If the past is any guide, with the help of on-demand platforms the next 10
years promise to change the way we manage and integrate information as much
as the previous 10 have changed how we distribute it.
The story of corporate information technology (IT) is a very dynamic one.
Like business itself, the 40-plus year history of this central corporate
function is one of change, impacting the nature of the enterprise with a
force often second only to that exerted by government. In the past 10 years,
despite exaggerated spending and expectations, changes in IT and core
computing technologies have assumed new prominence as they transitioned their
relationship with business from a supporting to a central one, and
transformed the role of IT from enabler to end game.
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Salesforce.com's sforce Web services API features one of the most innovative
and widely used enterprise class Web services. In designing this Web service,
the developers had to navigate several challenging issues in how best to
create an effective Web service that did not sacrifice capability or
simplicity. Learn about the design patterns and techniques developed for this
service, and ho... (more)