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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...
September 06, 2002 06 Sep'02
Sapphire: SAP extends cross applications

SAP has announced the development of a cross application and the shipment of its first cross application at its Sapphire customer...
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Borland's Galileo moves in on .net

Borland Software's latest suite of development tools will take on Microsoft's Visual Studio .net, claimed Borland Canada...
August 30, 2002 30 Aug'02
Intel to make $100m R&D investment in India

Intel has unveiled plans to expand its research and development efforts in India and increase the number of employees it has in...
August 28, 2002 28 Aug'02
Borland adds .net to Delphi 7

Borland has added Microsoft .net capabilities to its Delphi 7 Studio application development environment, writes Eric Doyle.
August 28, 2002 28 Aug'02
Devpartner helps coders speed up .net development

Compuware has introduced Devpartner Studio 7.0 Professional Edition to accelerate development of Microsoft .net applications in...
August 28, 2002 28 Aug'02
Borland working on .net tool

Borland Software plans to offer a development environment specifically tailored to the Microsoft .net programming model early...
August 22, 2002 22 Aug'02
Agilent picks IBM for data search

Agilent Technologies has selected IBM's DiscoveryLink data integration software to anchor its Synapsia bioinformatics product...
August 20, 2002 20 Aug'02
ERP errors cost Agilent $70m

Hewlett-Packard spin-off Agilent Technologies yesterday blamed the company's poor third-quarter results on a problem-strewn...
August 20, 2002 20 Aug'02
Crystal Decisions updates enterprise reporting tool

Information tool provider Crystal Decisions has unveiled the newest version of its reporting solution, designed for use in Java...
August 19, 2002 19 Aug'02
E.piphany adds module for customer service

E.piphany is rolling out a customer service module designed for its Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) platform to allow companies...
July 26, 2002 26 Jul'02
Microsoft boosts R&D spend to $5.3bn

Microsoft's Bill Gates has announced a 20% boost for research and development spending from $4.3bn to $5.2bn for the 2003...
July 24, 2002 24 Jul'02
Academics in UK lead on grid IT

The UK is leading developments in grid computing, experts gathered at the Global Grid Forum in Edinburgh said this week.
July 01, 2002 01 Jul'02
Microsoft set to release .net tool for Java developers

Microsoft is trying to win Java converts to its .net applications platform with the release today (1 July) of its Visual J# .net...
June 25, 2002 25 Jun'02
NexPrise automates business processes

NexPrise is to enhance its nProcess Platform for development and unveil 25 out-of-the-box applications for the manufacturing...
June 12, 2002 12 Jun'02
IBM debuts integrated tools for middleware portfolio

IBM has announced the rollout of a single, integrated set of application development tools that can be used across its entire...
June 05, 2002 05 Jun'02
Microsoft seeks converts to .net

Microsoft today announced a second beta release of Java Language Conversion Assistant (JLCA), a tool for Java developers to...
May 27, 2002 27 May'02
Sun to push standard identity layer for portals

Sun Microsystems plans to submit technology to the Java Community Process (JCP) that would create a standard for the identity...
May 23, 2002 23 May'02
Infragistics adds .net support to developer suite

Infragistics, a maker of developer tools for Java and Windows programmers, will next week announce a new version of its software...
May 09, 2002 09 May'02
Developers wait for .net certificate

Architecture: Andy Favell examines the status of .net developments
May 02, 2002 02 May'02
Panel calls for chip standards

Software and standards are critical to the development of microprocessors as they become more pervasive and powerful, panelists...
April 18, 2002 18 Apr'02
Cornwall's smartcard delivers e-services to local residents

The Cornish Key project, a Java-based smartcard scheme for access to public services aimed at combating social exclusion in...
April 11, 2002 11 Apr'02
Tech Ed: Microsoft alters tools support

Microsoft is altering the model it uses to determine how long it will offer technical support for its development tools, Chris...
April 03, 2002 03 Apr'02
Java programming is easy

Microsoft's C# language may be considered a Java killer, but James Gosling, Sun vice-president and creator of Java, believes his...
March 27, 2002 27 Mar'02
JavaOne: Vendors debate Java vs .net

Executives from several tools vendors argued the merits of Java's chances against the rival Microsoft .net platform, as well as...
March 27, 2002 27 Mar'02
JavaOne: Sun lends hand to open-source

Sun Microsystems answered a long-standing call from open-source software developers when it told delegates at the JavaOne...
March 25, 2002 25 Mar'02
Oracle to open development centre in China

Database giant Oracle plans to open a software development centre in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.
March 22, 2002 22 Mar'02
Giga: IBM and BEA holds J2EE market

IBM and BEA Systems are tied for first place in terms of revenue in the market for Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application...
March 21, 2002 21 Mar'02
Microsoft releases beta for Visual J# .net

Microsoft has announced the second beta of its Visual J# .net development tool, which now allows developers to begin creating...
March 19, 2002 19 Mar'02
Dell opens software centre in Bangalore

Dell Computer has set up a software development facility in Bangalore, India, to design, develop, and test software for...
February 28, 2002 28 Feb'02
The future of IT may be in DNA

It is hard to turn on the television at the moment without being informed about developments in human genetic research. Why have...
February 21, 2002 21 Feb'02
IBM and Avaya agree CRM deal

IBM has announced a four-year marketing and development deal with Avaya, to help boost its CRM strategy, at its annual...
February 18, 2002 18 Feb'02
Ciphergen teams up with US govt on AIDS research

Ciphergen Biosystems has signed two joint development agreements calling on its protein chips to find out why AIDS does not...
February 13, 2002 13 Feb'02
Borland brings .net into view

On the eve of the release of Microsoft's Visual Studio .net software development suite, tool maker Borland Software pledged to...
February 11, 2002 11 Feb'02
eXcelon touts XML agenda

eXcelon has released a database boasting more support for Java Connectivity Architecture (JCA), XA protocol support, and more...
February 08, 2002 08 Feb'02
Mitsubishi unveils fast data retrieval system

Engineers at Mitsubishi's main research and development centre have put parallel computing to use in developing an information...
February 07, 2002 07 Feb'02
Sun unveils new version of J2SE

Sun Microsystems has released a blueprint for building Java applications which support 64-bit processors.
February 05, 2002 05 Feb'02
Rational tool combines design and development

Rational Software has launched Rational XDE Professional 2002, a tool built to eliminate the gap between application design and...
January 23, 2002 23 Jan'02
Chordiant to launch Java-based CRM

Chordiant Software has released details of a new version of its customer relationship management (CRM) software, which has been...
December 13, 2001 13 Dec'01
Novell releases latest directory software

Novell has released Version 8.6 of its eDirectory software, promising better scalability, new development features and enhanced...
November 26, 2001 26 Nov'01
Java components deliver data access for portals

French software developer Ilog has introduced the latest version of its Java software component library.
November 08, 2001 08 Nov'01
SAP to use J2EE and .net for enterprise tools

SAP had to move quickly last week to rebut reports that its plans to embrace Java meant it had rejected Microsoft's .net...
October 30, 2001 30 Oct'01
SAP decision boosts Java but knocks .Net

SAP's decision to give its full backing to the Sun Java 2 Enterprise Edition Platform (J2EE) is a blow to Microsoft's .Net...
October 22, 2001 22 Oct'01
Extreme programming goes corporate

As corporations struggle to complete application development projects on time, within budget and without lots of buggy code, IT...