source application server space have today?
Everyone knows the basics of network security, but a little review never hurt anyone.
Full J2EE servers are outside the open-source province, but handy application servers, XML modules and servlet engines -- often in commercial packs -- hold ground.
Java continues to thrive in enterprise computing. Here lies a sampling of recent ADT excursions in spaces of the Java kind.