Dallas-based Fuego Inc., a developer of business
process management software, last week unveiled Fuego for Banking, the first in a planned series of industry-specific business process management solutions.
In an effort to transcend the limitations of the literary aspect of the patterns concept,
ObjectVenture has developed the Pattern Component Markup Language (PCML), a "tangible, machine-readable and exchangeable format for
designing patterns."
Events in the developer world.
Many models for many tasks can cause confusion among IT units. Bringing BPM focus to data modeling tools can improve efficiency and cut costs, experts say.
How can one be sure that they have tested everything in their products, when one never knows how people are going to connect them to different devices from different vendors?
Software testing is a mindset, says author Louise Tamres. In her more than 16 years of consulting work, including stints for the Dept. of Defense and General Motors, she has applied specific techniques to assure the quality of the end product. In "Introducing Software Testing," her recent book for newcomers to software testing, Tamres tells readers how to apply truly critical thinking to this key process. Programmers Report recently spoke with Tamres about the new book.
Sun Microsystems Inc. (http://www.sun.com) today disclosed plans to bundle a new version of the Describe UML modeling tool from Embarcadero Technologies (http://www.embarcadero.com) with the SunONE Studio Integrated Development Environment.
A recent IBM Rational media day afforded the opportunity to check in with Grady Booch.
Borland Software is continuing its software tool buying spree. The company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Java design and analysis tool maker TogetherSoft for about $185 million in cash and stock.
Portal software maker Corechange, Boston, this week unveiled a process management add-on that company officials said can enable business users to leverage Web services and other technologies to assemble and manage automated business processes.
Improved software test automation tools and processes can help management get "more for less."
As a step in its plan to make J2EE accessible to a greater number of developers, BEA Systems is making a popular visual Java modeling tool from TogetherSoft Corp. available as a plug-in for the WebLogic Workshop development platform.
Component-based apps are only as good as the weakest link; testing can ensure the health of components no matter where they end up.
Software testing champions quietly acknowledge that some organizations have yet to accept the need for automated software testing, and are expressing hope that an emerging transformation of the testing process will bring more
developers into the fold.
In the middle of a heat wave, we sent a reporter to find out what's new in UML 2.0. He tells us that, while looking to avoid so-called second-system syndrome, UML 2.0 moves toward providing
better code generation and component handling, business process modeling and other neat stuff.
Even though I know testing is work, and there
might be a specific feature or two in other languages I would like to use, I
still prefer developing and testing my applications in Java.
XML initiatives, including Web services, have much to gain by associating themselves with efforts such as the OMG's MDA.
According to testing guru Adam Kolawa, founder
and CEO of Parasoft Corp., the pursuit of perfect code must carry on -- especially
in the emerging Internet-centric world of Web services.
Model-Driven Architecture is based on UML, MOF and CWM standards. Its creator,
the OMG, promises the new modeling standard will evolve to follow and incorporate
more standard technologies.
OMG extends standard beyond notation to construction; new version 2.0 adds standards
support, eliminates "unnecessary" features and simplifies others.