Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates focused his opening keynote at this year's Comdex on "seamless computing," his designation for the next phase in the evolution of information technology in which the interactions among disparate devices will be smoothed and refined -- made "seamless." It's a challenge that Gates sees as a software issue.
JNetDirect offers a variety of products to help bridge the gaps between databases, .NET, and J2EE applications.
RMTrack provides a customizable ASP.NET system for bug-tracking in the browser. You can change everything right down to the workflow with ease.
Integra Enterprise is a testing tool for serious enterprise development. Version 4.0 introduces intelligent recording and Mercury TestDirector integration.
eXpress Persistent Objects (XPO) saves .NET objects into an Access or SQL Server database. An attribute-based approach makes it possible to do this without writing a line of data access code.
Firm also unveils the Orbix Connect toolset for linking JBoss and other J2EE application servers with CORBA-based systems.
Ensemble offers a contract-based approach to creating an SOA backbone in your enterprise.
Chicago-based firm to offer Web analytics tools in ASP, MSP and service bureau models.
Modeling toolset said to incorporate enhanced XML capabilities.
Standard under development as part of an agreement between several standards bodies.
Microsoft is offering a bounty for writers of malicious code. Maybe they should
take some of that money and spend it internally.
Open-source scripter gets a big push from Sun.
DriverStudio features essential tools and documentation to make the job of writing device drivers for Windows easier.
Announcement of new support for Web services security across IBM's WebSphere infrastructure and Tivoli identity management middleware.
Borland Software Corp. cranked up the volume on its application life-cycle management (ALM) strategy last week at its annual user conference.
A grid control for .NET that's so customizable that it would be almost overwhelming if not for all the great documentation and code samples.
Source code control features improve the team experience with this help and documentation tool.
SQL Deploy provides an easy way to upgrade SQL Server databases without losing customer data.
Company says XML Web services applications are ideal for the new Motorola MPx200 with Windows Mobile software, as well as existing Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs and other mobile devices.