Application Development Trends' News


Microsoft, HP join to boost Windows NAS

Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co. this week signed an agreement aimed at boosting the visibility of both firms in the quickly emerging network attached storage (NAS) business.

Sun ships Passport alternative

Sun Microsystems last week began shipping Version 6.0 of its SunONE Identity Server, said to be one of the first commercially available ID servers based on Liberty Alliance Project specifications for federated network identity.

Hooking kids on Lindows

Open-source software distributor Lindows.com is reaching out to schools with an unlimited licensing offer.

Making the case for XML hardware

While XML is primarily a software technology, DataPower Technology Inc. offers a vision of hardware for processing XML, especially in Web services applications.

Horizontal warehousing, Sybase style

Sybase Inc. has been offering a mini-warehouse solution -- Industry Warehouse Studio -- to help customers jumpstart the design and development of their enterprise analytic applications.

Practical Web services rule the real world

Doug Ring, vice president of eBusiness technology at Geac Enterprise Solutions, sees a future for global Web services where mobile devices link to a variety of applications as part of as yet-unimagined business models. But that's in the future. Right now, the focus in a conservative economic climate is on nitty-gritty business chores.

AMD, IBM in chip-making alliance

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and IBM disclosed last week that they would be collaborating on the development of new processing technologies for future high-performance products.

J2EE servers reach Planet Apple

Macromedia Inc. has announced the immediate availability of Macromedia JRun 4 for Mac OS X, a J2EE-compatible application server.

Apple touts 'the year of the notebook'

Apple now offers the company's largest laptop screen, its smallest full-featured laptop and its fastest communications standard.

Apple, Microsoft rivalry returns with a bang

The bitter rivalry between Microsoft Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. appears to be back in full force after several Apple moves disclosed by CEO Steve Jobs during last week's MacWorld conference in San Francisco.

OASIS forms another PKI committee

Following up on the November announcement that it was taking over the PKI Forum, OASIS announced this week that it has formed a new technical committee to "advance adoption of the Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI) for Web services and other applications."

Systinet launches site for Web services developers

Developer's Corner, http://dev.systinet.com/, a new online community for users of Web services tools from Systinet Corp., launched this week.

Gartner: How to get ahead in 2003

A group of Gartner Inc. analysts begin 2003 with a list of eight resolutions that can help IT personnel of all ranks keep their careers on track.

Lucent inks another wireless deal with US Cellular

Telecommunications equipment maker Lucent Technologies rang in the new year with a big win, consummating a $100 million deal with US Cellular to deploy the wireless carrier's third-generation (3G) infrastructure.

Apple beats Microsoft to the punch; Woz comes to Macworld

In what was widely seen as an attempt to upstage an expected Microsoft software unveiling, Apple Computer last week launched the commercial version of its much anticipated multi-device synchronization software, iSync, ahead of its scheduled introduction days later at the Macworld trade show.

Microsoft touts Web service for business travelers

To show that not all Web services deployments are back-office integration efforts, Microsoft is touting a .NET application bringing together FAA and related information to provide business travelers with real-time flight data.

Elusive Web services killer app seen as emerging this year

You don't need a crystal ball to find what the killer application for Web services will be in 2003, maintains John McGuire, co-founder and senior vice president of engineering at Cape Clear Software, a Dublin, Ireland-based Web services tool maker, because it's under every IT manager's nose: The simplification of application integration inside the firewall.

Japanese giants join to boost Linux

Linux is coming to a camcorder near you -- and a TV, VCR and a ''smart'' microwave oven -- that is, if a new agreement between Sony Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. to adapt the open-source operating system for consumer electronics bears fruit.

The monitoring of Web services

Monitoring the performance of distributed systems remains one of the great challenges for IT managers today -- one that has only intensified with the advent of Web services.