Whether it involves choice or price, freedom isn't free. This is especially true in the realm of computer software licensing, where the question isn't if one has to pay for program use and development but rather how, to whom and when.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/24/2007
IBM, following the kickoff of its IBM Federal SOA Institute in April, has announced a new certification and training program.
WSO2 has released two new open source products for developers of Web services applications. The company is currently offering its Web Services Framework for C (WSF/C) 1.0 product, as well as its Web Services Framework for PHP (WSF/PHP) 1.0 product.
Levanta is offering a virtual machine version of its Linux life-cycle management product that's similar to the company's flagship physical appliance. The product, called Intrepid VM Linux Management Appliance, is available as a free software download.
Java programmers who like the open source Spring Framework can develop applications for Web services using the newly released Spring Web Services 1.0 stack.
A benchmarking report that tracks how well service-oriented architecture (SOA) fits with return on investment (ROI) found an underwhelming correlation so far, based on a survey response. Of 106 enterprises surveyed, just 37 percent indicated a positive ROI from SOA.
The next generation of Microsoft's efforts at unified communications will be unveiled on Oct. 16.
Microsoft's official stance on the recent Skype outage that left millions of users without phone access for two days last week? "Hey, it's not our fault."
The CMDB Federation (CMDBf) announced the availability of a draft specification that describes a way to share information between configuration management databases (CMDBs) and management data repositories (MDRs).
CodeGear, the development-tools arm of Borland Software Corp., is set to release a group of specialized plug-ins for the Eclipse open source development platform next month. Collectively called JGear, the plug-ins are designed to address pain points faced by Java developers using Eclipse-based tools.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/20/2007
The Utah federal court judge's ruling on August 10 -- that SuSE Linux distributor Novell does, in fact, own the copyrights to the UNIX operating system -- signals a major legal blow for The SCO Group. It ends a nearly-five-year-old legal campaign that sowed fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) among Linux users and developers.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/20/2007
ComponentOne LLC issues update to enterprise toolset.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/15/2007
Ozzie dishes more details on Microsoft’s platform in the cloud.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 08/15/2007
Microsoft steps into the BitTorrent file-sharing space with 'Avalanche.'
- By John K. Waters
- 08/15/2007
Boasts several new features for testers to evaluate.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/15/2007
Study gives Microsoft’s application server technology high marks.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 08/15/2007
VMware Inc. and Borland Software Corp. team up around testing.
- By Thomas Caywood
- 08/15/2007
Microsoft's flagship IDE should ship by December.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 08/15/2007
Vendor’s test finds no clear winner among app-scanning tools.
- By Thomas Caywood
- 08/15/2007
SlickEdit 2007 scores points with its user interface options and code-writing capabilities, but it’s not for beginners.