SOAs may spawn 'Business Process Experts'
The emergence of services-oriented architecture (SOA) from traditional object-oriented programming means that system design now requires a different approach, and therefore a new combination of skills.
Stories by Kathleen Lau
EMC unveils discovery tool for virtual data centers
EMC has unveiled the latest version of its application discovery and dependency mapping tool in an effort to give customers better visibility into their virtualized and physical data centers.
EMC forges ahead with data de-duplication
EMC has announced storage products that executives said respond to the top-most areas of concern for enterprise customers in the data center.
Sun touts 'industrial strength' developer platform
While Sun Microsystems wants to help Java developers better build applications that are intuitive and compelling for the user, those should also be qualities of the developer platform itself, the company's executive VP said yesterday.
Why Web design is an IT-marketing tug-of-war
The use of search engines as a tool to leverage businesses could certainly be higher, agreed the panelists at a discussion on the future of search engine marketing at the Massive Technology Show in Canada on Wednesday.
Maintenance made manageable: A guide to SLAs
Flynn Maloy is starting to spend a lot less time explaining to customers why system downtime is like an iceberg.
Webfuser dev tool aimed at non-programmers
The latest version of an Ottawa firm's hosted Web development platform lets non-developers build business applications in less time with what the company said would be minimal intervention from IT administrators.
BEA takes an SOA approach to e-commerce
BEA Systems' latest version of its e-commerce tool takes a services-oriented architecture (SOA) approach to tackle challenges brought on by current e-commerce trends, said a company executive.
Adobe releases runtime code to Linux developers
Adobe Systems announcement that it has made available the pre-release alpha version of its Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) to the Linux community will be "a huge benefit" to application developers, said one Canadian developer.
P2P plug-in could detect net neutrality violations
In an effort to regulate network management practices, a peer-to-peer platform provider has released a tool to help users track possible traffic manipulation by Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
Open Text addresses Unix bandwidth challenges
A new release by Open Text should help alleviate the network and bandwidth challenges often faced by employees whose jobs rely on remotely accessing Unix applications, a company executive said.
Software designed to prevent identity theft
Using peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing applications on the job raises the risk that confidential data residing on a user's PC might be inadvertently exposed to a cybercriminal, says the head of a security vendor.
Why Microsoft became attracted to Danger
Microsoft's plan to acquire mobile technology developer Danger will grant the software mogul the brand recognition it seeks in the youth market, analysts said.
Why Wi-Fi may be a possible substitute for RFID
Given that many companies already have Wi-Fi networks, Wi-Fi Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) may be a cheaper alternative to some more expensive radio frequency identification (RFID) technology applications, according to one analyst.
Analyst: Cognos BI package more user-friendly
Cognos' release on Tuesday of Version 3 of its Cognos 8 BI suite includes functionality geared towards easing deployment and management of business intelligence (BI) for the IT department, said one analyst.