Check the fine print
Language contained in Microsoft’s Product Use Rights document raises concerns about security issues and privacy BILL GATES SAYS security is Microsoft’s top priority, but just whose security does he have in mind? Consider some of Microsoft’s recent boilerplate legalese —…
Games people play
Does bringing game shows to your cell phone make wireless carriers savvy or just plain desperate? See correction below IF SCOFFING AT someone else’s pedestrian taste makes you feel better, then read this column. I myself am trying mightily to…
Virtual virtuosity
Advances in Unix-and Intel-based server virtualization take aim at the overblown costs of server hardware MAINFRAME AND high-end Unix server administrators have long relied on the ability to logically partition systems in order to distribute application workloads and make efficient…
Changing the rules
Blaze Advisor 4.0 and other rules engines give business users a direct hand in rules management DEFINING, IMPLEMENTING, AND maintaining business rules in the enterprise typically is left up to developers and database administrators, who include such rules in software…
Managing on the edge of change
CTOs are leading IT at a critical time as Web technologies reach a new level of maturity CTOS TEND TO personify the best — and sometimes the worst — attributes of people who choose to make their living building and…
Java Tip 123: Dial into the wireless world
Execute a simple phone book application with WML and JSP We have all heard the phrase killer wireless application. Unfortunately, those killer apps are more complicated than they look. Competing standards, myriad devices, and different browsers create a difficult development…
Exceptions: Don’t get thrown for a loss
Catch the differences between checked and runtime exceptions February 8, 2002 Q: Please explain the difference between checked exceptions and runtime exceptions? When would I throw them, and when would I catch them? A: Java provides two main exception types:…
XML documents on the run, Part 1
SAX speeds through XML documents with parse-event streams One of the oldest approaches to processing XML documents in Java also proves one of the fastest: parse-event streams. That approach became standardized in Java with the SAX (Simple API for XML)…
Cash in on components with WebGain Application Composer 2.0
Application Composer 2.0 allows developers to rapidly construct applications and Web services Web services may represent enterprise computing’s future, but nothing is new when it comes to developing those applications: Success or failure still hinges on having the right tools.…
Use Web services to integrate Web applications with EISs
Web services: A team player in the enterprise-information-system integration game Enterprise application integration; enterprise systems integration; legacy data access: thoughts that make most of us cringe. Until now, these terms have meant long hours of frustration, sleepless nights, and hair…
