Topic: Software Development
Shai Agassi explains SAP's approach to Service Oriented Architecture and its own offering, Enterprise Services Architecture. More than just another three letter acronym, ESA combines SAO with semantic standards to create a complete solution for clients. Agassi outlines SAP's beliefs about the changing marketplace, which focus on the specific needs of niche markets by creating a single unified platform upon which individualized solutions can be built.
How can the enterprise further take advantage of web services? How should
developers approach, select, and deploy web service standards? In
this Technometria interview Frank Martinez, the CTO of Blue Titan Software,
describes how Blue Titan "infuses application semantics into the
network" to enable the organization to use web services as the foundation
of its enterprise architecture. Re-working the old Sun slogan, Frank
says: the network is the application platform. [Technometria audio from IT Conversations]
Although technology is still changing everything, we've come to view it as on a par with indoor plumbing. This suggests the industry is mature and unlikely to produce another upswing to match that of the 90s. Add to this the growing demands of globalization, and you could believe it was time to get out of the technology business completely. Roger McNamee's talk at this year's Software 2005 Conference should give you the confidence to keep going. He examines the new rules that need to be learned and followed in this era of the 'new normal' and shows how the problems faced both by companies and technology staff can be turned into golden opportunities. [Software 2005 audio from IT Conversations]
Open source is an indispensable element of the software industry but how did it get that way? Was it due to the success of pioneers such as Stallman and Torvalds? Was it the innovative licensing models, the collaborative community or was it just market economics at work? Michael Tiemann, founder of RedHat, President of the Open Source Initiative, Coder and long term open source advocate explores the many dimensions of the open source movement and poses some interesting questions to its community. [MySQL Users Conference audio from IT Conversations]
How do you make a laptop that sells for less than $100 in order to sell to developing countries? Should businesses be considering the developing world as markets or as areas in need of charity? This lively panel discussion covers numerous technological solutions to the global digital divide from the perspectives of business, education and the international development community. [Software 2005 audio from IT Conversations]
MySQL AB founders Monty Widenius and David Axmark open the 2005 MySQL Users Conference in traditionally entertaining style with a presentation on the "State of the Dolphin". The Dolphin, of course, is the MySQL logo and Monty and David look back at some of the major milestones in MySQL history, the current state of the MySQL world, and the future wonders in store for MySQL users. [MySQL 2005 Conference audio from IT Conversations]
Companies are still spending up to 70% of their IT budgets on infrastructure and application maintenance, which is severely impacting their ability to support new business opportunities. HP is addressing this imbalance by investing in enterprise software innovations. Innovations such as open source software, web services and utility computing are changing the competitive landscape, reducing operational costs and providing a new dimension of opportunities that have previously been inaccessible. Shane Robison, Chief Strategist for HP, shares his company's views on the enterprise software landscape and what they are doing to support the adaptive and real-time enterprise. [Software 2005 audio from IT Conversations]
Customers and customer relationships are fundamental to the growth of any
business. So why is it that as a business grows it moves further away from
its cutomers? Instead of walking a mile in their shoes they discard them.
Scott Cook, co-founder of Intuit, understands the importance of customer-driven innovation and credits it for the success and perpetual growth of his company. [Software 2005 audio from IT Conversations]
Ken Berryman's presentation outlines the new factors affecting the industry and how companies can adapt to remain a force in the game. The belief that software companies can work under different rules than companies in other sectors no longer holds water. The world has changed and the demands of customers and the market have become more sophisticated. [Software 2005 audio from IT Conversations]
Guido van Rossum reflects on the early days of the Python community, describes its development into maturity, and explains why he is still having a good time after 13 years of herding cats. In an entertaining and informative talk, he also describes the origin of many of Python's most characteristic features and compares Python to some of the other languages in widespread use today. Part 1 of 2. [SDForum Distinguished Speaker Series audio from IT Conversations]
