Articles

"BPM in Peril; Objects to the Rescue"
Cutter Consortium Executive Report, Vol. 6, No. 6
Both BPM and SOA-orchestration are imperiled by the workflow implementation they have inherited. We make the case for an object-agent approach where process management is one of a constellation of interconnected application functions.

"Collaborative Transactions"
Inside Collaboration newsletter guest editorial
How to harness the intelligence built into transactional systems as a collaborator—a superhumanly observant proofreader, error-checker, policy-enforcer, and workflow-driver.

"Intermediary Objects for Transactional Systems"
Object magazine
Using middle-tier objects to mediate between consumers and domain objects means powerful new opportunities for re-use.

"Discovering a 3-tier Architecture for Distributed Object Systems"
Distributed Computing
The best object applications will have three tiers, just not the ones we expected.

"The Misunderstood Middle"
InformationWeek
Why does the area between UI client and data store still swallow programmer hours? We've got a theory.

"Teamwork and Transactions"
InformationWeek
In this age of networked PCs, too many business apps are designed for individuals rather than groups.

"Slow Down Transactions"
InformationWeek
Concessions to the human factor may actually speed up transaction processing.