In-Depth Features


UML and IIOP

While the OMG proceeds with its plans for UML 2.0, some observers say it is a waste of time. They contend that UML is merely a rehash of IIOP, the Internet Inter-ORB Protocol of the OMG's Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).

UML overhaul winding up

OMG extends standard beyond notation to construction; new version 2.0 adds standards support, eliminates "unnecessary" features and simplifies others.

Analyzing data in real time

Analytic systems are getting faster and many customers are demanding more current data. More and more IT managers are facing the expensive question of whether to take analytic systems real time.

Analyzing data in real time

Analytic systems are getting faster and many customers are demanding more current data. More and more IT managers are facing the expensive question of whether to take analytic systems real time.

In search of the seamless portal

IT faces many options in a quest to provide users with a single point of Internet entry to key applications. As the hype fades, real solutions are emerging.

2002 Innovator Awards Home Page

ADT saw no letup in the number of innovative development projects submitted for our eighth annual Innovator Awards competition. We found companies willing to take risks during difficult times to undertake projects utilizing new development processes and/or technologies to get a competitive edge.

AM principles

The core principles of agile modeling (AM).

Special Report: Meta happens!

Mostly it is a sleepy backwater, but meta matters! Meta data happens when you least expect it, and we are there to cover it.

E-Business Brief: Ascential buys Vality

Deal pegged at $92 million - Mar. 13, 2002

BEA rolls out RAD tool at eWorld

BEA head Alfred Chuang launched his company's seventh annual developer conference, eWorld, last week with the unveiling of a Java RAD tool for Web services. -Mar. 4, 2002

Re-energizing COBOL with Java

IT units have a slew of options for Java-enabling legacy COBOL applications; the choice is a difficult one, but the result can dramatically improve ease of use.