Application Development Trends' News


Applications development in one-tenth the time

How would you like to build full-fledged enterprise apps 10 times faster? That's a claim being made by Jeff Walker, founder, chairman and CTO of TenFold.

Microsoft embraces ALM with upcoming Visual Studio 2005 release

Microsoft is planting its flag firmly in the application life-cycle management (ALM) space with the latest addition to its Visual Studio product line, Visual Studio 2005 Team System. Currently in its first beta release, VS Team System will include new capabilities for team coordination and collaborative development, says Rick LaPlante, general manager of the Visual Studio 2005 Team System at Microsoft.

Free standard aims to keep Linux from ending up like Unix

The non-profit Free Standards Group releases Linux Standard Base (LSB) 2.0, which is designed to assure compatibility of applications running on the various flavors of Linux.

Software deployment should include security plan

The need for enterprise security processes and procedures has become so pervasive that companies that do not include security as a component of their software deployments risk seeing their downtime rise from 5% in 2004 to 15% in 2008. This from market researcher Gartner in one of its latest reports, "Building a Sound Security Infrastructure: New Defenses for a New World of Threats."

Event-driven publish-subscribe technology changes developer's thinking

The event-driven, publish-subscribe model offers a new way of conceptualizing development, says Doug Moore, president of Accius Systems, a software consultant specializing in data-driven Internet applications.

More attackers targeting e-commerce and Web apps, says Symantec

The total number of virus attacks are down, but malicious codemeisters are getting faster, more sophisticated, and they're beginning to target e-commerce concerns and small businesses. That's the conclusion of a report published this week by security application provider Symantec.

PeopleSoft and IBM strike long-term development deal

PeopleSoft and IBM have struck a deal they are calling “the most significant enterprise application alliance in the companies’ history.”

WS-JustSayNo

Web services spefications have proliferated like rabbits over the last couple of years. Most developers should just ignore the whole mess for the time being.

ATG integrating e-commerce technology for WebSphere and Eclipse

Art Technology Group's Adam Belmont has spent the past year working to make it easier for Java developers to build customer-facing Web applications on IBM's WebSphere Studio platform.

Big Blue open-sources speech code

IBM is donating some of its software for speech-enabling applications to two open-source organizations: the Apache Software Foundation and the Eclipse Foundation.

Middleware moves into open source

JBoss Application Server 4.0, middleware recently certified for J2EE, is ready for enterprise production deployment, according to JBoss. It's available now under the Lesser General Public License open-source license.

Borland unveils SDO strategy

Borland Software unveiled the next phase of its product strategy at its annual user conference, held in San Jose, Calif., last week. With that strategy -- dubbed Software Delivery Optimization (SDO) -- the historically developer-focused toolmaker is turning its sights toward the business needs and "pain points" of management.

Analysis: Patent wars and the end of the software business

The extension of patent law to cover software raises great dangers for an industry that has become increasingly litigious over the past decade.

Legacy transformation tools aim to please Java and .NET coders

Java and .NET developers who wish to incorporate legacy applications into their Web applications can use NetManage tools, says Yuan Huntington, director of product management at the firm, which also markets the Rumba host-to-PC terminal emulator product.

Guide to cooking up Web projects

"ASP.NET Cookbook" by Geoffrey LeBlond and Michael Kittel is aimed at programmers who want a quick way to create dynamic, data-driven Web sites with Active Server Pages running on Microsoft Web servers.

Digital Evolution buys Flamenco Networks to strengthen SOA portfolio

Seeking to position itself at the top of the heap among vendors in the emerging market for SOA management software, Digital Evolution, announced this week that it has acquired Flamenco Networks.

Sun turbocharges with ARM Jazelle

The need to provide "a better mobile experience" to users running Java apps on cell phones and handhelds has led Sun to partner with ARM, a U.K.-based maker of 16- and 32-bit embedded RISC microprocessors.

J2ME scores with developers of wireless apps

The number of developers using J2ME to create applications on wireless platforms has reached new heights, according to Evans Data in its "2004 Wireless Development Survey."

JBoss and Sleepycat partner to 'cache in' with persistence

Marc Fleury, founder and CEO of JBoss, says "high-end Java developers" will appreciate the significance of integrating JBossCache with Sleepycat's Berkeley DB.

When shared code bites back

Develop any software that processes JPEG files lately? Microsoft's latest security bulletin may spell bad news for you.