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.
News about smart cards underscores the
opportunities for software developers with the know-how to create applications for these
credit-card-sized slices of plastic embedded with microcontrollers.
OK, so it's rotten, evil software, and whoever wrote it should be flogged. But
what software development lessons can you learn from the latest uber-virus?
Microsoft Corp. joined business intelligence (BI) software maker Business Objects last week to reassure developers that popular reporting software from the recently acquired Crystal Decisions will continue to ship in both the
current version of Visual Studio .NET and the next release, code-named "Whidbey."
The recent LinuxWorld conference tried to answer the question of Linux's next moves.
Seeking to capitalize on the emerging market for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in business process management, Tibco Software Inc. has disclosed plans to join forces with RFID provider Alien Technology, Morgan Hill, Calif.
Web-design software maker Macromedia's recent acquisition of help-authoring company eHelp Corp. bore fruit last week with the release of new versions of two eHelp products: RoboHelp and RoboInfo.
Embedding the Portal framework on the server side will extend Domino's reach to anyone with a browser or microbrowser. It will also enable integration of Domino and non-Domino apps in a consistent user interface on demand for any user
role, said Ambuj Goyal in his keynote.
Intel Corp.'s Sean Maloney, EVP and general manager of Intel's communications group, believes that another wave of users is coming -- about 5 billion of them -- and that those users will be drawn to the 'Net by broadband wireless technologies.
Visual Basic developers transitioning to Java, and even veteran Java developers, struggle with building the Web browser interface for their Java applications, contends Eric von der Heyden, managing director at Innoopract. But help is now available.
As XML Schema definitions proliferate in e-business Web services applications, developers face the almost overwhelming task of finding ways to process them, according to Peter Lacey, director of field engineering at Systinet Corp.
Bill Gates says the spam problem will be "solved" by 2006. This time he's bit
off more than Microsoft can chew.
The wounds inflicted on the regional heart of high tech by the economic downturn appear to be healing -- at least the area is bleeding jobs at a slower rate, according to a new report from Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network.
Just because you live in the middle of nowhere doesn't mean you need to do all
of your development solo. In our connected world, the right tools can make all
the difference
Joe McKendrick, database analyst for Evans Data Corp., is finding growing support for Linux and open-source software.