Application Development News & Articles


Massachusetts Considering Microsoft's New Document Format

Open XML acceptance would open door to Office documents.

Layer 7 Virtualizes SOA Security Solution

The company's XML firewall product gets an added distribution boost via virtualization.

Expanding the Team

Microsoft's roadmap for Visual Studio Team System promises richer collaborative development. (Article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, July 1, 2007.)

Windows Communication Foundation

The skinny on Microsoft's programming model for messaging. (Article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, July 1, 2007.)

Waterfalling Forward to Agile

Manage the transition to agile processes. (Article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, July 1, 2007.)

Hacker Defaces Microsoft U.K. Web Page

A SQL injection attack is the likely culprit.

A Peek Inside Google

Working at the search giant isn't what it's cracked up to be, ex-employee says.

Progress Adds New Features to ObjectStore

The company's object data management solution now features an AJAX-based application monitoring tool.

Surgient to Support New Microsoft, VMware Virtualization Offerings

Lab management application to be released in August.

JBoss Tools Project to Get Exadel Plug-Ins

Red Hat adds Exadel Eclipse plug-ins as an open source resource through its JBoss Tools project.

Eclipse's Second Synchronized Project Release

Find out what's in store for this year's synchronized Eclipse project release.

Windows Server 2008 CTP Released

Web Server Core role is included.

Bluewolf Teams With Google on Business Apps

Consulting company looks to provide change-management support to organizations implementing the Google Apps product suite.

Terracotta Adds to IBM WebSphere Support

Latest release of open source Java scalability solution runs on the WebSphere Application Server Community Edition.

Mule ESB Partner Program Launched

Program seeks to build partner community around open source enterprise service bus technology.

Quest Buying ScriptLogic

The $90M deal expected to boost Quest's position in the Windows client and server space.

Survey Shows More Than 40% Using Open Source

IT execs like the absence of licensing fees, but they dislike the lack of long-term support.

Novell Enhances Real-Time Linux

Company will offer a speeded up version of its open source operating system for enterprise applications.

Composite Enhances Data Virtualization for SOAs

New products are designed to facilitate data access across legacy systems, and account for scale too.

About-Face on Vista Virtualization Licensing

Microsoft keeps users of home Vista versions out of virtual sandbox.