The old adage, “there’s nothing to fear but fear itself” is seldom accurate in the IT industry. Obviously, Franklin D. Roosevelt never had to secure a Web site in his lifetime. With the risks in today’s world, one company is taking the “fear” out of Web services with improved app scanning software that puts the developer in the driver’s seat.
Promising speed, new language features and upgrades, Python is just weeks away from releasing the final version of its 2.5 software.
From all accounts Agile software development is making inroads in the enterprise, moving beyond high-tech companies to become part of the arsenal of corporate dev teams in industries like insurance, telecom and financial services.
Want to learn AJAX from the ground up? Or polish your developer skills? A free online course begins Aug. 4.
Experts have long said that AJAX, used to increase and speed site interactivity, could also be used to amplify attacks against outward facing Web apps—particularly against providers of Software-as-a-Service.
Awaresoft released Aware IM 2.0 Web database management software, which the company says allows solution-focused developers and experienced computer users to create comprehensive Web database applications without programming.
Analysts and industry pundits are paying new attention to the premise of on-demand applications. According to a new paper from consulting and research firm Saugatauk Technology, Software-as-a-Service is at a fundamental “tipping point.”
A slew of new SOA management functions are available through a new version of CentraSite, including a plug-in that lets developers ease into integration within Eclipse-based dev environments.
A 2006 report from Boston-based market researcher Aberdeen Group shows 90 percent of survey respondents say their companies are adopting service-oriented architectures.
The antivirus software selected by more than one-third of companies throughout the United States and Europe was the subject of a serious security flaw earlier this year, leaving its users in the dark. McAfee publicized the flaw and its fix through an apologetic e-mail issued to its customers last week.
Upgrades were released last week for Perforce’s SCM system—a dev tool used to track software management among enterprises. It now supports developers across more than 50 operating systems. Version 2006.1 also boasts enhancements to its server, updates to its user interface and is capable of supporting more IDEs than ever before.
IBM released Lotus Notes for Linux, marking the first time IBM has supported biz-grade e-mail, group scheduling and other Notes apps on the open desktop system.
Anticipated benefits of IBM's next iteration of DB2―due out at the end of this month―include data storage requirements reduced up to 80 percent, improved overall system performance, and the use of XML to reduce development time and costs.
When it comes to integrating biz and manufacturing systems, some say data modeling makes the best sense. And new software is said to develop models that can represent any plant, production facility or manufacturing operation.
A popular enterprise information integration (EII) platform has grown. And the latest version provides developers with the might to manage data integration deployments across large enterprises.
eBusiness Applications is taking the JavaScript coding out of the equation for enterprise developers building rich Internet applications. Last month, EBA released an updated version of its data grid component.
Microsoft has just released the Community Technology Preview (CTP) version of its latest Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver for SQL Server 2005. The CTP version of the upcoming 1.1 release is available now as a free download to all SQL Server users.
Managing your own Web apps just got easier. An upgrade to a free, multilingual Java Content Management System (CMS), with a full-text search engine, now provides customized questionnaires, visitor statistics and topic-based forums.
IBM’s Lotus Software division has dusted off its enterprise instant messaging client and re-architected it using the Eclipse open-source platform.
Entry-level, lower-cost versions of IBM’s enterprise search and content integration software are now available to help customers make valuable information more accessible throughout the enterprise.