JBuilder, the Java IDE from Borland Software Corp., was used to develop the Collaborative Information Portal (CIP) that is handling data downloads from the Mars Exploration Rover mission.
Microsoft has released a preview of the upcoming changes to InfoPath 2003. It
would be nice if they'd take some time to review their marketing message as
well.
A lot of ink has been spilled over software patents. That won't stop me from
spilling a bit of my own, though.
The Semantic Web, an extension of the World Wide Web, is becoming a reality with standards that are being implemented in and applications by IBM, Boeing, Adobe and others, according to Eric Miller of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
PalmSource, the software spin-off of PDA maker palmOne Inc., last week unveiled an updated version of its operating system designed for the growing "smart" mobile phones market.
Long-time business rules and process management software maker Pegasystems Inc. released its first Java-based platform earlier this month. PegaRules Process Commander V4 supports XML and browser-based development, and JSR-94 and JSR-168 portal plug-in support is also available.
When the company first built the Zipcar.com site in 2000, developers used map programs that were available for free on the Web, explained Roy Russell, vice president of technology for Zipcar.In 2003, the company decided to redo its Web site and Russell looked for a map application that would integrate better.
Novell Inc., Waltham, Mass., recently announced that it is joining the Eclipse open-source initiative. The company said its embrace of Eclipse tools integration technology allows it to provide "a common tooling strategy" for developers working with its products.
One of the original founders of Sun Microsystems is returning to the company. Andreas "Andy" Bechtolsheim, who, along with current CEO Scott McNealy and others, established Sun more than 20 years ago, will become the company's newest chief architect when Sun acquires advanced server technology company Kealia in a stock-for-stock merger deal, the two companies disclosed last week.
eBay is adding SOAP APIs and Java integration tools to its line of software development kits.
Skip McGaughey led the first two years of the fledgling Eclipse organization as chairperson of the Eclipse board of stewards and is the official spokesperson for the newly independent Eclipse not-for-profit corporation. During the recent EclipseCon technical conference in Anaheim, Calif., we met up with McGaughey.
In which your humble columnist freely admits to being part of the problem.
It's easy to blame the people who write the software when something big goes
wrong. But is it fair?
Microsoft Corp. recently roiled the already competitive waters of the enterprise database marketplace by announcing the availability of Reporting Services features to its popular SQL Server 2000.
SAP and Teradata have announced an alliance to provide high-volume data analysis applications based on information from ERP installations.
With storage capacity continually under siege by space-hungry applications, Oracle and EMC have recently floated a "Proven Solution program" that includes newly released EMC Database Xtender software and a package of joint services.
Performance management is no longer just the system administrators problem. Complex distributed systems require developers to think far ahead when building apps. We thought a brief visit with NEXVU Technologies CTO Rory Herriman could shed some light on the pitfalls of the brave new performance management world.
Microsoft Corp. continued its ongoing quest for the hearts and minds of Java developers (as well as .NET developers charged with maintaining Java apps) with enhancements to its Java Language Conversion Assistant (JLCA). The JLCA is a tool designed to convert existing Java language code into programs for the Microsoft Visual C# and the .NET Framework.
Software might be made from pure thought-stuff, but we need all those
transistors and wires to capture it. Here are some thoughts on what developers
ought to buy.
Sun Microsystems has released a beta version of the much anticipated 1.5 version of the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) -- code-named Project Tiger -- a set of specifications for developing Java applications for desktop computers.