Application Development Trends' News


HP bundles Linux solution from Novell

HP has signed a new open-source bundling license agreement with Novell to offer HP customers a bundled Linux solution based on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and that is certified to run on HP's ProLiant servers and BladeSystem technologies.

Sun delivers Java CAPS Suite to streamline SOA deployment

Sun Microsystems announced a new suite of infrastructure software, within the Sun Java Enterprise System, designed to help enterprises address the most challenging business integration and Web 2.0 development projects.

Rally adds Agile dev tools

Rally Software Development announced the availability of Rally Agile Team and Rally Agile Pro, two editions designed to give software development teams the visibility and collaboration needed to deliver high-value software in short, rapid iterations.

Software AG launches full lifecycle service platform for mainframes

Software AG announced a new service-oriented development environment for its Natural app dev platform as the first new product under its Natural 2006 product line.

Email tools lacking despite compliance risks

An Osterman Research survey of email management practices at 116 companies-averaging 9,400 mailboxes each-found that many orgs still face legal and compliance risks, as IT managers battle a variety of management problems.

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.