Systems thinkers have developed the diagram of effects to bring the structure of complex problems into view.Click here for the full article.
What is DSM? How is it different from UML and MDA? Can DSM languages produce significant programming productivity gains? Can software development be truly model-driven?Click here for the full article.
Easily one of the biggest issues that causes developers to look elsewhere is probably the first issue which causes managers to cringe.Click here for the full article.
So what’s a programmer to do? Short of waiting for MIS managers to become enlightened, not much--except try to work around the problem as best we can.Click here for the full article.
Before I became a supervisor, the very notion that someone might be monitoring my Internet usage was not only horrifying, but demoralizing. Didn’t they trust me?Click here for the full article.
Here we continue the developer.* Systems and Software series, in which we explore the topics of general systems thinking and cybernetics to discover how "systems" concepts can help software professionals in the day-to-day work of creating, deploying, and improving software.Click here for the full article.
SoftLogica LLC has announced WSOP 2.0, a tool for web site load time testing and optimization, designed for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP.
Perforce Software has announced support for Microsoft Office Project as part of the integration between its software configuration management system and Microsoft Office.
XMLmind.com has announced the release of XMLmind XML Editor (XXE) v3.0, which is a complete rewrite of the application layer.
DataDirect Technologies has announced the release of DataDirect XQuery, the first embeddable component for XQuery that is modeled after the XQuery API for Java (XQJ).
Kentico'S CMS 1.7a for ASP.NET, with its new Content Staging module, allows you to create on-line forms and capture data without programming.
CollabNet, a provider of on-demand (SaaS) distributed software development solutions, has launched the next generation of the company's flagship software development platform, CollabNet Enterprise Edition 4.0.
Aspose.Network is a suit of flexible and easy-to-use .NET components for professional network programming, which includes not only the implementations of most of the major network protocols but also lots of utility classes to facilitate the common develo...
SpreadsheetGear has announced the immediate availability of SpreadsheetGear for .NET, a royalty-free Microsoft Excel compatible spreadsheet component built by industry veterans for the Microsoft .NET Framework.
From Active Database Software comes Active Query Builder 1.0, a new component for Delphi and C++ Builder that allows end-users to build complex SQL queries via an intuitive visual interface.
EMS Software Development has announced the new major version of EMS SQL Query 2005, the utility for building SQL queries for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Interbase/Firebird and DB2 databases.
Entries from Wikipedia, the popular free online encyclopedia written and edited by Internet users, may soon be available in print for readers in the developing world, founder Jimmy Wales said on Monday.
Sprint Nextel Corp. on Monday launched a downloadable music service, the first to deliver songs over a U.S. cellular network, as it tries to keep pace in a wireless arms race increasingly dominated by mobile Internet services.
First came words, then came photos. Now, many Web journals are incorporating moving images — and one blogging service aims to make producing and displaying such video easier.
Samsung Electronics Co. is planning to enter the online music business with a service similar to Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iTunes.
Microsoft Corp. is widely expected to announce on Tuesday further forays into software and services that can be accessed over the Internet — a growing competitive arena that some say could eventually threaten Microsoft's biggest cash cows.
SBC Communications Inc. said on Monday it was revamping prices for its high-speed Internet services, cutting most regular monthly rates to lure more customers onto higher-speed lines.
The Web site of a stem cell research center in Seoul was overloaded Tuesday when it began formally accepting applications from patients seeking to benefit from cloning technology, an official said.
Several government agencies, including the FBI, joined forces with private firms to launch an anti-fraud campaign aimed at nervous online consumers.
Baseball fans looking for live action might not have to search further than their cell phones or mobile devices next season. Major League Baseball hopes to begin streaming live video of ballgames in the United States sometime in 2006, says Alex Pigeon, director of international business development for MLB Online Services Inc.
