Darryl K. Taft

A group of companies supporting Web services has submitted the WS-Policy specification to the Worldwide Web Consortium for consideration as a standard intended to promote the development of secure, reliable and transacted Web services. The W3C acknowledged the submission of the specification on April 26. The authors of what are essentially two specifications—WS-Policy Framework and […]

Microsoft has rewarded five computer science professors for innovative work and their role in helping to advance the state of the art of computing. On April 26, Microsoft named five new members of the Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship Program, which honors young, early-career professors for demonstrating creativity and foresight in their research. Microsoft officials […]

Stampede Technologies has announced the release of the Stampede Web 2.0 Performance Series, a set of acceleration tools for service-oriented architecture, Asynchronous JavaScript and XML and XML applications. The company also has introduced an appliance to run its new software. Stampede, based in Dayton, Ohio, announced the Stampede Web 2.0 Performance Series on April 25. […]

Rick LaPlante, the man who championed Microsofts push into the enterprise tools business, is hanging up his guns and heading for the ranch. LaPlante, who is currently on an extended vacation after spending six years working to get Microsofts Visual Studio Team System off the ground, said he will be returning to his post as […]

Optaros, an open-source software consulting and integration firm, has announced a partnership with LogicBlaze, a maker of open-source solutions for business integration, to provide professional services for the LogicBlaze open-source service oriented architecture. Boston-based Optaros will focus on LogicBlazes Fuse platform, the companies said in an announcement on April 24. Marina del Rey, Calif.-based LogicBlaze […]

Iona Technologies has announced that Artix, the companys Enterprise Service Bus, has successfully demonstrated reliable and transactional interoperability with Microsofts Windows Communication Foundation using Web services. WCF is the communications platform for Microsofts upcoming Vista operating system. Based on a Web services foundation, WCF extends Microsofts .Net Framework to enable developers to build secure, reliable […]

BEA systems is offering ColdFusion users the ability to run their ColdFusion applications on the BEA WebLogic Server without requiring a rewrite. BEA, based in San Jose, Calif., announced on April 17 the availability of BlueDragon, BEA WebLogic Edition. The software, which is from New Atlanta Communications and licensed by BEA, helps users modernize and […]

Sybase announced on April 17 the availability of Sybase PowerBuilder 10.5, the latest version of its rapid application development tool. Sybase officials in Dublin, Calif., said PowerBuilder 10.5 delivers several functionality enhancements and improvements to its DataWindow data access, presentation and manipulation technology. The enhanced DataWindow capabilities include the ability to more easily build complex […]

NEW YORK—Rogue Wave Software, a division of Quovadx, on April 19 announced the availability of Hydra 3.0, the latest version of its service-oriented architecture framework, at an event targeting the financial services industry. Hydra is designed to facilitate the distribution of business processes within an application, enabling developers to address service-oriented and parallel-processing development challenges […]

NEW YORK—Red Hat said that the success of Linux on Wall Street is no fluke and that use of the open-source operating system and other components will only continue to grow as more users realize the benefits. Speaking at the 2006 Linux/Open Source on Wall Street conference here on April 24, Erich Morisse, manager, vertical […]

Borland Software announced the completion of its deal to acquire Segue Software in a transaction valued at about $100 million. Cupertino, Calif.-based Borland announced on Feb. 8 its plans to acquire Segue and to divest its IDE (integrated development environment) tools business. The company has not yet found a buyer for that business. Meanwhile, the […]

Just like tobacco companies and automobile makers, Microsoft knows that the best way to make sure that people will keep buying products is to get them into the hands of young people, especially young women. For Microsoft, that means continuing the practice of offering the Express versions of its Visual Studio and SQL Server tools […]