Industry Links

The following links represent Technology and Management Services resources that our consultants have used as tools and sources of information within their jobs to either solve a problem, reference a specific technology, learn about industry news and trends, or simply to learn and grow.

Technology

Books/Publications

• Safari Books Online is the e-reference library for programmers and IT professionals.
• TechRepublic serves the needs of the professionals representing all segments of the IT industry, providing information and tools for IT decision support and professional advice by job function.
• Barnes & Noble.com Professional,Technical & Business Bookstore
• Sun Microsystems Press
• Books, CD Roms, seminars & workshops and other object-oriented programming topics are covered on MindView.
• Harvard Business School Publishing
• MIT Enterprise Technology Review - Emerging Technologies and Their Impact
• New York Times Technology Page
• CNET.com is source for computing and technology.

Java

• Sun Microsystem's source for Java technology
• The Java Tutorials are practical guides for programmers who want to use the Java programming language to create applications. They include hundreds of complete, working examples, and dozens of lessons.
• Resource for Java Server Pages, including top web sites, FAQs, tutorials, specs, documentation, forums and mailing lists.
• Struts is an open source framework for building Java web applications.
• Spring is the leading platform to build and run enterprise Java applications.

.NET

• Microsoft .NET is a resource for getting started with .NET, including technical resources, business integration and partner information.
• .NET Framework Developer Center is a source for developers.

Flex

• Flex documentation
• Adobe Flex 2 Language Reference
• Adobe Flex 2 Component Explorer

XML/XSL

• XML industry portal for technologists, developers and businesspeople developing purpose-built XML languages.
• XML Cover Pages is a comprehensive online reference work for XML, featuring extensive documentation on the application of the open, interoperable "markup language" standards, including XSL, XSLT, XPath, XQuery, XLink, XPointer, XHTML, HyTime, DSSSL, CSS, SPDL, SVG, CGM, ISO-HTML, and others.
• Gallery of XSL and XSLT Tricks

Tools

• Hibernate is a powerful, high performance object/relational persistence and query service.
• Subversion is an open source version control system.
• Squirrel SQL is a graphical Java program that will allow you to view the structure of a JDBC compliant database, browse the data in tables, issue SQL commands etc.
• MSDN is a resource for developers using Microsoft tools, products, and technologies. It contains technical programming information, including sample code, documentation, technical articles, and reference guides.
• VIM (improved version of the "vi" editor).
• FAQ for the ADAPTIVE Communication Environment (ACE).

Perl

• CPAN Search is a search engine for the distributions, module and docs for Perl.
• ActiveState provides solutions for Perl, Python, Tcl, PHP, XSLT and XML.
• O'Reilly perl.com is a source for perl information.

Security

• SANS Institute is a source for computer security training, certification and research.

Mainframe Application Programming

• IBM Reference Manuals for Mainframe Cobol, Batch Processing, Online Processing, Tools, Editors, Utilities, Databases and Messages.

User Groups

• St. Louis Java Users Group
• Gateway Java Users Group
• St. Louis .NET User Group

Management Services

Project Management

• Gantthead is a resource to make project managers more successful. It includes connections, processess, templates, examples, experts, stories and advice.
• Project Management Institute (PMI®) is the leading nonprofit professional association in the area of Project Management. PMI establishes Project Management standards, provides seminars, educational programs and professional certification that more and more organizations desire for their project leaders.
• Project Management KnowledgeBase contains articles, tools and techniques.
• Project Manager's homepage is designed to support and expand the profession of project management, including forums, links, templates, events, news and reviews.

Business Analysis

• International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) is the independent non-profit professional association serving the growing field of Business Analysis.

Technical Communication

• TECHWR-L ("tech-whirl") is a web community and resource for technical communicators.