DEPARTMENT: Editorial pointers
Diane Crawford
Page 5
DEPARTMENT: News track
CACM Staff
Pages 9-10
COLUMN: The business of software
An interview with a new paradigm.
Phillip G. Armour
Pages 13-16
COLUMN: Staying connected
Top tech trends to watch in 2007.
Meg McGinity Shannon
Pages 17-20
COLUMN: Viewpoint
This new take on usability yields desirable (and the absence of undesirable) user behavior,even as it furthers grander corporate goals.
Russell Beale
Pages 21-24
CACM Staff
Pages 25-32
The current patent process in many ways works against IT innovation by making the road to realization too dispiriting for today's independent inventors.
Patricia S. Abril, Robert Plant
Pages 36-44
Discovering semantic correspondences is the key to semantic integration of data sources and ultimately to data integration across disparate databases.
Huimin Zhao
Pages 45-50
Before taking on global systems, project managers must conduct a proper process analysis and educatetop management, as well as end users.In today's globalized business environment, firms must learn to manage increasingly complex …
Markus Biehl
Pages 52-58
Aligning technology decisions with relevant organizational practices and policies.
Nitin Singh, Kee-hung Lai, T.C.E. Cheng
Pages 59-65
Examining the use and abuse of personality tests in software engineering.
Sharon McDonald, Helen M. Edwards
Pages 66-71
A small survey of Finnish IT professionals, academics, and students has important implications for computer science degree programs.
Sami Surakka
Pages 73-78
It may seem counterintuitive, but going "open" all the way offers the most security.
Jaap-Henk Hoepman, Bart Jacobs
Pages 79-83
Peter Naur
Pages 85-94
DEPARTMENT: Hot links
Pages 95-96
COLUMN: Inside risks
Lauren Weinstein
Page 128