Application Development Trends' News


Virtually reflexive response to security threats

Reflex Security’s Reflex VSA, which the company claims is the industry's first virtual security appliance for virtualized environments, enables enterprises to secure those networks with firewall protection and intrusion prevention.

Microsoft is google-eyed about advertising

As part of a new business model, Microsoft has begun testing display advertisements across Microsoft Office Live, Windows Live Mail and MSN Spaces.

Lawson Release 9 provides SOA to unite Landmark apps with IBM’s middleware platform

Lawson Software today announced Lawson Release 9, which the company says lays the foundation for a service-oriented architecture and prepares customers for Lawson's next-generation Landmark applications.

BIRTh of an open-source reporting alternative

SQL Server Reporting Services has become immensely popular and is now poised to challenge third-party reporting solutions for market share. Don’t look now, but the open-source Eclipse Foundation might have a similar Wunderkind on its hands, the Eclipse BI Reporting Tool project.

Autoweb launches 'Fusion-DX' product data management

Autoweb is launching Fusion-DX, a data integration solution that automates the manual processes associated with product data management and global data exchange.

Idera releases two more SQL Server 2005 tools

Idera is rolling out two more tools for SQL Server 2005, SQL diagnostic manager version 4.1 and SQLschedule version 2.5.

Oracle releases free SQL Developer tool

Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle SQL Developer (formerly code-named Project Raptor), a free database development tool.

SOA vendors partner with LogicLibrary to create integrated governance platform

Service-oriented architecture vendors Blue Titan Software, TopCoder and Metallect have joined forces with LogicLibrary to support an end-to-end approach to SOA governance, from development through deployment.

Storage infrastructure service for developers

Amazon Web Services yesterday announced a storage service, aimed at software developers, called Amazon S3, which it says is low cost, scalable, reliable and low-latency.

Adobe releases free public beta of XMP toolkit

Adobe Systems is pre-releasing the public beta of Adobe XMP Toolkit Version 4.0.

SOA Software is first with registry independent SOA suite

SOA Software is launching what it claims is the first registry-independent SOA platform.

Rapidly evolving security attack trends

On Monday, Counterpane Internet Security and MessageLabs released their 2005 Attack Trends & Analysis report, which analyzes security attacks across 15 industry sectors and discusses how these attacks affect organizations and outlines the extent of potential damages.

Applix pushes 64-bit BI

Microsoft's commodity 64-bit operating environments could be just the catalyst for the 64-bit-i-zation of the enterprise.

Oracle joins search for extra-relational data

With Oracle's announcement of its upcoming Oracle 10g Secure Enterprise Search software, the three market-leading database vendors have articulated enterprise search strategies.

Execs reveal top IT problems in IT governance study

The top two IT-related problems are operational incidents and staffing issues, according to a global survey commissioned by the IT Governance Institute.

Cassatt automates Java app virtualization

Cassatt announced general availability of its Collage Web Automation Module. The software, which supports BEA WebLogic Server 8.1, is designed to help IT orgs with their server consolidation efforts by providing Java app virtualization and management for J2EE apps.

Sun Laboratories showcases Small Programmable Object Technology

Sun Microsystems is preparing to roll out Project Sun Small Programmable Object Technology, a battery-operated platform for development of wireless sensor networks, robotics and personal consumer electronics.

Salesforce.com extends on-demand service

Salesforce.com is launching a new level of service designed to allow customers to extend their on-demand apps across the enterprise.

Information Builders collaborates on intelligent search

Information Builders is rolling out WebFOCUS Intelligent Search, an enterprise search tool.

How to manage business process changes

If anything can put the brakes on the best-laid plans of business process automaters, it's that people and processes change.