Application Development Trends' News


Software AG To Acquire webMethods, Boost SOA Presence

Software AG is expected to gain a strong 'foothold' in the North American SOA market with the acquisition.

Zend Boosts PHP on Windows

Zend Technologies Ltd. collaborates with Microsoft to offer better PHP performance on Windows.

Planix Tool Takes on Build-and-Test Guesstimates

Planix, from ALTERthought, gives the best- and worst-case time scenarios for agile-development projects.

Tibco Releases Open-Source AJAX Test Kit

A test kit from Tibco that helps debug code used in asynchronous Web development has been released as an open-source tool.

SOA Software and Red Hat Partner To Support Web Services on JBoss

SOA Software and Red Hat are teaming up to give customers deploying Web services on the open-source JBoss application server a set of tools for governance, security, management and mediation.

Microsoft Changes Tune on Expression

Microsoft will now include its Expression Web product as part of the Microsoft Developer Network Premium subscription, after initially charging extra for it.

JavaScript 'Hijacking' Vulnerability Not Expected To Dampen Enthusiasm for AJAX

A JavaScript-related problem has been found in AJAX-style applications, but it can be secured at the server side.

Sun Provides Early Access to NetBeans Ruby Pack

Java developers are getting early access to the Ruby Pack, a new plug-in for the NetBeans IDE.

SOA Report: Mindreef Teams With ZapThink

Software companies continue to build alliances to further SOA (service-oriented architecture) environments at the enterprise level. Here are a few announcements to date.

Microsoft Moves DBMS into the VS Developer Mainstream

'Orcas' will include exciting new tools and functionality for database management within VB and C# while maintaining continuity and connectivity with legacy DBMS.

ASP.NET AJAX Under the Hood

Scott Cate illustrates how to implement key features of ASP.NET AJAX to a packed crowd at VSLive! San Francisco 2007.

Sneak a Peek at Visual Studio's Future

Microsoft's Prashant Sridharan lifts the covers on widely anticipated 'Orcas' and 'Rosario,' and offers a view of new Microsoft initiatives aimed at both corporate and junior-level developers.

Glassfish V3 Beta Geared to the Enterprise

Open-source Java application server offers better support for SOA and Web 2.0 applications.

Oracle To Get Tangosol's Cache Technology

The pending acquisition will add distributed data caching capability and strengthen Oracle's SOA and data management middleware stack.

System Center Operations Manager Ships

Microsoft announced Tuesday it is shipping one of the first key pieces of its Dynamic Systems Initiative, also called DSI.

HP Gains AJAX Tool With Tabblo Acquisition

Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Tabblo Inc. will make it easier for consumers to print photos and other rich text from a Web browser. But the deal also gives HP some innovative AJAX technology.

Microsoft Buys Tools Vendor DevBiz

Microsoft announced Monday it has bought out devBiz Business Solutions, a company that specializes in software development tools and components for professional .NET developers.

AJAX Report: Parasoft Offers Test Suite

A number of companies announced tools to support enterprise applications using AJAX technology last week. Here are some of those announcements to date.

SOA Report: IONA Adds Active Governance

Companies providing service-oriented architecture (SOA) solutions for the enterprise issued announcements about new products, partnerships and deals last week. Here are some of them to date.

New APEX Release From Oracle

Oracle Corp. released version 3.0 of its free, browser-based application development tool, Application Express.