Service oriented architectures (SOAs) should form the core of most -- if not all -- enterprise operations. So said Miko Matsumura, newly appointed deputy CTO at Software AG.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/20/2007
There's already a thriving Eclipse ecosystem, so do we really need a service aimed at Eclipse end users? You'd better believe it, said Maher Masri, president and cofounder of Genuitec.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/20/2007
As a freelancer, I've had to work with databases quite often. In my earlier years, I worked with Microsoft Access, creating Visual Basic for Applications forms to interact with my data tables and queries. As my needs matured, I moved on and embraced MySQL and the various front ends for it due to the increased versatility offered by such solutions. (For instance, MySQL supports cross-platform Web applications powered by PHP or similar languages.)
Microsoft hopes to have validation testing services available when its long-awaited Windows Server virtualization technology comes online next year.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 11/20/2007
Microsoft released Visual Studio 2008 to MSDN customers for downloading, making it the first of the "big three" platforms of the coming "Global Launch Wave."
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/19/2007
Microsoft recently tapped Reed Sturtevant, a Lotus, Radnet and Idealab vet, to spearhead concept development in its spiffy new Cambridge, Mass. facility.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 11/16/2007
Data breaches, ongoing integrity concerns about the Windows Vista operating system and spam, which reached record levels this year, topped Symantec's Top 10 Internet security trends of 2007 list.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/16/2007
The nonprofit OASIS standards group has created a technical committee in support of the Service Data Objects (SDO) specification at OASIS. The SDO spec, which is a subset of the Service Component Architecture (SCA) spec, aims at simplifying data handling in service-oriented architectures (SOAs).
Tester Center Web site provides community for QA pros.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/15/2007
NetIQ launches 'Run book automation' platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/15/2007
Windows SharePoint Services decoupled from Windows Server.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 11/15/2007
Infragistics releases new tools for WPF, ASP.NET and Silverlight.
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/15/2007
Microsoft’s Robotics Studio group seeks to simplify robotic apps.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/15/2007
Microsoft set to unveil Visual Studio 2008, .NET 3.5.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/15/2007
OpenDocument Foundation withdraws support for OpenDocument Format.
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/15/2007
Microsoft’s ‘Oslo’ initiative advances Software+Services campaign.
- By John K. Waters
- 11/15/2007
Borland Together 2007 makes modeling easier with DSLs.
Windows Vista is now on the migration map for most enterprise customers, at least according to one researcher. But it's still getting hammered in the media.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 11/14/2007
Microsoft today launched an updated version of its Windows Embedded CE platform with a release that will let developers build new devices that take advantage of some of the APIs and Web services interfaces available on Windows Vista and the company’s forthcoming Windows Server 2008.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/14/2007
Responding to a soon-to-be released study revealing that as many as a half a million database servers aren't protected by firewalls, security experts contend the findings constitute a call to action for security pros and database administrators everywhere.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/14/2007