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PHP Programming Pioneer's Embrace of JavaScript Yahoo's Rasmus Lerdorf talks about why he has stopped & hating& front-end browser applications. Portal Software: Cleaning Up a Dirty Job Companies retaining UNICCO to clean offices, maintain heavy machinery and landscape grounds can schedule and track jobs and monitor work quality all without picking up the phone. Network Integration: Keeping Traffic in the Fast Lane An overloaded network infrastructure was making employees at Inergy Automotive Systems cranky. Upgrading the operating system and prioritizing data transmissions increased bandwidth by 300% -and quelled complaints. How Helvetia Insurance Uses SOA To Boost Profits The Swiss insurer adopted service-oriented architecture to help integrate its acquisitions in five other countries. IBM Boosts SOA Offerings Big Blue touts service-oriented architecture tools developed on its experience with 3,000 customer SOA engagements, as the company tries to narrow the technology gap with competitors. App Integration: Easy as Plugging in a Box? Well, not exactly. The simple appliances from startup Cast Iron Systems don't come close to the sophisticated capabilities of traditional enterprise application integration software. But customers say the boxes do just enough to be useful. Chopping Software Maintenance Fees Companies are turning to third-party maintenance providers to support applications from PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards and Siebel the three enterprise software players recently acquired by Oracle. Here's why. 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. Accenture Commits $450 Million to SOA The consulting firm plans to spend millions on developing new capabilities in service-oriented architecture over the next three years further proof of the technology's momentum in big business. Business Integration's Road Warrior How Con-way's Praveen Sharabu integrated four accounts-receivable systems for the logistics company. BEA Systems Reaches Out BEA customers like its breadth, but one felt he was oversold. IBM's New Attitude IBM is a favorite among customers looking to work with one vendor. Tibco Software: Message Moguls Tibco's customer base moves beyond its financial services roots. SOA: At the Forefront of Integrating Applications Companies are integrating applications and processes across their enterprises to better interact with customers, suppliers and partners and fuel what can be significant cost savings. Shuffle Master Puts its Money on a Portal Shuffle Master, a casino equipment maker, found a quick way to get more from its customer relationship management and planning systems and avoid a full-blown integration project. SOA: 6 Best Practices for Success You won't get buy-in if the business sees service-oriented architecture as a million-dollar black hole. Job No. 1: CIOs must show the strategic benefits of application integration, advises one SOA consultant. Doing Application Integration on the Cheap The Marena Group, a specialty garments maker, found open-source integration software from Jitterbit simpler and less expensive than alternatives like Microsoft BizTalk. 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? Reality Check: Stressing Out Microsoft's SQL Server Find out why First American Title CIO Larry Godec hasn't put his company's most critical database on Microsoft's SQL Server 2005 yet. Florida's Turnpike Spin With Remote Monitoring The Sunshine State's transportation department set up a central team to monitor 1,100 toll lanes statewide and is now fixing system outages faster to keep revenue coming. |
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