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.
IBM is donating some of its software for speech-enabling applications to two open-source organizations: the Apache Software Foundation and the Eclipse Foundation.
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 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.
The extension of patent law to cover software raises great dangers for an industry that has become increasingly litigious over the past decade.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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."
Marc Fleury, founder and CEO of JBoss, says "high-end Java developers" will appreciate the significance of integrating JBossCache with Sleepycat's Berkeley DB.
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security bulletin may spell bad news for you.
Metrowerks has agreed to sell a portfolio of application development tools based on the Symbian smart-phone operating system to Finnish handset maker Nokia.
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ACS Healthcare (ACSH), a division of Affiliated Computer Services Inc., is an outsourcing provider of diversified business process and information technology for enterprises and government clients. It has recently won contracts and renewals for medical benefits claims processing in North Carolina, Texas and Mississippi -- a $600 million a year business.
Unilever Latin America has embarked upon an enterprise-scale data warehouse and business intelligence project called Sinfonia that will eventually become one of the largest databases in the world.
Aldon, out of Emeryville, Calif., has been making the rounds of trade magazines to tout its recent support for IBM eServer i5, as well as its certification by IBM of its application life-cycle manager plug-ins for WebSphere V5.1.
Compuware has partnered with Spherion Corp. and Sogeti USA to advance its offering of QA tools and consulting packaged as the Compuware Application Reliability Solution, says Gery Plourde, CARS director.
Sun is partnering with business intelligence vendor Hyperion to develop and market business performance management solutions running on Sun's Solaris OS. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun and its Sunnyvale, Calif.-based neighbor made the announcement recently.