Application Development Trends' News


SOA Makes for Faster Enterprise-Class Development

Capitalizing on two of the hottest IT topics for 2005 according to Gartner–SOA and open-source software–Skyway Software is shipping a version of its SOA platform for the open-source Linux operating system.

Openmake Leads Charge for Enterprise Build Management

Enterprise build management is an industry buzzword today, but back in 1995, when Tracy Ragan and Steve Taylor recognized the need for a commercial enterprise build management tool, no one was talking about it.

Parasoft Adds Penetration Testing to SOAPtest

Few software companies have beat the security-begins-in-the-application-development-process drum louder than automated software testing solutions vendor Parasoft Corporation. “Prevent errors as you write the code,” is the company mantra (if not exactly its slogan). The advent of service-oriented architectures that support wide-scale use of Web services makes that message even more urgent, says Wayne Ariola, Parasoft’s VP of corporate development.

Wind River's Workbench 2.3 Reflects Multiple Developer Roles

In the wake of its first-ever worldwide user conference, Wind River Systems made a spate of announcements around "refreshes" across its product line. The biggest news for device software developers is the company's plan to "radically redefine the development tools space" with four new configurations of its Workbench dev tool.

Canoo Offers Free Portlet Integration

Swiss company Canoo, is offering developers a free portlet integration code that can be used with Canoo’s UltraLightClient to create and run Rich Internet Applications as portlets on a portal server.

Business Processes Key to Business Intelligence

Linking business intelligence to operational processes is one of—if not the most—important goals of enterprises, and the data that is derived is priceless.

IPLocks Lays Down the Seven Laws of Risk Management

In 2002, when IPLocks was founded, the enterprise database security conversation was all about perimeters and encryption, and the company’s products reflected that focus. But the conversation has taken a turn in recent years. Organizations are concerned about internal intrusions, the misuse of sensitive information by trading partners and sustaining regulatory compliance. IPLocks has responded to that shift with a broader approach, says CTO Adrian Lane, which it calls information risk management.

Macromedia BREWing Flash for Mobile Apps

Macromedia's recently announced agreement with wireless telecommunications company Qualcomm to develop and distribute Flash Lite applications and multimedia content to BREW-enabled mobile handsets and mobile operators in the U.S. may be the mass-market mobile opening for technology Macromedia has been searching for, says Ovum analyst Tony Cripps.

Tibco, Defywire Strike BMP Partnership

Tibco Software and Defywire announced a new partnership to offer Tibco customers real-time access to business processes via wireless devices, using Defywire’s mobile Java-based software.

BEA’s New "Liquid" Service Infrastructure Strategy

BEA Systems has unveiled a new line of products for the emerging service infrastructure market, and launched a rebranding campaign to freshen its image.

Virtual Machines: The New Container for Software Distribution

Is virtualization technology changing the software distribution paradigm for developers? VMware thinks so. As evidence, the company points to its newly launched VMware Technology Network Web site, where some of the industry's biggest ISVs are making their software available prepackaged in virtual machines.

BI Tool Keeps Independence Air Competitive

In the fiercely competitive travel industry, where airlines must do all they can to stay afloat, one airline has found a way to turn data into dollars. Independence Air captures more than one gigabyte of operational data per day on such things as flight loads, geographical market, price points, booking curves, seasonality, time of day, timeliness, lost baggage and revenue accounting.

EnterpriseDB Commercializes Open-Source PostgreSQL

There's a new player in the open-source database game. Startup EnterpriseDB emerged from stealth mode last month to launch the first public beta of its flagship product, a PostgreSQL-based database management system: EnterpriseDB 2005.

Gartner Advises IT to Focus on Five Areas

If you’re wondering what your organization should invest in, Gartner’s ideas may help you decide. Gartner is encouraging IT firms to make room in their programs and budgets for five key topic areas this year: open-source software, voice/data convergence, service-oriented architecture, IT utility and global sourcing.

Oracle Gets a New Toad from Quest

Quest Software recently introduced its latest version of Toad for Oracle, used to manage database objects, create and debug PL/SQL, and create, execute and optimize SQL queries. The database tool is aimed at Oracle Real Application Clusters, Citrix and terminal server environments.

Microsoft Sets Launch Date for Three Key Products

SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 will be formally launched during the week of Nov. 7, according to Paul Flessner, senior vice president of Server Applications at Microsoft at this week’s Microsoft TechEd 2005

RSA Provides Policy-Based Approach to App Security

Why do so many application development organizations push security to the back of the bus? One reason, says Gartner analyst Ray Wagner, is that security requires a level of expertise most developers don't have.

Borland Unveils JBuilder Roadmap; Signposts Include Eclipse

Borland Software recently laid out plans for JBuilder, including continued development of JBuilder products to utilize Eclipse as the integration framework.

Metrowerks Updates CodeTEST for Expanding Symbian Market

Developers of mobile applications for Symbian-based devices will soon have another tool to help them meet growing demands. Freescale Semiconductor’s Metrowerks group announced plans to release a new version of its CodeTEST analysis tool for Symbian.

App Servers’ Performance Play Key Role in SOA

Interest is reaching an all-time high for service-oriented architecture, and application and integration servers will play a pivotal role in SOAs, according to a recent study by The Yankee Group.