Application Development Trends' News


Serena goes for single source of control for code, Web

Serena Software has added XML Services to the latest release of its mainframe change management product.

IBM, Microsoft and BEA get together on Web services specs

IBM, Microsoft and BEA jointly announce three proposed specifications for defining, creating and connecting multiple business processes in a Web services environment.

Borland unveils Borland Delphi 7 Studio

Borland has unveiled Borland Delphi 7 Studio, a cross-platform rapid application development environment for the Windows platform.

Sybase introduces Borland JBuilder 7 Enterprise--Sybase Edition

Sybase Inc. has introduced Borland JBuilder 7 Enterprise--Sybase Edition, a Java development solution that provides integration of application development life-cycle elements.

ATG and Autonomy announce OEM and reseller relationship

Autonomy will provide advanced enterprise information retrieval capabilities for the ATG Search Module, a key component of ATG6.

Rational Software acquires NeuVis Inc.

Twenty-six former NeuVis employees have joined Rational and will play a key role in Rational's strategy to help its enterprise IT customers build business applications.

Evans finds JVMs growing fast in embedded systems

Embedded systems developers appear to be implementing Java Virtual Machines in increasing numbers, according to a survey completed last month by Evans Data Corp.

Systems tool set for LinuxWorld debut

Since its failed plan to merge with Linux distro TurboLinux earlier this year, San Francisco-based Linux services provider Linuxcare Inc. has been quietly regrouping and aiming its efforts toward last week's unveiling of a new tool for the provisioning and configuration of large-scale Linux deployments on mainframe systems.

HR-XML Consortium extends HR standard

The non-profit HR-XML Consortium has updated its data interchange standard for employee benefits enrollment in HRIS systems to accommodate more insurance carriers and third-party benefits administrators.

Compuware: One Java, .NET size doesn't fit all

It is probably easier for Red Sox and Yankee fans to find common ground than it is for adherents to Java or .NET.

Web services and XML groups join forces

Two organizations developing standards for XML and Web services are joining larger standards bodies to advance their technology.

App servers in battle for OEMs

OEM deals have gained in significance for application server maker BEA Systems since it first brought the WebLogic server on the scene.

.NET, Apache link seen as boost to Web services

Developers can now use Microsoft .NET to build applications linking to the popular Apache Web server, according to San Francisco-based Covalent Technologies Inc., which markets Apache 2.0 as part of its Enterprise Ready Server.

JDE boosts internal testing process

Enterprise applications vendor J.D. Edwards is putting a new twist on application performance management by working to optimize an application while it's in development rather than in a production environment.

Study touts WLAN as key to 3G mobile

The proliferation of Wireless LANs (WLANs) will add $2.8 billion to the so-called third generation (3G) mobile data market by 2005, complementing rather than threatening the future of that market, concluded UMTS Forum in a report dubbed "Impact & Opportunity: Public Wireless LANs and 3G Business Revenues."

UDDI control shifts to OASIS

The future of one of the key building blocks of Web services applications has been placed in the hands of an international standards body.

IBM buys PricewaterhouseCoopers unit for $3.5 billion

IBM moved to strengthen its consulting business with the purchase of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ global business consulting and technology services unit. -July 31

Oracle developers get .NET boost

Lost in the hoopla of the .NET lovefest in Redmond last week was the unveiling a technology that Microsoft officials promise can provide IT developers the ability to more easily integrate applications built on the .NET framework with Oracle databases.

Sprint seeks partners to extend network

Sprint has unveiled a new strategy calling for partnering with system integrators and hardware manufacturers to voice-enable corporate applications to be hosted on the Sprint telecommunications network.

Can Grid meet its challenges?

Industry maven Ahmar Abbas sees grid computing, the collaborative, network-based model that enables the sharing of data and computing cycles among many processors, as a new paradigm that could dramatically alter the IT industry's competitive landscape.