Application Development Trends' News


Former Microsoft Program Manager Accused of Stealing +$1M

Carolyn M. Gudmundson, a former Microsoft program manager for MSDN, faces arraignment this week on 18 felony counts of wire and mail fraud in the U.S. District Court of Washington, Western District of Washington, Seattle.

Microsoft Posts Office Live Workspace Beta

Redmond rolled out its next entry in its "Software Plus Services" offerings.

Borland To Add Business Intelligence to ALM Solutions

Company plans to offer solutions with business intelligence capabilities by the middle of next year.

Red Hat Bundles Tooling and Runtime in New JBoss IDE

JBoss Developer Studio provides more open source options for enterprise application developers.

Microsoft Releases ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview

The community technology preview will include an option to use a model view controller, which may help some developers write unit tests and better maintain code.

Microsoft Releases Entity Framework Beta 3

Framework supports .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 RTM versions.

Parallels Adds Full Mac OS X 10.5 Support

New virtualization solution is designed to run Windows on Intel-based Mac systems.

Seven Fixes for Final Patch Tuesday of 2007

Patches mainly affect Windows servers and desktops.

Microsoft PDC Is Back On

Conference for developers set for late October 2008 in Los Angeles.

Microsoft, Oracle Diverge on Outside VM Support

Oracle closes ranks, while Microsoft opens up.

Windows Server 2008, Vista SP1 Hit RC Milestone

Both products expected to RTM early next year.

DataDirect Issues 3.1 Versions of XML Products

Upgrades include support for HL7 standard and MySQL Server.

New Exploit Targets Internet Explorer

Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 also at risk.

Sun Releases Virtualization Management Tool Under GPLv3

Company adopts open source strategy with its new xVM Ops Center solution.

Sapient Unveils ALM Solution

The consulting and marketing firm now offers software to help companies with agile development.

Vista SP1 To Enhance Security, Block Piracy

Service pack expected early next year for the OS.

SAP Offers CRM 2007

Improvements include the ability to add mashups to the user interface, plus customization.

Serena Offers Business Mashup Solutions

New products purport to ease mashup development for both IT and business users.

NetBeans Beta 2 Is Dual-Licensed

Latest release includes a licensing change that better supports open source Java development.

Open Source Limited in SMB Market, Report Finds

Small and medium businesses have resource constraints, making it not so easy to opt for open source solutions.