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Sun Pitches New Data Analysis Solution

With Major League Baseball’s fan base more interactive than ever, following two leagues, six divisions, 30 teams and a countless combination of statistics ranging from RBIs to ERAs, MLB.com is one biz calling a new data warehouse appliance a homerun.

JavaScript Security Vulnerabilities: Weakness in Web 2.0

A glaring spotlight is now focused on vulnerabilities inherent in a key enabler of the new breed of dynamic Web pages. Demonstrations at last week's annual Black Hat cybersecurity conference employed Web-page-embedded JavaScript to attack corporate servers.

Open-source framework integrates AJAX and JSF

The final release of open-source AJAX4jsf framework 1.0 is now available. The project extends the benefits of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) functionality to component framework JavaServer Faces (JSF), which supports UI development for J2EE applications.

Java-based OLAP Opens Up to Excel

An open-source Java project has opened up to Excel. Now developers using the Mondrian OLAP can apply the Microsoft app and receive support options under the project’s new spreadsheet services.

MyEclipse 5.0 Integrates Matisse GUI Builder

The MyEclipse 5.0 open-source IDE, released Friday, is an enterprise Java, database, RAD, UML, POJO, AJAX, and rich-client development environment certified on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

Content App Server Simplifies .NET Development

.NET developers just got a leg up in the content management arena with Quantum Art's QP7.4 content application server, which is designed for graphical creation of lightweight Web apps and includes a Microsoft Visual Studio ™ integration module.

CA Issues Upgrade for WebScan Flaw

CA is recommending that users of its popular eTrust Antivirus WebScan upgrade to protect against flaws that can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or compromise the integrity of the WebScan software.

Developers: Think Like a Hacker to Beat a Hacker

Like a game of chess, app security boils down to a series of attacks and countermoves, and developers need to do what they can during production before they become another hacker’s pawn. But one expert says that's easier said than done.

Google Applies Text-Search to Open-Source Project Hosting

Last week Google launched an open-source project hosting service for professional software developers as part of its Google Code offerings.

New LAMP Layer: FileMaker API for PHP?

A three-way collaboration has enabled FileMaker to roll out the first public beta preview of a new Application Programming Interface (API) for the popular PHP open-source scripting language.

Readying mainframes for SOA not so simple?

Vendors are quick to tout SOA simplicity but some warn the process often brings unforeseen strain to IT environments.

Ozzie: 'Live' not risky for Microsoft

While industry observers have viewed Microsoft's Windows and Office Live initiative as risky business, newly installed Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie on Thursday said it is much closer to a natural evolution given the company's capabilities and heritage as a software platforms company.

SCA and SDO: Standardizing SOA-based apps

Two specifications are helping developers navigate the stormy waters of SOA implementation; Service Component Architecture (SCA) and Service Data Objects (SDO) are two ways vendors hope to simplify the process.

Adesso Looks to Mobilize App Development

Q&A: John Landry discusses his latest venture, Adesso Systems, which offers technology that allows IT developers to create, customize, and deploy distributed and mobile applications as quickly as low-level Web applications.

Microsoft Confirms Windows Denial-of-Service Flaw

No patch is available yet for a Microsoft Windows flaw that could allow a remote attacker to crash the system and produce a blue screen.

Office 2007: Real deal for Microsoft developers

Forrester Research characterizes the Office 2007 system as a “serious” app platform that offers enterprise developers another option for building customized Windows clients and collaboration applications.

Oracle overhauls ETL, Warehouse Builder released

Oracle Corp. today released the long-awaited overhaul of its database design and ETL (extraction, transformation and load) tool, Warehouse Builder 10g, Release 2 (formerly code-named "Paris").

With new storage solution, more is less

Who says you can’t have your data and store it, too? A new solution claims to offer the largest capacity for small and mid-size IT departments, expanding storage by 50 percent and claiming the lowest cost-per-gigabyte on the market.

ZapThink: Enterprises warm up to Java-based Web apps

Rich Internet apps should see a wealth of new takers, according to a study. And Java technologies are helping shape the trend that has developers dabbling with RIA to maximize the performance of Web-based apps.

Java RIA an effective alternative to AJAX?

As Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) take center stage in the race to develop user interfaces for rich Internet applications, some companies have had good results with pure Java.

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