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Open standards for lower costs
This author believes Linux and open standards really matter and explains why the development community shouldn't sit back and get caught up in the proprietary wave.
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Oracle and the grid
Once upon a time distributed application and databases were all the rage and Oracle was in the forefront.
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XForms and useful implementations
Summary of what you can do with XForms.
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Novell's Web services strategy, part 2
So can Novell succeed with Web services? In this column, we'll take a look at the company's long-range strategy and what analysts say about whether the company can make it.
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Code reuse with SOA
This commentary by Jason Bloomberg of ZapThink examines the three problems inherent to writing reusable code. Service-oriented architecture may present a solution.
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Try XML security hardware
What it does, where to get it.
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The IM frontier poses concerns
The advent of the Instant Messaging (IM) is the latest issue that causes some very real concerns that require multiple solutions -- and an understanding of employee attitudes.
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A single set of Web services standards
Peter Abrahams comments on the multitude of standards and how the market should consolidate.
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Novell's Web services strategy
We look at Novell's Web services product line, and how the company got where it is today with regard to Web services.
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Whatever happened to XML schemas?
Why are people not talking about XML schemas as much anymore? Is it because schemas are no longer important, or is it simply that we've moved on to more complex issues now?
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Microsoft and Web services
Web services are a way for Microsoft to leverage the existing base of J2EE without having to do anything to support Java explicitly.
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Effective XML Markup Presentation
New tool for highlighting markup.
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Building software fuels biz growth
Far from declining in importance, technology matters more than ever.
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Ubiquitous XML: It's not obvious
Impact of XML on the data center.
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The data center of tomorrow
In my last column, we covered IBM's vision of the future of the data center. In this column, we take a look at the other Web services computing behemoth and IBM's main rival — Sun.
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Web services for small businesses
hat do Web services and SOAs offer the small or medium-sized company that has, until now, simplified its IT universe by standardizing on a single platform or environment?
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Securing Web services
Learn how application firewalls help secure Web services.
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The data center of tomorrow
Where do Web services fit into the data center of tomorrow? Will they be at the core of things, or relegated to the sidelines?
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Want Windows results? Try Bindows
Description of a useful XML tool.
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What is the shape of a SOA?
When it comes to illustrating a service-oriented architecture (SOA), most marketectures fall short.
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Creating a meaningful SOA ALM process
To create a meaningful SOA ALM process, architects have to remember modern apps are increasingly using components.
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RESTful SOA: Why and when to build REST/SOA hybrids
The debate between SOA and RESTful interfaces has raged for a while, but many application architects say they are confused as to which one is better.
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How to build the server side of mobility applications
Building desktop versus building mobile applications: More than the device is different.
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Developing SOA apps for virtual, cloud Infrastructures
In many cases, changes to optimize SOA applications for virtual and cloud resources are limited to the publication and orchestration processes.