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.
Using Web services is one way to solve legacy integration issues—and save money.
Developers met with the challenge of integrating mainframe data with Web-based apps are finding solutions through SOA. Learn how one benefits company used the process to expand services to nearly 40 million customers.
EII may be a useful tool to help prototype the design or expansion of a data warehouse.
With the increasingly common use of distributed software components in service-oriented architectures (SOA), it has become essential that the underlying hardware for such applications have a high degree of redundancy.
The most talked about and widely used integrated development environments are not the most popular among coders, the results of a recent survey suggest.
Microsoft, long the bastion of the closed source code model, has launched CodePlex, a collaborative software development portal.
F5, maker of the mega network switch BigIP, revamped its set of tools that can be used to build network-friendly applications.
Developers now have new tools for building bit-true behavior in C++ for algorithm systems and hardware; the new data types operate at simulation speeds up to 200 times faster than traditional bit-width specifications.
Reusable code, dev speed and low cost are often cited when enterprises opt for open source tools over their commercial counterparts. Support and maintenance are not.
While coding requests for new promotions, pay methods and merchandise continue to pour in and pile up, your developers don't need to burn the midnight oil.
Developers seeking to support a combination of data formats won’t have to look beyond XQuery 2.0, which will optimize the deployment and integration of XML, relational and legacy data.
Adobe Systems is using a tiered licensing strategy to get enterprise developers started on Flex 2 development of rich Internet apps.