Enterprise Development News & Articles


ZapThink: Enterprises warm up to Java-based Web apps

Rich Internet apps should see a wealth of new takers, according to a study. And Java technologies are helping shape the trend that has developers dabbling with RIA to maximize the performance of Web-based apps.

Podcast: Best Practices for Personal-Use Storage Policies

Setting a storage usage policy can be tricky

Companies Stingy About IT Spending, Gartner Reports

If there’s an economic recovery afoot, IT budgets haven’t benefited

Case Study: Software Lifecycle Management Tools Get a Handle on Change

Rapid growth pushes software firm to a more mature development process

The Mainframe Capacity Conundrum Revisited

zLinux or Big Iron J2EE workloads perform better and are cheaper than their RISC- or Intel-based alternatives

CA Teaches Old Databases New Tricks

How many new tricks can you teach an old pre-relational database? Plenty, especially if customers are still actively banking on it.

SOA solution offers free management options

A slew of new SOA management functions are available through a new version of CentraSite, including a plug-in that lets developers ease into integration within Eclipse-based dev environments.

Security 101 for Web 2.0

Experts have long said that AJAX, used to increase and speed site interactivity, could also be used to amplify attacks against outward facing Web apps—particularly against providers of Software-as-a-Service.

Software-as-a-Service fosters collaboration

Analysts and industry pundits are paying new attention to the premise of on-demand applications. According to a new paper from consulting and research firm Saugatauk Technology, Software-as-a-Service is at a fundamental “tipping point.”

Aberdeen research points to SOA's suite spot

A 2006 report from Boston-based market researcher Aberdeen Group shows 90 percent of survey respondents say their companies are adopting service-oriented architectures.

EII: XIP grows with data governance capabilities

A popular enterprise information integration (EII) platform has grown. And the latest version provides developers with the might to manage data integration deployments across large enterprises.

Distributed Computing, Specialty Engines Bring Companies Back to the Mainframe

The cost of distributed complexity—which is also measured in air conditioned BTUs and kilowatts per hour—is about to get even more expensive

Case Study: Software-as-a-Service Quickly Enables File and Application Sharing

On-demand application suite offers big benefits for a small company

IBM intros quick-start content integration tools

Entry-level, lower-cost versions of IBM’s enterprise search and content integration software are now available to help customers make valuable information more accessible throughout the enterprise.

Plugging-in to IBM’s revamped IM client

IBM’s Lotus Software division has dusted off its enterprise instant messaging client and re-architected it using the Eclipse open-source platform.

Mainframe data integration made easy with SOA

Developers met with the challenge of integrating mainframe data with Web-based apps are finding solutions through SOA. Learn how one benefits company used the process to expand services to nearly 40 million customers.

Oh, SOLA mio

Using Web services is one way to solve legacy integration issues—and save money.

Reducing complexity in the enterprise data center

With the increasingly common use of distributed software components in service-oriented architectures (SOA), it has become essential that the underlying hardware for such applications have a high degree of redundancy.

Maximize the Value of Your EA Program

Facilitate coordinated change throughout your organization by establishing a comprehensive enterprise architecture (EA) program.

Are You Ready for Enterprise Architecture?

Before you realize the benefits of EA, you must communicate its value to the business so that it''s implemented properly.