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 There are only two certainties in life – death and taxes, said Benjamin Franklin. What the theorist and founding father clearly meant was: There are only three certainties in life – death and taxes and information security changeability.
In the constantly changing dynamic world of ma...Jun. 19, 2013 08:30 AM EDT Reads: 553 |
 Both Paramount and Universal celebrated their 100th anniversary last year, which is a long time to be in the movie business. Arguably, both have made some good, some great, and some bad movies. But, during this year’s Super Bowl, Paramount showed Universal how to design a ‘fast and fur...Mar. 24, 2013 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,705 |
 One of the truisms in information technology is that everything old is new again – well, except maybe for punched cards. We went from big corporate data centers to regional/division corporate data centers back to big corporate data centers and now to even bigger cloud data centers. We ...Dec. 10, 2012 06:00 AM EST Reads: 2,642 |
 Many firms still dismiss the importance of social networking and some of them even ban employees from using these services while in the workplace. They think that “social” starts and ends with Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and other networks that might be best described as informal, consu...Oct. 1, 2012 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,205 |
 Exploring the uncharted territory of user behavior data in web "walled-gardens."
The uncharted territory of user behavior data based on what users do in such web walled gardens as Facebook was the focus of a "tweet jam" last week organized by The Open Group.
Some of the many notable ...Jul. 20, 2012 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,103 |
 Cox Enterprises, through the Ariba Network, manages multiple ERP systems for an improved eProcurement strategy.
We'll learn how Cox, through the Ariba Network, manages multiple ERP systems for an improved eProcurement strategy, and has moved toward more efficient indirect spend effort...May. 7, 2012 10:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,851 |
 Elemental Design Patterns are the underlying core concepts of programming and software design that have remained described.
This book is a book I wish I had 15 years ago to help me put the basics of programming into their proper context. Learning how to make use of patterns over the y...May. 7, 2012 05:15 AM EDT Reads: 3,941 |
 We are in a era where the consumer social networking in the form of face book and twitter are part of every one life. While there are several usages seen for the value proposition of these social networking tools in one’s personal life . However not much tools and t...Mar. 8, 2012 07:45 AM EST Reads: 3,703 |
 Transcript of a BriefingsDirect podcast on how businesses need to respond to a marketplace changed by social media mechanisms.Dec. 2, 2011 10:00 AM EST Reads: 4,110 |
 The purpose of this article is to tell you how to take a perfectly good (or even a great) product that you’ve potentially spent years and millions of dollars creating - and thoroughly and efficiently ruin it in the shortest amount of time possible.
“Why would I want to do that?”, you ...Nov. 16, 2011 10:00 AM EST Reads: 8,282 |
 Netflix's most recent antics infuriated some, amused others and bored most. But one thing about Netflix - Netflix never tried to potentially impact your social and economic life (and not tell you about it). That's not true with Klout.
Not familiar with Klout.com? Not all that many p...Oct. 28, 2011 09:03 AM EDT Reads: 8,014 |
 The last six months have been disastrous for Netflix and Netflix CEO Hastings. The latest surprise - spooking investors with projected losses into next year, and with results for the most recent quarter significantly lower than even bearish analyst expectations. Why are investors fleei...Oct. 26, 2011 11:45 AM EDT Reads: 7,206 |
 Be honest. What comes to mind when you picture a gamer? To speak on behalf of many of us, the typical stereotype is of a socially awkward man who never grew up that lives in his parents’ basement whose social interactions are primarily online with other gamers via his handsome avatar. ...Oct. 20, 2011 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,825 |
 With the proliferation of mobile devices being used in the workplace, and the concept of BYOD (Bring Your Own Devices [to work], “the Consumerization of IT” is not just buzz in the marketplace – it is a reality for many corporations, and soon to be mainstream. Needless to say corporate...Aug. 23, 2011 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,453 |
 IDC analysts predict that by 2020 there will be 15 quintillion files in existence. That kind of volume has brought us to a point where we are using a term like “exabyte” (and quintillion!) to describe how much data exists. How much of that data will your organization own and how will y...May. 4, 2011 08:15 AM EDT Reads: 5,475 |
 The best way to facilitate mobile enablement projects is with focused, goal oriented, up-front planning that doesn’t underestimate the complexity of the process, especially when dealing with traditional data integration techniques.
Mobile adoption rates are on the rise and if market r...Mar. 18, 2011 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 8,282 |
 To get through a long day at the office you grab a snack from the vending machine, which never seems to be out of your favorite item thanks to a network connection that sends inventory information and replenishment requests to the vending management company. After work, you call home a...Dec. 1, 2010 10:12 AM EST Reads: 4,717 |
 If you listen to Gartner then you will get confused. In 2009, Gartner in their Hype Cycle declared that Web 2.0 is the technology which will have transformational impact on enterprise. However, on 2010, Web 2.0 does not even find a place in the Hype Cycle. Since Gartner is sending conf...Aug. 26, 2010 11:18 AM EDT Reads: 5,613 |
 True business agility is not about doing more application updates faster. True business agility is about doing more application changes faster without sacrificing the application’s performance or service quality. The more experience one has in trying to manage the performance or servi...Jul. 14, 2010 12:42 PM EDT Reads: 5,444 |
 A year ago, most IT execs were looking into the "what" of Cloud Computing, as Cloud Expo speaker Dr. Hal Stern of Oracle noted. "But this year, people are here to talk about 'how.'" as he said during his session in New York. (Hal was so integral to Sun Microsystems for so long, it's od...Apr. 26, 2010 05:28 AM EDT Reads: 4,943 |
 It seems that I am not as flexible as I believed I could be on my thinking regarding SOA. I attempted to categorize various SOA engagements in my SYS-CON article entitled A Classification Scheme for Defining SOA, I believed that I could hide my dissatisfaction with the lack of clarit...Jun. 27, 2009 11:15 PM EDT Reads: 18,066 |
 The concept of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has been around for a long time, and some people believe it has not fulfilled its promise. To the contrary, SOA is well on its way to fulfilling its promise and the rise of cloud computing infrastructure is an important step in this p...Jun. 18, 2009 07:30 PM EDT Reads: 10,922 |
 Enterprise mashups, one of the hottest Web 2.0 technologies today, could impact your SOA in a very positive way. But are you ready for them? How does an SOA architect prepare for this dynamic technology? Do you know what a mashup is and what value it brings to an enterprise? Can you di...Jan. 11, 2009 05:15 PM EST Reads: 16,345 |
 It's important to remember that there is a huge resource being created on the Web these days in terms of both services and content. This includes access to SaaS applications (that are better than their enterprise-bound counterparts), service marketplaces, and even mash-able application...Jun. 27, 2008 02:45 PM EDT Reads: 8,839 |
 It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that mashups are moving from things that are conceptual and fun, to things that are productive and businesslike. The fact is, developers are leveraging mashups to solve all sorts of business problems these days, and the speed to producti...Jun. 10, 2008 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 8,184 |
IBM announced IBM Mashup Center will be hosted as a free trial on the Web with which non-technical business people can use to experiment and build customized mashups following the success of early corporate adopters Boeing Corporation and Carrefour Group. On schedule for mid-year deliv... Jun. 6, 2008 07:45 AM EDT Reads: 9,479 |
Layer 7 Technologies announced its go-to-market partnership with Steria Benelux. Steria will act as a channel partner for Layer 7's SOA gateway products in Belgium to offer leading SOA security, governance solutions and support to its current and prospective customers. May. 28, 2008 03:30 PM EDT Reads: 8,038 |
 Spending time with my parents over the holidays got me thinking about the differences between this generation and the previous one. My parents expect to spend a certain amount of time and effort managing certain aspects of their lives. For example, when they drive to an unfamiliar vaca...May. 22, 2008 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 9,153 |
 As I've been stating for the past five years: if you want to provide real value to your enterprise, SOA should extend out of the firewall and into the Internet. However, this was not universally accepted by the rank-and-file SOA guys. Generally speaking, most viewed SOA as something th...May. 6, 2008 02:15 PM EDT Reads: 13,004 |
 Enterprise mashups - the convergence of Web 2.0 mashups and service-oriented architecture (SOA) - can create a world of opportunities for enterprises to come up with internal and customer-facing self-service, composite and 'situational' applications. These applications can be created j...Feb. 24, 2008 11:00 AM EST Reads: 24,055 |
 I am always being told off by i-technologists for quoting Picasso as having said that computers are useless. But I still love his reasoning: 'Because they can only give you answers.' Picasso, like AJAXWorld Magazine, liked questions. So we thought we would share with you what some of t...Feb. 23, 2008 02:45 AM EST Reads: 147,665 Replies: 15 |
 A new breed of web manager is emerging to link content management more closely to website visitor satisfaction. The new web manager may operate under several professional guises: 'customer advocate,' 'information guru,' or 'metator,' to name just a few. They need to employ a very diffe...Oct. 7, 2007 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 22,325 |
 Can afford to take just one day off, get out of your cubicle and see what other people up to these days? Is J2EE still in favor? What's this ESB is about? Have you even heard of using Flex as a Web front end of your Java applications? Do not miss an event in NYC this Monday, that is cr...Jul. 8, 2007 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 45,279 Replies: 1 |
 We have a long way to go before the next generation of the Web truly arrives. Years and years. As commentator Shel Israel has said: 'Web 2.0 isn't dead. It's just barely being born.' In line with its commitment to keep developers, IT managers, and vendors alike ahead of the i-Technolog...Mar. 1, 2006 05:45 PM EST Reads: 45,698 Replies: 3 |
Last week, Microsoft marshaled its vast resources and influence to launch a full-blown think tank and incubator for the disruptive and increasingly pervasive technologies and products of the Web 2.0 age: it's called Live Labs. Dion Hinchcliffe was fortunate to be in invited attendance ... Jan. 30, 2006 12:15 PM EST Reads: 14,100 Replies: 1 |
Controlling anarchy on the writetable Web might be as simple asking that folks flash their Identity 2.0 credential right before they change something on the Internet. This ensures their personal identity is attached to the change. And creating a verifiable chain of evidence might be al... Jan. 23, 2006 08:45 AM EST Reads: 19,392 Replies: 1 |
Over the past few years Web services have grown from a conceptual draft based on the ideal of cross-platform programmatic interoperability to a formal specification and a vision of grand-scale distributed system architectures. Today we are putting that vision to work and designing syst... May. 26, 2005 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 12,407 |
Use of atomic transactions is a well-known technique for guaranteeing consistency in the presence of failures. The ACID properties of atomic transactions (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) ensure that even in complex business applications consistency of state is preserved. Oct. 21, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 19,299 |
Atomic transactions are a well-known technique for guaranteeing consistency in the presence of failures. The ACID properties of atomic transactions ensure that, even in complex business applications, consistency of state is preserved. Sep. 23, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 17,872 |
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