Darryl K. Taft

WASHINGTON—Two major contributors to the XML community were awarded for their efforts to improve and promote the technology at the XML 2004 conference here Tuesday. The Alexandria, Va.-based International Digital Enterprise Alliance, known as IDEAlliance, awarded the XML Cup 2004 to Jean Paoli, a senior director of XML architecture at Microsoft Corp.; and Robin Cover, […]

Sybase Inc.s mobile database is helping south Florida keep its environment clean. The Broward County Department of Planning and Environmental Protection uses a mobile module powered by a Sybase SQL Anywhere database, said Jeffrey Halsey, director of pollution prevention and environmental licensing management for the department, based in Fort Lauderdale. Roger Kehl, senior product manager […]

Eclipses are rare events, but rarer still has been the growth experienced by the Eclipse open-source development platform in recent months. As the Java-based framework approaches its third anniversary next week and the organization nears its first year of independence, the platform has momentum that it might not have realized as the IBM-dominated entity it […]

Mike Milinkovich became executive director of the Eclipse Foundation in June after 20 years in the software business. Most recently, Milinkovich was vice president of Oracle AS Technical Services at Oracle Corp. Milinkovich has held key management positions at Oracle, WebGain Inc., The Object People Inc. and Object Technology International Inc., which became a wholly […]

Microsoft Corp. and Avanade Inc., a specialist in Microsoft integration solutions, have teamed up to deliver a library of reusable components to help developers build .Net applications more efficiently. Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., licensed portions of ACA.Net (Avanade Connected Architecture for .Net) to create the jointly built library known as Enterprise Library, said Matt Joe, […]

Dave Bernstein is a former senior vice president of product development at Rational Software Corp., who was tasked with leading the effort to transition the consortium of vendors working on the Eclipse open-source development platform from an IBM-dominated group into an independent organization. Bernstein decided to go his own way rather than to join IBM […]

BEA Systems Inc. this week launched a program focused on delivering horizontal solutions, including technology from BEA and several of its partners. The program, known as the BEA Enterprise Solutions program, will center around the BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 and will feature products and services from more than 40 partners, said Mark Atherton, vice president […]

IBMs Global Services division Thursday announced the formation of a management practice to help customers implement service-oriented architectures. The IBM SOA Management Practice is targeted at customers who need help managing Web services and building out infrastructure as they scale to enterprise SOAs, according to the company. IBM officials said the new practice is based […]

As IT managers and developers work to deploy enterprise applications and Web services, IBM and Microsoft Corp. are sniping over platform supremacy studies. IBM last week fired back at a Microsoft-commissioned report by The Middleware Company Inc., which alleged that .Net provides more developer productivity than IBMs WebSphere and J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition). […]

As Microsoft Corp. released the first building blocks of its Software Factories project last week, the company laid the groundwork for a new ecosystem of software development. At the Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications—or OOPSLA—conference here, Microsoft announced a new framework and tools for building DSLs (domain-specific languages)—the foundation of the companys Software Factories […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—In a meeting of programming heavyweights dubbed a shootout of competing platforms, participants exhibited criticism and sarcasm, but also a grudging respect for their opposing peers. At a session entitled “The Great J2EE vs. Microsoft .Net Shootout” at the OOPSLA conference here this week, software development superstars debated the relative strengths and weaknesses […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—In a speech at the Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications—or OOPSLA—conference here, Microsoft Corp.s head researcher announced a new framework and tools for building domain-specific languages and the precursor to the companys software factories strategy. Rick Rashid, senior vice president of Microsoft Research, described the strategy during his keynote at the conference, […]