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• November 02, 2006 02 Nov'06

  European ERP firms go bust

  Java-based enterprise resource planning software companies Semiramis Software of Germany and Semiramis Software of Austria have filed for bankruptcy.

• October 23, 2006 23 Oct'06

  Customisation made easy for Salesforce CRM users

  Salesforce.com has signalled a major change in strategy with the announcement of application development tools that will help users to hone and customise its on-demand customer relationship management applications.

• October 10, 2006 10 Oct'06

  SAP to boost openness with addition of Java EE

  SAP's pledge to incorporate the newest version of the Java platform in a technical preview of the next version of SAP Netweaver should be good news for users, according to analyst firm Gartner.

• October 02, 2006 02 Oct'06

  SAP achieves Java EE5 compatibility

  SAP has announced that its NetWeaver platform has compatibility with Java Enterprise Edition 5, allowing users to develop robust Java applications based on the platform.

• September 04, 2006 04 Sep'06

  Hallam cuts build time with eScript

  Hallam Land Management has shaved a third off development time for a web-based workflow application by using a modular framework.

• August 22, 2006 22 Aug'06

  CfH “to learn” from nurse disquiet over IT programme

  Connecting for Health, the organisation in charge of the NHS’s £12.4bn National Programme for IT, has pledged to learn from a survey that showed nurses losing faith in IT developments.

• July 31, 2006 31 Jul'06

  NEC develops multiprocessor virtualisation technology

  NEC Corporation has announced that it has succeeded in the development of multiprocessor virtualisation technology.

• July 24, 2006 24 Jul'06

  LCH.Clearnet to write off £32m in clearing project development costs

  Clearing house LCH.Clearnet has abandoned its Generic Clearing Systems project to build a single integrated IT platform, after the firm’s latest internal review of the programme concluded that it was not technologically or economically viable to ...

• July 17, 2006 17 Jul'06

  UK hurtles towards software skills crisis

  Levels of students applying to study computer science have halved in five years, according to the “Developing the Future” report, which examines the state of the UK software development industry.

• July 10, 2006 10 Jul'06

  Collaboration from ashes of Kinnect

  The closure of the Kinnect electronic trading platform in January has enabled new developments in the relationship between Lloyd's of London's back-office and RI3K, a commercial electronic trading hub serving the market.

• July 04, 2006 04 Jul'06

  Thomas Cook signs IBM to integrate worldwide IT platform

  Thomas Cook has signed a deal with IBM to manage the development of a new IT platform for its huge travel operation.

• June 27, 2006 27 Jun'06

  Microsoft axes WinFS data storage and management system

  Microsoft has axed its WinFS data storage and management system, under development since 2003.

• June 23, 2006 23 Jun'06

  IBM unveils new Java security tools

  IBM has released two free security tools to enable software developers to enhance automatic data encryption and increase security in Java applications.

• June 13, 2006 13 Jun'06

  Hot skills: Take on the Java world as Atlas battles with Ajax

  Free Microsoft extensions will help .net developers

• June 13, 2006 13 Jun'06

  IBM’s latest DB2 database server lifts off

  After five years of development, IBM has finally launched the next generation of its DB2 database server.

• June 06, 2006 06 Jun'06

  Hot skills: Use of Ajax development grows despite controversy

  Ajax is a collection of technologies and techniques intended to make web applications as responsive, interactive and rich as their desktop equivalents.

• May 23, 2006 23 May'06

  Hot skills: Tcl/Tk offers easy way to expand coders' skillset

  Scripting language supports speedy development.

• May 19, 2006 19 May'06

  Developments on the web

  The way we use the web is changing. Every day, businesses are finding new ways to improve how they work by exploiting web-based technologies.

• May 16, 2006 16 May'06

  Sun simplifies creation of web services with Java EE 5

  The Java Platform Enterprise Edition 5 specification has been approved by the Java Community Process (JCP), providing what Java owner Sun Microsystems describes as a simplified model for component-based software development.

• May 16, 2006 16 May'06

  Compatibility hope for Java and .net

  IT directors are still struggling for an efficient, cost-effective and stable method to link together Java and .net and applications, despite a commitment from Sun Microsystems and Microsoft to work together.

• May 05, 2006 05 May'06

  Release of Java Enterprise Edition 5 imminent

  Sun Microsystems is to launch an upgraded version of its web services development platform on 16 May.

• April 19, 2006 19 Apr'06

  SAP launches development partnership programme

  SAP has launched an Enterprise Services Community, a collaborative programme to give its customers and partners input into future development of the SAP platform.

• April 11, 2006 11 Apr'06

  Councils pool Microsoft development knowledge

  Ten local authorities have set up a forum to share their knowledge about Microsoft systems and applications they have written in Microsoft development environments.

• March 23, 2006 23 Mar'06

  Microsoft unveils third-party web services development site

  Microsoft has launched a developer website to encourage programmers to write applications that connect to the company’s web-based applications.

• March 22, 2006 22 Mar'06

  Unisys to hire 1,000 for expanded China operation

  Unisys has opened a new outsourcing and software development centre in Shanghai, as part of a move to hire an extra 1,000 staff in China over the next three years.

• March 21, 2006 21 Mar'06

  Microsoft releases ALM platform

  Microsoft will this month release Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server, a code development platform designed to help maintain the quality of application code.

• March 21, 2006 21 Mar'06

  Developers turn on to free Oracle download

  Oracle's recently released free database development tool is already among the top three downloads on Oracle's website, according to the firm.

• March 20, 2006 20 Mar'06

  Microsoft releases delayed development product

  Microsoft has released its latest software development product, Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server, after a four-month delay.

• March 17, 2006 17 Mar'06

  Adobe hires Sun's Java expert

  Adobe Systems has snapped up Sun Microsystems’s top software executive, John Loiacono, as its new senior vice president, creative solutions.

• February 17, 2006 17 Feb'06

  IBM invests $1bn in information management

  IBM is to plough $1bn (£0.6bn) into information management software development over the next three years.

• February 01, 2006 01 Feb'06

  Adobe to release Flex 2.0 beta for web development

  Adobe is releasing a beta edition of its Flex 2.0 web development platform.

• January 26, 2006 26 Jan'06

  Amex implements Java ES for critical systems

  American Express has chosen Sun Microsystems’ Java Enterprise System (Java ES) to support mission-critical systems in its global IT infrastructure.

• January 09, 2006 09 Jan'06

  Apache releases open-source Java application server

  The open-source Apache Software Foundation has released Apache Geronimo 1.0, an open Java-based application server.

• January 06, 2006 06 Jan'06

  EMC expands business information grid development

  EMC is expanding in the grid computing arena by buying a grid business information software platform from Acxiom for $30m (£18m). With the acquisition, it will also take on on 100 of its development staff to aid research into the technology.

• January 03, 2006 03 Jan'06

  Hot skills: Microsoft's C# wins new friends and influences .net developments

  What is it? C# is an object-oriented programming language from Microsoft that is based on C++ with elements from Visual Basic and Java.

• December 19, 2005 19 Dec'05

  Microsoft to boost project management offering with UMT technology

  Microsoft has unveiled plans to acquire the software and intellectual property of the development arm of UMT, which provides project and portfolio management technology alongside consulting services.

• December 14, 2005 14 Dec'05

  App dev revs up in 2006

  Research from managed hosting supplier Globix suggests application development will top the 2006 IT budget at 20.7% of spend, even outstripping investment in network security.

• December 05, 2005 05 Dec'05

  Your shout: outsourcing, mergers, developments, tools

  Computer Weekly readers have their say

• December 01, 2005 01 Dec'05

  Sun patches critical JRE security holes

  Sun Microsystems has patched serious security holes in its Java Runtime Environment (JRE), that allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on users' systems.

• November 21, 2005 21 Nov'05

  Rapid roll out for UN's global ERP

  The United Nations Development Programme has deployed Oracle's PeopleSoft enterprise resource planning software across 145 countries in just 14 days, enabling its international offices to collaborate more effectively and improve many of its business...

• November 17, 2005 17 Nov'05

  Intel moves to support clustering development

  Intel is shipping five new software development tools that make it easier to create distributed applications used in high-performance computing clustering.

• November 07, 2005 07 Nov'05

  Visual Studio 2005 ships minus teamwork tool

  Visual Studio 2005, the latest version of Microsoft's .net development environment, is released this week, but without a much-anticipated component, which will not ship until 2006.

• November 01, 2005 01 Nov'05

  IBM opens patents to help create standards

  IBM has promised royalty-free access to its patent portfolio for the development of selected open healthcare and education software standards.

• October 31, 2005 31 Oct'05

  Microsoft updates key products

  Microsoft will next week launch two crucial product updates for corporate users: a new version of its flagship relational database server and an update of the .net development environment.

• October 24, 2005 24 Oct'05

  IBM boosts software standards with royalty free offer

  IBM has pledged royalty-free access to its patent portfolio for the development and implementation of selected open healthcare and education software standards.

• October 18, 2005 18 Oct'05

  Zend initiatives promote wider use of PHP

  Zend Technologies is launching the Zend PHP Framework initiative, a development environment for applications using the PHP scripting language.

• October 07, 2005 07 Oct'05

  Service approach will bring benefits to applications development says Gartner

  Service-oriented development of applications (SODA) is the best way to approach globally distributed application development and maintenance, according to a new report by Gartner.

• October 03, 2005 03 Oct'05

  Philips creates 900 more programmer jobs in India

  Philips is increasing the number of software development staff at its Bangalore research and development centre from 1,600 to 2,500 by the end of 2007.

• September 22, 2005 22 Sep'05

  Added sparkle for developers

  Adobe and Macromedia get competition in graphics development market

• September 21, 2005 21 Sep'05

  Ovum praises Borland IT development engine

  JBuilder 2006 gains analyst's praise for its collaboration features.