Create a shared database to provide interoperability between .NET and J2EE platforms, then extend it with a notification level between platforms.
Paymentech is ADT's Innovator Awards Honorable Mention in the Application Management and Deployment category.
ABNA Ltd. is ADT's Innovator Awards winner in the Middleware and Application Integration category.
Editor-in-Chief Mike Bucken recently spoke with Mike Gilpin, VP and research director at Forrester Research Inc., about the state of development tools. This Q&A is part of our ongoing coverage on the State of Tools. For more, please go to http://www.adtmag.com/webextra.asp.
XO Communications is ADT's Innovator Awards winner in the Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence category.
Depending on the nature and scope of the roject, it is a good bet to start with existing tools, see what XML features they have and go from there.
FleetBoston is ADT's Innovator Awards Honorable Mention in the Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence category.
Application Development Trends awards Innovator Awards to IT development organizations undertaking risky projects utilizing innovative technologies and/or processes aimed at solving a pressing business problem.
Pervasive Software focuses on bringing a broader but still interrelated product set under one roof.
Simon Yates, senior analyst at Forrester Research, summarizes some of the features of Longhorn.
Managers are gaining an edge in the effort to implement development processes. Can SCM cut development costs?
The Extensible Application Mark-up Language (XAML) is a scripting language based on XML that allows Longhorn developers to build and manage UI apps.
Editor-in-Chief Mike Bucken recently visited Chris Stone, Novell’s vice chairman, office of the CEO, in his Waltham, Mass., digs. Stone, has been charged with driving Novell forward, with Linux as its main weapon
Microsoft's next-generation OS may be two or three years off, but details are already leaking out to development managers. Can Longhorn head off a desktop Linux?
Increasingly, the barriers between development and data are blurring, and the designer often acts as the focal point of communication between the two camps. Useful tools are only part of the equation when pursuing success.
Despite confusion about its definition, BPM is a vital piece in the effort to optimize the execution of business strategy.
Companies start looking for more from data warehouses; more timely data seen as improving operational decisions.
Quotes from industry luminaries
Middleware expert Anne Thomas Manes has graced these pages before, most recently with an excerpt from her book “Web Services: A Manager’s Guide” [ADT, August 2003]. We caught up with her just before she held a webinar on the dynamic state of Web services platforms.
For 30-plus years developers have had a love-hate relationship with tools. Our experts offer their views on the state of development tools today and into the future.