The Eclipse Foundation has released the first version of its much anticipated Data Tools Platform, a collection of extensible frameworks and tools designed specifically for developing data-centric applications in the Eclipse environment.
Two open source identity-services projects are set to announce a jointly produced reference application designed to enable multi-platform, multi-protocol open source identity services.
Is EII stalwart Composite Software IBM’s biggest competitive threat?
Microsoft announced Tuesday that it is shipping version 1 of its ASP.NET AJAX developers' tools, previously codenamed "Atlas."
Microsoft hasn’t quite gotten Windows Vista out the door but it is already working on the first service pack for the new system. But if you’re thinking you’d like to be on the list for testing it, that may be difficult.
Microsoft disclosed it has hired a key architect away from IBM.
Zend Technologies has released the first public beta of Zend Core 2.0, the second generation of the company's distribution of PHP 5. This version is the first from the company to implement new Windows Server compatibility features that Zend and Microsoft announced in late October.
Software developers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are now using UML modeling tools from IBM to develop the systems that will operate the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, IBM disclosed on Friday.
Application integration is a major IT headache, according to Aberdeen Group, consuming about 40 percent of the typical IT budget. With business processes spread across multiple IT applications, service-oriented architecture can be an appealing solution to integrating applications.
Salesforce.com released a developer preview version of its Apex Code programming language this week, and announced that it has made its Apex on-demand platform generally available.
CIOs expect to increase their IT staff levels at the fastest rate since 2001.
Altiris announced it is shipping Wise Installation Studio 7.0, an updated tool designed for creating installations for Windows Vista, 64-bit Windows operating systems, and Windows Mobile 5 devices.
TIBCO Software is the first corporate sponsor of Direct Web Remoting, an open-source Java communications library, designed for Web developers employing the AJAX techniques.
IBM on Monday announced it plans to open a number of SOA Leadership Centers around the world.
AutomatedQA, the Las Vegas-based testing-tools maker, has upgraded its flagship TestComplete product to include support for Windows Vista applications. The newly released TestComplete 5 also supports Firefox and Internet Explorer 7 Web testing.
What’s at stake in the fiercely contested application server race? Plenty, according to market watcher IDC, which has IBM Corp., BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., and a host of other vendors vying for their share of a surging application server market segment. The prize, IDC says, is a doozy: annual revenues of $4.5 billion—and counting.
The salesforce.com AppStore announcement grabbed plenty of headlines just before the holidays. Salesforce.com's chief exec Marc Benioff says he wants his company to become "the iTunes of on-demand apps." The company's soon-to-launch AppStore is designed to allow customers to browse, test, and purchase AppExchange software from third-party developers.
Microsoft began shipping the release candidate for Virtual PC 2007 last week, putting the virtualization environment on track for final shipment
in the first quarter as expected.
BlackPearl is a major upgrade of the K2.net 2003 Enterprise Workflow Platform, which includes a K2.net Studio design environment, Server, Workspace, and Service Manager. The new platform allows users to design, build and edit processes in several environments including Microsoft Visio 2007, a browser-based interface, SharePoint Server 2007 and Visual Studio 2005.
After shipping the first release candidate, or RC1, of SQL Server 2005 Compact
Edition in mid-November, Microsoft quietly began shipping RC1 of the product's
documentation, which has been updated to reflect the database's recent renaming,
in late December.