Web Development News & Resources


Ozzie Reveals More About Live Platform Plans

Microsoft exec describes strategy for Live as part of a layered business approach and calls Software Plus Services "critical" over the next few years.

New Development Tools Scheduled for Interim Releases

Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2008, Silverlight expected this week.

Second SQL Server 2008 CTP Coming Soon

Microsoft is planning to release the next community test preview (CTP) of its database server by month's end, with a few improvements in store.

Microsoft Releases 'SOA in the Real World' E-Book

The "never-ending debate" continues with a new book on Service-oriented architecture.

Introducing ASP.NET AJAX and Web Services

Find out how ASP.NET AJAX Extensions lets you use Web services to support JSON messaging.

Open Source Gains Edge in Alfresco Survey

Company survey of its members finds Linux preferred over Windows for software deployments.

Salesforce.com Launches Summer '07 Release

Software-as-a-service provider offers latest customer relationship management solution.

PrismTech To Offer Mission-Critical SOA Solution

The company's DDS-based solution adds quality-of-service and scalability to service-oriented architectures (SOAs).

SOA News: Iona's Open Source Initiative

Last week, companies announced various product deals and developments in the service-oriented architecture (SOA) space. The big news was an open source play by Iona Technologies.

IBM Loosens Its Open Standards Patent Rights

Company aims to increase software interoperability by not asserting rights to more than 150 Web technology patents.

Live CRM: Can Microsoft Pull it Off?

Microsoft squares off against Salesforce.com.

Astadia Enables SaaS Via Pervasive's Solution

Companies form partnership to deliver Salesforce.com CRM solutions.

'Astoria' CTP Gains Silverlight Compatibility

Microsoft on Thursday released an add-on to the previously released CTP of Astoria, a nascent project based around the way data is consumed and exposed on the Web.

SOA Trends Indicated in IBM Survey

An IBM tradeshow poll found signs that businesses are beginning to ramp up their service-oriented architecture efforts.

W3C Releases Web Services Protocol

The new WSDL 2.0 protocol adds standardization and better interoperability for Web services and service-oriented architectures.