In-Depth Research

VANTAGEPOINT VantagePoint 2008–2009: Think Big; Take Small Steps 4/02/2008 Overview VantagePoint 2007–2008: Build for Today, Architect for Tomorrow 3/30/2007 Overview VantagePoint 2006–2007: Back to Basics 4/03/2006 Overview VantagePoint 2005-2006 SOA Reality Check 6/29/2005 Overview Application Platforms Strategies Vantage Point 2005-2006: Application Architecture in Transition 2/01/2005 TeleBriefing Root Document Turning the Network Into the Computer: The Emerging Network Application Platform 7/08/2004 Overview The Advent of the Network Platform: Web Services Move into the IT Fabric 9/22/2003 Overview

PLATFORMS, LANGUAGES, AND FRAMEWORKS The Java Platforms: Java SE, Java ME, Java EE, and Java Card 10/29/2007 Overview The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0: Building Next-Generation Windows Applications 10/16/2007 Overview The Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: Managed Code on the Windows Platform 9/28/2007 Overview BPM Infrastructure Technology and Standards 6/04/2007 Overview The JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite 10/19/2006 Report XAML: Declarative Programming Advances in .NET 3.0 7/24/2006 Overview JEE5: The Beginning of the End of Java EE 7/03/2006 Overview Business Rules: Jewels, Tools, or the Stuff of Fools? 3/23/2006 Overview Ruby on Rails 10/05/2005 Report The Microsoft Superplatform: Setting the Bar in the Superplatform Arms Race 8/17/2005 Report Ghosts in the Machine: Aspect-Oriented Programming 4/13/2005 Overview The P-Languages: PHP, Perl, and Python for Enterprise Scripting 3/21/2005 Report SAP NetWeaver: Potential Wildcard in the Superplatforms Arms Race 1/31/2005 Report The Java Superplatforms: Comparing IBM, Oracle, and BEA 1/07/2005 Report The Rebel Frameworks: J2EE Open Source Alternatives and Supplements 12/21/2004 Overview Grid Services: Pooling Distributed Resources for Virtual Supercomputing 5/27/2004 Report Windows Server 2003: Microsoft’s New Operating Platform for .NET and Web Services 6/29/2003 Report

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE STRATEGIES To Err Is Human, So Test That Software 5/07/2008 Overview Open Source Management: Who Owns That Software? 4/18/2008 Overview Access Control Frameworks: Protecting Applications Consistently 1/18/2008 Overview Application Portfolio Management 5/21/2007 Overview SDLC Infrastructure: Supporting the Development Process 5/16/2007 Overview Agile Software Development: Not for Lightweights 5/02/2007 Overview Build, Buy, or Borrow: Choosing Custom Development Software, Open Source Software, Commercial Off-the-Shelf Software, or Software as a Service 4/23/2007 Overview Integrated Development Environments: Swiss Army Knives for the Enterprise 1/18/2007 Report Iterative SDLC Methodologies: Spiraling into Control or Running in Circles? 11/14/2006 Overview Application Rationalization: Burning Fat and Building Muscle 8/07/2006 Overview Waterfall: Still Crazy After All These Years 6/05/2006 Overview Business Process Modeling: Adding Value or Overhead? 4/24/2006 Overview Software Development Outsourcing and Offshoring Risks and Rewards 2/21/2006 Overview What’s in Your Software Testing Wallet? 1/20/2006 Methodologies & Best Practices Assessing Open Source Software Projects 10/14/2005 Report Open Source Software: Risks and Rewards 8/03/2005 Overview Model-Driven Development: Rethinking the Development Process 7/12/2004 Overview

SOA AND INTEGRATION STRATEGIES Web Services Management Web Services Management: Townsman of a Stiller Town 5/10/2006 Market Landscape Web Services Management 5/22/2006 Technology & Standards AmberPoint’s SOA Management System and SOA Validation System 6/19/2006 Product Profile Progress Software’s Actional 6.0 6/19/2006 Product Profile SOA Software’s Service Manager 3.1 6/19/2006 Product Profile BEA AquaLogic Service Bus 3.0: ESB Market Disruptor 3/10/2008 Product Profile Enterprise Service Bus: The Volatile Market Landscape 2/19/2008 Market Landscape WebSphere ESB Product Family: Solution Assembly Required 2/18/2008 Product Profile Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2: Swiss Army Knife ESB 2/18/2008 Product Profile Crossing the Divide: The Mechanics of Process Execution 2/26/2007 Overview Enterprise Architects: Sowing the Seeds of SOA Success 10/31/2006 Overview Service-Oriented Architecture: Developing the Enterprise Roadmap 7/13/2006 Overview Web Services Security: A Plethora of Products 12/13/2005 Report Developing a Web Services Security Strategy 9/30/2005 Methodologies & Best Practices Building the Business Case for Service Oriented Architecture Investment 3/30/2005 Methodologies & Best Practices Integration Brokers: Providing the Middleware Fabric for Complex Integration 4/07/2004 Report Selecting a Java Web Services Platform: An Evaluation Framework 1/13/2004 Overview Scaling and Accelerating Web Services: The Roadmap to High Performance 12/02/2003 Report Standardizing EAI with Web Services: An Inevitable but Prolonged Transition 5/15/2003 Overview

PRESENTATION STRATEGIES Rich Mobile Applications For The Enterprise Rich Mobile Applications: Market Landscape 3/24/2008 Market Landscape Rich Mobile Application Development: Technologies and Standards 3/24/2008 Technology & Standards Using Flash Lite for Developing Rich Mobile Applications 3/24/2008 Product Profile Using Mobile Ajax for Developing Rich Mobile Applications 3/24/2008 Product Profile Using Java ME for Developing Rich Mobile Applications 3/24/2008 Product Profile Using Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 for Developing Rich Mobile Applications 3/24/2008 Product Profile Using BlackBerry Enterprise Solution for Developing Rich Mobile Applications 3/24/2008 Product Profile Web Application Frameworks: Evolving to Support the Interactive Web 4/16/2007 Overview The World Wide Web: An Introduction 3/05/2007 Overview Rich Internet Applications: Creating an Effective Web Experience 2/13/2007 Overview Ajax: A Rich Internet Application Technology 1/09/2007 Report RRCAM: RIA Requirements and Capabilities Assessment Model 12/11/2006 Methodologies & Best Practices Dealing With Portal Multiplicity 11/23/2005 Report

DATA ACCESS STRATEGIES Data Services Platforms: Searching for Their Place in the Market 2/08/2008 Report Data Services: Data Access in Service Oriented Architecture 8/14/2007 Overview Using XML Schema and Namespaces in XML 3/12/2007 Methodologies & Best Practices Object-Relational Frameworks: Finding the Right Mix 2/21/2007 Report Data Modeling: Not Just for Databases Anymore 11/08/2005 Report A Single Source of Truth: Creating and Sustaining Data-Integration Governance and Stewardship 7/27/2005 Overview Extensible Markup Language (XML) 2005: Core XML Standards and Their Impact on Business Development 4/27/2005 Report XML Modeling and Mapping: Tumultuous Transformation in the Grand Schema Things 6/30/2004 Report

Application Security Frameworks	1/29/2008
SOA Governance Infrastructure	7/16/2007
SOA Runtime Infrastructure	7/16/2007
Web Presentation Technologies	5/7/2007
Data Management in SOA	1/26/2006
Application Platform Foundations	10/26/2005
Portal Tiers, Instances, and Roles	10/29/2004
Application Factoring	4/20/2004

Software Development Lifecycle Infrastructure	11/12/2007
Development Intelligence	11/12/2007
Requirements Management	11/12/2007
Software Configuration Management	11/12/2007
Unit Testing	11/12/2007
Static Code Analysis	11/12/2007
Integration and Build	11/12/2007
System Testing	11/12/2007
Defect Management	11/12/2007
Release Engineering	11/12/2007
Integrated Development Environment	11/12/2007
SOA Governance Infrastructure	11/12/2007
Web Services Framework Standards	11/27/2006
Managed Communications Infrastructure	10/4/2006
Service Oriented Architecture Templates	10/4/2006
Infrastructure Services Model	4/10/2006
Application Service	4/10/2006
Web Services Platform	2/12/2004

Rich Mobile Applications for the Enterprise	3/12/2008
VantagePoint 2008-2009: Think Big, Take Small Steps	1/30/2008
Reference Architecture Templates: SDLC Infrastructure	11/29/2007
Service Component Architecture (SCA)	10/17/2007
Is iPhone Ready for the Enterprise?	8/29/2007
Data Services: Making Data Secure and Accessible	8/1/2007
REST: Is it the Next Big Thing?	5/30/2007
Web 2.0: An Architecture of Participation	4/25/2007
SDLC Infrastructure: Supporting the Development Process	3/21/2007
VantagePoint 2007: Build for Today, Architect for Tomorrow	2/15/2007
Data Access Strategies	1/10/2007
XAML: Declarative Programming in .NET 3.0	11/8/2006
Interview with Marc Fleury, founder of JBoss	10/4/2006
SOA Governance: Policies, Processes, Metrics, and Organization	9/6/2006
Waterfall: Still Crazy After All These Years	7/13/2006
Application Rationalization: Burning Fat and Building Muscle	6/26/2006
ESBs, WSMs, and XMLGs, Oh My!: Making Sense of SOA Mediation Systems	5/12/2006
Inside the Analyst’s Studio: A Conversation with Bernard Golden	4/5/2006
Business Process Modeling: Adding Value or Overhead?	3/8/2006
Software Development Outsourcing and Offshoring – Minimizing Risks and Maximizing Rewards	2/8/2006
VantagePoint 2006-2007: Back to Basics	1/19/2006
Ajax: A Rich Internet Application Technology	12/7/2005
Enterprise Portal Market Update 2005: From Portal Server To Portal Services	11/10/2005
Software Testing – To Err is Human	10/27/2005
Revisiting Microsoft's Platform/Tool/Application Strategies: PDC 2005 News and Updates	10/11/2005
Ruby on Rails: A panel discussion with David Hansson, Dave Thomas, and David Geary	9/29/2005
Developing a Web Services Security Strategy	9/7/2005
Near Real-Time Data Integration	8/8/2005
The Advent of the Superplatforms	7/15/2005
Solaris 10: Does Sun have a Compelling Linux Alternative?	6/8/2005
Optimizing Enterprise Communication and Collaboration: Blogs, Wikis, and Real-time Advances	5/4/2005
XML Standards 2005: Representing and Manipulating Data in XML	4/6/2005
Presenting the Business Case for Service Oriented Architecture	3/2/2005
Application Platforms Strategies Vantage Point 2005-2006: Application Architecture in Transition	2/15/2005

Using XML Schema and Namespaces in XML	3/12/2007
RRCAM: RIA Requirements and Capabilities Assessment Model	12/11/2006
What’s in Your Software Testing Wallet?	1/20/2006
Developing a Web Services Security Strategy	9/30/2005
Building the Business Case for Service Oriented Architecture Investment	3/30/2005