Sean Rhody

It's not unusual for the January issue of a magazine to have a column discussing the past, or predicting the future. This year, I thought we might try something a little different. Rather than reminisce or prognosticate, I thought I'd toss out my list of Web service needs in the ... (more)

There's an expression in the industry - "putting lipstick on a pig." It's used to signify a task, or project, that has only cosmetic value and doesn't address the real issues of a situation - it merely makes the pig look a little better. But after all, it's still a pig. Sometime... (more)

There's an old expression - "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." There's a wealth of applicable comment in this expression. It's an admonition to see the bigger picture as well as a suggestion that to be a true craftsman, one must have the right tools. ... (more)

There's a lot going on in the world of Web services these days, so much so that it's almost hard to keep track of it. And there is definitely enough to make it difficult to make sense of competing initiatives. But it certainly makes for interesting watching. Case in point is the... (more)

We aren't a news magazine, and we don't cover current events except as they relate to our industry, so I had to think long and hard about what to say in this edition. Nevertheless, I decided that at least in my editorial, we would remember September 11th. Our premier issue was l... (more)

Since PowerBuilder Developer's Journal is now in its 10th year of publication, we asked a couple of old friends to share their thoughts and memories about the magazine. Sean Rhody, the former editor-in-chief of PBDJ, and Joe Celko, the former SQL Corner columnist, talk about thei... (more)

Web Services Journal received a copy of the latest visual development environment from Microsoft - Visual Studio .NET, Enterprise Architect edition. We loaded the software on a PC running Windows 2000 Server, with 384MB of RAM, but with a fairly slow processor (400MHz AMD K6-III)... (more)

In the world of Web services, the question of the month is about platforms. Does the Web services world resemble the political system of the United States, with a two-party system, or is it a more free-wheeling system of coalitions and multiple interests? Of course, I'm referrin... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews Rick Hightower, CTO, Trivera, live from the show floor. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews John Blair, Chairman and Corporate Development Officer of Kenamea. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews Jenee Bennett, of iSavvix Corporation. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews John Nydam, Product Manager for Melissa Data. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews Reg Bravo, Director of Business Development for EvolveWare Inc. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews Bill Dettleback, Chief Systems Architech, eXcelon. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews Emilio Bernabei, Director of Product Management at Covasoft. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

I guess the title begs the question, if this is the end of the beginning, is it the beginning of the end? Hardly. But it is time to close the book on the first phase of Web services - the beginning of the hype curve. Almost a year ago we decided that Web services would receive eno... (more)

Like many IT professionals, I'm an amateur musician. As such, I know how much effort it can be to get a group of people to work together, start together, end together and make a pleasant sort of noise together. And I play in a small group, so I can imagine the coordination effort... (more)

Remember that kid in the neighborhood - the one who had the bat and ball, and if you wanted to play together, you had to use his stuff? Even if he was a pretty nice kid, there was always a time when you longed for the ability to play on your own, or at least use a bat that was mo... (more)

One of the ingrained attitudes in the United States is the desire to simplify choices to a binary decision. Black or white. Coffee or tea. Winner or loser. Even our expressions reflect this ­ "two-horse race," "two-party system." And it's no different in the world of Web services... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio Host Sean Rhody interviews Krishna Gollamudi, President, Wakesoft Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)