In other news from the company's annual event, Zend announced collaborative agreements with Microsoft, IBM and Oracle.
One "Important" patch was deleted from the security update release.
Upgrades include faster network stack, plus Group Policy enhancements.
Marking perhaps the most significant BI acquisitions to date, SAP plans to buy Business Objects, the largest supplier of BI software, for $6.7 billion.
Expect to see some less-hyped capabilities in Microsoft's new server technology, when it arrives.
Interface 21 plans to release a Spring-based tool with task management help for Java coders.
Company rolls out product line to meet developer needs at the small-to-medium business level.
"Critical" and "Important" patches planned for Tuesday release.
Commercial toolkits have made it easier for developers to create AJAX apps, but it also helps to work in an RIA/SOA environment, says Tibco exec at AjaxWorld.
Announcement falls short of open source as developers cannot modify or distribute the source code.
Redmond aims at enforcing business compliance with licensing agreements.
October brings forth multiple upgrades to products enabling service-oriented architectures.
Group aims to foster a universal single sign-on security mechanism that will be available as an open source resource.
Business managers don't understand how to align IT with business objectives, report suggests.
Response Point hopes to obsolete traditional phone systems for small businesses.
New Tuxedo products help organizations running high-end systems use legacy code in service-oriented architectures.
Microsoft announced a suite of offerings today.
New service competes with Google Docs.
Company revs up patch schedule for updating various Standard Edition versions.
A Microsoft rep shows how to create and consume data services for the Web, using a simple HTTP interface for AJAX-based Web sites and RIA apps.