For 30-plus years developers have had a love-hate relationship with tools. Our experts offer their views on the state of development tools today and into the future.
Top computer makers, start-ups rush to build Grid technology and create standards they say can make “on-demand” computing a reality; are users ready?
Thomas Kurian, senior VP of development in
Oracle's app server group, sees parallels between the evolution of the app server and the database.
J2EE complexity stemmed the growth of early Java tools. Now, an emerging
breed of simpler offerings aims to give Visual Studio .NET a run for its money
just as the next-generation Microsoft offerings increase complexity.
Group to establish standards for grid computing in commercial environments.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison used the stage of OracleWorld to formally unveil new 10G database technology.
Sun co-founder and chief scientist Bill Joy is leaving the company.
Toolset for developers who want to build applications using the latest Java and Web services standards.
Oracle’s application business draws attention right now, but its evolving tools tactics are crucial to legions of developers grappling with data, Java and XML.
Oracle will begin a potentially big new push in Grid computing.
Most major software suppliers are waiting on the XQuery standard to be finalized before they ship any related products. An update from IBM, Oracle and some smaller vendors.
Oracle must deftly compete with IBM, SAP and Microsoft. But right now, Oracle head Larry Ellison’s touch is far from deft.
Toolmakers large and small bring out tools that add life-cycle management for Java developers.
Companies trying to advance the W3C XQuery standard so that XML data calls can be invoked from Java applications.