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Compuware launches two new software quality products

Compuware Corp. has launched two new products as part of its DevPartner product line -- Fault Simulator and SecurityChecker.

Compuware targets development, IT service with new offerings

Compuware has released upgrades of two products: one to assist Java developers and the other designed to improve servicing of Java applications at lower cost.

Sun unveils RFID offerings, including Java-based package

As RFID technology gathers steam, Sun Microsystems has announced new offerings in the market, including an entry-level Java product.

Sun launches OpenSolaris project with DTrace code

Sun Microsystems is set to unveil its strategy for open sourcing its Solaris operating system Tuesday, Jan. 24, beginning immediately with the DTrace utility. The source code for DTrace, Sun's new dynamic tracing framework, will be available for download Tuesday at opensolaris.org. The company is promising to provide "buildable code" from the upcoming Solaris 10 release by the second quarter.

IBM and Sun debate support decision on Solaris 10 for x86

IBM won’t be testing, certifying, or supporting its enterprise software applications on Solaris 10 for x86 platforms--at least not until demand for the latest release of Sun Microsystems’s UNIX-based operating system warms up.

SAP reaches out to PeopleSoft and JDE customers

Just hours after Oracle Corp. outlined its plans this past week for integrating its newly acquired PeopleSoft assets, chief rival SAP snatched a bit of the spotlight by offering to take over the maintenance and service of PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards (JDE) applications, and even migrate their users to the SAP platform.

Oracle pledges no changes in PeopleSoft support; touts next-generation app architecture

Oracle this week unwrapped its organizational strategy following this month’s acquisition of PeopleSoft, promising customers of both companies that they shouldn’t notice any changes in product support.

Business software sales contribute to a very good year for IBM

This past year was a good one for the software business, at least, if your name is IBM. Big Blue reported its fourth quarter and full-year results this week, and showed good if not spectacular growth in its software businesses.

IBM seen challenging software industry with release of patents

IBM seen challenging software industry with release of patents to open source community.

Microsoft and SAP unveil new PDK for SAP enterprise portal

The recently expanded relationship between Microsoft and SAP bore fruit last week in the form of a new portal development kit (PDK). The PDK for Microsoft .NET is designed to make it easier for programmers using the Visual Studio .NET IDE to develop, test, and deploy applications that run within the SAP Enterprise Portal.

Macworld attracts enterprise vendors

As Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs came to the end of his Macworld keynote in San Francisco last week, the audience was positively twitching in anticipation of the unveiling of the new Mac mini, the tiny "headless" desktop offering, about which rumors were flying the week before. He joked with the crowd, saying that he wished he had a nickel for every time someone asked him for a stripped down Mac.

IDC: Wireless has untapped potential in the enterprise

Wireless technologies may be growing, but vendors still have a ways to go to meet the potential demand from business users, according to an IDC analyst.

Apple’s Jobs wows Macworld crowd with Headless Mac, Flash iPod, and OS X Tiger

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Apple CEO Steve Jobs kicked off this week's annual Macworld Conference and Expo by demoing the new "Tiger" release of Mac OS X and unveiling the hotly rumored Mac mini "headless" desktop PC and a new flash-memory-based iPod.

Binary XML is fast in theory but may be slow in adoption

If you wanted to design a language for high-speed processing and transactions, you could probably do better than XML. But the question is: Could a new format or standard achieve the widespread popularity of XML?

An opening for corporate blogs?

Use of the communications tool is soaring, and two experts say there is potential for even more growth within the corporation, and probably for internal IT use.

Caucho becomes J2EE licensee

Caucho Technology, Inc., which makes a Java application server used by more than 3,500 corporate, education and government clients, has become a J2EE licensee, the company and Sun Microsystems announced Monday.

Enterprise offerings at Consumer Electronics Show

While Bill Gates's keynote crash at last week's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas grabbed headlines, a number of more useful (if less entertaining) enterprise-oriented announcements came out of that traditionally consumer-oriented trade show. Mobility and wireless technologies blurred the lines between "consumer" and "enterprise" at this year's show.

New Java-based software suite available for retailers

360Commerce has released its latest Java-based software suite for retailers, the company announced this week.

Macworld to offer training for corporate developers

Along with the expected sessions on digital photography, DVD creation, and the new live-on-stage "iPod Supersession," this week's Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco will have a strong enterprise component. A three-day conference within the conference, called MacIT, will focus on Apple deployments in the enterprise.

Global IPTV .NET software provider opens channel to Java

If you had 90 days to port IPTV software from Microsoft .NET to Java running on Tomcat, you’d have a problem Noam Fogel knows well. Fogel is vice president of research and development for Infogate Online Ltd., a Tel Aviv, Israel-based provider of software used by telcos and cable operators to offer video and games on demand to their customers.