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The Third Order of Order
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Testing Velocity Part 2 - Why do we test?
A couple weeks ago, I began a series on keeping your test suite fast and effective. I now am going
Aptana Jaxer: ser ver-side Ajax
Aptana released Jaxer: the first ever Ajax server... you got that right, ser ver-side Ajax ... the co
App Engine and Java
The world is now split into Python pro grammers, making funny 'Goo' noises over App Engine, and every
GoogleAppE ngine -Not Delivering On the Promise So Far
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WS-FalseSecurity: Are you at risk?
In our previous post, we mentioned how the notion of standards in SOA can be just the opposite. This is largely because the standards are generally generated by whatever tool you are using to create services – it’s not something you construct by hand
Wring ROI out of your UDDI Registry/Repository by plugging in SOA Validation…
We’ve been talking about validating SOA Governance approaches for three years now, but surprisingly, we have found that very few enterprise IT shops of any serious scale are actually using them to their potential at this point. I had lunch yesterday
So you have a SOA Management dashboard. How do you drive it?
Lately we've done a lot of research and publishing on how Dev & QA teams can ensure better quality throughout the software development and release lifecycle. But what about the IT Operations guys?It seems we are encountering a disconnect betwe
The Continuous 'C'
Several weeks back I gave you a real life experience that typified why our test strategy we call the Three C’s has Complete as one of those C’s. This blog will give you a different real-life experience on why Continuous deserves “C” status.I was mee
Oracle buys BEA - Nice time to get a check-up
The biggest news in software may have already hit this year, but it's not like we didn't hear it coming for the past few months. Oracle finally makes good on its intent to buy BEA at $8.5B: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120048691486294361.htmlTo us
European SOA: Ahead of the Curve?
I'm in Germany right now, looking forward to a session at ZapThink's Practical SOA in Frankfurt event tomorrow. I'll be joining some peers from companies like T-Mobile, Swisscom, Novartis and SwissLife who are going to be sharing their own SOA succes
Feeling Crushed under the SOA Data requirement?
One of the most difficult obstacles to attaining enterprise-ready SOA is the sheer scale of the systems and data that need to be managed. To test the actual results of an SOA application, we need a very realistic set of data – both positive and ne
IT Predictions for 2008 -- Are Some Too Late?
Yes, there are many pundits proffering predictions on the coming year, but these are ours. In fielding these over lunch at iTKO, we couldn't help but notice a few of them would have been last year's predictions as well... but, even in IT, not all cha
Service-Oriented Virtualization: Encore Webinar Dec. 13
Yesterday's webinar with analyst Theresa Lanowitz and our own John Michelsen on "Service-Oriented Virtualization" was well attended - so much so in fact, that our little event room reached capacity!So we are going to do one more live webinar on this
Webinar on Service Oriented Virtualization
We have been doing so much with Virtualization in this blog that I have wondered if you guys are getting tired of it, yet almost every comment I get in person and most of the press requests are around the virtualization concepts for SOA.And you know
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Why is O'Reilly Condoning iPhone Hacking?
What? wrote: "The last time I was this excited about a new SDK was probably when .NET 2.0 came out" OK, that's the funniest thing I think I've ever read in one of these articles. I didn't realize how completely sarcastic it was, but then I imagined Lewis Black reading it out ...
The iPhone's Possibilities for Healthcare Are Endless
Brent Thompson wrote: Many developers are now working on software for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The intuitive interface, high resolution photos, high memory capacity, and ease of synchronization will breathe new life into the use of handheld computers in practice. I have been ...
Windows Mobile Discussion During iPhone Developer Summit
Adam Lein wrote: First of all, it sounds like you're talking about Windows Mobile Professional, not Standard. The Start menu is just like having a Home button that brings you to a list of applications. How do you expect to access other applications without an easily understan...
Sony Ericsson vs Apple: Can Xperia X1 Rival the iPhone?
Amanda wrote: MULTI-LINKS MOBILE STORE LIMITED ALL LISTED ITEMS ARE FOR SALES: Email: multi-links@hotmail.com NOKIA N96 for $370usd NOKIA N78 for $280usd SIDEKICK LX for $180usd T-MOBILE WING for $200usd Sony Ericsson G900 for $250usd Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 for $330usd 8GB Apple iPhone...
The iPhone is Now THE Platform for the Future of Mobile Computing
Don Babcock wrote: I will offer this addendum. Just this past Thursday I released my SECOND webapp (Allows for X10 home automation control using the iPhone - see http://www.ayefon.com for details) and submitted it to the Apple site. In ONE DAY they had reviewed it and posted it...
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AJAX World - Skyway Software Announces RIA Developer Contest
According to Sean Walsh, President and CEO of Skyway Software, 'Our Skyway Community is thriving and
3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo: Themes & Topics
From Application Virtualization to Xen, a round-up of the virtualization themes & topics being discu
P2P Explained: What Exactly is a Peer Network?
Peer networks are really just logical graphs of computers, or, in many cases, logical graphs of conn
Apple Buys PowerPC Chip House, Confusing Everybody
Apple has finally bought PA Semi, the fab-less low-power PowerPC start-up that supposedly swooned wh
Java Updater: Sun and Google Are as Bad as Apple
Apple's taken some heat lately for their decision to push Safari to anybody who runs their Apple Sof
Are Social Networks Just Another MMO Grind?
You remember back in the early days of video games when there wasn't enough capacity on the carts th
Is the Silverlight Adoption Rate Artificially Inflated?
Silverlight 2.0 is a freaking phenomenal RIA development environment and I would actually, at this p
Silverlight 2 - Adobe Flex Killer Is on Its Way!
Silverlight 2.0 kicks ass and I can't wait to start dropping more hardcore blog posts regarding it.
Engelbart's Usability Dilemma: Efficiency vs Ease-of-Use
The mouse was the original idea of Doug Engelbart who was the head of the Augmentation Research Cent
Adobe Reorgs: Mandels and Ramadan Gone, Lynch in Charge of the Whole Magilla
Told ya Adobe was gonna reorganize and put its mobile/devices operation in with its platform operati
Adobe Wants to Be on the iPhone and Will "Reorganize" Its Mobile and Device Business Unit
Rumor has it that in the next few weeks Adobe is going to 'reorganize' its Mobile and Device busines
New York Times and Burnout in the Blogosphere
The NY Times had a story yesterday, much-written-about in the blogosphere, that said that bloggers w
Steve Jobs Loses His Mind - Sues "The Big Apple"
Friday morning the local Fox television station in New York City broke the news - Apple was suing Ne
AJAXWorld and Bear Stearns
This was the first time I've included into the list of the RIA players a little known product called
Zimbra Expands Mobile E-mail to Java-Enabled Devices
Zimbra announced the availability of its ZimbraME (Java Mobile Edition) client and source code for b
Want to Learn How to Write iPhone Applications?
If you're like me, you've probably been spending every waking moment you have eating, living, and br
Web 2.0 Is Fundamentally About Empowering People
'Unlocking content to be remixed into new business value' is the driver of Web 2.0 in the enterprise
Google, Microsoft, Intel, HP, & Dell Seek FCC's Green Light for Wi-Fi 2.0
Outbid by Verizon Wireless in the great American airwaves auction last week, Google plunked a six-pa
iPhone is Paying off Big for Both Apple and AT&T
'The iPhone has shifted power in the US smartphone market away from carriers and mobile software com
Why Do 'Cool Kids' Choose Ruby or PHP to Build Websites Instead of Java?
Here is a question that I have been pondering on and off for quite a while: Why do 'cool kids' choos
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