Java Technology completed its 10-year anniversary recently. Sun announced
that there are over 4 million developers using the Java language, with
thousands more joining their ranks. While a small percentage of developers
can be called experts or skilled in the complete software development life
cycle, a vast majority of them typically try to understand the requirements
handed down to them and code to meet such requirements. Most projects (about
60%) go above budget and time, which places additional pressure on the
developers trying to deliver an application. Coding standards, thorough unit
testing, best coding practices - all take a back seat to the primary goal of
delivering some code that meets functional requirements. Software architects
have long tried to enforce a uniform coding and testing practice on their
teams. Now, with the release of Jtest 7.0 from Parasof... (more)
As I look upon the enterprise landscape today, I cannot help but wonder if
the enterprises are going to be all right. Every couple of years, enterprises
have to face the onslaught of their vendors who bring in newly coined
phrases, acronyms, and newly minted software platforms, along with the
promise of ROI. In the latest onslaught, enterprises are facing terms such as
SOA, Web services, BPM, and BAM.
The new buzzword is AJAX, or Asynchronous JavaScript And XML. The speed at
which the IT industry coins terms and makes it fashionable to use them gives
the cool name creators in th... (more)
Many of you have been living in the same house for several years. In the
process you may have accumulated furniture, clothes, antiques, etc., and have
forgotten why certain things were purchased in the first place or that
certain things even exist in your basement.
Large enterprises have large basements. Their limited space is overflowing
with existing hardware, software, and applications. Why is it that as
technology has advanced and newer systems are being purchased, many companies
still have the 30-year-old mainframe and its related technologies in their IT
basement? I'm not ... (more)
Venkat has over 13 years of experience in distributed computing, technology strategy, and enterprise architectures. Venkat is the chief technology officer at Red Rabbit Software where he leads the Business and Technology Strategy, the direction of the Red Rabbit Software technology platform, and Research & Development. He has completed PhD courses in Interdisciplinary Studies involving Computers and Aerospace Engineering and has a Bachelor of Technology degree from The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.
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