Business process automation made easy with Java, Part 1
Implement business rule engines in a J2EE enterprise These days, severe market demands drive enterprises to reduce costs and increase shareholder value. In such an environment, businesses can realize significant cost reductions and efficiencies by automating business process flows, eliminating…
Cape Clear offers free WSDL editor
CAPE CLEAR SOFTWARE this week released a free graphical WSDL Editor for programmers to utilize Web services. The tool provides an environment for WSDL development. Included are wizards to eliminate the complexity of WSDL, along with WSDL validation to simplify…
MySQL database gains .Net integration
MYSQL AB, A Swedish developer of the MySQL open-source database, on Thursday added support for multiple interfaces from Microsoft’s .Net development environment. According to the company, integration with .Net reduces the development time and costs typically associated with client/server applications.…
NetManage adds Java to integration package
HOST-TO-WEB VENDOR NETMANAGE on Tuesday added Java support to its OnWeb integration solutions. Java-based functionality is currently available in OnWeb Host Publishing for Linux; the next product to include Java support will be OnWeb Host Publishing for Solaris, which will…
Five tales of ethics and death
Many tragedies call for justice All through the fall, winter, and spring, the house next door to mine stood vacant, a mute testimonial to the wonderful woman who lived there, who died Sept. 11, when the plane she was on…
Data Junction, Metis team on integration
DATA JUNCTION AND Metis Technologies teamed up Tuesday to add data integration functionality to Metis’ peer-to-peer development platform. The partnership will see Data Junction’s integration technology bundled with Metis MCP 5 to enable developers working in a peer-to-peer environment to…
FUND-RAISING SITE DESCRIBES MONEYMAKING TRICKS
Small sales make big difference for nonprofits With all the woes of e-commerce sites that aren’t making it, it’s nice to find one that has put things together and doesn’t mind sharing its secrets with others. Suzanne Wouk, the Webmaster…
W3C issues XML digital signature proposal
THE XML SIGNATURE Working Group of the W3C has released a recommendation of a standard means of digitally signing portions of XML documents. The proposed recommendation, which must be approved by the W3C director, enables signing of a specific object…
Net Physics tells all
Network Physics NP-1000 monitors Internet traffic from server to end user ONE OF THE GREAT challenges of running a Web site has been to learn enough about your Internet traffic to provide visitors to your site with the level of…
Evolutionary IT
Don’t get tricked into thinking that natural selection has put you right at the top of the corporate heap “THE FIRST CUP of coffee in the morning recapitulates phylogeny.” — Dr. Jerry Pournelle USUALLY, I get the joke. I don’t…
