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Author Archives: Sabarish
White Collar!
What’s New V5.4
The new version of PRPC v5.4 is just round the corner, and is loaded with exciting new features. Read more »
Requirements Analysis Problems
In an earlier post I’d lamented about the problems in managing requirements, this post probably reads as a prequel to that one. What are the real problems when it comes to requirements analysis? Read more »
Breaking Down Software Development Roles
The Future of Software Development
Software development has come a full circle states Alex Iskold in a scathing, pull-no-punches broadside upon the Waterfall model.
Read it here: the future of software development
SAP to acquire Indian BRMS company Yasu tech
SAP announced on Wednesday that it is acquiring privately-held Hyderabad, India based Yasu Technologies, which creates business rules management software.
Yasu’s flagship product is the QuickRules BRMS, launched in early 2000. The deal is designed to boost SAP’s business process management (BPM) offerings and will be tucked into SAP NetWeaver, which channels the ebb and flow of data to software applications via SAP’s back-end middleware.
BPM Software shoot-out
The question on Slashdot was actually “Do You Like Your Workflow or BPM Software?“.
The questioner was interested in “firsthand experiences with these kinds of products and in unbiased reviews” and requested information on following products:
The State of BPM: Perspectives of an Industry Insider By Kevin Spurway
“The BPM industry is awash in hype” declares Kevin Spurway, warning that vendor hype has created market confusion about the proper role of IT with respect to BPM.
I could not help but smile sadly and nod my head at this… IT unfortunately perceive BPM as a threat rather than the powerful tool that it is can be.
What’s beyond the hype, and how is the industry addressing this dangerous situation, and help clear the smoke? Kevin identifies 3 intersting developments – “Standards“, “Free Modelers“ & “Communities and Social Network-based Approaches“.
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J2EE v/s .Net
[Originally posted Friday, November 26, 2004 @ Caffeine Kick]
While I know that several Terabytes of data have been generated in the online and off-line feud over what’s the better, I decided I wanted to join in with my own rant as well.
I have several issues with J2EE and Java, at least the way we have it today. I’ll talk about one of them here.
There are just too many ways of doing any single thing.
