Evant Solutions says XP's X/Unit and functional testing processes helped it develop and roll out a complex supply-chain system in six months.
Developers are finding new methods to replace unreliable screen scraping, costly combos of XML databases and coding. The emerging event model scheme and hierarchical views show promise at some IT sites.
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?
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.