New ways to control your virtual machines

Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion reveal a future where admins can more easily manage hypervisors and guests remotely... more

Windows on the Mac: Parallels vs. VMware Fusion, round 2

Both VMware Fusion 2.0 and Parallels Desktop 4.0 have made strides in bringing the Windows experience to the Mac... more

Product review: WARP your WAN for performance and reliability

FatPipe Networks' easy and flexible router clustering appliance makes the most of multiple WAN connections... more

Understanding OpenID and CardSpace

OpenID and CardSpace are at the forefront of user-centric identity. Here's how they work... more

Federating identity for the Web

User-centric innovations CardSpace and OpenID may finally bring the promise of federation within reach... more

Windows on the Mac: Parallels vs. VMware Fusion

Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion let Mac lovers have their cake and run Windows too. Parallels pleases with richer tools, while Fusion is first for heavy-duty use... more

NextPage manages documents with a light touch

Unobtrusive document tracking fits smoothly into existing workflows to provide basic, no-frills management... more

Teaming up for SOA

Governance policies chiseled in stone aren't SOA, they're DOA. Here's how to keep governance collaborative and effective... more

Game plan for Team SOA

You need all the backing you can get, both personal and logistical, to get an SOA initiative off the ground... more

Capitalize on emerging collaboration options

Foregoing licenses in favor of emerging alternatives will free funds to train employees to collaborate effectively... more

KnowNow gives RSS a business-savvy shine

ESS 3.1.7 combines simplicity of RSS with solid management, data connections, desktop delivery... more

SOA management: Governance plus intermediaries

Management is what distinguishes SOA from a bucket of services. Here's how to publish and proxy services for a fully scalable system... more

User-centric identity brings federation close to home

Agreements between peers can add up to an effective federation... more

The hidden challenges of federated identity

Federation is the logical goal of identity infrastructures, but achieving it takes more than just technology... more

Scaling a federated identity infrastructure

Most identity federations start small, but as they grow in size you may need to rethink your approach... more

A degree of tolerance for SOA

When the application is low-risk, developers need less rather than more rules to enable innovation... more

Governing SOA

An enterprise chock-full of services is not an SOA. For that, you need the matrix of rules and policies that make up SOA governance... more

Understanding UDDI

A quick reference to UDDI-compatible registries... more

Exclusive: Infravio brings structure to unwieldy SOA

X-Registry 5 equips users with an impressive level of control... more

Exclusive: Systinet reins in Web service registries

Systinet Registry 6.0 does a good job of managing UDDI entities, but this SOA must-have carries a hefty price... more