Darryl K. Taft

As both its PDC and the launch of its Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 products loom in the next few months, Microsoft is working on delivering technology to eager users, prepping to RTM VS 2005, deliver a release candidate of the technology and provide a third beta version of a key component. Microsoft […]

The Liberty Alliance Project Tuesday announced a list of companies that have passed its Security Assertions Markup Language 2.0 interoperability testing. Eight companies passed the SAML 2.0 interoperability testing: the Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute, Ericsson, Novell Inc., Oracle Corp., Reactivity, Sun Microsystems Inc., Symlabs Inc. and Trustgenix Inc., Liberty Alliance officials said. SAML was […]

Despite the loss last month of CEO Dale Fuller, Borland Software Corp. officials said the vendor is pushing ahead with its strategy for delivering its Software Delivery Optimization plan and is banking on a move to Eclipse to help bolster upcoming releases of JBuilder. Rick Jackson, a vice president at Borland and a former vice […]

SAN FRANCISCO—The organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards this week will announce a new technical committee focused on service-oriented architecture blueprints. Miko Matsumura, vice president of technology at Infravio Inc., of Cupertino, Calif., and proposed chair of the SOA Adoption Blueprints Technical Committee at OASIS, said the blueprints are basically sample applications designed […]

Black Duck Software Inc., a provider of compliance management tools, has a new alliance with Olliance Group LLC, an open-source management consulting company, aimed at accelerating the adoption of open-source software by businesses. The partnership, announced at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo here last week, calls for the two to work together to help clients […]

Microsoft on Monday announced the second early release of its new design tool known by the code name Acrylic. Acrylic, a professional illustration, painting and graphic-design product, is targeted at de-signers working in print, Web, video, and interactive media. Up until now, Microsoft Corp. has not fielded a product in this space, which is dominated […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Black Duck Software, a provider of software compliance management solutions, has announced an alliance with Olliance Group, an open source management consulting firm. The companies announced the alliance at the LinuxWorld conference here. Douglas Levin, president and CEO of Waltham, Mass.-based Black Duck, said the alliance is targeted at helping to accelerate the adoption […]

Playing off its success with delivering high-performance computing environments, Platform this week will detail an attempt to take its grid expertise into enterprise IT. “IT folks have been looking over the wall at the HPC folks to see how the grid is working in that environment, and they want the same for the enterprise,” said […]

Mercy Ships brings help and healing to poor nations around the world, according to Kelvin Burton, Mercy Ships chief technology officer. Founded in 1978, the organization depends on the volunteer efforts of doctors, dentists, nurses, teachers, cooks, seamen, engineers, community developers and others. Over the years, Burton said, Mercy Ships has: • performed approximately 2 […]

When Mercy Ships conducts its missions of mercy in ports around the world, it owes a great deal to Borland Software Corp.s JBuilder, which is the primary development tool the organization uses to build its core systems. Mercy Ships, based in Garden Valley, Texas, is a global charity that uses a fleet of hospital ships […]

SpikeSource Inc. says it will now provide made-to-order open-source stacks of software fully configured and tested for enterprise customers. Kim Polese, CEO of the Redwood City, Calif., company, said SpikeSources new strategy will let developers either choose from prebuilt stacks or order their own. Polese said the SpikeSource Core stack features more than 70 components […]

Macromedia Inc. Monday announced Macromedia Studio 8, the new version of its suite for Web designers, video professionals and graphic artists to design, develop and maintain interactive online applications and content. Macromedia Studio 8 is the first release of the San Francisco companys Studio suite since 2003, said Jim Guerard, vice president of product management […]