Darryl K. Taft

IBM, Microsoft Corp. and BEA Systems Inc. are on tap to submit the Business Processing Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS) specification to the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems (OASIS), marking yet another standard for orchestrating Web services. Sources said the specification is all but in the hands of OASIS, except for […]

The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS- I ) Wednesday announced two tools for testing the interoperability of the WS-I Basic Profile. The new tools, called the Web Service Communication Monitor and the Web Service Profile Analyzer, come in both Java and C# flavors and were developed by the WS-Is Test Tools working group, WS-I officials […]

IBM, gearing up for the next battle for developers, is targeting small and mid-size businesses and their main tool provider, Microsoft Corp. “We have to win in the midmarket for three reasons: Its the largest market out there, its the fastest-growing market and its where we have to stop Microsoft,” said Buell Duncan, general manager […]

IBM demonstrated its commitment to open source and the Linux platform by highlighting developer successes at the companys annual DeveloperWorksLive conference last week in New Orleans. IBM also announced several initiatives involving the company-sponsored Eclipse open-source, Java-based application development platform. “Were seeing an increase in momentum in developers using Linux and writing for Linux,” said […]

According to independent software vendors (ISVs) working with IBM Corp. to win business in the small to midsize business (SMB) space, the concept of e-business On Demand means integrating an entire enterprise operation to deliver a business solution. At the IBM developerWorks Live! conference here Friday, a panel of ISVs spoke to why they have […]

NEW ORLEANS—IBM Thursday announced a series of new technologies, tools, and educational and marketing programs for developers, including new initiatives to help ISVs develop business applications running on IBMs middleware. At its developerWorks Live! Conference here, IBM announced its ISV Advantage Initiative program. Focused on ISVs that target the small to medium-size business (SMB) market, […]

NEW ORLEANS—Independent software vendors announced new tools on Wednesday to support IBMs middleware and operating system platforms at the IBM developerWorks Live conference here. Cambridge, Mass.-based Curl Corp. announced the Linux version of its Curl Client/Web Platform, the companys rich application development platform, including its integrated development environment (IDE) and runtime environment. Officials said the […]

IBM this week will highlight its affinity for Linux by playing up the benefits of the platform to IBM developers at its annual developerWorksLive conference. At developerWorksLive, which kicks off Wednesday in New Orleans, IBM will highlight developer successes on the Linux platform and also deliver a new Linux-based solution for small and medium-size businesses. […]

Broadening the reach and appeal of Java is at the top of Sun Microsystems Inc.s list for the next major release of the platform, code-named Tiger, next year, although developers may not be ready to jump in. The new version, J2SE (Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition) 1.5, will add technology from ongoing JSRs (Java Specification […]

Sun Microsystems Inc.s position as a force in the PC operating system market was in question last week at a hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Judge Paul Niemeyer took control early in the hearing here, in which Microsoft Corp., of Redmond, Wash., sought to appeal a federal District Court […]

Altova Inc. has announced a new version of its popular XML development tool, adding new features that make it easier for developers to create customized XML content and data editing applications, the company said. The Beverly, Mass., company said XMLspy Release 4 promotes increased software and information reusability, which will result in enhanced productivity and […]

Gamma Enterprise Technologies Inc. has announced the release of its new JSAP development toolkit targeted at Java developers using Borland Software Corp.s JBuilder integrated development environment and looking to integrate their work with SAP applications. Company officials said that JSAP enables developers to access SAP applications without knowing the SAP Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) […]