About a year ago, after I attended the 2002 Unisys financial analysts conference, I wrote about Unisys' plans to use the Object Management Group's (OMG) Model Driven Architecture (MDA) in application development and business process outsourcing. I just got back from the 2003 version of the conference and can report that Unisys has made great progress and is gearing up for a major push.

About a year ago, after I attended the 2002 Unisys financial analysts conference, I wrote about Unisys' plans to use the Object Management Group's (OMG) Model Driven Architecture (MDA) in application development and business process outsourcing. I just got back from the 2003 version of the conference and can report that Unisys has made great progress and is gearing up for a major push.

About a year ago, after I attended the 2002 Unisys financial analysts conference, I wrote about Unisys' plans to use the Object Management Group's (OMG) Model Driven Architecture (MDA) in application development and business process outsourcing. I just got back from the 2003 version of the conference and can report that Unisys has made great progress and is gearing up for a major push.

I recently stumbled across something in the opinion section of one of the major computer trade magazines. The author was trying to explain why neither object nor component reuse had quite lived up to expectations. Object (component-based) development has always been sold on the following assumptions:

I recently stumbled across something in the opinion section of one of the major computer trade magazines. The author was trying to explain why neither object nor component reuse had quite lived up to expectations. Object (component-based) development has always been sold on the following assumptions:

I recently stumbled across something in the opinion section of one of the major computer trade magazines. The author was trying to explain why neither object nor component reuse had quite lived up to expectations. Object (component-based) development has always been sold on the following assumptions:

What is the purpose of alignment in an outsourcing engagement? At the highest level, it means ensuring that the strategies pursued by the outsourcing engagement are in line with corporate goals. At the lowest level, it means making sure that the right tasks are performed, at the right time, in the right order of priority.

What is the purpose of alignment in an outsourcing engagement? At the highest level, it means ensuring that the strategies pursued by the outsourcing engagement are in line with corporate goals. At the lowest level, it means making sure that the right tasks are performed, at the right time, in the right order of priority.

What is the purpose of alignment in an outsourcing engagement? At the highest level, it means ensuring that the strategies pursued by the outsourcing engagement are in line with corporate goals. At the lowest level, it means making sure that the right tasks are performed, at the right time, in the right order of priority.

What is the purpose of alignment in an outsourcing engagement? At the highest level, it means ensuring that the strategies pursued by the outsourcing engagement are in line with corporate goals. At the lowest level, it means making sure that the right tasks are performed, at the right time, in the right order of priority.

A reader recently asked me about the extent to which companies are applying BI and some of the key reasons that are driving them to do so. I thought I'd make these questions the topic of this week's Advisor.

A reader recently asked me about the extent to which companies are applying BI and some of the key reasons that are driving them to do so. I thought I'd make these questions the topic of this week's Advisor.