<<Too often, though, it seems as if application developers—or perhaps, in most cases, their clients—are valuing images over other forms of data by that...
<<Take a look at Google Suggest. Watch the way the suggested terms update as you type, almost instantly. Now look at Google Maps. Zoom in. Use your cursor to...
Will we ever have tools which obviate the need for programming skills? <<As evidenced by their never ending pursuit of mortals who'd much sooner slit their...
<<Is the "Semantic Web" the new Internet, or a complex technology in search of a problem to solve? That's a question that advocates attending the Semantic...
<<The computers that brought Gollum, the Balrog and Middle Earth to life are now available to work for hire. The computers used to create special effects for...
<<New customer demands, cost pressures, and compliance mandates require a new look at the full payment value chain from customer touch point through full...
The last posting on this thread about AOP is over a year old. Here is an extract from a tutorial on the subject: << In this first half of a two-part...
When I joined Novell in 1987 it was a fast-growing and highly successful company. Why was this? There is no doubt that Ray Noorda and his cohorts had great...
HP's Tycoon project offers an innovative bidding and pricing model for IT resources. It has recently seeped through to the consciousness of that august news...
<<The entire realm of open-source software could get a performance boost if all goes well with a plan to overhaul a crucial programming tool called GCC. Almost...
Here is a simple introduction sent to me by e-mail: ====================================================================== Computing when you need it [by David...
Others seem to be looking to follow the salesforce.com platform model: << Today, NetSuite announced NetFlex, which includes features for customizing and...
<< Harald Welte said the companies have embedded Linux in their products but haven't released the underlying source code, as required by the General Public...
Google is coming up with some interesting, scalable architectural ideas that draw on past experience. And why not? Novel approaches are not always best....
<<Google has launched a new site intended to serve as a central resource for developers working on applications related to the popular search engine. The new...
<<Google has launched a new site intended to serve as a central resource for developers working on applications related to the popular search engine. The new...
There seems to be a growing tendency for major software (whether as packaged or ASP) vendors to offer themselves as development platforms for applications. It...
<<With business and technical audio, I find myself wishing I had these abilities all the time. An audio recording of a 30 minute presentation is not like a...
<<What is the approach to open source today? Olson: These days, it's a much more intelligent and reasoned response. I think the reason is that the market is...
Here is a follow up pointed out to us by Michael Olson: <<Microsoft began pushing the idea of "shared source" a few years ago as a way to talk about source...
Yet another article on the subject: <<Matusow is Microsoft's chief strategist on the open source front. Since the interview, which took place on March 14, I've...
<<The licensing and delivery of enterprise software products are making a fundamental shift from traditional up-front fees to incremental, per-transaction, and...
Morning from your neighbor across the pond Gervas! :-) I wanted to respond to the articles you sent out from Technology Evaluation.com, specifically "Trends in...
<<In the hot hosted-applications, on-demand, ASP, software-as-a-service CRM area, Siebel Systems has been a laggard. On multiple occasions, the prince of on...
<<There are two different ways to "store" XML documents in a database. The first is to map the document's schema to a database schema and transfer data...
Hi All, I need some information on EAI and SOA. Basically 1) What are the main differences between EAI and SOA [Because most people say that principles of EAI...
<<In just 18 months, Luxembourg-based Skype has signed up some 31 million registered users, promising free phone calls over a broadband connection between two...
Haven't XML databases mostly been and gone? It seemed like a brief object database revival with the object database vendors repositioned themselves as xml...
Great commentary on ease of use!! I think one of the biggest take aways from this article is how simplicity, simplicity and did I say simplicity are the keys...
... I have not worked with anything that persists XML documents "as is". However, the actual data model for XML, which is a "web" of data (mathematically a...
