Extensible Markup Language (XML) has gained significant attention in the past few years because of the promise of integration between numerous, disparate applications by providing a standard for specifying and presenting data across application boundaries. XML is now being deployed by many businesses with the intention that a single XML infrastructure can be used for interaction between customers, partners and employees through various business applications.
Those not yet living in glass houses ... should take not of Wintel's rise as a scalable platform. The upstart PC platform was written off for many years, but now is set to deliver raw performance competition over traditional UNIX systems. Wintel started its rise to marketshare notability with Profusion, which is nearning the end of its life cycle, but new server system technologies are available and ready to take Windows and Intel into the future.
While handheld computing has made great strides, there are still obstacles to overcome before these devices enjoy widespread adoption as part of a corporate computing infrastructure. Bandwidth, security and connection infrastructure are some of the many problems facing companies considering handheld computing solutions. Perhaps, one of the greatest challenges is recognizing these devices for their inherent strengths and weaknesses and correctly utilizing them.
Enterprises are increasingly recognizing the value of remote workers and are working to develop more flexible, innovative and cost-effective remote access solutions. Companies are helped in this mission by an explosion of wireless access technologies, with the enterprise WLAN market expect to continue its rapid growth rate. Learn what's happening in the wireless marketplace, and what's around the corner for the industry.
The worldwide VPN equipment market is expected to reach two billion dollars in 2004, which bodes well for Linux product developers. Linux should provide enterprises with alternatives to the Solaris and NT products, currently dominating the market, as vendors and users both realize that Linux is out there.