Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) News & Articles


Subversion SCM Tool Gets Update

CollabNet releases Subversion 1.5, an updated version of its open source software-configuration management tool.

Sun Launches Java VisualVM

Free, open-source tool offers visual details for Java apps.

iTKO Enhances SOA Test Solution With LISA 4.5

The solution is designed to simulate architectural dependencies and test SOA components.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta Testers Stage No Confidence Vote

Hundreds of dissatisfied testers of Microsoft's ADO.NET Entity Framework V1 are expressing what they call a "vote of no confidence" in the technology.

Jazz Gets Visual Studio Support

IBM Corp.'s Rational Software unit is set to release version 1.0 of Team Concert, the commercial client to the company's Jazz collaborative software development environment.

VMware Unveils ThinApp 4.0 for Application Virtualization

'Agentless' offering comes thanks to VMware's acquisition of Thinstall earlier this year.

Microsoft To Add Architecture Explorer to Visual Studio

Visual modeling tools will first appear as Visual Studio add-ons.

Google's App Engine: No Waiting

Google opens App Engine to all.

Microsoft Releases ASP.NET MVC Preview 3

Microsoft debuts new tweaks in latest version of its model view controller (MCV) architecture.

UPDATE: Gates and Ballmer To Demo Windows 7

Microsoft's newest operating system, scheduled to appear sometime in 2010, will get an early preview at the All Things Digital event.

Microsoft's High Performance Computing Server 2008 Beta 2 Debuts

Microsoft has released its second beta for testers after fixing some bugs.

Some XP SP3 Users Hit by Endless Reboot Problem

Microsoft is investigating the matter, but the bug seems to derive from bad installs by OEMs on AMD-based computers.

CTP2 of Windows PowerShell V2 Released

Microsoft issued the second community technology preview of its scripting and management tool for servers using Windows operating systems.

Borland Finally Finds A Buyer For CodeGear

Borland agrees to sell its CodeGear unit for $23 million to Embarcadero Technologies.

UPDATE: XP SP3 Available Via Windows Update

TechNet and MSDN subscribers now have access to the "slipstream build," but Microsoft also released XP SP3 generally via Windows Update.

SOA Software Releases SOLA 6.0 Mainframe Solution

Updated solution includes improvements to help service-enable legacy applications on the mainframe.

Strangeloop Device Addresses Web App Performance Pains

New hardware appliance is designed to help accelerate the performance of Web services.

HP Boosts SOA Management Offerings

New capabilities added to HP's SOA software.

In Search of Trust

Microsoft's end-to-end trust initiative is long on vision, but short on developer details.

Glitch Postpones Windows XP SP3 Availability

The availability of new service pack for the Windows XP operating system has been postponed until Microsoft fixes an application compatibility problem.