Configuration management tools can give managers some control over complex development projects. Analysts predict IT will turn to high-end SCM tools for help.
Enterprise JavaBean technology is a good choice for some applications, but experts warn IT managers that the EJB specs should be avoided in other situations; another chapter in the Sun vs. Microsoft saga.
Floods of content overrun IT even in hard economic times; managing that content becomes increasingly difficult as once high-flying tool suppliers shutter and the rest consolidate. Should IT build rather than buy content managers?
Emerging industry standards are making distributed repositories a reality; the failed centralized model gives way to a more realistic strategy of using multiple smaller stores for specific functions.