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SOA: Here Be Dragons 06/11/2006 11:04:24
With the SOA potentially creating reusable software code that must be accessed dynamically by composite applications, both inside and outside the firewall, the traditional roles and responsibilities of IT have been forever changed.It's the hot technology for most large companies, but business, technical and cultural issues must be addressed for a successful SOA implementation. - +
It Is the Business, Stupid 10/12/2006 13:59:51
When projects go pear-shaped it's usually because there's too much focus on technology, and not enough on business outcomes and associated changeIn a 2005 article"Why Software Projects Fail", Cutter Consortium Fellow Robert Charette narrates an infamous anecdote about a disappearing warehouse. - +
Your World. . . Hacked 02/10/2007 10:51:23
As your business becomes more collaborative and global, the risks to your company’s trade secrets rise proportionally. Fortunately, there are new strategies to protect the data that allows you to competeThe call to Bob Bailey, an IT executive with a major US government contractor, came on an otherwise ordinary day in October 2003. "Why are you attacking us?" demanded the caller, an IT leader with a Silicon Valley manufacturer. He wanted to know why Bailey's company had launched a denial-of-service attack against his network - +
When Egos Dare 05/06/2007 10:17:02
For some observers and practitioners, the federated model brings the best elements of centralization and decentralization to the IT table. Others aren’t so sure . . .The monarch was dead. Demoralized and shaken, the organization spent time mourning for a popular and high-profile CIO who had reigned for many years. Then, with time starting to dull the pain, the young princes began sharpening their knives, sensing their best opportunity in years to seize power - +
Cheap Frills 04/12/2006 14:34:42
How many high-profile CIOs can say they got their job through a free ad?First came Southwest: no frills. Then JetBlue: a few more frills. Now Virgin America: low fares, deluxe service and a new approach to IT
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The airport check-in desk could be where "desktop" Linux usage takes off, according to Unisys's European coordinator of open-source software activities.
Moves across the air transport industry to introduce Common Use Self-Service (CUSS) check-in terminals at airports could present an opening for Linux, said Pierre Benne of Unisys France, speaking on the sidelines of a conference in Paris on Monday on the use of Linux in the enterprise.
Desktop Linux will likely be most successful in situations where the number of applications can be limited to an easy-to-use few, such as in call-center workstations, or in self-service airport check-in terminals, he said.
Apart from a few isolated trials, self-service check-in terminals are typically provided by airlines for the exclusive use of their own passengers.
In the future, however, "We envisage automated check-in kiosks which present a neutral interface, not tied to one airline," Benne said.
Unisys has a functioning kiosk system based on the Linux operating system, Benne said. "We could deploy it tomorrow," he said, adding that Unisys is negotiating with two airport management companies over the introduction of the terminals, and airlines on two continents have shown strong interest.
Benne is not alone in envisaging this: In May 2003, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) published the first version of its specification for CUSS kiosks, and in October of that year McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas installed over 30 common-use check-in terminals developed by IBM Corp. and Arinc Inc. IBM and Arinc had previously supplied the kiosks for Air Canada's check-in service at Vancouver's airport in December 2002.
Other companies working with IATA on its CUSS project, in addition to IBM, Arinc and Unisys, include IER SA of Paris, NCR subsidiary Kinetics, Materna GmbH, ServiceTec and SITA.
Unisys has chosen Red Hat Linux for its check-in kiosk, said Benne, although the company also uses Suse Linux on other projects. The various client applications for each airline will run within the browser, he said. Unisys already offers a range of J2EE-based applications for the air transport industry under the Air Core brand.
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Beyond Virtualisation - The Roadmap to 2012
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8:30am - 10:30am
Brisbane | 22 July | Sofitel Brisbane
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Attend and discover:
- What happens after virtualisation
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- How to deliver an automated architecture
- How to maximise your investment in virtualisation
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Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future. - +
Data Management Edition #9: Data centre makeover 24/04/2008 07:43:06
This week CW Live looks at the death of the old style data centre which is undergoing its first makeover in more than 30 years.
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Tools and techniques for superior test management
In recent years, the field of application testing has evolved. While the pressure to deliver high-quality applications continues to mount, shrinking development and deployment schedules and high turnover rates for skilled employees make application testing challenging. Read on to discover how to combat these problems and complete your application testing successfully.
