Darryl K. Taft

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The emergence of stacks of open-source infrastructure software will spawn new opportunities for companies to enter and succeed in the open-source space, according to a panel of experts at a recent conference. At the Harvard Business Schools annual Cyberposium here on Saturday, David Skok, a general partner with Matrix Partners, of Waltham, Mass., said, […]

Web services standards organizations have been making moves to improve the performance, effectiveness and enterprise-readiness of Web services. The Cambridge, Mass.-based World Wide Web Consortium announced new recommendations this week for standards relating to Web services performance and efficiency. The new recommendations work with the SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) 1.2 specification to deliver a […]

BEA Systems Inc. Thursday announced a new service-oriented architecture readiness tool and an expanded SOA consulting practice. The San Jose, Calif., company announced its BEA Service-Oriented Architecture Readiness Self-Assessment tool, which enables enterprises to assess the maturity of their systems in regard to implementing SOAs, the company said. The SOA Readiness Self-Assessment tool is based […]

IBM has come up with a new service offering to help customers better connect their business goals with their technical resources. Known as Service Oriented Modeling and Architecture, or SOMA, the new service, announced Wednesday, will be a service offering from IBM Global Services (IGS) to help enterprise customers “bridge the gap between business and […]

A major teachers union is looking to open-source technology to move its enterprise systems and its members to a new non-proprietary platform that the union will control completely. The New York-based United Federation of Teachers, a 150,000-member teachers union for New York Citys teachers in the citys five boroughs and 1,300 schools, announced the move […]

The biggest question facing open-source developers is, after Linux, what can be done to spur efforts toward complete open-source software stacks? After researching open-source use in large enterprises, SourceLabs Inc., a Seattle startup founded by former Microsoft Corp. and BEA Systems Inc. executives, may have discovered why broad adoption of open-source technology beyond Linux has […]

Microsoft Corp. is expected to roll out the much-anticipated second beta release of its Visual Studio 2005 development platform at the end of March or early April, sources close to the company said. According to sources, Microsoft is scheduled to release Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2005, code-named Whidbey, on March 31. Sources also said […]

Software AG bolstered its presence in legacy modernization last week with the acquisition of an Israeli maker of tools that integrate legacy systems with service-oriented architectures. Software AGs purchase of Sabratec Ltd., which makes ApplinX, positions the Reston, Va., company to be a strong player in the $1 billion legacy modernization market, said Joe Gentry, […]

Serena Software Inc. is making things easier for users with its updated requirements management solution. Serenas RTM (Requirements and Traceability Management) Version 5.5, released last week, features a new user interface and a customizable home page that enables business and technical users to specify, analyze and manage requirements for applications under development, said Serena officials […]

Compuware Corp. is launching two tools that extend the capabilities of Microsoft Corp.s Visual Studio development platform beyond Microsofts Visual Studio 2005 plans. Compuware DevPartner Fault Simulator 1.0 and Compuware DevPartner SecurityChecker 1.0. will help developers build in error-proofing and security when coding applications. DevPartner Fault Simulator tests and debugs error-handling code in native and […]

Visiting the doctor can be a harrowing experience for many patients, especially when its time to take prescriptions to the pharmacist, who must decipher what they say. Poor penmanship and lack of time are two reasons why when it comes to taking notes, many doctors prefer to use voice recorders. But how to get those […]

Xamlon Inc. announced Tuesday the availability of the second beta release of its Xamlon Pro, Compact Edition. Xamlon, of La Jolla, Calif., specializes in delivering tools that enable developers to build applications using Microsoft Corp.s XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language). The Xamlon Pro, Compact Edition targets the .Net Compact Framework and lets developers build XAML […]