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Application Development news, reviews and analysis across the software lifecycle (application lifecycle management or ALM) covering enterprise software development. Topics include enterprise application development and desktop software development using a number of platforms, including Windows, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Microsoft .NET, PHP, C++, Python, Java, and Unix. development. Other areas of coverage include development technologies like JBoss, Spring, Eclipse and NetBeans, parallel programming and concurrency, development for mobile devices and smartphones, and the developer, designer/developer workflow.
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IBM recently showed eWEEK a demonstration of Blue Spruce, the company's project for enabling collaboration via AJAX-based mashups, including streaming audio and video. The Blue Spruce technology is what you'd get if you rolled IBM Lotus Sametime Unyte and IBM enterprise mashups into one platform to let multiple users collaborate through a Web browser at the same time. See the specifications in this presentation from IBM's Emerging Internet Technologies division.
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Open-source messaging and collaboration software maker Open-Xchange is set to release its iSync software connector, OXtender for Mac OS X, which will let users access their Open-Xchange e-mail, appointments, contacts, tasks and documents through Mac applications and the iPhone. Supporting Macs and iPhones is increasingly becoming table stakes for enterprise applications users. What better platform to support than Mac for Open-Xchange, which is trying to take down Microsoft Exchange?
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Social networking powerhouse Facebook plans to expand Connect, a service that enables connections between Facebook profiles and other Web sites. This messaging and collaboration development presents opportunities for SMBs negotiating an entry into the world of social networking.
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Many SMBs are looking for a way to harness the power of social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and others. Power.com says it offers “social inter-networking functionality”--the ability to view all your social networking sites in one place.
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In this IT Link podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, Scott Hebner, the vice president of marketing and strategy for IBM's Rational division, talks about how modeling technologies are transforming the relationship between IT departments and the constituents they serve in the business community by making IT more flexible than ever.
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In this IT Link podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, Dr. John Bates, the managing director of the Apama division of Progress Software, talks about how the rise of complex event processing is changing the way corporations go about application development in the enterprise.
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A huge portion of IT resources is being wasted on the support and maintenance of outdated legacy applications. A modern, streamlined application environment can help an enterprise save money and remain competitive. Knowledge Center contributor Tim Pacileo offers CIOs five tips to effectively plan and implement a successful application modernization initiative.
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Touch-screen phone users are discovering that much of the fun of their devices stems from downloadable applications. A good example is Google's newly updated Mobile App for the Apple iPhone. Google Mobile App has been generating a lot of buzz because of its voice search. Want to find the nearest pizza place, show times for the James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace," or the latest Bruce Springsteen video? Google voice search is uncannily accurate.
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Keeping the "e" in eWEEK, our beat reporters turned up gadgets, apps, phones, GPS devices and even a portable device with 1 terabyte of storage for less than $200, all with an eye toward informing a shopper whose day job involves terabytes, not megapixels.
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eWEEK Labs names the products that provide lots of practical bang for very few bucks.
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Microsoft is reportedly working on a mobile AJAX technology code-named Kojax. The goal of Kojax is said to be to enable developers to create interactive mobile applications using a combination of Visual Studio tools and JavaScript.
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Those looking for something to do during their Thanksgiving break from work can check out these new Web services: Glue, Plista, Zenbe, Hulu, Blist, EtherPad, DotSpots, Mobspin, Socialcast and Searchme. These social services, search, and productivity tools have a little something for everyone living on the Web.
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Folks needing something to do during the Thanksgiving week slowdown can kick back with their desktops and laptops and check out the following social, search and productivity Web services: Glue, Plista, Zenbe, Hulu, Blist, EtherPad, DotSpots, Mobspin, Socialcast and Searchme.
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For years, the Macy's Parade and Entertainment Group office used to collect paper applications for all the volunteer staff and simply kept all those unwieldy physical files in drawers and boxes. Three years ago, the office moved to a Microsoft Access database system, but it proved difficult for many people to use. So this year the venerable FileMaker Pro 9 came to the rescue.
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Nordic River launches TextFlow, a parallel word processing application for consumers and business users who need to spice up their productivity workflow with collaboration capabilities. TextFlow won't challenge Microsoft Word or Google Docs overnight, but it will fire up the conversation about more interactive editing.
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The SQL Anywhere product is an entire suite of database applications and servers. It runs on many platforms, including Windows Mobile. Using Visual Studio, programmers can develop database applications that run on a Windows Mobile device.
The RightScale Platform, a configuration and management tool, makes it easier for developers to deploy and control servers and images on the Amazon EC2 cloud computing platform. Developers can take advantage of Amazon.com's powerful cloud computing infrastructure and manage it from their laptops.
Unlike rivals such as Amazon.com, Salesforce.com and Google, Etelos is offering developers a way to move their LAMP-based software to the cloud with little modification needed. Etelos also has services for helping developers sell, license and scale Web applications.
Review: A new beta from Microsoft lets novice Web users create composite applications or "mashups" from a variety of Web-based gadgets and services.
Review: Visual Studio 2008 promises to be a powerful, robust IDE. However, considering that "Orcas" has been in development for over three years, its new features are ultimately disappointing.
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