Application Development News & Articles


DataSynapse To Offer FabricServer 2.5

Solution aims to help organizations increase the availability of applications and improve resource utilization.

Phase 2 Embraces SaaS for Global SMB Market

A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner is proving Redmond's Software Plus Services case by offering hosted and customized IT support to the small-to-medium business market.

LongJump Introduces Database-as-a-Service

Service supports organizations that lack in-house IT resources or that want online database functionality.

TopQuadrant Releases Semantic Web Dev Tools

The company added to its suite of tools that aim to help enterprises be more agile with their semantic Web development projects.

Microsoft, Fast Combo To Yield Better Search Dev Tools

Microsoft plans to buy Fast Search to add to its search technologies.

SpringSource Offers Spring.NET 1.1

Framework provides features similar to the Java version.

Tech Giants Woo Developers Seeking JavaScript Turf

The software tools war is getting more interesting as Microsoft-Google square off with Volta vs. GWT and Adobe seeks to preserve its dominance in dynamic app development technology.

First Patch Tuesday of 2008 Expected To Be Light

There will be only two fixes to worry about.

First Look: Project Zero

Web developers who want to avoid writing Java applets may like this Eclipse plug-in tool.

Windows Home Server Causing File Corruption

No solution released yet by Microsoft.

Google Web Toolkit as Productivity Enhancer

GWT lets you develop JavaScript/HTML Web apps in Java, and gain support from Google's open source community.

Creative Commons Introduces CC+ License

Extension to CC licensing provides middle ground between open source and commercial licenses.

Internet Explorer 8 Passes Acid2 Test

Microsoft gets the smiley face, indicating better standards compliance by its latest browser iteration.

Advanced AJAX Security

Security in AJAX apps can have big problems, even for those who go by the book.

Build Web Apps With Java

Google Web Tools let you code Web apps in Java and then compile them to JavaScript and HTML. Java guru Joshua Bloch described some of the nuances at a recent event on the topic.

Trolltech and KDE Team on Multimedia Programming Framework

Phonon Framework will help better incorporate multimedia in C++ apps.

WaveMaker Unveils Visual Web Dev Tool and Framework

Solutions are designed to enable drag-and-drop assembly of Web apps.

Adobe Goes Open Source With BlazeDS

Messaging solution supports real-time data push for Web applications.

Virtual Machine Use May Tilt OS Dynamic

Open source operating systems may gain prominence as ISVs gravitate toward virtual machines as a method of software delivery, report suggests.

Intel Aims To Boost SOA With XML Solutions

Software suite adds libraries that can improve XML handling, company officials say.