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Useful Tool: Microsoft Log Parser

This little-known tool can help you make short work of a bevy of log file analysis problems. If you've got data in some sort of structured file that you need to slice and dice, Log Parser can be just the tool for the job.

Java configuration management client debuts at SD-West

At the March 2004 SD West Conference in Santa Clara, Calif., McCabe introduced a new Java-enabled version of its TRUEchange client, which is designed to meet the evolving needs of development managers.

At MDC/VSLive: Microsoft pursues place in the wireless world

Mobile computing looms as the next domain for Microsoft to try and conquer. The company unveiled the latest upgrade to its platform for mobile applications at its third annual Mobile Developer Conference (MDC)

IBM adds shortcut to SAP NetWeaver

SAP has moved in recent years to improve the flexibility of its integration architecture. Its most recent step was to launch the NetWeaver integration platform infrastructure.

Open-source MySQL DBMS adds clustering tech

Swedish open-source database maker MySQL AB plans to release a new clustered database product with high-availability support.

Changes ahead for software licensing says IDC

Goodbye perpetual licenses –- hello subs!

At SD West: Microsoft exec asks if for-profit software can survive open source

How will the for-profit software industry fair if the open-source model continues to proliferate? According to Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Jim Gray, it might not survive.

Six Sigma to the rescue?

"Six Sigma" is a term often bandied about in software development circles lately, but few developers know what it really means.

Bridging the Divide might be good for the bottom line

Sun says it's going to start offering software to governments at attractive per-citizen pricing terms. Let's do the math.

At SD West: Grady Booch on software

Software development has become a core business process that drives both innovation and productivity, and there's not much hope for companies that fail to recognize that fact, according to IBM's Grady Booch.

Oracle developer preview passes test for J2EE 1.4 compatibility

Oracle announced this past week that its Java developer preview of the Oracle Application Server passed Sun's Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) for J2EE 1.4.

Truly Interesting Software

Sometimes the biggest innovations come from software that you really don't want to run.

Wind River gets Linux fever

Embedded systems mainstay Wind River is telling all and sundry that it is set in a new direction with a refocused, aggressive Linux strategy.

Lock-free ANTs Data Server updated

ANTs Software Inc., a Burlingame, Calif.-based developer of SQL database management systems, recently announced availability of Version 2.2 of its ANTs Data Server.

IBM's Palmisano pledges SMB effort

At PartnerWorld 2004 in Las Vegas, IBM increased its effort to join with third parties to attack the small- and medium-sized business (SMB) market.

Investment houses use Fair Isaac to empower business rules

Typical of XML evolution was a recent conversation with Russ Kliman, director, platform strategies, who discussed the development of the Financial Wellness Platform at SEI Investments Inc.

Making a date with the Semantic Web

Chris Sukornyk has an answer to the question "Is there any practical application for the W3C Semantic Web concept?"

Moving to XML -- Does it mean throwing out your RDB queries?

Bringing relational data into XML formats is a major task for many developers these days. XML has clear benefits as a lingua franca for integration, but it must co-exist with a well-established body of relational DB know-how.

JCP 2.6 opens Sun's Java process

A new version of the Java Community Process (JCP), designed to make developing Java standards more efficient and open to public input, was unveiled recently by the JCP Program Management Office and Executive Committees.