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Sun hopes test kit will spread J2EE gospel

In an effort to help application developers to "help themselves," Sun has released a free test kit designed to verify whether an application is J2EE-compatible.

Sybase boosts place in real-time world

Sybase Inc. has started shipping its Real Time Data Services (RTDS) middleware offering, described as a complete solution for real-time enterprise information management. Sybase RTDS can proactively publish and subscribe data from heterogeneous enterprise databases to messaging infrastructures, officials said.

As J2EE 1.4 debuts, focus moves to tools

Sun Microsystems last week marked the advent of Version 1.4 of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) at a press event in San Francisco that featured most of the big names in Java tools and application servers. A tools panel included representatives from Borland, BEA, IBM, Oracle and Sun.

Sun, rivals celebrate J2EE 1.4

Sun Microsystems marked the advent of Version 1.4 of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) last week at a press event in San Francisco that featured most of the big names in Java tools and application servers, who gathered to discuss the impact of J2EE 1.4 on their products and markets.

Two Roads Ahead

It's coming up on time to replace the client operating system again. Which path will you choose for your development efforts?

Serena CEO outlines Merant plan

Serena, a maker of mainframe-based configuration management tools, is looking to Merant's PVCS and Dimensions products to boost its place in the desktop SCM world, Serena President and CEO Mark Woodward told eADT.

Ilog engine targets compliance

Viewers suggest one of the natural focal points for compliance-related software may be business process management (BPM) tools. A look at an Ilog engine shows why.

Wanted: A brain the size of a planet

Just how do we expect new developers to keep up with the expanding base of knowledge in the field, anyhow?

Tool said to tie infrastructure, service management

Compuware officials contend that it is now possible to tie infrastructure management to service management via the new Release 9.1 of its Vantage product, and to have a richer set of network information associated with it.

CA names new CEO, restates revenue

The fallout over several years of accounting misdeeds at Computer Associates (CA) International Inc. continued this week as the Islandia, N.Y.-based software maker restated more than $2 billion booked in 2000 and 2001 revenue and further shuffled its management team.

TheServerSide.com joins DevelopMentor online effort

The Middleware Company (TMC) and DevelopMentor, former rivals in the technology training game, are engaging in a kind of core-competency swap in an agreement they are calling a "community and training alliance."

Wily 5 supports JBoss

Lewis Cirne founded Wily Technology in 1998. Wily tools support a range of app servers, and the JBoss open-source server has just been added to the mix.

Systems that look after themselves

Autonomic computing is an attempt to do for software, networks, servers and workstations what the human autonomic nervous system does for our bodies, says Kathy Mandelstein, program director at IBM. Big Blue has high hopes for this technology -- which combines tools developed by its research center and Tivoli unit -- that in the ultimate scenario would allow computers to diagnose and fix problems with little or no human intervention.

Tips for virtual teams

Some thoughts about how to handle development when your team is smeared across the map.

RFID Redux: Don’t toss the bar-code reader yet

The much-hyped Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) revolution may unfold more as an evolution with its full impact coming late in this decade, according to Gene Alvarez, vice president with Meta Group’s Technology Research Services.

IBM unveils new SOA offerings

IBM has rolled out new software and services designed to help customers implement Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs), including enhancements to its WebSphere Application Server, and new planning and assessment services. The company joins other top-tier Java market players that continue to vigorously promote Service-Oriented Architecture as solution to enterprise problems.

Banker builds 'dream' data abstraction layer

Working for a banking corporation in acquisition mode, Scott Matthew, vice president, office of technology at Pacific Capital Bancorp (PCB), has become a strong advocate of Java and open-source software.

Top vendors form Enterprise Grid Alliance

A group of leading enterprise software, hardware and services vendors have announced the formation of The Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA), a new industry consortium created to speed the adoption of grid computing.

Sybase buys Dejima technology for plain language query

Seeking to enhance the wireless offerings of its iAnywhere Solutions subsidiary, Sybase Inc. announced this week that it is purchasing the assets of Dejima, a privately held company based in Redwood Shores, Calif.