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Apple drinks Microsoft's milkshake
Microsoft still dominates the market, thus making it the most attractive choice for budding developers. But recent moves from Apple to its Macintosh and iPhone lines have made it an upstart competitor to Microsoft's position in software development.
8/15/2008 9:00AM EST

Protocol Buffers: Reinventing the past
Despite XML's widespread use, companies are still looking for faster ways to transfer data across systems. Google's Protocol Buffers, which the company has been using for years in its own technology, may be the best solution available.
8/15/2008 9:00AM EST

Sometimes SOA works, but mostly it does not
Although SOA involves using technology to achieve company goals, it is driven by the actions of people. Maintaining an office culture that is creative, thoughtful, intelligent and open to SOA is most important factor in implementing SOA.
8/15/2008 9:00AM EST

The Oracle-BEA Tango
Oracle's plans for BEA products came as a relief for users with products from either company. For the time being, both lines of products will be maintained as is, which keeps the flexibility available for Java developers.
8/1/2008 9:00AM EST

Selling SOA requires big-picture view
In order to sell SOA to an enterprise, one must keep in mind what is expected from embracing it and to make sure that those expectations are met.
8/1/2008 9:00AM EST

Failwhale vs. time-to-market
Online companies are under pressure to get their services up and running before the competition does, which means databases are often not built to scale for increases in use. Companies should consider the long-term stability of their Web services, though, and plan accordingly.
8/1/2008 9:00AM EST

When SOA standards attack
SOA standards are everywhere, but before you embrace one, take a closer look at how many companies are following it and what exactly makes up this standard. You could be buying into a flawed, worthless standard.
7/15/2008 9:00AM EST

Shaping a solution to relational problems
Relational databases are still widely used today, but it still poses problems for those in database administration. What difficulties are they running into and what can they use to make things easier?
7/15/2008 9:00AM EST

BDD Coming to a tool near you
Behavior Driven Development focuses on the behavior of code, aiming to make the language of coding more expressive and easier to connect to. This allows a level of communication between the programmer and user, making examining the code easier.
7/15/2008 9:00AM EST

Parting gifts from Bill Gates
Bill Gates may be leaving the helm at Microsoft, but he is not leaving its customers without anything to look forward to. Silverlight 2's features dominated the presentation section of his final talk.
7/1/2008 9:00AM EST

Java tool market disintegrating
Java may be the most popular platform in the industry, but Java tools never really took off. Andrew Binstock examines the emergence, and fall, of a handful of Java toolmakers to see why this happened.
7/1/2008 9:00AM EST

SOA guys do not embrace developers
Since SOA evolved from software development, it makes no sense that SOA people do not like to listen to developers. That attitude should change, lest SOA people miss out on good ideas that can come from developers.
7/1/2008 9:00AM EST

Are mashups SOA?
Not only are mashups definitely SOA, they can be described as one of SOA's most successful implementations, even if mashup creators do not use SOA principles when they develop them.
6/15/2008 9:00AM EST

Rx for unit testing: Use with moderation
The perception of unit testing is that it is time-consuming, and developers are turning away from it. They should reconsider, since the benefits of unit testing in shorter debugging times and higher-quality code are apparent.
6/15/2008 7:01AM EST

Drag .NET
Home security in the 21st century still has a ways to go yet. Larry O'Brien found this out while trying to configure a home-security network, discovering that programs that integrate disparate hardware have a myriad of problems.
6/15/2008 7:00AM EST

Why traditional enterprise architecture is failing
There is a temptation to keep investing in enterprise architecture just to maintain a presence there. If you're not getting anything out of it, though, it is a waste of time and money.
6/1/2008 9:00AM EST

What if multicore is all wrong?
Multicore processing provides a few advantages over single-threaded chips, but the benefits are limited to a few applications. With software development for multithreaded applications proving to be difficult, is multicore development really necessary?
6/1/2008 7:00AM EST

30K + 110K = success or failure?
Testing is often viewed as a sign of flawed programming, and the more testing a program needs, the more flawed it's perceived. But should we think of testing as part of the solution, not part of the problem?
5/15/2008 7:00AM EST

Getting the knack of OO coding
If you want your coders to improve their object-oriented programming skills, here is a test you can give them. The constraints may seem harsh, but no pain, no gain.
5/15/2008 7:00AM EST

WOA! SOA meets Web 2.0
SOA and Internet technologies are merging, something that was only an idea in the past. How will businesses harness this new interaction to their advantage?
5/15/2008 7:00AM EST

Ozzie's 'Internet Tidal Wave' leaves a mesh
Like in the 1990s at the start of the Internet boom, Microsoft is poised to take advantage of cloud computing with its Mesh service. Can it convert this opportunity into results?
5/15/2008 7:00AM EST

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