In-Depth Research

VANTAGEPOINT 2010 Planning Guide: Application Platform Strategies 9/10/2009 Planning Guide Application Platform Strategies for the 2010’s 5/28/2009 Overview VantagePoint 2008–2009: Think Big; Take Small Steps 4/02/2008 Overview VantagePoint 2007–2008: Build for Today, Architect for Tomorrow 3/30/2007 Overview VantagePoint 2006–2007: Back to Basics 4/03/2006 Overview VantagePoint 2005-2006 SOA Reality Check 6/29/2005 Overview Application Platforms Strategies Vantage Point 2005-2006: Application Architecture in Transition 2/01/2005 TeleBriefing

CONTAINERS, LANGUAGES, AND FRAMEWORKS Field Research Actions to Take: Course-Correcting Your BPM Program 8/31/2010 Field Research Results - Actions to Take Field Research Results: Gaining Business Benefit from BPM 8/27/2010 Field Research Results - Participants Speak Field Research Results: Executing a BPM Program 6/14/2010 Field Research Results - Participants Speak Market Profile: Rich Mobile Application Platforms for the Smartphone 2010 5/03/2010 Market Profile Field Research Results: Architectural Foundations for BPM 4/20/2010 Field Research Results - Participants Speak Field Research Results: Becoming Process Oriented 4/13/2010 Field Research Results - Participants Speak Field Research Summary: Business Process Management 4/06/2010 Field Research Summary Market Profile: Business Process Management Infrastructure 2009 12/04/2009 Market Profile Market Profile: Platform as a Service 2009 9/22/2009 Market Profile A New Era of Programming Languages 6/12/2009 Overview Using Windows SharePoint Services for Coordinating Complex Business Activities 4/29/2009 Overview Java or .NET: The Platform Dilemma 3/27/2009 Overview JBoss Enterprise Middleware: Open Source Superplatform 10/15/2008 Report OSGi in the Enterprise 10/13/2008 Overview Spring: A Container-Agnostic Java Platform 7/10/2008 Overview Ruby on Rails Revisited 6/05/2008 Report Access Control Frameworks: Protecting Applications Consistently 1/18/2008 Overview The Java Platforms: Java SE, Java ME, Java EE, and Java Card 10/29/2007 Overview The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0: Building Next-Generation Windows Applications 10/16/2007 Overview The Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: Managed Code on the Windows Platform 9/28/2007 Overview XAML: Declarative Programming Advances in .NET 3.0 7/24/2006 Overview Business Rules: Jewels, Tools, or the Stuff of Fools? 3/23/2006 Overview The Microsoft Superplatform: Setting the Bar in the Superplatform Arms Race 8/17/2005 Report The P-Languages: PHP, Perl, and Python for Enterprise Scripting 3/21/2005 Report

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE STRATEGIES Strategic Software Assessment Framework 7/23/2010 Guidance SWLegMod: A Framework for Legacy Software Modernization 1/19/2010 Guidance Metrics: Improving IT Value, Justifying IT Investment 2/23/2009 Overview Rightsizing the Software Development Process 2/03/2009 Overview Continuous Integration: The Project Heartbeat 12/11/2008 Overview To Err Is Human, So Test That Software 5/07/2008 Overview Open Source Management: Who Owns That Software? 4/18/2008 Overview Application Portfolio Management 5/21/2007 Overview SDLC Infrastructure: Supporting the Development Process 5/16/2007 Overview Agile Software Development: Not for Lightweights 5/02/2007 Overview Build, Buy, or Borrow: Choosing Custom Development Software, Open Source Software, Commercial Off-the-Shelf Software, or Software as a Service 4/23/2007 Overview Integrated Development Environments: Swiss Army Knives for the Enterprise 1/18/2007 Report Iterative SDLC Methodologies: Spiraling into Control or Running in Circles? 11/14/2006 Overview Application Rationalization: Burning Fat and Building Muscle 8/07/2006 Overview Waterfall: Still Crazy After All These Years 6/05/2006 Overview Business Process Modeling: Adding Value or Overhead? 4/24/2006 Overview Software Development Outsourcing and Offshoring Risks and Rewards 2/21/2006 Overview What’s in Your Software Testing Wallet? 1/20/2006 Methodologies & Best Practices Assessing Open Source Software Projects 10/14/2005 Report Open Source Software: Risks and Rewards 8/03/2005 Overview Model-Driven Development: Rethinking the Development Process 7/12/2004 Overview

SOA AND INTEGRATION STRATEGIES Web Services Management Web Services Management: Townsman of a Stiller Town 5/10/2006 Market Landscape Web Services Management 5/22/2006 Technology & Standards AmberPoint’s SOA Management System and SOA Validation System 6/19/2006 Product Profile Progress Software’s Actional 6.0 6/19/2006 Product Profile SOA Software’s Service Manager 3.1 6/19/2006 Product Profile Resurrecting SOA 8/12/2010 Management Initiative The State of SOA: Gartner and Burton Position Reconciliation 8/09/2010 Management Initiative A Guidance Framework for SOA Governance 12/16/2009 Guidance A Guidance Framework for Applying SOA Design Principles 11/24/2009 Guidance Service Models: Making Sure Services Deliver Value 7/22/2009 Overview Service Oriented Architecture Roadmap: Keeping on Track 7/06/2009 Overview Building the Business Case for Service Oriented Architecture Investment 9/18/2008 Methodologies & Best Practices Addressing SOA Fatigue 8/12/2008 Overview BPM Infrastructure Technology and Standards 6/04/2007 Overview Crossing the Divide: The Mechanics of Process Execution 2/26/2007 Overview Enterprise Architects: Sowing the Seeds of SOA Success 10/31/2006 Overview Developing a Web Services Security Strategy 9/30/2005 Methodologies & Best Practices

PRESENTATION STRATEGIES Rich Mobile Applications For The Enterprise Rich Mobile Applications: Market Landscape 3/24/2008 Market Landscape Rich Mobile Application Development: Technologies and Standards 3/24/2008 Technology & Standards Using Flash Lite for Developing Rich Mobile Applications 3/24/2008 Product Profile Using Mobile Ajax for Developing Rich Mobile Applications 3/24/2008 Product Profile Using Java ME for Developing Rich Mobile Applications 3/24/2008 Product Profile Using Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 for Developing Rich Mobile Applications 3/24/2008 Product Profile Using BlackBerry Enterprise Solution for Developing Rich Mobile Applications 3/24/2008 Product Profile Market Profile: Rich Mobile Application Platforms for the Smartphone 2010 5/03/2010 Market Profile A Guidance Framework for Developing a Mobile Application Strategy 4/27/2010 Guidance Market Profile: Fit Clients and Next-Generation Presentation Technologies 1/08/2010 Market Profile Web Application Frameworks: Evolving to Support the Interactive Web 4/16/2007 Overview The World Wide Web: An Introduction 3/05/2007 Overview Rich Internet Applications: Creating an Effective Web Experience 2/13/2007 Overview Ajax: A Rich Internet Application Technology 1/09/2007 Report RRCAM: RIA Requirements and Capabilities Assessment Model 12/11/2006 Methodologies & Best Practices

DATA ACCESS STRATEGIES Microsoft’s Data Access Vision and Strategy 8/06/2009 Overview A Model for Evaluating Data Access Tools 10/10/2008 Overview LINQ and ADO.NET: Brilliant and Confusing 6/19/2008 Report Data Services Platforms: Searching for Their Place in the Market 2/08/2008 Report Data Services: Data Access in Service Oriented Architecture 8/14/2007 Overview Using XML Schema and Namespaces in XML 3/12/2007 Methodologies & Best Practices Object-Relational Frameworks: Finding the Right Mix 2/21/2007 Report

Programming Languages	10/23/2009
Java Server-Side Container Frameworks	5/22/2009
Communications Middleware	3/27/2009
Service Mediation Systems	1/5/2009
Service Container	1/5/2009
Data Access Technologies	12/22/2008
Application Security Frameworks	1/29/2008
SOA Governance Infrastructure	7/16/2007
SOA Runtime Infrastructure	7/16/2007
Web Presentation Technologies	5/7/2007
Data Management in SOA	1/26/2006
Application Platform Foundations	10/26/2005
Application Factoring	4/20/2004

Frameworks and Containers	6/8/2010
Service Mediation	5/18/2010
Managed Communications Infrastructure	5/18/2010
Data Integration and Management	4/26/2010
Applications Governance Infrastructure Architectural Model	3/18/2010
Infrastructure Services Model	10/29/2008
Software Development Lifecycle Infrastructure	11/12/2007
Development Intelligence	11/12/2007
Requirements Management	11/12/2007
Software Configuration Management	11/12/2007
Unit Testing	11/12/2007
Static Code Analysis	11/12/2007
Integration and Build	11/12/2007
System Testing	11/12/2007
Defect Management	11/12/2007
Release Engineering	11/12/2007
Integrated Development Environment	11/12/2007
Web Services Framework Standards	11/27/2006
Application Service	4/10/2006
Web Services Platform	2/12/2004

Cloud Application Architecture Patterns: Building Cloud Optimized Applications	7/9/2010
Business Process Management: Easier Said Than Done	5/6/2010
Developing Enterprise Rich Mobile Applications	3/8/2010
BPM Infrastructure: Crossing The Adoption Chasm?	12/16/2009
Agile Architecture	11/5/2009
Application Governance	9/2/2009
Platform as a Service: Application Platform Metamorphosis	7/1/2009
Catalyst Preview: Whither SOA: What’s Next?	5/14/2009
Cloud Application Architecture: Re-Building Applications for the Cloud	3/26/2009
SOA is Dead: Long Live Services	2/4/2009
Service Containers: Evolving SOA Infrastructure	12/3/2008
OSGi in the Enterprise	9/11/2008
SOA Report Card	7/17/2008
In Search Of SOA Success (SOSS)….	6/4/2008
Rich Mobile Applications for the Enterprise	3/12/2008
VantagePoint 2008-2009: Think Big, Take Small Steps	1/30/2008
Reference Architecture Templates: SDLC Infrastructure	11/29/2007
Service Component Architecture (SCA)	10/17/2007
Is iPhone Ready for the Enterprise?	8/29/2007
Data Services: Making Data Secure and Accessible	8/1/2007
REST: Is It the Next Big Thing?	5/30/2007
Web 2.0: An Architecture of Participation	4/25/2007
SDLC Infrastructure: Supporting the Development Process	3/21/2007
VantagePoint 2007: Build for Today, Architect for Tomorrow	2/15/2007
Data Access Strategies	1/10/2007
XAML: Declarative Programming in .NET 3.0	11/8/2006
Interview with Marc Fleury, founder of JBoss	10/4/2006
SOA Governance: Policies, Processes, Metrics, and Organization	9/6/2006
Waterfall: Still Crazy After All These Years	7/13/2006
Application Rationalization: Burning Fat and Building Muscle	6/26/2006
ESBs, WSMs, and XMLGs, Oh My!: Making Sense of SOA Mediation Systems	5/12/2006
Inside the Analyst’s Studio: A Conversation with Bernard Golden	4/5/2006
Business Process Modeling: Adding Value or Overhead?	3/8/2006
Software Development Outsourcing and Offshoring – Minimizing Risks and Maximizing Rewards	2/8/2006
VantagePoint 2006-2007: Back to Basics	1/19/2006
Ajax: A Rich Internet Application Technology	12/7/2005
Enterprise Portal Market Update 2005: From Portal Server To Portal Services	11/10/2005
Software Testing – To Err is Human	10/27/2005
Revisiting Microsoft's Platform/Tool/Application Strategies: PDC 2005 News and Updates	10/11/2005
Ruby on Rails: A panel discussion with David Hansson, Dave Thomas, and David Geary	9/29/2005
Developing a Web Services Security Strategy	9/7/2005
Near Real-Time Data Integration	8/8/2005
The Advent of the Superplatforms	7/15/2005
Solaris 10: Does Sun have a Compelling Linux Alternative?	6/8/2005
Optimizing Enterprise Communication and Collaboration: Blogs, Wikis, and Real-time Advances	5/4/2005
XML Standards 2005: Representing and Manipulating Data in XML	4/6/2005
Presenting the Business Case for Service Oriented Architecture	3/2/2005
Application Platforms Strategies Vantage Point 2005-2006: Application Architecture in Transition	2/15/2005

Building the Business Case for Service Oriented Architecture Investment	9/18/2008
Using XML Schema and Namespaces in XML	3/12/2007
RRCAM: RIA Requirements and Capabilities Assessment Model	12/11/2006
What’s in Your Software Testing Wallet?	1/20/2006
Developing a Web Services Security Strategy	9/30/2005