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More on roadmaps
Roadmaps and the reality of selling enterprise software. Brandon says 6 months is your horizon: two quarters.
Yahoo! Design Pattern Library
UI design patterns for things like auto-complete, rattings, breadcrumbs, etc. This makes it easier for low-level coders to convience gate-keeprs about using UI cool and useful wing-dings.
CITTEO adds systems monitoring dashboards
"WatchTower is a Web 2.0 updating of traditional SNMP-based network monitoring systems." Hmmm... I'll have to get a look at this.
BMC to Build End-to-End Transaction Manager - Computer Business Review
"The system talks with the service model that sits above Atrium, the BMC configuration management database, and takes data feeds in both directions. If necessary, BMC's systems will autogenerate a helpdesk ticket."
Simple advice, big payoff
"ITIL’s appeal and value, its proponents say, lie in its avoidance of the fuzzy consultant-speak and all-or-nothing re-engineering agendas that are often the downfall of other improvement schemes."
Network managers grow wise to apps
"There are two kinds of network people in my mind: the ones that are just out of college and have all their certifications; and those that know the company's network, the applications that run on it and how to marry those two together."
Rethinking testimonials
"The main point: users don't care about you as much as they care about themselves"...and how other users were successful with your products and services.
Enterprise SOA Apps Take Off on Lightweight Architecture
Interesting idea on why SOA apps aren't taking off in practice as much as you migh suspect: the software and models used to build enterprise apps aren't well suited for "mashup"/composite apps. I like it.
Radovan Janecek: Nothing Impersonal: Formal Definitions
"Web services are still better choice than CORBA in most cases because CORBA was created at times when people believed middleware vendors have solution for all EAI problems."
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