Tuesday, May 30, 2006

The Age of m-Powerment

"If you need custom Web applications or access to corporate data housed in multiple databases, and Java looks like an answer, mrc's m-Power can help developers with no Java experience produce useful applications quickly."

The rest of this new product review hot off the presses for platform-specific publication, iSeries News, goes miles to showcase how m-Power hits the Productivity Sweet Spot between end-users and developers of any platform.

Friday, May 26, 2006

CIOs struggle to generate full value from their information

According to CIO Insight's Management Poll: "Most IT executives say business users frequently complain they are not receiving the information they need. The bottom line: despite the massive investments in information technology and gathering, companies have a long way to go before they gain anything close to full value from information."

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Despite poll view, there are many easy ways CIOs can gain better BI value

Well, the CIO Insight Management Poll above may say one thing, but there are many ways CIOs can provide better, more flexible and versatile BI to users and their business. Here are a few examples:

Roll over this sales revenue graph to see dollar details, and then click on each graph to drill down.

This reporting interface lets your user select from a series of parameters to pull detailed (and flexible) reports.

This shop floor calendar lets managers track and update shipments going in and out of the warehouse.

To learn more about how these were created, fill out this form.

Monday, May 22, 2006

Looking for your two cents...

We recently started a business application/Web Development forum in December, and since then there have been many articles posted as well as thousands of views. However, there haven't been a lot of posts/interactions/questions from you, our subscribers.

The idea for this forum was from your suggestions, to provide a place to exchange ideas/experiences/questions and make each other better business application and Web developers.

How can we help you help each other?

Please be candid here. Let us know why you haven't posted (if you haven't posted)...and which topics would drive you to participate if we included them. Or, if you don't plan to participate, please tell us why. Is it because you must register to post? Are you shy? What is holding you back?

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Good information architecture increases online sales; a good shopping cart ensures it.

This helpful article, addresses e-commerce best practices to help you build a better shopping cart.

This shopping cart embodies these practices. It's designed for a B2B site, but it can be adapted to any format, and you can also build it without any Java training. Follow the easy instructions to use it live.

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

mrc is moving on June 2!

mrc is moving up in the world, and to lovely new offices on Friday, June 2, 2006.

After that, all gift baskets and candygrams can be sent to:
mrc
555 Waters Edge, Suite 120
Lombard, IL 60148

p.(630) 916-0662
f.(630) 916-0663

Please pass this address change on to anyone in your company who might need it.

Here's a cool birds' eye view of our new location!

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Gartner says there is a declining need for technical skills...

In this ComputerWorld article Gartner predicts a shrinking demand for certain computer skills. The prediction focuses on a shift away from IT specialty skills toward employees with more business-analyst skills.

You can read the article here»

Do you think this is a lot of hype put out by well-placed press releases and media-based panic? Or, do you feel a change is taking place in IT?

You can enter the debate here.

Friday, May 05, 2006

Apply alternate looks to your Java applications just by changing your URL

One powerful feature we included in servlets produced by m-Power and the mrc-Productivity Series is known as the pageName parameter.

In a nutshell, this parameter lets you dictate to the servlet which .html page to apply to your application directly from the URL. That means you can apply various looks (and uses) to your Java servlets by changing this parameter in the URL.
Learn how to take advantage of this design feature»

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Create your own Java application right now.

Got a few minutes? If so, that's more than enough time to create a couple of Java Web applications without any prior Java training, or Web experience.

Just sign in to gain password access to this step-by-step development interface.

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