ACM Queue, Volume 4

Volume 4, Number 1 , February 2006

From the editors

Charlene O'Hanlon:
Quality really is job #1. 8
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News 2.0

John Stanik:
News 2.0. 10
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Reader files

Charlene O'Hanlon:
What's on your hard drive? 11
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Kode vicious

George Neville-Neil:
Gettin' your kode on. 12-14
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Interview

Charlene O'Hanlon:
A conversation with Jarod Jenson. 16-24
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Q focus: system performance

Bryan Cantrill:
Hidden in plain sight. 26-36
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Philip Beevers:
A high-performance team. 38-43
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Bart Smaalders:
Performance anti-patterns. 44-50
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Mark Purdy:
Modern Performance Monitoring. 48-57
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Reviews

Arthur Gittleman:
Review of "Foundations of Ajax by Ryan Asleson, " Nathaniel Schutta, APress, 2005, ISBN 1590595823. 62
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Radu State:
Review of "Switching to VoIP by Ted Wallingford, " O'Reilly & Associates, 2005, ISBN 0596008686. 62
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Curmudgeon

Phillip A. Laplante:
It isn't your father's realtime anymore. 64-
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Volume 4, Number 2, March 2006

Letters

Charlene O'Hanlon:
Letters. 7
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News 2.0

John Stanik:
News 2.0. 8
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Reader files

Charlene O'Hanlon:
What's on your hard drive? 9
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Kode vicious

George Neville-Neil:
Human-KV interaction. 10-12
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Interview

Charlene O'Hanlon:
A conversation with Steve Ross-Talbot. 14-23
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Q focus: workflow systems

Peter De Jong:
Going with the flow. 24-32
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James Champy:
People and process. 34-38
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Derek Miers:
Best practice (BPM). 40-48
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Duncan Johnston-Watt:
Under new management. 50-58
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Reviews

Marc Paquette:
Review of "Wiki: Web Collaboration by Anja Ebersbach, Markus Glaser and Richard Heigl, " Springer, 2005, ISBN 3540259953. 59
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Elliot Jaffe:
Review of "Pro Perl by Peter Wainwright, " Apress, 2005, ISBN 159059438X. 59
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Calendar

Charlene O'Hanlon:
Calendar. 60-61
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Curmudgeon

Stan Kelly-Bootle:
But, having said that, ... 64-
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Volume 4, Number 3, April 2006

Purpose-built systems From the editors

Charlene O'Hanlon:
The private universe. 7
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News 2.0

John Stanik:
News 2.0. 8
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Reader files

Charlene O'Hanlon:
What's on your hard drive? 9
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Kode vicious

George Neville-Neil:
Kode vicious bugs out. 10-12
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Interview

Charlene O'Hanlon:
A conversation with Chuck McManis. 13-21
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Q focus: purpose-built systems

Terry Coatta:
The (not so) hidden computer. 22-26
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Jim Barton:
TiVo-lution. 28-35
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Stephen Johnson:
Java in a teacup. 36-41
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Reviews

Radu State:
Review of "Extrusion Detection: Security Monitoring for Internal Intrusions by Richard Bejtlich, " Adddison-Wesley Professional, 2005, ISBN: 0321349962. 42
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Andrea Paramithiotti:
Review of "Grid Database Design by April Wells, " Auerbach Publications, 2005, ISBN: 0849328004. 42
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Curmudgeon

Mache Creeger:
Evolution or revolution? 56-
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Volume 4, Number 4, May 2006

From the editors

Charlene O'Hanlon:
The domino effect. 8
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News 2.0

John Stanik:
News 2.0. 9
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Reader files

Charlene O'Hanlon:
What's on your hard drive? 10-11
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Kode vicious

George Neville-Neil:
Phishing for solutions. 12-13
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Interview

Charlene O'Hanlon:
A conversation with Werner Vogels. 14-22
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Features

Jeff Barr, Luis-Felipe Cabrera:
AI gets a brain. 24-29
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Ryan Barrows, Jim Traverso:
Search considered integral. 30-36
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Taf Anthias, Krishna Sankar:
The network's new role. 38-46
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Reviews

Andreas Tomek:
Review of "Protect your Windows Network: From Perimeter to Data by Jesper Johansson and Steve Riely, " Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005, ISBN: 0321336437. 42
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Bernard Kuc:
Review of "Open Source Wireless Java Tools Suite by Robert Virkus, " Apress, 2005, ISBN: 1590595033. 48
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George Hacken:
Review of "High-Assurance Design: Architecting Secure and Reliable Enterprise Applications by Clifford Berg, " Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005, ISBN: 0321375777. 50
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Jose Lloret:
Review of "Securing Storage: A Practical Guide to SAN and NAS Security by Himanshu Dwivedi, " Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005, ISBN: 0321349954. 50
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Calendar

Charlene O'Hanlon:
Calendar. 52-53
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Curmudgeon

Stan Kelly-Bootle:
The calculus formally known as pi. 56-
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Volume 4, Number 5, June 2006

Component technologies From the editors

Charlene O'Hanlon:
Accessorizing. 6
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News 2.0

John Stanik:
News 2.0. 7
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Reader files

Charlene O'Hanlon:
What's on your hard drive? 8
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Kode vicious

George Neville-Neil:
Phishing for solutions. 9-10
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Interview

Charlene O'Hanlon:
A conversation with Leo Chang of ClickShift. 12-18
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Q focus: component technologies

Greg Olsen:
From COM to Common. 20-26
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Michi Henning:
The rise and fall of CORBA. 28-34
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Chris Richardson:
Untangling enterprise Java. 36-44
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Len Takeuchi:
ASPs: the integration challenge. 46-52
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Reviews

A. Moreno:
Review of "Agile Estimating and Planning by Mike Cohn, " Prentice Hall PTR, 2005, ISBN: 0131479415. 59
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Michael Laszlo:
Review of "Component-Oriented Programming by Andy Ju An Wang and Kai Qian, " Wiley-Interscience, 2005, ISBN: 0471644463. 59
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Calendar

Charlene O'Hanlon:
Calendar. 60-61
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Curmudgeon

Alex E. Bell:
Software development amidst the whiz of silver bullets... 64-
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Volume 4, Number 6, July-August 2006

The future of HCI From the editors

Charlene O'Hanlon:
Able bodies. 8
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News 2.0

John Stanik:
News 2.0. 9
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Reader files

Charlene O'Hanlon:
What's on your hard drive? 10
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Kode vicious

George Neville-Neil:
Pointless PKI. 11-12
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Interview

Charlene O'Hanlon:
A conversation with Jordan Cohen. 14-23
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Q focus: the future of HCI

John Canny:
The future of human-computer interaction. 24-32
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James L. Crowley:
Social perception. 34-43
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Gaetano Borriello:
The inivisble assistant. 44-49
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Jim Christensen, Jeremy B. Sussman, Stephen Levy, William E. Bennett, Tracee Vetting Wolf, Wendy A. Kellogg:
Too much information. 50-57
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Reviews

Bayard Kohlhepp:
Review of "Windows and Linux Integration: Hands-on Solutions for a Mixed Environment by Jermy Moskowitz and Thomas Boutell, " Sybex Inc., 2005, ISBN: 0782144284. 58
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Melissa C. Stange:
Review of "Pro .NET 1.1 Remoting, Reflection, and Threading by David Curran, Fabio Ferracchiati, Syed Gilani, et al., " Apress, 2005, ISBN: 1590594525. 58
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Calendar

Charlene O'Hanlon:
Calendar. 59
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Curmudgeon

Stan Kelly-Bootle:
Like a podcast in the sea: mean ol' LoTech blues. 64-
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Volume 4, Number 7, September 2006

Compliance From the editors

Charlene O'Hanlon:
Playing by the rules. 8
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News 2.0

John Stanik:
News 2.0. 10
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Reader files

Charlene O'Hanlon:
What's on your hard drive? 10
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Kode vicious

George Neville-Neil:
Facing the strain. 12-13
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geek@home

Mache Creeger:
Rationalizing a home terabyte server. 14-17
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Q focus: compliance

Eric Allman:
Complying with compliance. 18-21
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George W. Beeler Jr., Dana Gardner:
A requirements primer. 22-26
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John Bostick:
Box their SOXes off. 28-29
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J. C. Cannon, Marilee Byers:
Compliance deconstructed. 30-37
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Tracy Ragan:
Keeping score in the IT compliance game. 38-43
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Reviews

Vladan Jovanovic:
Review of "Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design by Scott Ambler and Pramodkumar Sadalage, " Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006, ISBN: 0321293533. 44
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Radu State:
Review of "Software Security: Building Security In by Gary McGraw, " Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006, ISBN: 0321356705. 44
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Curmudgeon

Greg A. Nolann:
Seeking compliance nirvana. 72-
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Volume 4, Number 8, October 2006

System evolution From the editors

Charlene O'Hanlon:
Reality vs. perception. 7
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News 2.0

John Stanik:
News 2.0. 8
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Reader files

Charlene O'Hanlon:
What's on your hard drive? 9
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Kode vicious

George Neville-Neil:
Saddle up, aspiring code jockeys. 10-11
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Interview

Charlene O'Hanlon:
A conversation with David Brown. 14-23
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Q focus: system evolution

John R. Mashey:
The long road to 64 bits. 24-35
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Dan Rubel:
The heart of eclipse. 36-44
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Damon Poole:
Breaking the major release habit. 46-51
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Calendar

Charlene O'Hanlon:
Calendar. 52
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Curmudgeon

Stan Kelly-Bootle:
You can look it up: or maybe not. 56-
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Volume 4, Number 9, November 2006

Cybercrime From the editors

Charlene O'Hanlon:
The criminal mind. 7
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News 2.0

John Stanik:
News 2.0. 8
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Reader files

Charlene O'Hanlon:
What's on your hard drive? 9
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Kode vicious

George Neville-Neil:
Understanding the problem. 10-12
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geek@home

Mache Creeger:
Better health care through technology. 13-15
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Interview

Charlene O'Hanlon:
A conversation with Douglas W. Jones and Peter G. Neumann. 16-23
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Q focus: cybercrime

Team Cymru:
Cybercrime: an epidemic. 24-35
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Eric Allman:
E-mail authentication: what, why, how? 30-34
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Thomas Wadlow, Vlad Gorelik:
Criminal code: the making of a cybercriminal. 36-41
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Daniel E. Geer:
Playing for keeps. 42-48
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Reviews

Radu State:
Review of "Phishing Exposed by Lance James and Joe Stewart, " Syngress Publishing, 2005, ISBN: 159749030X. 50
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Markus Wolf:
Review of "Spring in Action by Craig Walls and Ryan Breidenbach, " Manning Publications, 2005, ISBN: 1932394354. 50
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Calendar

Charlene O'Hanlon:
Calendar. 52
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Curmudgeon

Phillip A. Laplante:
The joy of spam. 56-
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Volume 4, Number 10, December-January 2006

-2007) Computer architecture From the editors

Charlene O'Hanlon:
Forward thinking. 8
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News 2.0

John Stanik:
News 2.0. 10
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Reader files

Charlene O'Hanlon:
What's on your hard drive? 11
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Kode vicious

George Neville-Neil:
Peerless P2P. 12-13
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Interview

Charlene O'Hanlon:
A conversation with John Hennessy and David Patterson. 14-22
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Q focus: computer architecture

Ali-Reza Adl-Tabatabai, Christos Kozyrakis, Bratin Saha:
Unlocking concurrency. 24-33
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Simon Crosby, David Brown:
The virtualization reality. 34-41
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Brian E. Carpenter:
Better, faster, more secure. 42-48
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Reviews

Diomidis Spinellis:
Review of "Sustainable Software Development: An Agile Perspective by Kevin Tate, " Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005, ISBN: 0321286081. 49
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Radu State:
Review of "Hacking Exposed: Web Applications, 2nd edition by Joel Scambray, Mike Shema, and Caleb Sima, " McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2006, ISBN: 0072262990. 49
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Calendar

Charlene O'Hanlon:
Calendar. 50
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Curmudgeon

Stan Kelly-Bootle:
Will the real bots stand up? 56-
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