SAN FRANCISCO (01/30/2004) - Looking to smooth the transition between application development and deployment, Borland Software Corp. on Friday will introduce Borland Deployment Op-Center for application lifecycle management.
Oracle Corp., which is attempting a hostile takeover of PeopleSoft Inc., announced on Friday a slate of nominees to the PeopleSoft board of directors and intentions to try to expand the board to nine members.
Novell on Jan. 21 will ship its exteNd 5 suite for development of service-oriented Web applications, featuring boosts in security, productivity and Linux platform support.
Web sites featuring resources for developers on the Java and .Net platforms are being unveiled Tuesday in separate announcements.
SAN FRANCISCO (01/06/2004) - Eleven software companies, led by Sun Microsystems Inc. and BEA Systems Inc., on Tuesday unveiled the Java Tools Community (JTC), which is intended to promote interoperability of Java-based tools.
Sun Microsystems on Tuesday plans to announce an effort to boost Java tools standards development and interaction.
Macromedia has announced Macromedia Director MX 2004, an upgraded version of the multimedia authoring tool that adds support for JavaScript, Flash MX 2004 content, and DVD-Video.
Sun Microsystem's Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president of the company's software group, has criticized Microsoft for pulling the plug on products that had a JVM (Java virtual machine) deemed incompatible with Sun's.
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA (12/19/2003) - Technology is enabling societal changes that are making for a different world, Sun Microsystems Inc.'s John Gage, chief researcher and director of the company's Science Office, said during a presentation on Thursday evening.
DOWNSVIEW (12/03/2003) - Sun Microsystems Inc. on Wednesday reiterated its intentions to increase the number of Java developers by unveiling a preview release of its so-called easy-to-use Java development tool, now named Java Studio Creator.
Universal Business Language 1.0, which is intended as a common XML message format for e-commerce, is now available for public implementation testing in a beta format, according to an official of OASIS.
Java tools vendors may form an organisation to make Java-based IDEs more interoperable, officials at Java tools vendors confirmed on Monday.
SAN FRANCISCO (11/24/2003) - Java tools vendors may form an organization to make Java-based IDEs more interoperable, officials at Java tools vendors confirmed on Monday.
SAN FRANCISCO (11/21/2003) - IBM Corp., Scapa Technologies, and Friendware Inc.'s ImmuniCode are undertaking varying efforts to boost software development tools, ranging from improving voice capabilities to accommodating the Eclipse Hyades Project.
SAN FRANCISCO (11/21/2003) - While Hewlett-Packard Co. has lofty plans to conquer markets such as security and SMB (small and midsize business), the company does not give rival Sun Microsystems much credence in efforts such as Linux and servers.