In-Depth Features


Write once, test everywhere

Thoughts on purity, functionality, compatibility and more.

MQ and the management aftermath

Here's a look behind IBM's middleware strategy and how it's playing out for systems management vendors.

Sun's Java Studio on target

Enterprise JavaBeans simplify plumbing tasks - but the spec is still young.

Getting CICS on the Web

The back end is where the action is -- management must hook it up to the Web, and fast!

Making the packages play together

A new breed of enterprise integration software acts as needed "middleman" between disparate packaged applications.

COM momentum builds

Some developers have cast their lot with COM, others mix and match.

Who's minding the meta data?

"Enterprise data marts" promise central repositories that feed satellite data marts on an as-needed basis. But a lack of integrated standards could leave I/S "holding the bag"

Microsoft development strategy

Some love them, some hate them. But Microsoft tool managers set the industry pace.

A Corba, DCOM primer

Corba or DCOM? The decision depends on how your firm deploys business-critical apps, as well as on the importance of each technology's requirements to your system.