IBM focusing on XML development with tools
IBM on Monday is unveiling XML-based tools and resources to be added to its alphaWorks program for free testing of technologies in development.
IBM on Monday is unveiling XML-based tools and resources to be added to its alphaWorks program for free testing of technologies in development.
Rather than IT shops settling on one paradigm, mixed environments of commercial and open source software will prevail, according to HP CTO and chief strategy officer, Shane Robison.
A Red Hat executive speaking at the MySQL Users Conference 2005 event in Santa Clara, California, on Tuesday heaped scorn on the issuance of software patents, saying they stifle innovation.
Microsoft on Monday is releasing the second beta version of its upcoming Visual Studio 2005 as well as the April Community Technology Preview for the SQL Server 2005 database.
Macromedia's technology agenda is focused on boosting Web-based video experiences, according to company officials at the Flashforward2005 conference.
In offering an open source version of the Solaris operating system, Sun Microsystems' main intent was to expand the open source community rather than to grab business from the rival Linux OS, Sun President and COO Jonathan Schwartz said at a conference on Tuesday.
Sun Microsystems has tweaked its Java licensing, emphasising that the company wants to make Java as open source as possible while maintaining platform compatibility.
Major players in software are making plays in data management and software development. BEA Systems is looking to spread its wings in data visualization, and Microsoft and Sun are reinforcing their tools arsenals.
IBM, Rational Software and Sun Microsystems are preparing upgrades to their tools strategies, with IBM to offer testing tools and Sun looking to build a compute grid to serve Java developers.
J2EE technology is in a very healthy state, staving off the rival .Net platform and fostering innovation, said Rod Johnson, founder of the open source Spring Framework for Java development, in a presentation on Friday
BEA Systems has fleshed out plans to participate in the Eclipse Foundation for open source development tools, citing intentions to base its integrated development environment (IDE) around Eclipse and make several contributions.
Sun Microsystems on Friday said it has added its Java Advanced Imaging (JAI) and JAI Image I/O Tools projects to the java.net collaboration site for Java developers..
Although issues pertaining to intellectual property (IP) and patents have smaller development houses worried, patents actually can benefit small companies, acoording to a panelist at the VSLive conference.
Microsoft is vowing dramatic productivity gains with its planned Indigo communications infrastructure for Web services, which is due in early versions via a Community Technology Preview in March and a beta release by June.
Borland Software will introduce software suites customised to specific roles in application lifecycle management (ALM), as part of the company's Software Delivery Optimisation (SDO) strategy.