Darryl K. Taft

Travel services company Sabre Holdings Corp. is delivering a large-scale Web services deployment project with the help of Web services management software from Infravio Inc. Officials at Sabre, of Southlake, Texas, said they are using Infravios new Ensemble 4 Web services management suite as the cornerstone of a new Sabre Web Services portal and an […]

Microsoft Corp. is counting on its Web services strategy and product roadmap to pay off big in its effort to support the U.S.s Homeland Security initiative. Tom Richey, director of homeland security for Microsoft Public Sector based in Washington, told eWEEK that the interoperability afforded through Web services will help integrate disparate systems across governmental […]

Macromedia Inc. Tuesday announced it has hired a former Microsoft Corp. executive to run its Macromedia Mobile and Devices Division. The San Francisco company announced the appointment of Juha Christensen, who until November of last year was vice president of the mobile devices division at Microsoft Corp., where he spent more than four years. Before […]

A group of leading Java software companies Tuesday banded together to create the Java Tools Community (JTC), with the notable absence of two major players: IBM and Borland Software Corp. The JTC effort—led by Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc.—includes 10 founding companies intent on increasing Java “toolability” by promoting and developing […]

The effort to build a tight-knit organization to support the integration of Java tool sets is slated to take off tomorrow, sources said. First reported in eWEEK in November, the effort, known as the Java Tools Community, or JTC, is backed by several Java tool vendors working to link their frameworks in an effort to […]

The effort to build a tight-knit organization to support advancements in Java development is set to take off next month, and possibly as early as next week, sources said. The effort, initially reported in eWEEK and originally known as the Java Tools Community (JTC), will feature several leading Java tool vendors working to link their […]

The Web Services Interoperability Organization has released WS-I Sample Application 1.0, a set of Web services designed to give developers an early look at how that WS-I Basic Profile 1.0 supports interoperability in real-world scenarios. WS-I Sample Application 1.0, made available last week at the XML Conference & Exposition here, features technology and cases developed […]

PHILADELPHIA—The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) Wednesday announced the availability of the WS-I Sample Application 1.0, a set of Web services that serve as proof that the WS-I Basic Profile 1.0 supports interoperability in real-world scenarios. The WS-I Sample Application 1.0 features technology and use cases developed by 10 companies that are members of WS-I […]

Four days after posting a note to a community site specifying its intent to retire a number of its flagship products as a result of the Sun Java lawsuit, Microsoft Corp. has decided to extend the cut-off date by a week. On Monday, Microsoft posted a new note to its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) community […]

PHILADELPHIA—With XML adoption widespread in the industry, vendors exhibiting at the XML Conference and Expo 2003 here are offering solutions to make it even more palatable for users and developers. Snapbridge Software Inc. released the beta versions of its Snapbridge FDX Information Server Developers Edition and Snapbridge XStudio XML development tools, said Benjamin Chen, chairman […]

Oracle Corp. Wednesday is expected to announce the release of its Oracle Application Server 10g, the companys first application server to support grid computing. “Were releasing the first grid-capable application server this week, the Oracle Application Server 10g, which includes nearly 600 new features,” said Robert Shimp, vice president of technology management at Oracle. “Its […]

The organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems last week approved the UBL 1.0 beta for public implementation testing. Jon Bosak, chairman of the Universal Business Language technical committee at OASIS and a distinguished engineer and XML architect at Sun Microsystems Inc., of Santa Clara, Calif., said the UBL 1.0 beta package is intended […]