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Eiffel unveils .NET plug-in update

New Web service plug-in for Visual Studio.

Web services security? Not yet.

Without an effective way to authenticate clients, guarantee the integrity of transferred data and to ensure data remains confidential during transit, Web services can be applied only in limited ways.

Microsoft makes move to wireless

Software company takes .NET on the road.

Microsoft expands academic development partnerships

Company offers new version of its development software to colleges and universities.

Microsoft outlines Visual Studio plans

A preview of what's in the works for Visual Studio.

Making better presentation layers

Infragistics' NetAdvantage 2003 Vol. 1 is an integrated toolset for developing the presentation layer for applications.

VSLive! spotlights new tools and .NET partners

Microsoft's Visual Studio Developer conference, VSLive!, held in San Francisco during the week of Feb. 3, 2003, gave the company an opportunity to show off the latest enhancements to its one-year-old Visual Studio .NET development tools and to crow about its growing list of vendor partnerships.

Seen: New RoboHelp, Web services management tools and a Groove thing

A roundup of tools and technologies uneveiled at the February 2003 VSLive! conference.

Borland readies Sidewinder

Borland's is showing off its Project Sidewinder IDE for the .NET Framework. It's not ready for prime time just yet, but when it is, the new developer tool suite will compete with Microsoft's VS .NET.

Web services invade wireless world

Microsoft believes technology is aligning to make 2003 the year XML Web services "take off" in applications for mobile devices, according to Steve Lombardi, technical product manager, Microsoft's MapPoint .NET.

Tool promises to shed light onto legacy 'black hole'

Neon Systems Inc., Sugar Land, Texas, last week unveiled a monitoring/management tool designed to shed light onto the 'black hole' of legacy mainframe processing connected to distributed applications based on J2EE and .NET platforms.

Tool for .NET developers takes drudgery out of security

At this week's VSLive in San Francisco, security specialist Sanctum Inc. announced an automated security testing suite for application developers -- AppScan Developer Edition (DE) 1.5 -- that can integrate with Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET.

Lotus to put JavaServer Faces on future tools

At Lotusphere in Orlando, Fla., Lotus managers talked about what is in store for Domino and Notes specialists, as the Lotus platform continues to become a more intrinsic partner with IBM's other middleware offerings.

Getting started with Web services

LogicLibrary has recently initiated a QuickStart program to push forward Web services initiatives.

Borland moves ahead with .NET tools; inks pact with Microsoft

Borland moved last week to improve the tools available to customers who are beginning to pursue .NET application development. The company became the first to license the .NET Framework Software Development Kit (SDK) from Microsoft.

Lotus to put JavaServer Faces on future tools

At Lotusphere in Orlando, Fla., Lotus managers talked about what is in store for Domino and Notes specialists, as the Lotus platform continues to become a more intrinsic partner with IBM's other middleware offerings.

Two cheers for standards

Multivendor standards are not equally desirable in all areas.