Darryl K. Taft

IBM Tuesday announced that it has acquired open-source software provider Gluecode Software Inc. in a deal that strengthens IBMs middleware portfolio. IBMs acquisition of El Segundo, Calif.-based Gluecode means that IBM will acquire some of the top developers on the Apache Geronimo application server. Gluecodes application infrastructure is based on Geronimo. Indeed, some observers said […]

ObjectWeb, the French open-source software consortium, showed Monday why it is truly an international entity, announcing new members and agreements from members in countries in Europe and Asia. Grenoble, France-based ObjectWeb announced new members from France, as well as Italy, and a new agreement with a Chinese research center. Jean-Pierre Laisne, chairman of ObjectWeb and […]

Developers are approaching the Apache Software Foundations plan to deliver an open-source version of the Java 2 Standard Edition runtime platform with both interest and vigilance. The Apache Harmony project, launched last week, sets out to create an open-source version of J2SE under the Apache license. As the “motivation” for the project states: “…there are […]

Mike Devlin, co-founder of Rational Software Corp. and most recently general manager of IBMs Rational business unit, is retiring from the systems giant. Sources said IBM announced Devlins retirement internally at the end of last month, along with the resignation of Hugh Scandrett, a longtime Rational executive and chief of development for the division, who […]

IBM has added key weapons in its arsenal for attacking vertical markets: its expertise with open source and open standards and its vast intellectual property reserves that can be released at a moments notice. The Armonk, N.Y., systems maker plans to bundle open-source technology with open standards and release IBM patents, when necessary, in an […]

Systinet Corp. Monday announced a new development tool for extending the Eclipse application development platform for building Web services. Systinet Developer 5.5 is a free Eclipse-based download for creating, debugging, compliance testing and deploying Web services, said officials at Burlington, Mass.-based Systinet. /zimages/3/28571.gifSystinets Systinet Server 5.5 provides strong Web services management and security capabilities. Click […]

Black Duck on Monday announced that it has joined the OSSI to help promote open-source software in governments and academic institutions. Douglas Levin, chief executive of Waltham, Mass.-based Black Duck Software Inc., said he is “excited” to have his company join the Open Source Software Institute as a corporate member. “OSSI is a nonprofit [organization] […]

IBM announced on Monday what appears to be the Java equivalent of Microsofts Software Factories vision. IBM has announced a set of new enterprise patterns to help make developers more productive and promote the reuse of code and other assets, said Angel Diaz, director of On Demand Software Development for the IBM Software Group. The […]

In a meeting that was often testy, Siebel Systems Inc.s leaders told investors and analysts Thursday that the company would focus on cutting costs, managing more efficiently and going after new market opportunities in an effort to right itself. At the meeting in New York, George Shaheen, the new chief executive of the San Mateo, […]

Microsoft Corp. is softening its attitude toward the open-source community, calling for a sit-down to discuss how it can better work with the open-source world. At a recent conference in Cambridge, Md., sponsored by the Association for Competitive Technology, Brad Smith, Microsofts general counsel, called for cooperation among Microsoft, its competitors and the open-source community. […]

Oracle Corp. last week announced a new road map for certifying PeopleSoft and JD Edwards applications with its newly rebranded middleware offering, Oracle Fusion Middleware. The platform includes Oracle Application Server 10g application development tools and J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) Application Server, Web services infrastructure, ESBs (enterprise service buses) and integration server, business […]

The question of whether intellectual property protection promotes or inhibits innovation is complex, but the answer was nearly unanimous from panelists at the Association for Competitive Technologys Intellectual Property & Technology Summit here last week. “Defining innovation broadly, I think IP is in support of development,” said Keith Maskus, an economics professor at the University […]