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.
What is Eclipse? Officially, Eclipse is defined as an "open universal platform for tools integration." But in talking to some software industry leaders at EclipseCon, the Eclipse organization's first technical conference held at the Disneyland Hotel last week, a larger vision emerged
Asked for a State of Java 2004 perspective, Jamie Thomas, IBM vice president of development for the WebSphere Application Server unit, said 2004 will be the year Java standards allow J2EE and Web services to fit together "hand-in-glove."
Compuware Corp. disclosed last week that it has agreed to buy the supplier management portals and data messaging services of Covisint Inc., an ailing online auto services company originally formed by Detroit's Big Three automakers.
Sometimes the simple questions are the best - though it's not always the direct
answers that matter.
The Eclipse tools plug-in environment may succeed where other attempts failed to create a universal
framework because Eclipse can bridge open-source and Java community efforts, Red Hat Inc. CTO Michael Tiemann told attendees at EclipseCon today.
Application Development Trends recently took time out to reflect on the next technology paradigm. The results will provide food for thought and, perhaps, some impetus for
controversy for some time to come.
Asserting that one of the obstacles to creating Web services is the coding required, Novell Inc. is offering point-and-click Web services tools that are not beyond the scope of PC-savvy business users.
Borland Software moved late last week to expand its application life-cycle management (ALM) strategy by unveiling a new infrastructure management offering designed to bridge the gap between development and deployment.
A declaration of independence was issued for the Eclipse Platform with the announcement that the IBM-sponsored consortium for the open-source tools framework initiative is now a not-for-profit corporation.
Ottawa-based GridIron Software has
signed an agreement that calls for its XLR8 tools for building Grid software to be bundled with Adobe Systems Inc.'s After Effects Professional video toolset.
Storage software provider Veritas Software Corp., Mountain View, Calif., has agreed to acquire Ejasent Inc., a supplier of application virtualization technology for utility computing, for $59 million.
Moves discussed at last year's Lotusphere -- that promised an accelerated migration to Java (and J2EE) for Notes and Domino application developers -- appeared fuller fledged at this year's Lotusphere get-together.