June 2001
Delivering the Promise of Mobility
Migrating to a Mobile Architecture
By Minerva Tantoco Hobbs
It's time to get serious about letting your employees and partners access critical enterprise data anywhere, anytime. Answerthink's director of advanced technology shows you where to start.
The Internet Developer's Guide to J2ME
By Eric Giguère
Java 2 Micro Edition makes it possible to create small programs that run on a variety of mobile devices. Eric presents a bird's eye view of this powerful technology.
S T R A T E G Y :
Legal Code
Contracts are more malleable than you think. If you're tight on cash, Bret A. Fausett suggests you ask your partner for a break.
Corporate Strategist
Mimi Rosenheim examines three things you should take into account when developing a wireless initiative: context, user intent, and technology.
Product Reviews
Air2Web Mobile Internet Platform 2.0.
Product Reviews
Diversinet Passport Certificate Server.
D E S I G N :
Integrated Design
If you're looking into mobile design, you'd better know WAP and WML. Molly E. Holzschlag gives you a lesson.
Stalk Your User
User shadowing is an increasingly popular usability-testing method. Because it works. Jeffrey Veen explains why.
The Care and Feeding of PNG
Despite its advantages, PNG remains a black sheep—both misunderstood and ignored—in the graphics file format family. Kevin Savetz clears up its bad rap.
Product Reviews
Caligari trueSpace5.
Product Reviews
Tryllian ADK.
D E V E L O P M E N T :
Java@Work
Like those cool little communicators from Star Trek? Al Williams commands for you to go boldly and implement VoiceXML.
Programming with Perl
The Net::NNTP module lets you browse the news. Randal L. Schwartz gives you all that's fit to print.
WML Applications with ColdFusion
Build a corporate contact database that you can access from anywhere. Kevin Schmidt shows you how.
XML@Large
Michael Floyd coordinates Web Services and ebXML to help your objects work together.
Product Reviews
Bear River Associates Janx.
Product Reviews
MicroEdge Visual SlickEdit 6.0.
I N F R A S T R U C T U R E :
At Your Server
Jim Jagielski explains why he moved to PHP and shows you how to integrate it with your Java applications.
A System for Persistent Names
The new Handle System identification scheme makes it possible to track data no matter where it is, but Catherine A. Rey explains why it's not appropriate for every situation.
Product Reviews
Celestix Aries Network Server.
Product Reviews
Rebel.com Netwinder Office Server.
E N D TO E N D :
The Home Page
Editor in Chief Amit Asaravala has the solution to the failing system of Internet advertising.
Webmaster's Domain
Napster ruling and viruses notwithstanding, peer-to-peer networking is here to stay. Lincoln D. Stein documents the promise and the peril.
Redirect
Setting up a wireless LAN—at home, work, or school—can significantly change your relationship with your laptop. Dale Dougherty councils you on your transition.
Help Desk
Guest Webmaster Jack Szwergold fields your questions about recompressed images in AOL, hiding Java applets, and drop-down menu backgrounds.
Haiku Review
Is there poetry in technology? Find out.
Bookmarks
Eugene Eric Kim looks at Data Munging with Perl and XSLT: Working with XML and HTML.
The Last Page
The surge in wireless computing rushes in a new era of ergonomics. Michael Swaine wonders what will happen to the articulating armchair.
