Application Development Trends' News


SnapLogic Leverages Amazon Cloud Platform

The company teamed with Amazon to add scalability to its hosted data integration solution.

Microsoft Says SQL Server 2008 To Ship This Quarter

Redmond divulges tidbits of SQL Server 2008 release information at this week's Worldwide Partner Conference.

New Prefetching Scheme Saves Computing Time, Energy

Researchers develop new way to predict usage and adjust accordingly.

Spring Gets Expanded Java Annotation Support

Spring 2.5 embraces annotations in a variety of new ways.

.NET Developers Gain Velocity

One of the big surprises at Microsoft's Tech-Ed North America 2008 Developers conference in Orlando, Fla., last month was the launch of Project "Velocity," the code name for a distributed, in-memory data-caching platform that was quietly under development in Redmond.

Massive Patch Coming for DNS Vulnerability

Major vendors of domain name system (DNS) servers are making an unprecedented coordinated release of patches for what is being called a fundamental flaw in DNS, a core element of the Internet.

Greene Out at VMware

In a move that sent shock waves across the virtualization market, VMware's board of directors announced that Diane Greene, the company's co-founder, president and CEO, will be replaced by Paul Maritz, a 14-year veteran of Microsoft and head of EMC's Cloud Division.

Neo FreeRunner Phone Hits Market, Provides Open Access

The cell phone's open platform lets developers write applications in C and C++.

Microsoft Talks Up SDL

Redmond’s Secure Development Lifecycle requirements aim to counter security defects in the face of recent SQL attacks.

Ballmer Wants Board Change at Yahoo

Microsoft's executives have been talking with investor and corporate raider Carl Icahn about renewed plans for Microsoft to acquire part or all of Yahoo, provided that Yahoo's board is replaced.

Microsoft Mends Breach in Open Source Sandcastle

The source code is now available after Microsoft initially removed the project for not following OSI rules.

iTKO Enhances SOA Test Solution With LISA 4.5

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

Most Network Data Sits Untouched

Statistically speaking, most data on enterprise networks rarely gets accessed after it is written to network storage, according to researchers from NetApp Inc. and the University of California (UC). Evidently, we are too busy writing new data to go back over old data.

Citibank Hack Shines Light on PCI Compliance

Just two days after the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council announced the deadline for application security compliance and said it would be issuing guidelines for PIN entry devices, court documents have emerged detailing an elaborate plot to hack Citibank's ATM network architecture.

Data Breaches Up in First Half of 2008

Reported data breaches increased sharply in the first six months of 2008, jumping 69 percent compared to the same period last year, according to a study by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).

IE Is Least-Patched Browser, Report Says

More than 40 percent of Internet surfers don't use browsers with up-to-date security patches -- and IE users are the biggest culprits.

Microsoft Issues Version 1.0 Protocol Documentation

The new documentation describes technologies that can be used by developers to interoperate with Microsoft's solutions.

Microsoft's XP SP3 Patch Fixes Antivirus Glitch

The hotfix addresses a registry corruption problem that was associated with PCs using Symantec's Norton Antivirus software.

Another Patch-Blocking Problem for Microsoft

Microsoft issued an advisory alerting users about a glitch that prevents security updates from being distributed through specific Windows Server Update programs.

Adobe Adding CMS Features to Upcoming LiveCycle Release

The Java EE-based software bundle will also feature 3D document conversion support and new deployment tools.