As germinating OMG standards for legacy transformation continue to gain attention, Relativity Technologies is promoting its platform for application modernization and management, and opening up its software to various third parties.
Sybase insists that tools play a key role in its strategy to "unwire the enterprise."
Many programmers feel that the Rational Unified Process (RUP) is too rigid and structured for small development projects. Proponents of agile and extreme programming have similar concerns. To answer these criticisms, we speak with Gary Pollice and Liz Augustine, two authors of the recently released book "Software Development for Small Teams: A RUP-Centric Approach."
Intel CEO Craig Barrett confirmed widespread expectations that his company would provide 64-bit extensions for Intel's high-end 32-bit Xeon processors as early as next quarter.
Java programmers looking for the next wave in software development would do well to investigate opportunities for building portal applications, suggests Brent Ruggles, curriculum architect for WebSphere portal education at IBM.
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.