Application Development Trends' News


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.

ActiveState Beefs Up Perl Dev Kit

ActiveState has released a new version of its Perl development kit to create self-contained executable files for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX platforms.

Adobe Ships Apollo Alpha

Adobe announced it is shipping an alpha release of its "Apollo" cross-operating system Web applications platform, with commercial release scheduled for later this year.

Securent Teams With OASIS on Open Source Access Control

Securent has decided to implement XACML 2.0 in its Entitlement Management Solution as part of OASIS' standardization efforts.

Library for IT Architects Opens

The IT Architect Skills Library has opened online, providing resources for aspiring architects.

Expression "Design" Beta 2 Ships

Microsoft is shipping the second beta release of Design, a graphics tool that's part of the company's Expression Studio suite.

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.