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Enterprise application development DevOps and software agility

• July 26, 2004 26 Jul'04

  Survey: Application service providers are comeback kids

  A new report says that application hosting may be coming back in style -- especially for small and midsized businesses.

• June 08, 2004 08 Jun'04

  Panel taps Web services, Linux, RFID as emerging technologies

  These technologies, along with wireless and ID management, are worth watching, but one big wrinkle has to be ironed out before they're ready for the ball.

• May 05, 2004 05 May'04

  CIOs must have IT and business sense to stay relevant, study says

  Another study drives home the need for CIOs to be good businesspeople, not just good tech people. Without business sense, a CIO can be on the outside of the executive suite looking in.

• April 22, 2004 22 Apr'04

  Mop up data mess to bring order to your service delivery process

  Proper categorization of data for use in service delivery lifecycles is critical to the effectiveness of IT organizations.

• December 09, 2003 09 Dec'03

  How to determine the ROI of software projects

  Software developers tasked with minding ROI must balance ease of use of the application, ease of operations, ease of deployment and ongoing maintenance, and ease of initial development.

• November 06, 2003 06 Nov'03

  Smart IT investments will eventually pay off for the entire company

  Technology purchases like open source software, Software as a Service and other apps that are easy to use can benefit companies as a whole, one expert writes.

• June 24, 2003 24 Jun'03

  Offshore outsourcing becoming 'in' thing for CIOs

  Attendees at Gartner's Outsourcing Summit 2003 see the advantages in taking some IT operations offshore, but they're not entirely sold on the idea for certain functions.

• April 08, 2003 08 Apr'03

  Expert: Web services technology will end integration 'anarchy'

  BEA chief architect and senior vice president Adam Bosworth told a crowd of attendees at the InfoWorld CTO Forum in Boston that the Web services of tomorrow will be the powder that helps ease the integration headaches of today.

• February 21, 2003 21 Feb'03

  Data integration key to managing database environments

  When managing complex database environments, IT buyers and suppliers agree on the three top priorities: integration, integration and integration.

• February 18, 2003 18 Feb'03

  The twin weaknesses of Web services technologies

  A recent panel at Harvard looked at Web services technologies from a provider, customer and investor perspective.

• January 21, 2003 21 Jan'03

  Using Web services to tame technology

  Author John Hagel III voices the frustration many managers feel about their technology's lack of compatibility. His answer? Web services.