“The entire history of software engineering is that of the rise in levels of abstraction” said Grady Booch in his talk “The Limits of Software.” Today, we’re at the beginning
revious articles in this series discussed ways of making development of Web services more efficient and the applications themselves highly manageable once deployed. But there is more that developers can
Burlingame, CA?Mergers and acquisitions happen. IT environments expand as new applications are added to keep pace with business goals. New technologies spring up, as others that were once the latest,
eb services are more complex to deploy than Web sites or intranet applications. They are based on intricate platforms, or runtime environments that, like any software, can have their own
s companies begin to implement Web services, IT managers are being confronted with the long-term ramifications of their deployment. Namely, management and support of Web services will ensure that they
he Web services concept?connecting standardized components via well-advertised interfaces?seems as if it would make for simple programming. While there are developer tools available to ease the creation process, there is
reation of Web service applications is yet another complex task to add to the IT department’s list. Experience suggests it is not enough to approach Web services development armed with
s a big fan of atmosphere and thematic environment, I queued up the “Blade Runner” Soundtrack on my computer. Vangelis’ ghostly ambience, like the subject of this editorial, is futuristic
It is more important to understand the problem than the solution.?Albert Einstein Decades ago, engineers who wanted to build more resilient networks coined the term “self-healing system” to describe computer