Application Development Trends' News


iWay gets in the middle of SOA race

Last week, Information Builders (IBI) announced iWay SOA Middleware, an SOA-ready bundling of several iWay components.

App dev jobs start to recover from outsourcing binge

The application development space has been hard hit by outsourcing, but there's been a recovery of sorts over the last 12 months.

Sun shines on a new NetBeans IDE

Sun Microsystems and the NetBeans community said yesterday that NetBeans IDE is available for download.

Smoother way to build Notes-like apps in J2EE

Unify has released Unify NXJ Composer, designed to give Lotus Notes developers the ability to build Lotus Notes-like applications in J2EE without having to code by hand.

JetBrains has a new idea for international Java

JetBrains has released IntelliJ IDEA 5.1, the latest version of its Java IDE.

BPM suite stacked on top of an SOA

Tibco Software says it has integrated its BPM suite with its business integration products, enabling its customers to layer BPM on top of an SOA.

Super Bowl advertisers still forgetting links to online channel

Search-engine marketing firm Reprise Media released their second-annual Super Bowl Search Marketing ScoreCard.

Spinning CAN-SPAM

Is CAN-SPAM working to unclog enterprise in-boxes?

Saving money with a service-oriented outlook

The world's largest companies can save up to $53 billion in IT spending over the next 5 years by implementing SOAs, according to a new report from AberdeenGroup.

Quest for service-level agreements in an SOA world

After the service-enablement message has been spread as far as it will go, what will become of service-level agreements?

Utility rolls out limited deployment of intelligent grid

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric will follow a broadband-over-power lines (BPL) pilot program with a limited deployment of intelligent-grid technology.

Eclipse-based BEA Workshop tool supports blended development model

BEA Systems is announcing the latest version of its Eclipse-based BEA Workshop Studio.

Cognos gets at Domino data

Cognos beefed up its support for IBM's Lotus Notes/Domino messaging platform, announcing a Cognos 8 Business Intelligence Data Modeler for Domino.

AccuRev rolls out new open API and replication enhancements

AccuRev's latest release of its software configuration management product AccuRev 4.0 promises enterprise integration, replication, usability and performance enhancements for teams performing complex, parallel and geographically distributed development.

Zippy approach to lowering Big Iron database workloads

Last week, Big Blue announced a new z9 Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) for its flagship mainframe systems.

New Zend Core for IBM debuts free DB2 Express Data Server

Zend Technologies announced the general availability of an updated Zend Core for IBM, featuring a free DB2 Express Data Server and the Cloudscape database for embedded applications.

Nokia releases Python for S60 into the open-source wilds

Yesterday, Nokia said it will release the source code for its Python for S60 Platform onSourceForget.net into the hands of open-source software developers.

A new way to manage email for compliance and discovery

Quest said on Monday that it has released Archive Manager 3.0, a new email archiving solution that captures, indexes and stores messaging data for mailbox management, compliance and knowledge sharing.

Info tech staffing on the rebound

According to the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses, IT staffing levels rebounded strongly in 2005, marking a return to form to the post-salad days of 2001.

Security firms form posse to track and capture spyware

McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro, ICSA Labs and Thompson Cyber Security Labs announced yesterday a plan to test technologies designed to ID and kill spyware.