.Net? No thanks (Third in a four-part series)
Third in a four-part series on CTOs view on Microsoft’s .Net strategy Security issues continue to dog .Net’s rise within the CTO community as many IT executives pursue alternative approaches. Source: www.infoworld.com
Behind the markets
Reuters’ CTO leads innovative technology development and strategic partnerships MENTION REUTERS and most people think of news. Few will immediately think financial services and even fewer will think innovative labs or complex Beta projects. “Ninety-three percent of our revenue comes…
Windows and HIPAA
Does Microsoft’s new ‘we will update you’ license comply with U.S. law on health-care privacy? I REPORTED that Windows’ newest patches — Service Pack 1 for Windows XP and SP3 for Windows 2000 — contain new license language that gives…
A new breed of smart desktop
When programmers learn to wrap SOAP envelopes around legacy protocols and build new software using a services-oriented architecture, new challenges arise. How do they deliver these services and empower people to use them effectively? The browser makes a poor digital…
Web services step into the enterprise
Infoworld readers and analysts weigh in on Web services implementation EIGHT MONTHS AGO, InfoWorld Media Group launched its first Next-Generation Web Services conference in San Francisco. This capped months of Web services coverage by both our Test Center analysts and…
Microsoft taps enterprise apps
General Manager Charles Fitzgerald talks about a ‘centrifugal’ apps model and the company’s upcoming CRM play AS GENERAL MANAGER of Microsoft’s .Net Strategy Group, Charles Fitzgerald has a front seat perspective on how the company’s tools, server, and client initiatives…
Java Product News (updated September 13, 2002)
Teamstudio for Java audits Java apps; JProfiler points out performance bottlenecks; Coldbeans adds more tags to library; and more Teamstudio for Java audits Java apps September 13 — Teamstudio has introduced an audit tool for testing, debugging, and documenting Java…
BEA releases ‘world’s fastest’ JVM
JRockit 7.0 optimized for Intel architecture September 9, 2002 — BEA Systems has released JRockit 7.0 for Intel hardware, which one company official termed the “world’s fastest” JVM. Version 7.0 focuses on manageability, performance, and support for Intel’s 32- and…
A look at the Composite design pattern
Treat primitive and composite objects the same way The other day I was listening to National Public Radio’s Car Talk, a popular weekly broadcast during which callers ask questions about their vehicles. Before every program break, the show’s hosts ask…
Product Snapshot: DT/Studio
Embarcadero enhances ETL tool with real-time capabilities September 13, 2002 — Earlier this year, Embarcadero Technologies entered the ETL (extraction, transformation, and loading) tools market with its launch of DT The developer of such cross-platform database tools as DBArtisan (for…
