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.
IT departments are dealing with more data than ever, but it is locked up in
a patchwork of disparate repositories: legacy systems, relational databases,
data warehouses, Web pages, e-mail and the like.
A slew of vendors, including host Sun Microsystems Inc., used the JavaOne
platform to pushed to extend the Wireless Revolution. -Apr. 2, 2002
Sun has outlined several plans for Web services during, including the availability of the second early access release of the
Java Web Services Developer Pack (WSDP). -Apr. 2, 2002
Sybase Inc. turns to longtime tools rival Borland Software Corp. in an effort to gain a foothold in the Java development tool battle.
Eternal releases versions of FT/ORB and NIFTI fault-detector notifier software.
Embarcadero Technologies unveils a version of its Describe UML design tool that runs within IBM's WebSphere Studio Application Developer.
At JavaOne, Sun outlines its plans for the SunONE Platform for Network Identity.
JavaOne 2002 will make the case for Java over Microsoft and .NET as the platform of choice in the emerging world of Web services.
Poet Software and other vendors have launched an interactive Web community for educating users about Java Data Objects.
BEA has a new version of its popular WebLogic application server. Enhancements include a new security framework. -Mar. 21, 2002
Expenditures for XML implementation in financial services may reach $8.5 billion by 2005, driven by the need for so-called Straight Through Processing. -Mar. 21, 2002
Putnam Investments has signed an agreement to install data navigation and analytics technology from Endeca Technologies Inc. -Mar. 21, 2002
"Election night" could be prolonged as the blockbuster HP-Compaq merger is put to shareholders. It looks like a close one. -Mar. 20, 2002
A new market has been created by the convergence of biological
sciences and IT, and it is referred to as "bio-IT." -Mar. 19, 2002