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Developers Access Semantic Web with New Altova Tool

Altova this week introduced a Semantic Web development tool that enables developers to graphically create and edit in Resource Description Framework and Web Ontology Language.

Wireless Developers: “We Need Better Tools!”

A lack of quality tools is stifling wireless developers, according to a new study released by Evans Data.

Oracle Touts Portlet Factory for SOA Development

Oracle recently introduced new software that it says will help organizations integrate and interact with information extracted from enterprise business applications and pull it into service-oriented architecture-based enterprise portals.

Microsoft SQL Server is Retooled and Ready for Release

The next-gen SQL Server is Microsoft’s most feature-rich database offering to date, boasting almost completely retooled business intelligence innards, including a revamped ETL capability (the new SQL Server Integration Services, or SSIS), enhanced OLAP and data mining capabilities, and a version 2.0 release of Microsoft Reporting Services.

Content Management’s Changing Story Line

Historically, content management represented a safe market for small and medium software suppliers. “The ongoing joke in the content management industry was that it consisted of Documentum and the Seven Dwarfs,” says Richard Medina, principal consultant at market research firm Doculabs.

Popularity of Enterprise IM Continues to Grow, with Hackers

Attacks on instant messaging systems used by enterprises and consumers are escalating dramatically, according to the third-quarter report from The IMlogic Threat Center, a consortium that provides threat detection and protection for IM and peer-to-peer (P2P) apps.

Flashline Rolls Out Governance Platform for SOA

Flashline recently introduced a new platform that it says manages and governs the entire chain of relationships—from corporate objectives to business services, applications, Web services and components.

IBM Expands its SOA Management Practice

IBM Global Services recently brought two new partners into its SOA Management Practice and added to its governance and Web services management capabilities.

IDC: Departments Must Work Together to Tackle Compliance

Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and other regulatory requirements are causing massive headaches for companies. But these headaches may get worse—and expensive—if companies’ departments don’t start working together.

Sammons Balances Compliance, Security and Privacy

The Sammons Financial Group wanted a handle on the information on its network to satisfy compliance, security and privacy requirements.

Does Service Enablement Equal Vendor Entitlement?

SOA enthusiasts have been trumpeting a coming generation of composite applications—applications that are composed of multiple, independent, plug-and-play services.

JBoss and Microsoft Strike Interoperability Agreement

On Tuesday, JBoss and Microsoft announced plans to enhance the interoperability between JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS) and Microsoft Windows Server products and to increase JBoss support for the Windows Server operating system.

Fair Isaac Snags RulesPower to Boost Rules Capability

Fair Isaac this week acquired RulesPower to complement Fair Isaac’s Blaze Advisor rules management system.

Pay More, Get More

World-class IT organizations spend 10 percent more than other companies, and have fully loaded IT wage rates that are 32 percent higher than their peers, according to 2005 Book of Numbers research from The Hackett Group, a business process advisory firm.

Use Graphics to Learn Java

Looking to learn Java? Try Learning Java Through Applications, a new book by Duane J. Jarc, professor of computer of science at the University of Maryland-University College. Learning Java Through Applications’ unique approach “emphasizes Java’s graphical capabilities and the ability to create graphical user interfaces,” according to its publisher.

Versant Boosts Object Database with ANSI C++, Java Interface

Versant has enhanced Java support, including an Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 application programming interface, in the new version of its object database.

JBoss Seeks to Bridge Java Models

JBoss recently released a beta version of its development software designed to simplify writing complex Web applications in Java.

Recommendation: Encrypt Backup Tapes

Iron Mountain, which provides records management and data protection services, is advising its off-site data protection customers to encrypt their backup tapes.

Mastery of Data Management Is Latest Hot Topic

This week’s new buzz phrase is master data management, apparently a hot topic for the world’s largest companies, according to Kalido.

Cognos Series 8 Is Big Hit with Customers

From a competitive perspective, the Series 8 business intelligence suite Cognos announced last week was not necessarily earth-shattering. After all, one of its biggest selling points is integration: it’s the first Cognos release based on the company’s ReportNet architecture; it boasts a unified user interface; and it delivers what Cognos says is seamless integration between and among its BI functions.