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PBDJ Editorial: Is RAD Dead? Well, if you listened to Rob Enderle of Enderle Group (www2.sdtimes.com/p df/SDTimesBackIssues/sdti mes184.pdf) you might think that Rapid Application Development (RAD) is dead or dying. However, I think it's important to distinguish ... Mar. 4, 2008  Reads: 1,742

PBDJ Product Review: AllFusion Harvest Change Manager I began my career at RCA Aerospace and Defense in 1983 and worked at MITRE Corp., BAE Systems, and the State of NH. I worked in the defense field performing software configuration management (SCM) and release engineering activities ... Mar. 6, 2008  Reads: 1,822

PBDJ Feature: Take Control of Your GUI One of the biggest complaints I hear about PowerBuilder is how the applications developed with it end up looking old and outdated. PowerBuilder allows developers to create complicated, robust, and efficient business applications. ... Mar. 7, 2008  Reads: 3,714

Embracing Eclipse: An Interview with Kevin Gomes The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) was founded in 1987 by David Packard. It's located in Moss Landing, California, where its three research ships and two remotely operated vehicles are berthed, giving them immedi... Mar. 10, 2008  Reads: 2,363

PDF or XPS: Choose the Right Document Format for Your Applications With the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft is introducing a new document format named 'XML Paper Specification' or XPS. Microsoft describes XPS as follows: 'The XML Paper Specification (XPS) describes the format of a new general... Mar. 9, 2008  Reads: 1,837

The PowerBuilder Blogosphere A sign of a vibrant developer community is the active blogosphere that surrounds a technology. Here's a more or less random selection of what's being talked about this month in the PowerBuilder community's blogs. Specifying Null V... Mar. 10, 2008  Reads: 2,100

Well-Informed Business Planning At EMI Music Germany, decision makers use detailed business intelligence (BI) analytics to control all sales and marketing activities for new music titles, and to monitor sales success and profitability in real time. To monitor it... Mar. 5, 2008  Reads: 1,647