Last week, Novell debuted the latest version of its ID management software, Nsure Identity Manager 2. This week, the Provo, UT-based software maker is releasing version 5 of its exteNd suite for developing service-oriented Web applications.
Sybase Inc. has started shipping Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 12.5.1, the latest release of its enterprise-class RDBMS, on Apple's Mac OS X Version 10.3 Panther Server.
When thinking about the software ecosystem, it's important to remember that
computer programs are not, in fact, biological entities. And your computer is
not a potato.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) disclosed company record-setting revenue of $2.5 billion from its Linux-based offerings for fiscal year 2003. HP released the numbers on the eve of the New York edition of the twice-yearly, bi-coastal LinuxWorld Conference.
B2B e-commerce software and services provider Global eXchange said it will pay about $30 million for HAHT Commerce Inc.
Microsoft is scared of free software - which explains why they're giving some of
their own software away in return.
At CES, Sprint chairman and CEO Gary Forsee focuses on products and services that provide "anywhere, anytime" integrated communication services.
Intel Corp. president and CEO Paul Otellini added his company's name to an expanding roster of industry heavyweights making major moves into the market for home entertainment devices at last week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Wily Technology recently took a look at J2EE application performance. The company undertook a benchmark survey to uncover user experiences and plans. The results seem to bear out some of the anecdotal evidence that -- after a number of years in the field -- J2EE performance still has room for improvement.
Longtime Java Report Editor Dwight Deugo recently reported to us on some of the more stimulating chatter heard at last fall's OOPSLA conference, including a discussion of how intellectual property rights may inhibit creativity in software innovation.
Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's unveiled a new digital music player, revealed an online music alliance with Apple Computer, and
weighed in on the online music piracy debate at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this past week.
IBM is providing a "technology preview" of WebSphere Application Server, V6, which will provide a J2EE 1.4-certified runtime and support for JCA 1.5.
All knowledge is out on the World Wide Web somewhere. But increasingly, the
parts that I care about are already on my computer when I go to look for them.
Could RSS quietly revolutionize the way we use the Internet?
Assorted development toolmakers and large users have banded together to create yet another standards body, the Java Tools Community (JTC), in an effort that founders hope will lead to the creation of a Java technology process that
is more affordable and easier to use.
Faced with ebbing revenues from traditional PC sales, Microsoft and other industry heavyweights,
such as Intel and Hewlett-Packard, are moving aggressively into the market for digital home entertainment.
Developing Windows software as a non-administrative user seems like a sensible
idea...until you really think about it.
Actuate Corp. is basing its business on the belief that enterprise reporting app platforms must provide business information to users of varying skill and interest levels -- an
idea that conflicts with the traditional belief that such tools are strictly for management types.
Tim Berners-Lee -- inventor of the World Wide Web as well as founder and
director of the W3C, which established the XML standard -- will become a Knight
Commander, Order of the British Empire.
Ascential Software Corp. has placed a big bet on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). And Bob
Zurek, the firm's vice president of advanced technologies and product management, contends that the bet is already beginning to pay off.
Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs kicked off this week's Macworld Conference with a bit of nostalgia on the 1984 launch of the Macintosh computer and talked about his company's expansion into online music, digital media editing software
and supercomputing.