Application Development Trends' News


Will dirty data always be with us?

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.

Wireless world embracing embedded Java: Sun

A slew of vendors, including host Sun Microsystems Inc., used the JavaOne platform to pushed to extend the Wireless Revolution. -Apr. 2, 2002

Sun pushes to join Web services battle

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 to resell JBuilder

Sybase Inc. turns to longtime tools rival Borland Software Corp. in an effort to gain a foothold in the Java development tool battle.

Start-up Eternal shows way to ORB-oriented fault tolerance

Eternal releases versions of FT/ORB and NIFTI fault-detector notifier software.

At JavaOne, Embarcadero UML tool runs on WebSphere Developer

Embarcadero Technologies unveils a version of its Describe UML design tool that runs within IBM's WebSphere Studio Application Developer.

Sun targets Microsoft ASP and Passport

At JavaOne, Sun outlines its plans for the SunONE Platform for Network Identity.

Web services flow from JavaOne

JavaOne 2002 will make the case for Java over Microsoft and .NET as the platform of choice in the emerging world of Web services.

At JavaOne, some deal with data

Poet Software and other vendors have launched an interactive Web community for educating users about Java Data Objects.

BEA WebLogic update

BEA has a new version of its popular WebLogic application server. Enhancements include a new security framework. -Mar. 21, 2002

Straight-Through Processing boosts XML spending

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 buys analytic software

Putnam Investments has signed an agreement to install data navigation and analytics technology from Endeca Technologies Inc. -Mar. 21, 2002

HP-Compaq Upate: It ain't over till it's over

"Election night" could be prolonged as the blockbuster HP-Compaq merger is put to shareholders. It looks like a close one. -Mar. 20, 2002

Bio-IT bubbles out of the lab

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

Web services can democratize EAI

In the next five years, Web services will democratize enterprise application integration, predicts Annrai O'Toole, CEO at Cape Clear Software. -Mar. 15, 2002

Precise buys rights to EMC toolset

Precise Software Solutions has acquired from EMC Corp. the exclusive rights to sell and support the Luminate Analysis Suite for SAP R/3. -Mar. 13, 2002

Pacific Edge adds Connector to portfolio

An addition to Pacific Edge's set of project portfolio management software provides bi-directional XML-based connectivity between Pacific Edge's Project Office and Microsoft Project 2000. - Mar. 14, 2002

Biometrics standards emerge from OASIS

Nascent applications that identify people via fingerprints, facial contours, DNA, iris scans, voices, or other characteristics are popping up. -March 12, 2002

Sun sues Microsoft over Java; alleges anticompetitive acts

Sun Microsystems has filed suit against Microsoft Corp. for what Sun described as anticompetitive acts. -March 9, 2002

ERP embraces XML and SOAP

In a practical implementation of XML and SOAP, San Jose, Calif.-based Cadence Design Systems uses the standards to provide real-time updates to its employee directory. -Mar. 7, 2002