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Cloud offers SOA apps a 'venue to stretch their legs'

Here we go againJoe, Joe, Joe, Really, passing along bad SOA propaganda after all this time? :-) SOA [u]IS NOT[/u] an application architecture. For those that still don't get it like Mr. Hall, SOA [u]IS NOT[/u] an application architecture. This has been a Public Service...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA, Joe, application architecture

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Study: Only one out of five SOA efforts bearing fruit

Study: Only one out of five SOA efforts bearing fruitSO at AA level is still SOAI fully appreciate Burton Group's view that SO is best applied to business/enterprise architecture. That's where the biggest payoff is ostensibly to be found."The service is only built for one application and it's never going...

Tags: application architecture, Burton Group, emperor, mentality, silo, SOA, SOA Efforts, Web service

Discussion threads 2008-07-09

Application Architecture Essentials, Part 7: Application Architecture Security - Use Strategic Thinking to Ensure Your Organization's Security

To survive at the architecture level, the IT specialists who flourish are those who think in terms of strategy, systems, policy, and procedures. Move beyond programming, and learn new ways to approach security from a higher, application architecture level. Stay ahead of security breaches and help ensure the enterprise is...

Tags: Strategic Thinking, Application Architecture, Security

White papers 2007-06-12

Application Architecture Essentials, Part 4: Create a Flexible Environment to Support Growth

Many elements - modeling, requirements, design, process, performance, and others - go into the creation of a robust application architecture that can withstand the test of time. One aspect of application architecture, however, is sometimes overlooked because it's not a quantifiable piece of the overall process: growth. This paper explains...

Tags: Environment, Application Architecture, Research & Development, Productivity, Performance Management, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2007-04-10

Application Architecture Essentials, Part 2: Getting Started With Design Patterns

Identifying, applying, and documenting patterns are ubiquitous activities for application architects. Patterns cover many complex areas, from large-scale structure of the application architecture to specific design problem solutions. To be successful in the design, one must be aware of and be able to apply existing patterns. In this paper, one...

Tags: Design Pattern, Pattern, Application Architecture, Research & Development, Business Operations

White papers 2007-03-06

Additional Resources

RWmultitool 2 2.0.3 (Mac)

Software architecture based on CoreImageTechnology. Intuitive and simple interface Vertical form factor to adapt to small size monitors and logically grouped functions. Compatible with most RapidWeaver themes RWmultitool will display a list of all images included in a theme and let you choose one for editing. No...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Image, RWmultitool 2 2.0.3

Software downloads 2009-11-27

RWmultitool 2 Lite 2.0.3 (Mac)

Rwmultitool2 LITE is an abridged version of Rwmultitool2 Full version.Universal Application, based on Mac OSX CoreImage Software architecture based on CoreImageTechnology. Compatible with most RapidWeaver themes RWmultitool will display a list of all images included in a theme and let you choose one for editing. No other software required....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Image, Rwmultitool2 LITE, Backups

Software downloads 2009-11-27

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

(NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog.  Let's see how that...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-23

Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download

Microsoft still firmly planted in the LAST century.NTLinux Kernel speaks?Hmmm, I'd fear for the future of Linux if this is what comes out of it. You'd think the "many eyes" would have caught such silly logic in the kernel years ago...and looking ready to dominate this oneas well.Google is...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, public beta, Microsoft SharePoint, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Office suites, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

DbSchema 5.3 build 1390 (Windows)

DbSchema is a complete solution for databases. Our target is to bring both database schema and data in a single unified workflow. This provides an efficient and productive environment to work in, with improved awareness of application schema architecture and easy access to application data. Support for offline work and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Database Schema, DBschema, DbSchema 5.3, Productivity, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Virtual Serial Port Control 3.0.3 (Windows)

If there is a task to provide interaction between communications application and your own program, there is no common solution to accomplish it. It is considered that communications applications are intended to work only with hardware serial devices connected to physical serial ports. Virtual Serial Port Activex is an ActiveX...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Serial Port, FabulaTech, Communications Application

Software downloads 2009-11-13

Microsoft whittles away at Oslo; now plans to fold it into SQL Server

Let's wait for PDC09 firstOk, it's a fact that the Oslo umbrella has little left of the glory it once had. On the other hand, the original plan would never have yielded a stable, full-featured product or a set of products in v1. If the new direction results in shipping...

Tags: Databases, Enterprise software, Servers, OK IT, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, server

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda

Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-05

InstallAce 1.0 (Windows)

How does it help me? IT Operations! Single click build distribution on any server and ability to install complex applications without learning the internal architecture & complicated configuration requirements. Product Owner! Improve RIO, minimize deployment issues, enhance security model and improving release process. See InstallAce Advantage for details Application Developer!...

Tags: DigiAce Enterprises Solutions, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Management, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-30

Apple releases iTunes 9.0.2, kills Palm Pre sync ... again

Round up the executive and throw them in jailApple's behavior is simply unacceptable.Palm... Shakes HeadNote to Palm: Make a Front end that uses the iTunes DB or quit trying to keep hacking. It is REALLY stupid. A) You will never keep ahead of this.B) Even if you keep fixing it,...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Palm Inc., Apple iTunes, Palm Pre

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

The Creative Business Analyst Part 3 - Making Better Decisions

This final paper of the series it looks at decision making techniques - how to select the best idea from the many come up with - and how to justify recommendation to client, manager and peers. Unfortunately the word solution means different things to different people - to a designer...

Tags: Business Analyst, IRM Training, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management

White papers 2009-10-27

What Windows7 could mean for Linux

Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...

Tags: SOAP, Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsofts, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-24

SIMCommander AntiVirus Analyzer 3.1.4 (Windows)

SIMCommander K-SOC Analyzer uses a new approach to analyze virus information from different point products and expands the existing AntiVirus visibility in a dashboard. The K-SOC Analyzer dashboard is a high-level snapshot of your AntiVirus activity that can quickly and easily visualize the AntiVirus status of your network relative to...

Tags: Antivirus, Virus Infection, Microsoft Windows, Virus, SIMCommander, SIMCommander K-SOC Analyzer, K-SOC Analyzer, K-SOC Analyzer Dashboard, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2009-10-23

Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears

another nail in M$ coffinThe upcomming failure of windoze 7 and M$ going under will not leave the users exposed.Linux is here to save the day!Wrong Answerhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/windows-7-breaks-amazon-uk-pre-order-volume-record-ousts-harry/DesperationGuess it shows how desperate Vista users are to get onto Win7Windows 7 a failure?Didn't it already surpass Linux's market share? BEFORE it's GA?Failure...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SuSE, Linux, Fedora Project, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Demand this from software vendors

I was getting a briefing last week from a software executive. We got to a point in the conversation where the discussion was focusing on existing products. I moved the conversation to a different space, though. If you're getting a pitch from a vendor, you should move the conversation, too!...

Tags: Software, Vendor, Customer, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Sales, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-20