Expert Insights
Get an inside look at the industry through FTP's interviews with the experts.

Scott Arnold President and CEO, Borland
	Engineering Development Process Software development is evolving into distributed team environments. See what Borland CEO Scott Arnold has to say about the company's application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions strategy. September 6, 2005

Marc Fleury Founder and CEO of JBoss Inc.
	Delivering Quality to the Enterprise Marc Fleury discusses JBoss' approach to open source as a development and delivery methodology that seeks to reshape the middleware market. June 27, 2005

Ya-Qin Zhang Corporate Vice President, Mobile and Embedded Devices Division, Microsoft
	Windows Mobile and Visual Studio Sync Up In an FTPOnline exclusive, Microsoft VP Ya-Qin Zhang discusses improvements in Windows Mobile 5.0 that will interest Visual Studio developers, as well as larger issues in the mobile market. May 17, 2005

Mike Milinkovich Executive Director, The Eclipse Foundation
	Expanding the Eclipse Ecosystem See what Mike Milinkovich has to say about recent developments for the Eclipse platform, as the not-for-profit Eclipse Foundation begins its second year. March 16, 2005

Lee Nackman CTO, IBM Rational
	Getting Rational About Eclipse In an exclusive interview conducted at EclipseCon 2005, Java Pro editors talked with IBM Rational CTO Lee Nackman about the Eclipse platform's growth and achievements, SOA, and modeling. March 9, 2005

George Paolini VP and GM, Developer Tools, Borland
	Evolving the Business of Integration Borland's George Paolini shares his views on integration, industry trends, and a new approach for bridging development and business requirements. October 27, 2004

Dale Fuller President and CEO, Borland
	From ALM to SDO Borland is introducing Software Delivery Optimization, which focuses on business process management. Borland CEO Dale Fuller discusses the company's evolving product strategy. September 13, 2004

Mike Milinkovich Executive Director, Eclipse
	Insights on Rich Clients, Java and Eclipse Mike Milinkovich talks about the benefits of Rich Client Platform, what Eclipse is doing about IDE component plug-ins and how that relates to JSR 198, and more. August 31, 2004

Mike Burba OptimalJ Evangelist, Compuware
	Java Component Spec One Key Find out why JSR 198 is important, how it will succeed, and what kind of IDE plug-ins we'll expect to see as a result. August 31, 2004

S. “Soma” Somasegar Corporate Vice President of the Developer Division, Microsoft
	Sneak Peek at the Future of Visual Studio .NET Somasegar speaks about the future of Visual Studio, including Microsoft’s new Express product lines and its lifecycle-management tools. Also discussed: global outsourcing, .NET adoption among VB5/6 users, and Microsoft’s progress on security. August 2004

Patrick Kerpan CTO, Borland
	The Art and Orchestration of ALM Borland CTO Patrick Kerpan discusses how embedded integration factors into the company's application lifecycle management strategy. June 2004

Richard Murphy Chief Architect, Blueprint Technologies
	Modeling Future Architectures Establishing an enterprise architecture is seen as a three-step process, which includes baselining the "as-is" enterprise architecture, defining the target enterprise architecture, and developing a roadmap for enterprise migration. May 2004

Eric Dungan Member of the Enterprise Architecture Center of Excellence, Best Buy
	Negotiating Business Alignment Enterprise architecture must be oriented with both business and IS visions. This might require compromise, and the enterprise architect will likely be the chief negotiator. May 2004

Ralph Hodgson CEO and co-founder, TopQuadrant
	Why Semantics Matter Semantic technology is social networking for applications. The way services connect together contains information about how the system behaves, and you can monitor such systems to gain real-time, current knowledge. May 2004

Jason Bloomberg ZapThink Senior Analyst Ronald Schmelzer ZapThink Founder SOA Holds Key to Agility Today's enterprise must remain agile, nimble enough to adapt to changing business environments and deal with shifting competition. Yet any adjustments within the enterprise inevitably mean modifications for IT to manage, as rapidly and effectively as possible. April 2004

Steven P. Davis Vice President of IT, Walt Disney Studios
	Develop an Architectural Master Plan Implementation of enterprise architecture is not simple. The ideal is for the enterprise architecture strategy to parallel the business strategy, but this is easier said than done. To succeed, the architect needs a master plan, not just for the business, but for the IT architecture as well. April 2004

Keith Short Architect, Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise Tools Group
	Build Distributed Apps a New Way Whitehorse uses an extensible SDM schema to help you design, build, and deploy distributed heterogeneous apps. March 25, 2004
	Model Apps More Effectively Forget UML. Microsoft plans to make modeling practical and useful for all corporate developers—not just a few hotshots. March 24, 2004

John Zachman Zachman Institute for Framework Advancement
	Erecting the Framework, Part I, Part II, Part III John Zachman, the father of enterprise architecture, reflects on the influences and impacts of his "periodic table of the enterprise." February 19, 2004

Juha Christensen Corporate Vice President, Mobile Devices Marketing Group, Microsoft Corp.
	IT Needs to Consolidate Wireless IT departments should consolidate around fewer wireless platforms and fewer wireless software providers to help manage the chaos that faces software provisioning, user support, and development. November 2003

Rick Fricchione Vice President, Enterprise Microsoft Services, Hewlett-Packard Company
	Certifying Architects Hewlett-Packard's Rick Fricchione discusses the idea of architect certification, lifecycle management, and the huge services deal HP struck recently with Microsoft. August 2003

Scott Dietzen CTO, BEA Systems
	Secure Web Services Across Platforms BEA's CTO Scott Dietzen talks about integration and security across the .NET/Java chasm. August 2003 (And don't miss our previous two interviews with Scott Dietzen: the first, on WAP, XML, and J2EE; the second, on XML Web Services.)

Don LeClair Vice President, Office of the CTO, Computer Associates
	CA Meets IT, Integration Challenges Computer Associates' Don LeClair shares his thoughts on integration, IT-development barriers, and more. April 30, 2003

Mike Devlin General Manager, Rational software, IBM Software Group
	Rational Straddles Java and .NET How will IBM's acquisition of Rational change the acknowledged leader in modeling and lifecycle tools? April 15, 2003

Prasad L. Rampalli Vice President, Finance and Enterprise Services and Director and Chief Architect, Architecture and Integration Platforms, Intel Corp.
	Smart Architectures, Architects Intel's Prasad L. Rampalli sheds light on the complicated realities facing enterprise architects today. April 8, 2003

Mark Bregman Executive Vice President of Product Operations, Veritas Software
	A New Storage View Mark Bregman discusses the past, present, and future of storage technologies. March 25, 2003

John Swainson General Manager of IBM's Application & Integration Middleware Division
	IBM Ups the Enterprise Ante WebSphere lies at the heart of IBM's new "e-business on demand" strategy, says middleware chief John Swainson. March 18, 2003

Eric Rudder Senior Vice President of Developer and Platform Evangelism, Microsoft
	Look Into the Future of VS.NET Eric Rudder discusses where Visual Studio .NET is and where it is going. March 7, 2003

John Fowler CTO for Software, Sun Microsystems
	Back to Basics for Sun Software John Fowler is no stranger to practical issues such as implementing Web services and simplifying Java development. February 24, 2003

Alan Cooper Founder and Chairman, Cooper
	Software Architecture in Turmoil Visual Studio Founding Father Alan Cooper speaks out about why development management needs a major overhaul, why .NET beats VS6 by a hair's breadth, and more. October 18, 2002

Dave Reed General Manager of Data Access and XML Technologies, Microsoft
	Follow the Roadmap for XML and SQL Server Dave Reed talks about Microsoft's roadmap for XML and SQL Server in the rapidly evolving data landscape. October 2002

Terry Lillie President and CTO, Omix Inc.
	From the Web Development Trenches Terry Lillie reports on life after the bubble, the demand for Web services, and the virtues of WebLogic Workshop. September 9, 2002

Robert S. Sutor Director of e-business Standards Strategy, IBM
	IBM, Java, and the Future of Web Services IBM's Robert S. Sutor describes the significance of the new WebSphere SDK, Web services security, and more. August 29, 2002

Jacob Christfort CTO, Oracle Mobile Products and Services
	Oracle Clears a Path for the Mobile Enterprise The promise of wireless access to enterprise applications hasn't yet been realized. Jacob Christfort thinks he knows why. August 22, 2002

Niklas Savander VP of Strategy, Nokia's Mobile Software Division
	Nokia's Data Strategy Strategy VP Niklas Savander shows the mobile giant’s plans for Java, multimedia, and standards. July 25, 2002

Dean Guida CEO and President, Infragistics
	Leverage Current Apps With Web Services An early adopter of Web services, .NET, and J2EE helps you find the action items buried in the buzz. July 2002

Daniel Sabbah VP of Development for Application and Integration, IBM
	Big Blue Embraces Services Vision Daniel Sabbah provides insights into IBM strategies in application integration, Web services, and development technology. June 18, 2002

David Kiker General Manager for E-Business Servers, Microsoft
	BizTalk Experience Yields Orchestration Lessons Find out what Microsoft has learned about orchestration since it launched BizTalk Server. June 2002

Miguel de Icaza Cofounder and CTO, Ximian
	Exploring .NET Alternatives Visual Studio .NET isn't your only choice in .NET development. Learn about the alternative the Mono project offers. May 24, 2002

Thomas Schaeck Chairman, Portals (WSRP) committee for OASIS
	Build Plug-and-Play Web Portals Thomas Schaeck discusses how the coming remote portal standard will let you provide content and apps that consuming portals and apps can use as-is. May 2002

David Wood Executive Vice President, Technical Consulting, Symbian Ltd.
	Java Optimization Key to Mobile Performance Symbian evangelist David Wood assesses Java's wireless momentum. April 30, 2002 (And don't miss our first interview with David Wood, in which he discusses the EPOC operating system and developing software for wireless devices.)

Tony Wind CTO, Crystal Decisions
	Bake in Business Intelligence The designer and developer of Crystal Reports describes how you can get ahead of the Business Intelligence curve. April 2002

Roundtable of Experts
	Knights of the Java Technology Roundtable Industry leaders scrutinize the issues and market directions for Java technology in the year ahead. Read the highlights and listen to the full audio. March 28, 2002

Martin Fowler Chief Scientist, ThoughtWorks Inc.
	Agile Development: What, Who, How, and Whether Agile Development guru Martin Fowler talks about how to pick methodologies, execute them, and fix what's broken. March 26, 2002

Jack Walicki CTO, Hewlett-Packard Middleware Division
	HP Stakes Out the Internet Operating Environment With the app server becoming an assumed capability, the action is moving higher up the stack. Read this exclusive interview for the scoop on HP's technology strategies. March 12, 2002

Roundtable of Experts
Dean Guida	Extending Visual Studio .NET Industry experts chat about how to extend VS.NET—what's out there, how it's being used, the problems and successes they've had. March 12, 2002

Eric Pulaski Founder, President and CEO, BindView Corp.
	How Secure Is .NET? Get insight into the realities of keeping the enterprise secure in the .NET world. March 2002

Anders Hejlsberg Architect of C#, Microsoft Distinguished Engineer
	Interview With Anders Hejlsberg We asked Anders Hejlsberg, inventor of C#, about C#'s role in the Framework, what got left out, and security dangers. Don't miss his answers. February 14, 2002

Jim Gray Senior Researcher and Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft's Scalable Servers Research Group
	A Talk With Database Guru Jim Gray Find out about the future of SQL Server 2000 and extreme scaling from Microsoft's resident expert in large databases. February 1, 2002 (Also watch Jim Gray's slide show with audio from his VSLive! San Francisco keynote, "Building Petabyte Databases With SQL Server and .NET.")

	Alan Cooper Founder and Chairman, Cooper Interaction Design Kent Beck Founder and Director, Three Rivers Institute
	Extreme Programming vs. Interaction Design When two development design visionaries meet, there's room for consensus—but not much. January 15, 2002

Mark Driver Research Director in Gartner Inc.'s research organization
	.NET: Where It Is, Where It's Going It's not a matter of whether you'll switch to .NET; it's a matter of knowing when to switch to .NET. December 12, 2001

Patricia Sueltz Executive Vice President, Sun Microsystems' Software Systems Group
	Where is Java Going? Sueltz discusses a wide range of topics, from Sun's continued commitment to Java, wireless, XML, the JCA standards, and the standards process. December 2001

Mike Devlin CEO, Rational Software
	Is VS.NET Ready for the Enterprise? Should you start developing with Microsoft .NET now or wait out the initial release? December 2001 (Also check out the sneak peek into his VSLive! SF session, about the impact of .NET on enterprise application development.)

David Wood Executive Vice President of Technical Consulting, Symbian Ltd.
	Squeezing Java Into Smartphones Symbian's David Wood talks about the EPOC operating system and developing software for wireless devices. Read the highlights or listen to the full audio. March 2001

Jan Popkin CEO and Founder, Popkin Software
	Keep Your Projects From Failing Nobody likes when software projects fail, but it happens. Jan Popkin describes how modeling can reduce software project failures. December 2001

Dave Winer CEO, UserLand Software
	Dave Winer, Pundit Programmer Dave Winer holds court on a whole slew of topics, not the least of which is the decentralization of the Internet. December 2001

	Mark Lucovsky Chief Architect of HailStorm, Microsoft Charles Fitzgerald Director of Business Development, Microsoft
	In the Eye of the Storm: Part 1, Part 2 Get the lowdown on how HailStorm services—now called .NET My Services—put Microsoft's Web Services initiatives on the fast track. October 2001

Roundtable of Experts
Simon Phipps	State of the Market App server industry experts provide their views on where the market is heading, in a discussion moderated by Java Pro magazine. Spring 2001, JavaOne conference

Chris Horn Chairman, Iona Technologies
	SOAP/XML Must Mature Quickly CORBA, J2EE provide valuable experience for future middle-tier interoperability challenges. November 2000

Dale Fuller Interim CEO and President, Inprise Corp.
	Inprise Chief Talks About Borland's Future From Borland, to Inprise, and back to Borland. Dale Fuller talks about the company's transition and direction, Delphi's place in the market, the role of Java and XML, and more. 1999

Steve Mills General Manager, IBM Software Solutions
	The Blackmail Interview IBM's Steve Mills gives a Mills-eye view of Microsoft, NT, and other indelicate subjects. October 1998

Paul Gross Vice President, Microsoft's Developer Tools Division
	What's Really Ahead for VB? Peek into Microsoft's development lab and see what's on the slab. May 1998

David Gee Worldwide Program Director, alphaWorks & Java Marketing, IBM
	IBM "Embraces and Extends" NT Read the highlights of FTP's interview with IBM's David Gee, and find out why Gee calls IBM "the open systems company." April 1998

Patricia Sueltz General Manager of Java Software, IBM
	IBM's Patricia Sueltz on Java Patricia Sueltz discusses IBM's strategy for Java software as well as Java's future. February 11, 1998

Rob Glaser CEO, Progressive Networks
	Progressive Networks' CEO Rob Glaser Progressive's CEO Glaser discusses issues for building your own audio-enhanced Web site, and RealAudio 2.0 as the backbone of synchronized multimedia over the Web. 1996