1. Google Poised to Launch Video and Voice Chat Service

Gmail users soon will be able to launch a video session as easily as they send an instant message. By Chris Smith Back in the early '90s, I used to work for Verizon when it was known as GTE. The company was in the process of compute

2. Will the 2008 Presidential Election Be Derailed by Electronic Voting Machines?

Easy federal money prompted many states to move to electronic voting, a decision they are now trying to reverse. By Chris Smith Imagine you're on the Titanic. The captain has set a course across the North Atlantic that is heading st

3. TechTip: Is Anybody Using Browser Shortcut Keys?

You'll surf a lot faster by using shortcut keys in your browser. By Jan Jorgensen Do you ever use shortcut keys when using a browser? If you do, go to the bottom of this article and rate this tip as "Not useful." But if yo

4. Exploring Second Life Presents Tantalizing Opportunities

As in real life, you may not find what you seek in this virtual world, but you probably will emerge with a smile and desire to return. By Chris Smith The big news this week is that there's hope--hope that I may soon have a social li

5. SOA Governance: Better Now Than Never

An ungoverned SOA project can lead to unintended consequences, reversing the cycle and causing SOA to add cost and disrupt processes. By Alex Nubla The year was 2004. John was a CTO for an IBM ISV that piloted a supply chain application

6. The Next-Generation Internet Protocol Invites Adoption

IPv4 will run out of addresses within a few short years, but adoption of IPv6 has been slow in coming. By Chris Smith Among the new features in IBM i 6.1 (V6R1) is expanded support for the next-generation Internet protocol, IPv6. The ne

7. The Next Coup: Browser-Based UIs, Utility Computing, the Web as a Platform?

A future technology is now here in the present, but IT shops may never be ready for SaaS.

8. Web Services for the Traditional Programmer, Part II

Use WDSC to generate a Web service, without the knowledge of Java, XML ,or WebSphere Application Server.

9. Web Services for the Traditional RPG Programmer, Part I

Gain some understanding of how the Web works and how to program for it.

10. Item Alignment: Bringing Accuracy and Efficiency to the Supply Chain with GDSN

What happened in '06 and what's coming in '07.

11. Software as a Service

Software as a Service (SaaS) is the new buzzword, but pardon me, haven't we met before?

12. The System i Roadmap to SOA

A successful SOA implementation is a carefully designed step-by-step process.

13. Legacy Applications: Does SOA Mean "Save Our Assets?"

Legacy applications are not going away any time soon.

14. FAQ on SOA

What is SOA really, and what can it do for you?

15. Design and Implementation Strategies for Portals

The word comes down from on high to implement a portal. But what exactly does that mean?

16. IBM's System i Telephony Offering at Your Company

Position your infrastructure for the future.

17. RFID in the Supply Chain

Although slow to start, this breakthrough technology is poised to take off.

18. Application Server Architectures

Web application serving is now a given, but which server architecture is the best? Read on to find out.

19. Who Built the Internet, and Is It for Sale?

Beware HR 5252: The Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Efficiency Act of 2006 (COPE).

20. Voice over IP: The State of the Technology

This article will show you how the System i is the newcomer that will dethrone the current leaders of the Voice over IP market.

21. Global Data Synchronization Network: An Update

What happened in 2005 and what's coming in 2006?

22. State-of-the-Art Web Services

Web services are quickly becoming the method of choice for many organizations looking for interoperable application integration.

23. Selecting and Deploying Portals

Portals are teetering on that razor's edge between ubiquity and obscurity. How does a company decide whether to join the portal party?

24. Living the Active (Server Pages) Lifestyle?

If you're not using Active Server Pages, you don't know what you're missing.

25. Portals: Gateways to Whole New Worlds

Enterprise Information Portals (EIPs) open up worlds of locked, hidden, or inaccessible information. By Duncan Kenzie 

26. E-Biz Applications: Beyond the Web

Are you aware of everything the Internet and the WWW can do for your company?

27. Credit Where Credit Is Due

Internet access has brought new attention to an old issue: credit card processing. Joe gives you a beginner's guide to the problem.

28. Trade Efficiently and Globally via the Global Data Synchronization Network

The GDSN continues to improve and expand. Can you afford not to be a part of it?

29. What Is Grid Computing and How Can You Benefit from It?

We'll examine the basics of today's grid technology and take a glimpse at the grids of tomorrow.

30. E-Business On Demand: A Journey, Not a Destination

What does On Demand really mean? Much more than you may think.

31. VOIP Implementation Is "Top-Down"

Fortune 500s and multi-office businesses are the main enterprises deploying VOIP---the new darling of telephony technology.

32. Thinking About IP Telephony?

Consider your ROI and find a vendor you trust.

33. MC Showcase Online: Focus on Menuing and Portal Software

Open the door to adaptable applications.

34. How the Internet Is Dying

Do you understand the implications of DNS cache poisoning and pharming?

35. RFID: The Next Wave of Supply Chain Technology

Learn about the revolutionary technology that that is being heralded as both a panacea and a "Brave New World."

36. The Ever-Changing Road to UCCnet and Global Data Synchronization

Manage the obstacles by knowing what to look for and what to ask.

37. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Does SOA finally provide the Universal Translator we've been looking for, or at least a step in that direction?

38. The Dark Side of Web Services

We've been hearing about Web Services for some time now, so why haven't they caught on as quickly as once expected?

39. Problems Communicating?

Maybe the Communications Trace Analyzer can help.

40. Charting a New Course with OWC and ASP

Use Office Web Components and Active Server Pages to display a chart in a Web page.

41. Modernization Architectures

There are a number of ways to modernize your system; which is the best fit for you?

42. Do You See UCCnet?

This initiative will impact retail suppliers sooner than you may think.

43. Architecting for Change--The Message-Based Server

Message-based client/server applications can keep up with your evolving business needs.

44. Electronic Data Interchange via the Internet

Initiatives from some big names are driving big changes in EDI.

45. Invisible E-Commerce--Transaction Processing over the Internet

Organizations that expect to stay competitive must embrace the technologies of electronic data transfer.

46. Calculating the Real Costs of Internet Projects

Careful planning improves your chance of success.

47. Strike Up the Band(width)

Maximize your data line use.

48. Which Web Server Is the Right One for You?

There are several Web servers available for your iSeries 400 platform. The classic or "native" HTTP Web Server (the original Web server for the AS/400 and then iSeries system) is the Web server being used more than any other. It's based on the

49. Web Services Notes from All Over

IBM releases new SDK; Sun proposes new Web Services standard.

50. Video Conferencing: The Time Has Come

Conferencing solutions can be as simple as using the free Microsoft NetMeeting product with a $100 video camera.