Following in the wake of Sun, which offers a simple, free version of its app server packaged
with its Solaris OS, BEA has spawned an initiative to drive entry-level adoption
of its app server.
Linux software supplier MontaVista Software has added instant messaging capabilities to the embedded version of its operating system via a deal with Finnish instant messaging (IM) software maker Movial.
The application and operating system levels are the places to focus on when detecting and blocking hacker attacks, said the founder of Sana Security Inc., a new technology company pledged to provide better computer security.
At Lotusphere in Orlando, Fla., Lotus managers talked about what is in store for Domino and Notes specialists, as the Lotus platform continues to become a more intrinsic partner with IBM's other middleware offerings.
LogicLibrary has recently initiated a QuickStart program to push forward Web services
initiatives.
Borland moved last week to improve the tools available to customers who are beginning to pursue .NET application development. The company became the first to license the .NET Framework Software Development Kit (SDK) from Microsoft.
Ambuj Goyal gave a rousing keynote talk at the annual Lotus users forum that
featured the unveiling of the unit's so-called Next Generation or 'Next Gen'
products, which he said were based on open standards.
Many developers working on Web services applications may never have seen a
working IBM 3270 terminal with its pre-Windows PC display limited to bright green phosphorous letters and numbers. But they, along with their older COBOL brethren, still have to deal with 3270 issues when integrating legacy systems to Web applications.
Microsoft has finally anted up on the long anticipated and often postponed
release of its new customer relationship management software for small- and
mid-sized businesses.
Testing and verifying trading partner connections, a time-consuming process, has become another B2B bottleneck, according to Phil Robinson, strategic accounts manager at Drake Certivo Inc.
Cisco Systems is suing a Chinese technology company for allegedly stealing its software, a move officials say is the first of its kind for Cisco.
Software testing is a mindset, says author Louise Tamres. In her more than 16 years of consulting work, including stints for the Dept. of Defense and General Motors, she has applied specific techniques to assure the quality of the end product. In "Introducing Software Testing," her recent book for newcomers to software testing, Tamres tells readers how to apply truly critical thinking to this key process. Programmers Report recently spoke with Tamres about the new book.
David Gelernter's Mirror Worlds Technologies Inc. recently announced the beta version of software aimed at vastly improving the end user's computer experience. Under development since Mirror Worlds was formed in 1997, and now available free for download, Scopeware Vision Professional is a visual information management system that resides above the OS and native file system, allowing users to use quick keyword searches to find "stuff."
IBM opened its annual Lotusphere Conference in Orlando, Fla., today with the unveiling of a new version of the WebSphere Portal software that adds a so-called portal collaboration center built by engineers at the firm's Lotus Development Corp. unit.
Even as Linux makes substantial inroads on the server side, observers ask if it will ever play a big role on client systems. While administrative software helpings were most plentiful on the plates at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo last week in New York City, client-side developments were somewhat sparse.
Sun Microsystems Inc. (http://www.sun.com) today disclosed plans to bundle a new version of the Describe UML modeling tool from Embarcadero Technologies (http://www.embarcadero.com) with the SunONE Studio Integrated Development Environment.
IBM this week used the LinuxWorld stage to unveil a new implementation of its mainstay relational database -- DB2 for Linux Clustering.
Altova Inc., Beverly Mass., has unveiled a set of tools aimed at delivering XML technology to DBAs at Oracle sites.
The SCO Group this week created a new business division dubbed SCOsource to manage the licensing of its Unix intellectual property assets and hired famed Microsoft prosecutor David
Boies to defend those assets.
The current "tough economy" will spur greater deployment of Web services for
integration inside and outside the firewall, moves that will lead to a revival of much maligned B2B efforts, predicts Jeff Tonkel in his first week as president and CEO of Infravio Inc.