Darryl K. Taft

Linux is here to stay in the mobile and embedded worlds. That is the message Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, plans to deliver at the upcoming O’Reilly OSCON (Open Source Convention). OSCON runs July 21 to 25 in Portland, Ore., and Zemlin will be one of the first speakers on July 21 […]

IBM’s second-quarter profits grew 22 percent, led by services and software revenue and sales in international markets. IBM’s revenues grew 13 percent to $26.8 billion, while net income for the period was $2.8 billion, the company said. Also, as IBM pulled $10.9 billion in revenue from its Americas sector, the company drew $15.1 billion from […]

The OpenAjax Alliance has come up with a “Future Browser Feature Wish List” that currently tallies 37 features that Web developers deem necessary for future browsers to take the Web to the next level. The group’s goal is an ambitious one, but an important step in taking the Web forward, as developers continue efforts to […]

Sun’s Tim Bray has fun with developer-related acronyms. Sun Microsystems’ Tim Bray has a fun little post talking about acronym jive out there in LAMP land and beyond. Bray takes the LAMP acronym and moves from there into a list of other possibilities. “Let’s assume that ‘L’ always stands for Linux, ‘A’ for Apache, ‘M’ […]

Developers are putting Google Gears to some interesting uses, including offline support for Ruby on Rails and building client-side search engines. Gears for Rails represents another boost to cloud computing in its ability to deliver offline capability and synchronization. Meanwhile, Microsoft is leading its own data synchronization charge with its Live Mesh cloud-based data synchronization […]

HOUSTON — The future of application development for Microsoft is steeped in software modeling, particularly as the company moves more of its assets to a cloud-based computing model. Microsoft’s modeling initiative is codenamed “Oslo.” In an interview with eWEEK at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference here, Steven Martin, senior director of product management in Microsoft’s […]

Borland Software Corp. has announced a new set of solutions to better track, measure and improve software delivery processes. The new Borland Management Solutions (BMS) are based on the Borland Open Application Lifecycle Management (Open ALM) Framework, and plugs into a customer’s existing ALM tooling infrastructure, providing an ALM management “cockpit” that gives unprecedented visibility […]

HOUSTON — When Microsoft combined its Identity and Access Division with its Access and Security Division, it did so knowing that the market the combined entity targets would be worth $67 billion by 2010 to itself and its partners. At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference here, which ran July 7-10, Doug Leland, general manager of […]

HOUSTON-Microsoft is gearing up for the release of its Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008. Although the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference held here July 7-10 was the company’s opportunity to introduce the technologies to its partners, Microsoft will officially launch SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 Nov. 12, said Steven VanRoekel, […]

Parasoft, a software quality enhancement and error detection tool maker, is expected to announce a new application security package with enhanced data flow analysis capabilities. The package helps organizations rapidly identify high-risk run-time security vulnerabilities and monitor security policy compliance. Parasoft’s Application Security Solution is slated to be announced on July 15 and aims to […]

Sun Microsystems is undergoing another round of layoffs, this time eliminating up to 1.000 positions, sources said. According to reports, Sun let more than 200 workers go in Colorado as part of the 1,000, and some estimates indicate the company plans to let as many as 2,500 employees go altogether. According to sources, Sun officials […]

HOUSTON-Microsoft announced that Microsoft SQL Server 2008 will be available in August with no price increase. At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 here, Bob Kelly, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Server and Tools business, announced that Microsoft would make Microsoft SQL Server 2008 available in August. Kelly also said that on Sept. 8, […]