Application Development Trends' News


Is BI ready for the masses?

Version 7 of the Actuate BI toolset incorporates an object-oriented development environment, a server-based infrastructure and drag-and-drop templates that officials say allow the less-technical user to develop their own reports and database queries.

Standards fights slow Web services

Wrangling among vendors seeking competitive advantage is slowing the adoption of protocols to support commercially viable Web services, contends Ray Valdes, research director at Gartner Inc., a Stamford, Conn.-based consulting firm.

Music retailer modernizes inventory tracking

Engineers at Musician's Friend, a catalog- and Web-based music equipment retailer, create a better way to track and route returned items.

New Java environment focuses on up-front modeling

Compuware seeks to reduce development time.

Microsoft sets sail with SALT-based speech apps

Adding voice control to Web applications.

Migration tool draws 'genetic map'

Software now said to integrate with Microsoft, CA, and Symantec platforms.

Appliance promises XML security

New appliance said to provide security and monitoring of XML Web services.

Sun bundles collaboration tools

Company offers a new way to acquire and deploy its products.

Oracle, Dell sign new pacts

Software and hardware companies team up.

FCW in Mid-East: Systems clear view of supply chain

Army develops common operating picture for logistics

FCW in Mid-East: JSTARS keeps eye on enemy

JSTARS giving commanders enhanced understanding of desert battlefields

OneSource boosts XBRL

XML variant makes its way into the financial world.

Gartner: Data mart promises don't add up

Second thoughts about customized data marts.

BEA adds business integration toolset

Company releases platfrom for building service-oriented Java apps.

OMG task force OKs UML 2.0

New modeling language set for release this spring.

FCW in Mid-East: 'Quantum leap' in wartime logistics

IT tools and systems are helping the Army improve logistics over Desert Storm

Gartner CEO predicts 2004 recovery

Industry expert says sunny skies are ahead... sometime.

Sun: Huge Web services gaps must be filled

Software evangelist calls for better and more standardized Web services.

New virtual machine tools available for PCs running Windows and Linux

VMware release a new version of its virtual machine software.