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Microsoft Joins OpenAJAX Alliance

In a move that promises to facilitate interoperability of AJAX-based applications developed with different tools and frameworks, Microsoft on Tuesday announced it has joined the OpenAJAX Alliance.

SOA Deals: IBM Combines Virtualization With SOA

IBM facilitates SOA deployments, Vitria rolls out open SOA platform, and more.

Expression Blend Release Candidate Ships

Microsoft this week began shipping the release candidate for Expression Blend, its new design tool for building Windows user interfaces using the .NET Framework 3.0’s Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).

Microsoft Ships Windows Server 2003 SP2

Microsoft Tuesday began shipping the second service pack for Windows Server 2003.

Microsoft: No Visual FoxPro 10

Visual FoxPro 9 will be the end of the line for Microsoft's under-appreciated desktop database developer tool, the company formally told third-party developers Tuesday.

SaaS Requires Agile Methods, Group Says

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) developers should toss out their traditional waterfall development approach, according to a new white paper from the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).

Minnesota Event To Support Open Source

Open source software is the subject of a forum series, starting on March 23, at the Minneapolis Community and Technical College.

Java Analysis and Visualization Tools Announced

Quest Software has released a new Java code-checking tool; other Java developments include a visualization tool and NetBeans Ruby pack.

No Microsoft Security Patches Expected This Month

Get ready for an anti-climactic Patch Tuesday. Following on the heels of last month’s gonzo Patch Tuesday event -- wherein Microsoft Corp. released 12 new patches -- Redmond this month doesn’t plan to patch any security-related flaws.

SOA Testing: Reaching the Entire Enterprise

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) presents both promise and peril for corporate developers tasked with developing a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).

SaaS To Grow and Go Global, Analyst Says

The budding worldwide software as a service (SaaS) market will see an upward trend over the next four years, according to Gartner Inc.

Microsoft Releases DST Patch for Dynamics CRM

Literally just in time, Microsoft is shipping a patch for its Dynamics CRM 3.0 package that adjusts for the daylight saving time changeover coming this weekend.

Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Update Targets Vista Developers

Microsoft announced Tuesday that it is shipping the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista – as promised.

Behind Oracle's $3.3 Billion Bid for Hyperion

Few would call Oracle Corp.’s acquisition of business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) giant Hyperion Solutions Corp. surprising.

Eclipse Milestones Released for AJAX, Dynamic Languages

The Eclipse Foundation has announced three new project milestone releases that extend the open-source Eclipse framework to support AJAX and dynamic programming languages, such as Python, Ruby, and Tcl.

LucidEra Touts Rip-and-Don’t-Replace Outsourced BI

Why not outsource your BI infrastructure lock, stock, and smoking-data-warehouse-appliance?

Microsoft Ships Hotfix for Latest SQL Service Pack

Just two weeks after shipping a major new service pack for SQL Server 2005, Microsoft is having to issue a hotfix to correct a problem some customers experienced with the update.

OpenSAF Project Targets Communications Services

Motorola is spearheading an open-source project that supports SA Forum standards for high availability communications services.

Vendors Boost SOA Offerings via Partnerships

The last week of February saw a number of partnerships and product rollouts in the SOA space. Here are some of the week’s announcements.

Exchange 2007 Service Pack Beta In April

Microsoft says it is wrapping up the beta test code for its first service pack for Exchange Server 2007, and plans to begin testing the update in April.