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Sonic’s JMS pack goes for continuous availability

When the founders of Sonic Software Corp. got their hands on the Java Message Service (JMS) specification in 1999, they saw an opportunity to steal a march on new application server vendors that would sooner or later find a need for standard messaging middleware. The company is still in the lead, contends Sonic CTO Gordon Van Huizen.

Oracle, Dell join to boost SMP sales

With small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) firmly in their sights, Oracle Corp. and Dell Inc. disclosed details of a deal that gives Dell exclusive rights to deliver Oracle's Standard Edition One database pre-installed on its low-end PowerEdge 2600 and 2650 servers running on Linux and Windows.

In search of a text editor

In which the columnist contemplates the coming changes to his core development process.

J2EE development trends: Q&A with IBM’s Tom Rosamilia

At the beginning of this year, IBM veteran Tom Rosamilia was named vice president, worldwide data management and general manager of the Silicon Valley Laboratory (SVL). Rosamilia sees ways that lessons learned in developing MQ Series, CICS and other IBM legacy technology can be applied to the J2EE platform.

Microsoft bolsters RFID effort

Microsoft creates an internal RFID group, called the Microsoft Radio Frequency Identification Council, whose purpose is to "bring together major partners delivering RFID solutions on the Microsoft platform."

MVPs in the Knowledge Base

Microsoft's employees aren't the only ones doing support for Microsoft products these days.

RFID surge prompts Oracle to unveil sensor-based services plan

Oracle Corp. formally unveiled a new product/services initiative last week, along with what amounts to what some observers call a new product category built to more easily adjust to changing retail technology needs.

Macromedia ships Flex rich interface server

Macromedia is shipping Flex, its much-anticipated presentation server and application framework for enterprise developers. The product has been in beta since November 2003 and began shipping at the end of March 2004.

News Analysis: Sun-Microsoft deal: Now for the hard part

The surprise announcement last week of an agreement between arch-rivals Sun Microsystems and Microsoft Corp. to settle their long-running legal dispute seems to herald a new era of cooperation and enhanced interoperability between widely implemented technologies

Macs discover new life in sciences

Although the Apple Mac platform was long ago counted out by a lot of corporate IT managers, it has morphed and continues to find adherents -- the graphic arts in particular have persisted as a major stronghold. And the Mac platform may even be thriving again in the science sector where it once held some dominance on the desktop.

Borland brings RM to the masses

Borland last week began shipping the latest version of its requirements management tool, CaliberRM 6.0. Part of Borland's application life-cycle management portfolio, CaliberRM is designed to help software development teams align application changes to an organization's business needs, said Borland product manager David Walker.

Openness can be good business

Microsoft just released some software under a legitimate open source license. Has the company lost its collective mind, or is this just more good business?

Microsoft and Sun bury the hatchet; Sun cuts workforce

Steve Ballmer, CEO at Microsoft Corp., and Scott McNealy, chairman and CEO at Sun Microsystems Inc., agreed to bury the hatchet after many years of hostility. This ushers in a new era of cooperation with enhanced interoperability between software products,

Free enough hardware?

It was widely reported recently that Bill Gates thinks hardware will be practically free in 10 years. What does that mean to us as developers?

IBM agrees to acquire Candle

IBM has agreed to acquire privately held Candle Corp., a longstanding force in mainframe and distributed systems management software for an undisclosed sum.

ADT at Gartner ITxpo: Gartner on RFID

The sensor network, already emerging from applications of RFID chips, will transform computing and life as we know it by 2014, predicts Gartner fellow Tom Austin.

ADT at Gartner ITxpo: Analyst sees SOBA emerging as next trend in Web services

In an industry with no shortage of acronyms, Gartner is touting a new one, SOBA, or Service-Oriented Business Applications.

ADT at Gartner ITxpo: Another vote to endorse offshoring

IT management needs to embrace offshore outsourcing, despite the "genuine threat" of job losses, because the trend is not going to go away, asserted Michael Fleisher, chairman and CEO of Gartner. In his welcoming address to attendees at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2004 in San Diego on Monday, he argued that two popular responses, protectionism and blaming others, including the people of India and China, are doomed to failure.

ADT at Gartner ITxpo: Gates sees more modeling, less coding

Microsoft head Bill Gates, speaking at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2004, emphasized the role of visual modeling as the foundation for future software engineering advances.

How Not to Promote Your Software

Some software firms don't seem to understand that their customers have to justify their purchases. I've put together a partial list of ways to mess up your software marketing.