Application Development Trends' News


HP Unveils Its SaaS Strategy

Companies can get HP's Business Technology Optimization solutions via a hosted option.

DataDirect Rolls Out Enterprise MySQL Drivers

New driver products facilitate enterprise database deployment and application development.

SAP To Acquire Business Objects

SAP is planning a $6.7 billion purchase of the largest business intelligence software provider.

Zend To Integrate Its PHP IDE With Eclipse

In other news from the company's annual event, Zend announced collaborative agreements with Microsoft, IBM and Oracle.

Microsoft Pulls One Fix From 'Patch Tuesday'

One "Important" patch was deleted from the security update release.

Top 10 Overlooked Windows Server 2008 Features -- Part 2

Upgrades include faster network stack, plus Group Policy enhancements.

SAP To Acquire Business Objects

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.

Top 10 Overlooked Features of Windows Server 2008 -- Part 1

Expect to see some less-hyped capabilities in Microsoft's new server technology, when it arrives.

Eclipse Mylyn To Be Added to Spring Tools

Interface 21 plans to release a Spring-based tool with task management help for Java coders.

IBM Cultivates Smaller Businesses With New Solutions

Company rolls out product line to meet developer needs at the small-to-medium business level.

Seven Patches Coming From Microsoft

"Critical" and "Important" patches planned for Tuesday release.

Improve Business Productivity With AJAX and SOA

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.

Microsoft Takes Step Toward Opening .NET 3.5 Framework

Announcement falls short of open source as developers cannot modify or distribute the source code.

Microsoft Tries To Rope In Unlicensed XP

Redmond aims at enforcing business compliance with licensing agreements.

IBM Busts Out Its Fall SOA Catalog

October brings forth multiple upgrades to products enabling service-oriented architectures.

MIT Forms Kerberos Consortium

Group aims to foster a universal single sign-on security mechanism that will be available as an open source resource.

IT Simplicity Needed To Meet Business Plans, Report Says

Business managers don't understand how to align IT with business objectives, report suggests.

Microsoft RTMs New Phone System

Response Point hopes to obsolete traditional phone systems for small businesses.

BEA Boosts Its 'Mainframe Replacement' Solutions

New Tuxedo products help organizations running high-end systems use legacy code in service-oriented architectures.

New Microsoft Program Aims to Cut Piracy, Increase Profits

Microsoft announced a suite of offerings today.