As CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) gains popularity as a standard for portable, distributed, object-oriented computing, the need for a CORBA messaging solution is being increasingly felt. This led the Object Management Group (OMG) to specify a Notification Service that aims to provide a more flexible and robust messaging solution than the earlier Event Service. The Notificatio...

In global software development (GSD) projects, all team members (e.g., project manager, quality assurance, technical leader, and developer) can benefit from being aware on the project status regarding their area of responsibility. While there is considerable attention on providing project overview data and tool support to the project manager, there is only weak support for the other roles, resu...

I n the United States there are 19 million new sexually transmitted disease (STD) cases diagnosed each year, including 900,000 reported cases of chlamydia, 330,000 reported cases of gonorrhea [1,2], and 55,400 estimated new HIV infections per year [3]. Notifying sexual partners of their potential exposure to an STD has been a mainstay of disease prevention and control since the 1930s [4]. Recen...