AvantGo this week released
M-Business Server 5.0 Application Edition, which supports XML Web
services, DOM and dynamic HTML. It enables use of VisualStudio
.NET, and programming languages such as C# and Java. -May 15
Several moves position Somerville, Mass.-based Spotfire as a potential data analytics powerhouse. -May 14
According to testing guru Adam Kolawa, founder
and CEO of Parasoft Corp., the pursuit of perfect code must carry on -- especially
in the emerging Internet-centric world of Web services.
Multimedia and Web design toolmaker Macromedia has moved deeper into
the enterprise application development business with the recent unveiling of
the Macromedia MX family of client, tool and server technologies.
IBM will unveil a new version of its DB2 OLAP Server system that insiders say incorporates both data mining and data analysis technology.
At its annual user group conference in Orlando, Fla., Computer Associates (CA)
announces a reorganization into five brand units based on six brands.
An enterprise software category BEA calls "Application Infrastructure"
will be a $57 billion market by 2005, said Rani Merritt, senior vice president at BEA Systems Inc.
Microsoft has taken another step into the Bluetooth camp with its announcement
last week that it will begin shipping a USB Bluetooth transceiver, keyboard
and mouse later this year, using the wireless networking technology to connect
to PCs.
Stanford University junior Daniel Wright wins the 2002 Sun Microsystems Inc. and TopCoder Collegiate Challenge.
With the future of his company on the line, Bill Gates took the stand this week in U.S. District Court. Gates raised the specter of a fragmented Windows operating system if the court mandates changes in established Microsoft business practices. -- April 23
Princeton Softech said it has closed a deal with Apax Partners Inc. and co-investor LLR Partners Inc. that will enable the software company to spin-off from its parent, Computer Horizons Corp.
Fresher Information Corp., and its Matisse database technology, has made a number of moves to expand in a specialized segment of the database industry.
Hewlett-Packard unveils plans to offer the HP Utility Data Center (UDC).
WealthEngine.com chooses Metaserver Inc. software to integrate the various data sources used in identifying and screening prospects for charities and non-profit groups.
A second preview version of the much-anticipated Lindows operating system shipped
last week, but users said the latest implementation still cannot run Microsoft
applications, the ultimate goal of creator Linux.com, and few expect a final
version to ship as scheduled this spring.
Microsoft Corp. development tools managers put forward the company’s evolving vision for XML-based Web services at the Tech.Ed 2002 conference in New Orleans. --Apr. 12
Careful planning and a dedication to sharing data across divisions, not bigger IT budgets, is the key to improving IT productivity, says Roy Dunbar, CIO at Eli Lilly & Co.
One of the biggest problems with Web services, said David Chappell and Tyler
Jewell, is explaining it -- that is, pulling all the pieces together into a
coherent and hype-free description of what Web services are and how developers
can create and deploy them.
SSA Global Technologies has acquired the supply chain management, financial
management and human resource management product lines of the Computer Associates
interBiz applications division. -Apr. 8
Open source software continues to win adherents among a range of software developers,
but especially among corporate coders, who tech watchers said are transforming
it into a standard way to build and deliver software. Analysts at Stamford,
Conn.-based research and consulting firm Meta Group predict that the trend will
continue and strongly urge IT development units to be ready for it.