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The features below are just a selection of the articles in the March issue of eAI Journal.
These, along with the complete contents of the issue, will be posted online during March.
Articles that are already online have a link.
Out of The Alligator Pool: A Service-Oriented Approach to Development "When you're
up to your ears fighting alligators, it's hard to remember that your mission was to drain the swamp."
This saying is also applicable to much application development today - to concentrate on your
mission and get out of the alligator pool you need to think in terms of reusable services.
By Elizabeth Wald and Eric Stammers.
e-Services: A Key Component for Success The IT world is breaking down into components and
services - a more modular approach to supporting business processes. It is one that will increasingly
be needed as companies strive to become more adaptive and faster to market. But the right infrastructure
and e-services platform is required if the approach is to be successful. By Larry Wong.
http://www.eaijournal.com/applicationhosting/keycomponentpx.asp
Components Transform Integration Strategies We interview Massimo Pezzini of Gartner,
one of the world's leading authorities on component-based development and integration. In a
must-read interview, Massimo gives an overview of component-based integration: What it is,
what technologies are required, how it differs from other integration approaches, and what the
future will hold. Interview by Rich Seeley.
http://www.eaijournal.com/applicationhosting/componentstransformpx.asp
Components and Collaboration: The Future of e-Business Virtual enterprises will drive the evolution
of integrated process integration and collaboration. Companies that embrace a componentized model
and collaborative applications will increase profits and revenues. This is the future of e-business and
enterprises should plan to extend, open, and secure their applications within a component architecture.
By Stephen Bodnar.
http://www.eaijournal.com/applicationhosting/componentspx.asp
Integration Project Management 101 Enterprise integration is not so much a technology issue as a
management one. You need to understand the business processes, allow more time for analysis and
design, and establish a wide range of skills in a cross-functional team. By Christopher Sifter.
Mainframe.NET Microsoft has published its .NET strategy. Although mainframe strategies aren't well
documented in the blueprints from Redmond, the architecture may be ideal for bringing legacy systems
into the distributed computing world. The way forward is XML encapsulation, which can be surprisingly
easy. By Don Estes.
http://www.eaijournal.com/mainframe/mainframepx.asp