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10 tools to manage SOA

Get help with SOA's Big Three: Governance, quality, and management

Adopting Struts 2.0

The framework for the next generation of Java Web applications

Better monitors for Java

A Hoare-style monitor package for multithreaded programming in Java

Subversion or CVS, Bazaar or Mercurial?

Four open source version control systems compared

Swing-based tree layouts with CheckboxTree

A configurable tree component with checkable nodes

Best of open source in storage

Top picks among file systems, file servers, storage networking software, and benchmarking tools

Best of open source applications

Top offerings in CRM, ERP, portals, content management, and collaboration platforms

The best open source programming language

Is Perl, PHP, Python, or Ruby best? Do Java and JavaScript count?

Best of open source in software development

Our choices among enterprise IDEs, rich Internet app platforms, AJAX toolkits, business rule management systems, and continuous integration servers

Best of open source in platforms and middleware

Our picks among operating systems, app servers, Web servers, databases, service buses, and virtualization platforms

Best of open source in networking

The prizewinning VoIP telephony, directory services, streaming media, network protocol analysis, and wireless sniffer software

Best of open source in security

Top projects in vulnerability scanning, intrusion prevention, anti-virus, anti-spam, firewalls, VPNs, and security testing

Mobile malware to pose significant threat

Increased adoption of mobile devices will lead to increased mobile malware sophistication

Security remains mobility’s weakest link

Enterprises face a new wave of information security implications as greater numbers of workers tap smartphones and PC-like handhelds

Java internationalization with the Properties Pre-Processor

An XML-based utility for handling localized strings

CodeGear releases Eclipse plug-ins

JGear plug-ins to improve performance tuning, visual development and collaboration challenges for Java developers

The ABCs of RIA

An InfoWorld survey of the applications and technologies we call 'rich'

Four reasons to cultivate greener IT

Marrying eco-conscientiousness with business IT practices can save both money and the environment

Reap the rewards of hardware recycling

Not just good for the environment, IT asset recovery can boost hardware ROI and protect sensitive data

12 skills that employers can’t say no to

The technology skills shortage is real, and so are the opportunities that come with it

2007 InfoWorld Compensation Survey: Personal gains and personnel woes

Just as pay shows signs of taking off, IT departments struggle to compensate for headcount hardships

2007 InfoWorld Compensation Survey: By the numbers

See the results of this year's salary survey

More stupider user tricks: IT horror stories redux

Idiot-proof your enterprise with these 10 hard-luck lessons of boneheaded IT miscues

Experts: Patent ruling could reopen Vonage case

VoIP firm's future brighter after Supreme Court ruling

Image spam: Annoying, but less deadly

The newest e-mail irritation is less threatening, thanks to URLs that can't be spoofed … but it can still clog your systems

McAfee CEO: Proud to be pure-play

David DeWalt may face tough questions from investors and market watchers

More Java IDE tools to try

There's a host of IDEs currently available — here's a quick look at three from Eclipse, JetBrains, and Oracle

Linux rising at IBM

Scott Handy talks about the future of open source at Big Blue

Information on demand: the new enterprise goal

IBM research director targets tedium in most IT work

The falling cost of high availability

Virtualization technologies are helping to make disaster recovery cheaper and easier

Talkback: What are your cell phone commandments?

The cell phone commandments have been updated; here's your chance to update them further

Daylight-saving time a nuisance, but no Y2K

Enterprises are taking the earlier time switch in stride

Future growth demands wireless ISPs

Startups, not incumbents, must drive wireless adoption, says Ruckus CEO

Clustered storage plus iSCSI make a powerful combination

Flexibility, affordability, and better management come with the acceptance of iSCSI and adoption of clustered storage architectures

Crypto Expert: Moore’s Law fuels app obesity epidemic

Chip advances fuel "supersized," insecure applications

A closer look at the insider threat detection playing field

Variations in data security methods mean several options for enterprise security gurus

D2C targets insider fraud

ComplianceNow suite aims at segregation of duties to help ensure integrity

The smart business of diversity

Carly Fiorina on women in IT

Video Blogging from a war zone

Creator of Alive in Baghdad sees future in TV-Internet convergence

P-to-P goes Hollywood

BitTorrent co-founder talks up business plans and death of DRM

Financial firms hungry for more DHS Data

Private-public partnership still a work in progress

Seven predictions for 2007

Sun gets its mojo back, mean tech beats green tech

Requiem for the packaged app

BEA's Chuang: Empowered users are the future

EMC: Vendor cooperation key to data security

Harmony on security policy key to data security

FedEx Kinko’s and our connected future

CIO says move to Web Apps is slow, but vital

Green: Sun to illuminate Web 2.0

Company sees mission converting enterprise apps to Web platform

2006 InfoWorld 100 Awards: Computing/Tech

Arvato Mobile bets the server farm on virtualization

Bertelsmann division runs about 600 virtual servers, comprising nearly the entire infrastructure for critical applications

2006 InfoWorld 100 Awards: Financial Services

Arizona Cardinals IT team has championship season

Dazzling new stadium is now home to one of the world's most sophisticated converged IP networks