Projects: Web Application Development

Inside Yahoo`s Identity Crisis

Losing its lead in Internet traffic and ad revenue along with its chance to win the search market, Yahoo aims to reinvent itself.  But with a slowing economy and downward forecasts for earnings, how bad are things for Yahoo? That could depend on Microsoft’s plans to buy the struggling Web portal.

How Target.com Does Its Web 2.0 Prototypes: A Mini-Case Study

'Wireframes' become a thing of the past, replaced by interactive mockups that give planners a richer preview of new features.

How Web Services Increase Accessibility

Miami-Dade County used XML-based Web services to make its call center more responsive to citizens--and data more accessible to government departments.

Analysis: Why Google May Succeed Where Others Have Failed

The search giant's release of free spreadsheets and word processors has been a hit with small businesses. But will it play in larger enterprises?

Yahoo Challenge to Google Has Roots in Open Source

Initiative for distributed data processing may give the No. 2 search service some of the "geek cred" it's been lacking.

Valero Pumped On SOA

The energy giant turned to service-oriented architecture to integrate its disparate applications and, ultimately, let business users build their own software.

Content Management: Dow Jones Makes Headlines

The publisher wrestled with content management systems and online delivery tools to build The Wall Street Journal into the Web's biggest subscription-based site.

Requirements Management: Kaiser Permanente's Rx for Better Projects

HMO Kaiser Permanente needed tighter alignment between its software developers and its business goals. A new requirements management system proved to be strong, but effective, medicine.

SOA Case Study: How R.L. Polk Revved Its Data Engine

The auto data aggregator ditched its mainframe, spending more than $20 million to build a data factory. Was it worth it?

Calculator: Figuring the Cost of Webifying an Application

Determine what it would cost your company to migrate applications to Web platforms.

Updating Your Mainframe Apps

Software can help automate the migration of applications from mainframe computers to Web platforms.

How Web Conferencing Boosts Business

Holding meetings over the Web isn't only about trimming the travel budget anymore. Beyond savings, Web conferencing allows companies to share information more quickly and lets them tap high-value employees' brainpower, no matter where they are. Here's how

TrueCredit: Charging Ahead with SOA

The TransUnion subsidiary's pioneering service-oriented architecture approach to software development helps it quickly build credit reporting and scoring applications.

A Better Way to Do the Monster Mash

Mashing together data and Web services can do more than just put Google Maps on your site. It might free you from dominance by software vendors.

Primer: Ajax

Ajax, a collection of programming technologies, delivers online content to users without reloading an entire page.

 

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