t is no coincidence that AJAX and RESTful web services gained the attention of developers in their respective stages of infancy. Both technologies emerged during times that were dominated by
ften considered the backbone of service-oriented architectures (SOAs), the enterprise service bus (ESB) has emerged as a standard for enterprise-wide integration among disparate information systems. Many enterprise architects leverage the
f you’ve ever worked on more than the most trivial installation program, you realize that developing installers isn’t for the faint of heart. After spending days or weeks learning about
icrosoft recently rolled out its next-generation operating system (OS), Windows Vista. One of the core Vista components is a new version of Microsoft’s web server?Internet Information Services version 7.0 (IIS
any people believe that according to Moore’s law, you would expect a doubling of processing power about every 18 to 24 months. In truth, that rate is not what Moore’s
he purpose of Scrum is to help build great software through empirical process control. A healthy emphasis on continuous process improvement works naturally with Scrum because Scrum evolved from applying
oon after I joined a startup online service company I realized that for the first time in my career there was no project manager keeping track of the team’s progress
hy are so many articles and books written about development methodologies? I believe it’s because improving the efficiency of a development team is a never-ending battle. Technology keeps changing and
mployees and clients can make better decisions, increase productivity, and realize other benefits when they can access company information (statistics, presentations, reports, etc.) accurately and in a timely fashion. Because