Author: John Moore

IBM: Building Up

IBM has parlayed its middleware background into what customers describe as a broad set of service-oriented architecture (SOA) products and services. IBM’s MQSeries middleware became

Turning Integration on Its Head

Integration was once the province of custom-built adapters that linked one system to another. The resulting point-to-point integration created a tangle of interfaces that were

Project Pointers

PlanningDefine expectations. Establishing a service-oriented architecture can be a complex, multi-year effort. So, up-front planning is essential for getting the job done right, according to

Tibco Software: Expanding Horizons

Update: Customers of Tibco Software credit the company for not only providing a range of service-oriented architecture (SOA) software, but integrating those modules into a

WebMethods: Shifting Gears

Customers have been watchingWebMethods closely in recent months.In addition to WebMethods beingacquired in June by Germany’s SoftwareAG for $546 million, the company, earlierthis year, introduced

Laptop Security on the Cheap

Papa Gino’s Holdings Corp., which operates pizzerias and sandwich shops under the Papa Gino’s and D’Angelo Grilled Sandwiches brands, wanted to lock down data on

How To Engage a Security Services Firm

An enterprise aiming for airtight infor-mation security typically establishes data protection policies, installs layers of technology insulation and trains employees to be on guard. But