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September 15, 2004 15 Sep'04
Java community replaces Sun 'dictatorship'

Industry calls for making Java available under an open-source format were ignored by Sun at the BorCon conference, but an...
July 16, 2004 16 Jul'04
Sun releases Java platform upgrade

Sun Microsystems has announced a significant upgrade to the Java platform and programming language.
July 14, 2004 14 Jul'04
Microsoft links with Amberpoint on web services

Microsoft and AmberPoint will hook up to boost web services development in the Visual Studio 2005 tool box.
July 12, 2004 12 Jul'04
UK museums team up to display treasures in global user-friendly web exhibition

British Museum leads development of World Timelines project.

June 30, 2004 30 Jun'04
Microsoft focuses on developers at Tech Ed Europe

Microsoft has kicked off its Tech Ed Europe conference in Amsterdam with a clear effort to broaden development community by...
June 29, 2004 29 Jun'04
Future of Java in spotlight

This week's Sun JavaOne user conference in San Francisco will focus on security and identity management using Java.
June 17, 2004 17 Jun'04
Sleepycat ships Java version of embedded database

Java version of Berkely DB hits shelves
June 14, 2004 14 Jun'04
Egg saves time with agile development model

Internet bank Egg has introduced new financial services using an emerging model of software development dubbed "agile...
June 07, 2004 07 Jun'04
Adobe readies document services platform

Adobe Systems is unveiling a Java-based server platform designed to help automate and accelerate the flow of information PDF...
June 07, 2004 07 Jun'04
Sun makes no decision on open-source Java

Sun Microsystems has not yet made a decision as to whether or not to release its Java platform under an open-source software...

May 27, 2004 27 May'04
SAP and Deloitte target food industry

SAP and members of the Deloitte Touche Thomatsu consulting group are to collaborate in the development of preconfigured software...
May 26, 2004 26 May'04
CA maps out development priorities

CA maps out development priorities
May 14, 2004 14 May'04
Development models underpin IT overhaul

Abbey's technology overhaul is underpinned by two industry-recognised frameworks for running software development and IT...
May 07, 2004 07 May'04
Shunra boosts distributed apps development

Shunra Software has unveiled Shunra/Stratus 2.0, which provides performance unit testing for distributed application code.
April 22, 2004 22 Apr'04
BCS group to back wireless development

The BCS Wireless IT Specialist Group has been formed to support the development of wireless technologies and increase awareness...
April 13, 2004 13 Apr'04
Sun and BEA advance Java app offerings

BEA Systems and Sun Microsystems have each advanced their Java application servers, with BEA offering customers a path to utility...
April 08, 2004 08 Apr'04
Java support will benefit Windows

Java support in the Microsoft browser and .net web services framework will benefit a wide range of organisations.
April 02, 2004 02 Apr'04
New J2EE server will enable rich web apps

Macromedia has begun shipping a new Java 2.0 Enterprise Edition server and application framework designed to help enterprise...
March 12, 2004 12 Mar'04
Sun simplifies front-end Java client development

Sun has introduced a Java specification to simplify the development of graphical client applications.
March 08, 2004 08 Mar'04
Sun considers opening Java code

Sun is considering the merits of relinquishing control of its Java programming language following a week in which both IBM and...
February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04
PLM streamlines development of Boeing 7E7

Boeing is implementing one of the largest product lifecycle management projects yet undertaken. Its Global Collaboration...
February 27, 2004 27 Feb'04
Microsoft boosts ASP .net apps development

Microsoft has introduced Microsoft ASP .net Resource Kit, which provides additional tools and resources for developers building...
February 23, 2004 23 Feb'04
Somerfield speeds up product development with online system

Supermarket chain Somerfield will this week go live with the first stage of an initiative to computerise its new product...
February 20, 2004 20 Feb'04
Somerfield speeds up development process with online system

Supermarket chain Somerfield will go live with the first stage of an initiative this week to computerise its new product...
February 18, 2004 18 Feb'04
PeopleSoft expands India operations

PeopleSoft has announced it will triple the headcount at its services and development operations in India by the end of the year.
January 22, 2004 22 Jan'04
Microsoft tempts Java devotees with JLCA conversion beta

Microsoft hopes to lure more developers away from Java with the beta release of Version 3.0 of the JLCA (Java Language Conversion...
January 12, 2004 12 Jan'04
Sun pushes for Java tools standard

A rift emerged in the Java industry last week as Sun unveiled its latest attempt to establish a standard for Java software...
December 15, 2003 15 Dec'03
Products go as Microsoft drops Java

Microsoft will withdraw a series of key products in the new year as part of its January 2001 settlement with Sun over Java...
December 10, 2003 10 Dec'03
Software AG ships latest Version of Natural

Software AG is shipping Version 6 of its Natural 4GL development environment, enabling Windows developers to access Natural...
December 02, 2003 02 Dec'03
IBM plans industry-focused software rejig

IBM is reorganising its $13.1bn software business, focusing its sales and development efforts around a dozen vertical industries.
November 18, 2003 18 Nov'03
Agile revamps product lifecycle platform

Agile Software, a product lifecycle management supplier, has unveiled Agile 9.0, rewritten as a services-oriented architecture...
November 14, 2003 14 Nov'03
Sun to launch J2EE1.4

Sun Microsystems will ship Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1.4 next week, which is designed to enable the use of web services in Java...
November 14, 2003 14 Nov'03
Sun and Vignette expand product integration

Sun Microsystems and content management supplier Vignette are to integrate Sun's Java System Directory Server into its Vignette...
November 13, 2003 13 Nov'03
Support costs to rise as Sun phases out UDS

Users of Sun's Unified Development Server will have to pay higher maintenance costs as it is phased out over the next six years.
November 05, 2003 05 Nov'03
Borland leaves Kylix in limbo

Borland Software's Kylix development software faces an uncertain future, with no new release having been issued for a year and...
November 04, 2003 04 Nov'03
'Peaceful co-existence' for Microsoft and Borland

Microsoft and Borland Software may have competing development tools for building Windows applications, but this does not mean the...
October 27, 2003 27 Oct'03
Microsoft plugs SQL Server into Windows at US professional developers' conference

Microsoft will unveil the latest developments in its .net web services strategy this week, and detail the roadmap for Longhorn,...
October 13, 2003 13 Oct'03
Microsoft and Sun extend Java support

Microsoft and Sun have extended an agreement to provide support for Java Virtual Machine software until the end of September...
September 29, 2003 29 Sep'03
Sun strikes deals to keep Java on PCs

Sun Microsystems has signed a series of deals with hardware manufacturers in a bid to prevent Java being dropped from PCs.
September 16, 2003 16 Sep'03
PeopleSoft buyout will halt ERP development

Oracle's plans to take over Peoplesoft may tie users into long maintenance contracts with no further development of PeopleSoft...
September 15, 2003 15 Sep'03
BEA Systems establishes R&D centre in China

BEA Systems has opened a research and development centre in Beijing to support the company's Asian expansion plans.
September 08, 2003 08 Sep'03
SAP boosts NetWeaver platform

SAP is to boost its NetWeaver platform with a program to attract Java and .net developers.
September 03, 2003 03 Sep'03
Sun and Siebel strengthen ties

Siebel Systems and Sun Microsystems are forging a software development partnership to boost the performance of Siebel CRM...
August 21, 2003 21 Aug'03
Pfizer speeds up IT development through project management system

Pharmaceuticals company Pfizer claims to have improved the efficiency of its IT development work after rolling out a home-grown...
August 15, 2003 15 Aug'03
Software AG extends EntireX communications broker to .net and Java

Software AG is extending its EntireX communications broker to Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) and Microsoft .net applications,...
August 13, 2003 13 Aug'03
Software firms join forces for Indian service centre venture

German middleware software supplier Software has teamed with iGate Global Solutions to launch and operate a software development...
July 31, 2003 31 Jul'03
HP's e-drive targets underprivileged worldwide

Hewlett-Packard's e-inclusion programme, which aims to take technology-led development to underprivileged communities worldwide,...
July 16, 2003 16 Jul'03
Agile targets medical device firms with PLM software update

Agile Software has released a version of its product lifecycle management software aimed at manufacturers of medical devices.
July 02, 2003 02 Jul'03
SAP to expand Indian development centre

Enterprise application supplier SAP plans to double the number of software engineers at its Indian development centee over the...
June 18, 2003 18 Jun'03
Microsoft releases update to free web development tool

Microsoft has updated its free ASP.net development tool for building web applications that use its latest Active Server Pages...
June 16, 2003 16 Jun'03
McNealy cites Java successes

Sun Microsystems' chief executive officer Scott McNealy continued a week-long theme of "Java Everywhere," hailing successes in...
June 16, 2003 16 Jun'03
Salesforce.com adds development hosting

CRM software supplier Salesforce.com has announced a hosted application development service that makes web services technology...
June 12, 2003 12 Jun'03
Sun upgrades One identity management tools

Sun has updated its Open Net Environment (One) family of identity management software and development tools, with the aim of...
June 10, 2003 10 Jun'03
Palm teams up with IBM for Java apps

Enterprise Java applications will be able to run directly on Palm Tungsten handhelds now that Palm has licensed IBM's WME...
May 23, 2003 23 May'03
Changes in Java approval process planned

Several major backers of Java have proposed changes to the Java Community Process (JCP), the Java standards body, that will speed...
May 21, 2003 21 May'03
Siemens hands 3G apps development to India

Siemens is giving its research and development centre in Bangalore global responsibility for developing applications, such as...
May 20, 2003 20 May'03
IBM rolls out first Rational products

IBM is unveiling its first Rational software development products today (Tuesday), its first since officially acquiring the...
April 22, 2003 22 Apr'03
American Express plans enhanced online services

American Express plans to exploit developments in single-sign-on technology to offer its credit card customers advanced financial...
April 15, 2003 15 Apr'03
Telelogic enables global development

Telelogic has extended its Synergy product line of development tools with the launch of CM Synergy, Release 6.3 and...
April 10, 2003 10 Apr'03
Belgium introduces Java-based ID cards

Belgium has begun introducing the country's first electronic identification cards.
March 27, 2003 27 Mar'03
Oracle touts J2EE frameworks

Oracle will release its JDeveloper environment framework in an effort to make Java programming more accessible.
March 25, 2003 25 Mar'03
Motorola aims to ease wireless development

Motorola will help wireless infrastructure suppliers build products at lower cost and with more flexibility through software and...
March 25, 2003 25 Mar'03
Allders rolls out BEA for easier application development

Allders is rolling out new Java based infrastructure software to allow its IT department to develop and deploy applications...
March 19, 2003 19 Mar'03
Microsoft aims to cut software running costs

Microsoft plans to shake up software development in a bid to tackle the high costs of running applications.
March 18, 2003 18 Mar'03
New printer/copiers will have Java-based networking capability

Canon is to embed Java-based networking technology in its next generation Image Runner office products to improve integration...
March 04, 2003 04 Mar'03
BEA refreshes Liquid Data

BEA Systems, fresh from announcing an upgrade to its suite of Java application deployment tools, is to improve its Liquid Data...
February 17, 2003 17 Feb'03
Columbia disaster spurs NASA in software development

NASA officials have acknowledged that a long-term fix is needed to build software systems that do not fail. The space agency's...
February 11, 2003 11 Feb'03
Borland integrating TogetherSoft into apps

Borland Software is to add Borland Together Edition for JBuilder to its Java tools suite, a technology it had gained through the...
February 05, 2003 05 Feb'03
SAP co-founder Plattner switches focus

SAP co-chairman and chief executive officer Hasso Plattner has handed over responsibility for technology development to board...
January 30, 2003 30 Jan'03
Sun files opposition to Microsoft's Java appeal

Sun Microsystems has made a filing to a US appeals court, laying out its objections to Microsoft's request for more time to...
January 29, 2003 29 Jan'03
Sun to endorse third-party UML modelling tool

Sun Microsystems is to integrate its integrated development environment (IDE) with Describe for Sun ONE Studio, a Unified...
January 24, 2003 24 Jan'03
Microsoft appeals to delay Java court order

Microsoft has asked a federal appeals court to delay a court order forcing it to distribute Sun Microsystems' Java software with...
January 17, 2003 17 Jan'03
Sun speeds ahead on Java road map

Sun Microsystems officials have revealed a list of technology and promotional efforts planned for the Java language, including...
January 16, 2003 16 Jan'03
SAP embraces .net and Java with NetWeaver

SAP has launched NetWeaver, the next generation of its mySAP platform, which promises to allow companies to integrate people,...
January 16, 2003 16 Jan'03
IBM boosts content management strategy

IBM is to bolster its research and development programme by 25%, double its content management salesforce, and tighten...
January 06, 2003 06 Jan'03
Java developers support court's ruling

A US District Court judge's plan to force Microsoft to ship the most recent version of Java software with Windows desktop...
January 06, 2003 06 Jan'03
Sun's Green says ruling will boost Java

Sun Microsystems' top Java executive contends the federal court's impending "must carry" decision that aid corporate developers...
December 19, 2002 19 Dec'02
Java interaction with databases boosted

SolarMetric has upgraded its Kodo JDO tool, which enables a database to talk to Java applications without intensive coding and...
December 12, 2002 12 Dec'02
IBM plans Rational acquisition

IBM's surprise move to buy high-end development tools supplier Rational Software for $2.1bn (£1.3bn) could provide users with...
December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02
Java components marketplace launched for BEA developers

Application server developer BEA Systems has tied up with component marketplace ComponentSource to offer an online marketplace...
December 04, 2002 04 Dec'02
Welsh £115m broadband strategy to open up development opportunities

The Welsh Government's ambitious £115m, 10-year Broadband Wales strategy will open up opportunities for companies developing...
November 27, 2002 27 Nov'02
EDS to cut coding in the US

Services giant EDS has revealed plans to source more application development and call centre services outside the US.
November 27, 2002 27 Nov'02
Computing innovator Alan Kay joins HP

Computer science pioneer Alan Kay is joining Hewlett-Packard, where he will work on software development as an HP Labs senior...
November 22, 2002 22 Nov'02
IBM and Microsoft inch towards common ground on databases

IBM and Microsoft announced important database developments this week that saw the industry giants edge towards each other's...
November 13, 2002 13 Nov'02
Government offers firms bigger stake in broadband

Business has been promised greater influence in the development of the UK's broadband infrastructure, essential for streaming...
October 28, 2002 28 Oct'02
Micro Focus and Microsoft strike Cobol deal

Getting old or new Cobol applications to run in Microsoft's .net development environment should become a more realistic option...
October 24, 2002 24 Oct'02
New tools launched for .net developers

Microsoft's .net development platform received boosts this week from Visible Systems, which is providing a code-generation tool...
October 18, 2002 18 Oct'02
Qualcomm BREW platform gets Java boost

Networking technology specialist Qualcomm has announced that a major JVM (Java virtual machine) vendor, Insignia Solutions, will...
October 02, 2002 02 Oct'02
Lotus is opening with v6

E-mail and knowledge management software supplier Lotus is moving away from its proprietary development environment to more open...
September 30, 2002 30 Sep'02
Sun pencils in J2EE and J2ME updates for early 2003

Sun Microsystems has announced it will finalise updates to its J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) specification for enterprise...
September 26, 2002 26 Sep'02
Ericsson outsources software development to TietoEnator

Scandinavian computing firm Ericsson has sold part of its software development operations to TietoEnator.
September 25, 2002 25 Sep'02
HP and BEA announce bundling deal

BEA Systems and Hewlett-Packard announced have announced a bundling agreement to combine application development and hardware...
September 24, 2002 24 Sep'02
Macromedia extends Flash to Java and .net app servers

Macromedia will extend Macromedia Flash Remoting MX to .net and Java application servers, enabling Internet application...
September 24, 2002 24 Sep'02
Microsoft signs up HP as .net development partner

Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft have created a technology, sales and services alliance, backed by a joint $50m (£32m) investment,...
September 20, 2002 20 Sep'02
Sun lays out future of UltraSparc

Sun Microsystems is close to finishing development of its UltraSPARC V processor, David Yen, Sun's executive vice-president of...
September 19, 2002 19 Sep'02
Sun offers Liberty Alliance development tool

Sun Microsystems has released an open-source tool for developers that will allow them to begin testing network identity...
September 18, 2002 18 Sep'02
Ex-Microsoft engineer launches tool company

Charles Simonyi, the engineer behind the early development of Microsoft Word and other key applications, has left the company to...
September 12, 2002 12 Sep'02
Baan sell-off rumours fuel concern for users

Invensys has transfered subsidiary Baan's software development operation to India in a move interpreted by some analysts as...
September 10, 2002 10 Sep'02
BEA claims world's fastest Java Virtual Machine

BEA Systems has released JRockit 7.0 for Intel hardware, described by one company official as the "world's fastest" Java Virtual...
September 06, 2002 06 Sep'02
Microsoft: "Our products aren't engineered for security"

Brian Valentine, senior vice-president in charge of Microsoft's Windows development, has made a grim admission to the Microsoft...