Application Development Trends' News


iTKO Bolsters SOA Load Testing Capabilities

An upgrade to the company's flagship product lets users automate test cases in service-oriented architectures.

Microsoft To Buy Parlano

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it intends to buy Parlano, a Chicago-based company it has already worked closely with on enterprise communications software.

Windows XP SP3 Coming Next Year

Expect fixes, but no new features, when a new service pack is released next year for Windows XP.

Windows Server 2008 Pushed Back -- Again

RTM delayed until next year.

Windows Vista SP1 Due in Early 2008

New service pack to include multiple fixes, new features.

Search Changes Coming in Vista SP1

Although Microsoft didn't mention it in today's announcement about the upcoming release of Windows Vista SP1, the company confirmed today that one of the major changes will be to open up desktop search functionality to competition.

Agitar Unveils Improved Java Test App

The solution helps Java programmers handle legacy code without breaking applications.

Stem the Flood of User Account Control Popups

If there's one feature in Windows Vista that's almost universally reviled, it's User Account Control, or UAC. But help may be on the way in the form of BeyondTrust Privilege Manager 3.5.

Governance Is Key to SOA, Panelists Say

A SOA Consortium panel describes why businesses need governance to properly steer their service-oriented architecture (SOA) efforts.

Microsoft and Open Source: Friends or Foes?

Both views have their advocates.

IBM Launches Federal SOA Cert Program

New educational program for SOA novices and federal IT professionals will start next month.

WSO2 Web Services Dev Tools Announced

WSO2 has released two new open source products for developers of Web services applications. The company is currently offering its Web Services Framework for C (WSF/C) 1.0 product, as well as its Web Services Framework for PHP (WSF/PHP) 1.0 product.

Levanta Offers VM Management App for Linux

Levanta is offering a virtual machine version of its Linux life-cycle management product that's similar to the company's flagship physical appliance. The product, called Intrepid VM Linux Management Appliance, is available as a free software download.

WSO2 Web Services Dev Tools Announced

The company's open source solutions help developers generate applications for Web services, based on C or PHP code.

Levanta Offers VM Management App for Linux

Solution helps track changes across physical and virtual Linux-based systems.

Spring Web Services 1.0 Released

Java programmers who like the open source Spring Framework can develop applications for Web services using the newly released Spring Web Services 1.0 stack.

SOA's 'Lack of ROI' Cited in Report

Companies aren't seeing much in the way of return on investment from service-oriented architectures -- yet, according to survey results.

Microsoft To Launch Communications Tools in October

Gates, Raikes oversee the launch three new products.

Microsoft On Skype Outage: Don't Blame Us

"Patch Tuesday" releases not at fault for service failure, Redmond says.

Spring Web Services 1.0 Released

Java programmers can use the Spring Framework for Web services development.