Rodent Regatta

for anyone involved in strategy, operations and the deployment of effective systems for corporate excellence. Maybe this is a more important area of focus than the hands-on look at Apache, CGI, Perl, MySQL, etc.

Strategic XML. There is no question that XML will provide the foundation for the software systems of the next decade. Mapping the course from todays systems to the interoperable Internet-enabled systems of the future is a daunting task.Strategic XML analyzes the IT systems of a typical large corporation and gives specific, fully-functional examples that show how XML can solve problems today while positioning your company for the demands of tomorrow. Strategic XML addresses XML web content publishing, a simple workflow system, an offline order processing system, SOAP client and server examples, legacy system integration (using COBOL), and a unified Web and print documentation system based on XML and XSL. [O’Reilly Safari]