IT managers look to corporate portals to provide access to masses of data from a single screen; technology is seen as key in progression from Windows to Web desktop.
The author discusses his results of measuring the performance degradation of Java programs while using various data abstraction features of the language.
Evolution, IIOP and why the "simple" Web won't die.
Microsoft's framework provides a method for building components that interact in distributed applications.
Load testing tools are pricey and require customization, but should result in higher quality scalable client/server applications.
Tivoli Systems' Dr. Franklin Moss.
Object Management Group's
(OMG) Christopher Stone.
US West Communications Group Inc.
New products, suppliers and applet innovations indicate the range and depth of Java development.
Executives, architects converge on business objects.
While development tools can build multitier, distributed applications, tools to help manage deployed apps are lacking.
Plan user independence to free I/S resources.
OMG's OOAD task force reviewing submissions: UML from the "three amigos" is notation-centric; Platinum-led effort is process rich; Fusion also vies.
Netscape Communications Corp.'s Srivats Sampath