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.NET & Beyond: J2EE split ending war with .NET

Watch for J2EE standard specs to lose luster as leaders IBM and BEA try to lock customers into WebSphere and WebLogic with proprietary features. Now it is .NET vs. IBM vs. BEA.

.NET in the ER

Keith Brophy, CTO at Robertson Research Institute, Saginaw, Mich., has been working on a Web services application whose objective has special relevance -- saving lives.

Will Application Integration Save the Enterprise?

Are you looking for something new to gain advantage over competitors? Application integration could be your vehicle for driving new and innovative information and business processes.

Review: OpenNETCF Smart Device Framework

A great - and free - way to make your .NET Mobile device development more effective than ever.

Review: InstallAnywhere.NET

A new entry in the setup tools market, InstallAnywhere.NET offers a well-designed and comprehensive IDE for installing .NET applications.

Review: AutoCode

Inject templated code into your .NET projects as fast as you can type with this no-frills product.

Review: Mono 1.0

This open source project offers the prospect of making your .NET applications truly cross-platform. It's worth keeping an eye on.

Review: SQL Packager

No-muss, no-fuss solution for delivering SQL Server databases and updates to your customers.

Testers, start your engines!

With Visual Studio 2005 finally at the beta 1 stage, it's time for the mainstream developer to take a look.

Unifying Data, Documents and Processes

Disparate systems make business process automation inefficient. Semantic integration of structured, unstructured and process data simplifies implementation of a robust SOA model.

Plug Into J2EE-.NET Interoperability

Your J2EE and .NET apps must interact. This overview presents the standards and available technologies that can help you shape interoperable solutions.

IDC sees server growth, with Linux at one-third share in 2008

Enterprise server growth will continue throughout 2004, expanding worldwide spending for servers by 5% to $53 billion.

The Joy of Sneakiness

Developers need lots of skills, including logical thinking, the ability to plan, attention to detail, and so on. But did you ever stop to think about the importance of sneakiness in the developer world?

Microsoft, SAP: Web services deal followed failed merger bid

Microsoft’s failed discussions on a merger with SAP AG did not prevent the two companies from trying to knit together .NET and NetWeaver.

A few thoughts about coding standards

Sometimes it seems like developers can turn anything into a battle to the death. Take the apparently-simple matter of coding standards, for example. Why do we keep fighting about these things?

Review: VisualMake

A visual build tool matched to the Microsoft tool chain, VisualMake offers a good way to automate building your Visual Studio .NET projects.

Automate Exception Logging

You can automate exception logging with one line of client code, control it through an App.config file without recompiling, and use custom publishers to craft cool logging tools.

Sometimes Microsoft can keep a secret

Visual Studio 2005 Team System was announced on Monday, and now the pundits will be scrambling to tell you what to think. I don't know what I think myself yet, but here are a few preliminary thoughts.

Review: Reflector 4.0

Reflector is an essential part of the .NET developer's toolbox - and it's even free!

Microsoft, Micro Focus lead mainframe migration effort

Micro Focus, Rockville, Md., and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to a joint effort aimed at helping IT organizations migrate mainframe applications onto Windows-based systems.