Web Services Security: the Problem

Tom Welsh
Executive Summary

The November WSS was the first of three issues dedicated to Web services security.


The Business of Software Architecture

Luke Hohmann

The new year provides us with a brief opportunity to reflect on the past, assess the present, and prepare for the future. In the process, we sometimes find that a previously held opinion has changed. And when a critical mass of people reach the same "new" conclusion, really interesting things start to happen.


Corporate IT Spending Outlook for 2004 -- Part III: Where Companies Are Putting Their Money

George Westerman

Here, in the last in a three-part series, we examine the detailed IT spending plans for 2004 of 97 organizations. At the time of the survey (July 2003), "IT intensity" (IT spending as a percentage of total organizational spending) was expected to remain approximately flat in 2004. This masked a great deal of variation, with approximately one-third of the organizations reducing their spending, one-third increasing, and one-third staying about the same.


Corporate Adoption of Enterprise Information Portals: Part III -- Success and Benefits

Curt Hall
  Corporate Adoption of Enterprise Information Portals series: Part I

A Fresh Look at Software Design: Part I -- Dealing with Change

E.M. Bennatan
  A Fresh Look at Software Design series: Part I Part II

Trends: Looking Back at 2003 and Ahead in 2004

Scott Ambler, E.M. Bennatan, E.M. Bennatan, Robert Charette, Robert Charette

What were the biggest developments in agile software development and project management in 2003? And what lies ahead in 2004? We posed these questions to three Cutter Consortium Senior Consultants: Scott W. Ambler, E.M. Bennatan, and Robert N. Charette.


Trends: Looking Back at 2003 and Ahead in 2004

Scott Ambler, E.M. Bennatan, E.M. Bennatan, Robert Charette, Robert Charette

What were the biggest developments in agile software development and project management in 2003? And what lies ahead in 2004? We posed these questions to three Cutter Consortium Senior Consultants: Scott W. Ambler, E.M. Bennatan, and Robert N. Charette.