Provide printing capabilities in your ASP.NET apps using server-side controls and JavaScript automation, or by using VS.NET add-in tools such as Crystal Reports.
Browsersoft’s eQ! Foundation is a solid product that is easy to set up and use. Its ability to script business logic makes it a great tool for inexperienced Java developers.
The concept of providing businesses with compute pools of network-attached processing power is the brainchild of Azul Systems, a Mountain View, Calif.-based start-up.
Marius Roets, an integration architect at Woolworths Holdings Ltd. runs a Microsoft shop with developers used to working with Visual Studio .NET. The retail chain with 180 stores in South Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australasia, had requirements for building a data monitoring and alerting system with a Sybase enterprise portal and a J2EE application server. So at the beginning of this year Roets faced the question of "How can I develop a J2EE application in a Microsoft environment?"
Art Technology Group's Adam Belmont has spent the past year working to make it easier for Java developers to build customer-facing Web applications on IBM's WebSphere Studio platform.
IBM is donating some of its software for speech-enabling applications to two open-source organizations: the Apache Software Foundation and the Eclipse Foundation.
Java and .NET developers who wish to incorporate legacy applications into their Web applications can use NetManage tools, says Yuan Huntington, director of product management at the firm, which also markets the Rumba host-to-PC terminal emulator product.
The need to provide "a better mobile experience" to users running Java apps on cell phones and handhelds has led Sun to partner with ARM, a U.K.-based maker of 16- and 32-bit embedded RISC microprocessors.
The number of developers using J2ME to create applications on wireless platforms has reached new heights, according to Evans Data in its "2004 Wireless Development Survey."
Marc Fleury, founder and CEO of JBoss, says "high-end Java developers" will appreciate the significance of integrating JBossCache with Sleepycat's Berkeley DB.
Metrowerks has agreed to sell a portfolio of application development tools based on the Symbian smart-phone operating system to Finnish handset maker Nokia.
Sun is partnering with business intelligence vendor Hyperion to develop and market business performance management solutions running on Sun's Solaris OS. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun and its Sunnyvale, Calif.-based neighbor made the announcement recently.
As Java coders make greater use of open-source tools, they need a way to organize and coordinate software downloads from the groups that make up the open-source community, argues Andy Grolnick, VP marketing at OpenLogic.
Many companies have valuable legacy mainframe applications but need to link them to new e-business applications, observes Markus Nitschke, VP of corporate marketing at Attachmate.
As a case study of how this can be done successfully, he points to the circulation department at the Los Angeles Times.
Mike Gunderloy reviews ReSharper 1.0.1 and Pivia Performance Suite 4.0
NetBeans is a versatile and highly configurable editor that stacks up very well against Eclipse. The key difference is that the NetBeans editor ties in well with additional functionality, such as the project manager, the GUI designer and the debugger.
The new version of Seapine Software's Surround SCM software change management product emphasizes integration with the tools and technologies development teams are using, says Rick Riccetti, president and CEO.
Actuate is joining the Eclipse Foundation as a strategic developer to spearhead the creation of business intelligence and reporting tools for the open-source Java IDE.
Seeking to win over Java coders working on Linux, IBM is making its Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Linux available as a free download on its developerWorks Web site.
Managing J2EE enterprise applications is not always the first thing on a Java developer's mind, but that may be changing, according to Martin Milani, CTO at Intersperse Inc., a Pasadena, Calif.-based provider of monitoring and management software.