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Performing Use-Case Realizations: The Case for High Cohesion and Low Coupling

In recent years, software engineering processes, in combination with object-oriented programming and improved development environments, have given software projects a greater level of control and therefore better probabilities for success. However, the processes are still not granular enough to enforce adherence to the principles of high cohesion and low coupling....

Tags: Software, Software Engineering, Object-oriented, Cohesion, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Tools & Techniques, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management

White papers 2007-06-15

Automating Continuous IT Compliance to Support the Regulatory Process

Regulatory compliance activities provide an ideal circumstance to advance the use of best practices throughout the organization. However, attaining compliance really is costly and error-prone until a compliance automation platform is used across your application infrastructure. Cohesion from Cendura automates the process of compliance, configuration management and...

Tags: Information Technology, Compliance, Cendura Corp., Cohesion, Regulatory Compliance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

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Biogerontechnology impact in 2025

In 'U.S. sees six disruptive technologies by 2025,' Computerworld reports that the National Intelligence Council NIC is preparing a report about disruptive technologies expected to have a major impact on the world. The NIC defines as disruptive 'a technology with the potential to cause a noticeable -- even if temporary...

Tags: U.S., Health Care, Technology, National Intelligence Council, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Robots, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-09-13

Humanitarian Collaboration

I was recently fascinated by presentations by Bob Iannucci (CTO, Nokia) and Ken Banks of kiwanja.net at the Supernova2008 conference in June around mobile technologies in the developing world. Ken Banks discussed how mobile minutes are a form of currency in Africa, showing...

Tags: mobile, health care, advertising & promotion, marketing, oliver marks

Blog posts 2008-08-10

HP's security management model brings comprehensive approach to corporate risk reduction

Read a full transcript. Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard. We live in an age where there is so much exposure to risk and information security pitfalls that when data gets out -- it gets out in a big way. Devastating security breaches are becoming routine in the media, and those...

Tags: Information Security, Hewlett-Packard Co., Security Management, Security, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-04-27

A successful Veterans Administration is dangerous

A successful Veterans Administration is dangerousAgreedIt has not always been so. In years past the VA did an outstanding job, and it remains a very cost-effective provider. The question is whether its recent mismanagement is fixable, or endemic to its nature.Do you know any Vets receivingmedical care? I help...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Veterans Administration, medical care

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

Is Java Windows for Unix?

Is Java Windows for Unix?Amen brother!Java completely violates the Coupling/Cohesion rule of software quality. A "module" in Java consists of 5/6+ files containing interfaces, beans, functions, etc. This makes for low cohesion (BAD!). All of these files also need to be connected to each other plus those "frameworks". This introduces...

Tags: Programming languages, window, Unix, Java, Ada

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

Solutions Delivery Focus Smoothes Planning, Strengthens Ties

Microsoft Information Technology Microsoft IT has a Human Resources Solutions Delivery HR SD group whose charter is to partner with the Microsoft HR business group; understand the key strategies, business processes, and systems that support the group's business drivers; help prioritize projects to make it easier for Microsoft IT to...

Tags: Human Resources, Microsoft Corp.

Case studies 2008-02-01

IBM cooks up internal virtual world for confidentiality, security

IBM cooks up internal virtual world for confidentiality, securityOr they buy Kaneva????IBM is playing the VR play as cool as cats. IMHO, they are going to come out shinning on this play.johnmwillis.comRE: IBM cooks up internal virtual world for confidentiality, securityI think you will find thats Michael Ackerbauer not...

Tags: His-Name, internal virtual world, virtual world, IBM Corp., confidentiality, security

Discussion threads 2007-12-18

Gartner: Web 2.0 'distracts' SOA work

There's been plenty of confusion out there over the real meaning of Web 2.0 and SOA, but Gartner has pinned them down to two levels of activity in the organization: Web 2.0 happens in the front office, and SOA happens in the back office. Are Web 2.0...

Tags: Web, Gartner Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web 2.0, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2007-10-26

CEOs are from Venus, CIOs from Mars and cliches reign

CEOs are from Venus, CIOs from Mars and cliches reignA common language is keyYou're right about the lack of effective communication Larry. We interviewed a number of senior business and IT people in the research for our book (see http://technologygarden.wordpress.com for more details) and the establishment of a common language...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, Venus

Discussion threads 2007-10-09

CA CMDB Gains Momentum

This paper addresses the advances CA has made with its CMDB offering through product features, integration with its broader IT management portfolio and its integration of the CA Cohesion product. It also provides insights from CA customers on the CA CMDB. It wraps up with EMA's perspective on CA's overall...

Tags: CMDB, Computer Associates International Inc.

White papers 2007-10-01

A (Linux) use for x86 virtualization?

A Linux use for x86 virtualization?VMware for Linuxis a pretty good product. I tried out Xen a few weeks back. You need to 1) install the Xen hypervisor (NOTE: you must have some pretty expensive processors to do both Windoze and Linux - Opteron) 2) Install the controller software on...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Intel x86, Linux, Xen, VMware Inc., virtualization, distro

Discussion threads 2007-09-26

Will Windows Home Server be Microsoft's next flop?

Will Windows Home Server be Microsoft's next flop?This will give Microsoft...a single point of entry into your whole personal IT infrastructure.It will make it much simpler for Microsoft and Big Brother to invade your privacy. Microsoft has been data mining for Big Brother for some time. It has...

Tags: Servers, Microsoft Windows, server, Home Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Home Server

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

The middle road between Service-Oriented Anarchy and Soviet-Oriented Architecture

I got some interesting feedback on my recent post on bottom-up (or should that be "bottoms-up") SOA, and wanted to surface some of the discussion.The gist of my original post was based on Nick Malik's observation that bottom-up SOA approaches are "actively harmful to the enterprise as a whole and...

Tags: General, Business ROI

Blog posts 2007-07-16

Pondering a world of way too many Windows

Pondering a world of way too many WindowsBig bang Windows releases...... are a thing of the past, present, future. Hard to market a weekly download. Hard to make major changes through a single update, as shown by the SP 2 CDs.Asserting that the major changes in Windows versions...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., distro

Discussion threads 2007-06-06

Report: Microsoft eyeing Yahoo deal

Report: Microsoft eyeing Yahoo dealGood move!or Desperate? What will they do with all those BSD Servers?I suppose if they want to try to buy the competition, but the culture clashwill be enormous. And, people will be laughing for years as they try to replace the BSD servers with Windows servers....

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., BSD, BSD Servers

Discussion threads 2007-05-04

'Fifty' may be the magic number for SOA governance

Ive talked plenty about JBOWS architectures Just a Bunch of Web Services, which are essentially services that are point to point and have no cohesion in terms of governance, registry/repository, orchestration, process testing, or flow.At what point should higher-level SOA qualities kick in? Ive heard plenty of discussion, but it...

Tags: General, Business ROI

Blog posts 2007-04-12

SOA is the answer... what was the question again?

SOA is the answer... what was the question again?SOAWhat is SOA? My own personal definition is thus: Take a program, and for every procedure/function - create a web service. The parameter passing then becomes XML files. What does this buy us? Maybe the Shan-gra-la of reuse!As I learned in school,...

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

Discussion threads 2007-01-22

Is there hope for SOAP?

Pete Lacey of the Burton Group recently created a buzz in SOA and Web services circles with his "history lesson," circa 2000, about the meaning of SOAP. In Laceys post, entitled "The S Stands for Simple," a "SOAP Guy" explains how SOAP works to a developer, who end up...

Tags: SOAP, Web services, Simple Object Access Protocol

Blog posts 2006-12-12