Hon Wong

Cloud computing utilizes computing resources, network bandwidth, storage, applications, and services available in the Internet "cloud" to deliver scalable Web functionalities to end users anywhere in the world. Drawing on the cloud for computing resources is similar to tapping in... (more)

Although the .NET Framework simplifies the challenge of developing distributed Web applications, it increases the complexity of deploying, and then managing, those applications. The adoption of Web 2.0 techniques and SOA Web Services only amplify this complexity, making performan... (more)

Web 1.0 - Where Experts Add Value In its relatively short lifetime, the World Wide Web has had a dramatic impact on the way information is presented and shared. Before the Internet and the web were available, "big media" companies invested heavily in expensive research, writing, ... (more)

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) combine proven technologies including JavaScript, Extensible Markup Language (XML), dynamic HTML (DHTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and the Document Object Model (DOM) to enable the delivery of interactive Web applications. AJAX-based We... (more)

Web applications built on a service-oriented architecture (SOA) promise to greatly improve IT efficiency and business agility. SOA establishes data and protocol standards so that existing internal and third-party application modules or services can be reused and orchestrated into... (more)

In its day the colossal Pharos lighthouse of Alexandria was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. When it fell in the fourteen century, the building blocks were reused by the Sultan of Egypt to build the Citadel at Qaitbey that still stands today. Waste not, want not. Our moder... (more)

Accelerators, Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs), application switches...whatever you call them, this new breed of performance enhancing appliances is selling like hotcakes. The market for these turbochargers has zoomed from zero to over $1 billion in the span of a few years... (more)

Developing custom applications using Microsoft's .NET Framework is a growing trend. According to Forrester Research, 56% of enterprises are choosing .NET versus 44% opting for J2EE, while IDC reports that 35.7% of large corporations use .NET for their most important applications ... (more)