Application Development Trends' News


SOA News: Iona's Open Source Initiative

Last week, companies announced various product deals and developments in the service-oriented architecture (SOA) space. The big news was an open source play by Iona Technologies.

IBM Loosens Its Open Standards Patent Rights

Company aims to increase software interoperability by not asserting rights to more than 150 Web technology patents.

BizTalk Server 2006 R2, 'Shrink-Wrapped SOA' Coming in September

Microsoft meets its shipping goal for server, and talks service-oriented architecture, too.

Microsoft Stacks Up Its SOA Strategy -- Q&A

Burley Kawasaki provides details on Microsoft's service-oriented architecture ideas.

Live CRM: Can Microsoft Pull it Off?

Microsoft squares off against Salesforce.com.

Astadia Enables SaaS Via Pervasive's Solution

Companies form partnership to deliver Salesforce.com CRM solutions.

'Astoria' CTP Gains Silverlight Compatibility

Microsoft on Thursday released an add-on to the previously released CTP of Astoria, a nascent project based around the way data is consumed and exposed on the Web.

Next Version of Live OneCare in Beta Testing

Microsoft's upgraded security product is aimed at multi-computer environments.

Microsoft Pushes Into Forefront

Suite of security tools represents opportunity for partners.

IE 7 Cross-Browser Scripting Exploit Goes Zero Day

Vulnerability only affects users with Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers.

Software Testing Gets Virtualized

VMware and Borland integrate their solutions to enable testing across platforms.

Oracle's 11g Database Unveiled Without Windows Version

Linux version of database is expected to ship this quarter, Oracle official says.

BizTalk Server 2006 R2, 'Shrink-Wrapped SOA' Coming in September

Meeting past promises, Microsoft on Wednesday announced that BizTalk Server 2006 R2 will ship in September.

Microsoft Patches Three Critical Flaws

Vulnerabilities found include three remote code execution holes.

'Launch Wave' of Microsoft Products Coming in 2008

Three major new releases will be coming next February.

Openbravo Seeks Partners on Open Source ERP

Spanish company launches program to build international partner base.

SOA Trends Indicated in IBM Survey

An IBM tradeshow poll found signs that businesses are beginning to ramp up their service-oriented architecture efforts.

Windows Vista SP1 Gets Fast-Tracked

The ship date for Microsoft's OS upgrade has moved to November.

Report: Software Assurance Rankles Customers

Microsoft's Software Assurance subscribers complain of high costs, low value.

Uniloc Releases Improved Copy Protection Solution

A new throttling capability helps publishers achieve greater control over piracy and software licensing.