June 2004

"Grid Computing" is the latest Software Tech News topic.

"Grid computing is touted as the next evolution of the Internet that, together with other emerging technologies such as web services and virtual collaboration, will provide new ways to conduct business and research. Grid computing, by definition, cuts across organizational boundaries. Its development is supported by a multitude of working groups and forums where competitors often find themselves working together for the common goal and collaboration is the operative tool. This represents a significant paradigm shift for software development initiatives. Management of collaboration efforts is as important as solving the technical challenges." -Ellen Walker
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DISA to develop IT standards

by Frank Tiboni
Federal Computer Week, June 7, 2004

The Defense Information Systems Agency will oversee information technology standards for the military, according to new policy issued by Defense Department officials.
Read the entire article on-line at: http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0607/web-disa-06-07-04.asp

Value Creation and Capture: A Model of the Software Development Process

by Todd Little
IEEE Software, 2004

Who doesn't want to optimize profitability? This relatively simple project dynamics model helps find optimal release cycles and optimal staffing levels in the presence of uncertainty.
Read the entire article on-line at: http://www.computer.org/software/homepage/2004/May-June/s3focus1.htm

MDA: Revenge of the Modelers or UML Utopia?

by Dave Thomas
IEEE Software, 2004

The OMG's Model Driven Architecture proposes to build programs from models using model transformations. The software community should neither naively accept nor cavalierly reject the proposed MDA without further examination and evaluation.
Read the entire article on-line at: http://www.computer.org/software/homepage/2004/May-June/s3design.htm

Standards Matter

by Editorial
Software Development Times, 2004-06-1

Thanks to generally peaceful relations between genuine standards organizations, such as the World Wide Web Consortium, and such vendor consortia as OASIS, the Web Services Interoperability Forum and the Java Community Process, Web services are on the cusp of becoming broadly useful and trustworthy. But theyÂre not there yet.
Read the entire article on-line at: http://www.sdtimes.com/opinions/opinion_103.htm

Puzzling Plethora of Proffered Protocols

by Yvonne L. Lee
Software Development Times, 2004-06-1

Two more specifications for dealing with Web services are advancing onto the scene, leaving developers buried under an avalanche of competing specifications and uncertain as to which the industry ultimately will rally around.
Read the entire article on-line at: http://www.sdtimes.com/news/103/story2.htm

NIST keeps publishing

by Florence Olsen
Federal Computer Week, June 7, 2004

One way to quantify the growth in importance of computer security work is to count the pages of security guidelines published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the past year. The total is 1,200 pages, said Ed Roback, chief of the Computer Security Division.
Read the entire article on-line at: http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0607/web-nist-06-07-04.asp

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