The Information Paradox One of the most
interesting paradoxes of
the information age is
the challenge of
obtaining critical mass
for a technology - the
classic chicken-and-egg
problem. Remember when
you could buy your
software on floppy
disks becau... Nov. 29, 2001 Reads: 11,640 |
Understanding UDDItModels
and Taxonomies The Universal
Description, Discovery,
and Integration (UDDI)
specifications provide a
standardized way for
businesses to discover
each other over the
Internet and find details
of services provided.
UDDI is a combination of
Whit... Nov. 30, 2001 Reads: 16,257 |
Atoms vs Bits and
theDigital Middle Mile I believe that Web
services may make the
long-standing battle of
open source software
(OSS) versus closed
source software (CSS)
almost irrelevant.
What!, you cry in
incredulity. He can't
mean that! How can he
discount the effor... Nov. 30, 2001 Reads: 14,329 |
The Real Niche forWeb
Services: Part 2 Last month, in Part 1 of
this article, I cautioned
about the potential
invasiveness of Web
services. It's a scary
thought that companies
could have that much
personal information
about their customers,
but I added then that
the... Nov. 30, 2001 Reads: 9,165 |
JAXM: Interoperable SOAP
Communications for the
Java Platform The Java API for XML
Messaging (JAXM) is a new
Java application
programming interface
(API) that provides a
standard way for Java
applications to send and
receive Simple Object
Access Protocol (SOAP)
messages. The basic idea
is... Nov. 30, 2001 Reads: 12,323 |
Web Services Edge 2001 -
The Show Goes On The software industry
returned to New York City
with the International
Java & Web Services
Conference and Expo at
the Hilton New York. In
spite of what many
thought might prove
insurmountable obstacles,
the international
softwa... Nov. 30, 2001 Reads: 11,906 Replies: 1 |
A Web Services Container The Web services paradigm
promises enterprises a
flexible and robust
infrastructure for
assembling loosely
coupled systems.
Organizations can expose
existing functionality to
trading partners inside
the company, within a
consor... Nov. 30, 2001 Reads: 9,794 |
Information Syndication
Using Web Services Current trends in IT and
business computing
indicate an evolution
toward the dynamic
exchange of business
information, market
intelligence, and
commercial transactions.
Technology standards such
as XML have provided the
common ... Nov. 30, 2001 Reads: 11,322 |
CapeConnect Two for
J2EEby Cape Clear Two distinct initiatives
have come to the
forefront as means by
which applications can
be presented as Web-based
services: Microsoft's
.NET and the J2EE
platform. Application
servers and toolsets are
beginning to tailor
themsel... Nov. 30, 2001 Reads: 14,457 |
Mission Critical Web
Services Web services are a great
vision to talk about. as
evidenced by the
increasing number of
companies declaring
themselves the leader in
the Web services market.
Hype aside, just as with
XML, sooner or later
we'll all realize there's... Nov. 30, 2001 Reads: 7,680 |
Understanding the Depth
and Breadth of the
Business Opportunity A quick dip into your
favorite English
dictionary will tell you
that the word
collaborate derives from
the Latin cum laborare,
which simply translates
to 'labor together.'
While this is a fine
sentiment, in a business
context o... Nov. 30, 2001 Reads: 9,456 |
Web Services: Enabling
Technology or New
Programming Paradigm Starting with a brief
look at how developers
build systems in J2EE
and CORBA, I'll compare
these two well-understood
approaches to Web
Services. Then I'll give
a real-world example of
Web services. By
fleshing out this
example,... Nov. 30, 2001 Reads: 8,979 Replies: 1 |
Web Services
Fundamentals: From Whence
It Came As the trend towards Web
services moves forward,
it becomes more
important that we
understand its roots and
origination. Subjects
such as Web services,
which have a tendency to
be technologically
discussed, should be
viewed fro... Nov. 30, 2001 Reads: 8,126 Replies: 2 |
Connecting to Customers
with Web Portals Most companies find it
easy to recognize the
need to move their
business online.
Customers call for more
timely information and
easier access to online
ordering as well as
training and
documentation. Internal
operations and sal... Nov. 30, 2001 Reads: 8,558 Replies: 1 |
Content Management & Web
Services Over the course of the
last year, we've all read
many articles on Web
services and the various
standards forming to
address the different
levels of the Web
services stack (SOAP,
UDDI, WSDL, ebXML). The
stock quote example is
... Nov. 29, 2001 Reads: 11,163 Replies: 2 |
What's Happening in Web
Services? So, what is going on in
the world of Web
services? I'm looking at
a ton of analyst reports
saying Web services won't
be mainstream for
another two or three
years. One firm says that
only 16% of companies
will use Web services
t... Nov. 29, 2001 Reads: 10,160 Replies: 1 |
About Newsfeeds / Video Feeds
I took the advice of a
friend of mine and
steered clear of the
'normal' movie theaters
and went a little out of
the way to go to a DLP
movie theater. The
experience 
There are 8,909 books
listed on Amazon.com with
the word 'Investing' in
the title; there are(!)
27,146 books with the
word investment in the
title. Without having lo
This book is an update of
an earlier version that
was written for SQL
Server 2000. It employs
the Murach approach of
dual pages that repeat
and enhance the concepts 
Reviewers overuse the
phrase 'required
reading,' but no other
description fits the new
book 'Ajax Security'
(2007, Addison Wesley,
470p). This exhaustive
tome from B
In my many years of
programming, almost 20
years now, I have used
countless integrated
development environments
(IDEs). I have used
everything from a simple
text edi