Darryl K. Taft

MySQL Inc. has announced new full support for transactions in the MySQL open-source database. The addition of transaction support will help users of the standard version of the popular open-source technology develop and deploy enterprise applications better equipped for commercial e-business environments, officials at the Seattle-based company said. Company officials said the prominent new feature […]

Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. Monday announced an alliance around Microsofts .Net initiative, linking the two companies in development and consulting deals for .Net-based applications and Web services. Microsoft officials said the new initiative between the two companies represents an investment of $60 million. “Microsoft and HP announced a new $60 million joint initiative designed […]

Entrust Inc. and Westbridge Technology Inc. are rolling out Web services security platforms designed to give enterprises a complete package of tools and support for a variety of standards. Entrust on Oct. 8 will unveil its Secure Transaction Platform, which will offer features focusing on identification, entitlement, verification and privacy, according to sources close to […]

Arbortext Inc. is combining enhancements to its XML content delivery platform and tighter integration with key partners in an initiative aimed at a life sciences industry often hamstrung by massive, complex regulatory requirements. The core component of the initiative will be Arbortexts Epic platform, which enables businesses to create, manage and publish XML content. According […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. Monday is expected to announce a deal to bundle BEA Systems Inc.s WebLogic Application Server with each copy of the HP-UX operating system, sources said. HP, based in Palo Alto, Calif., will ship WebLogic Application Server 7 with HP-UX11i and will ship WebLogic with the HP OpenView Transaction Analyzer, sources said. The move […]

In the seven years since its introduction, Java has made rapid advancements into the enterprise. In the burgeoning field of Web services, Sun Microsystems Inc.s Java-based technology is in tight competition with Microsoft Corp.s .Net initiative for the heart and soul of developers. James Gosling, a Sun vice president and fellow, and father of Java, […]

Sapient Corp. on Tuesday took a new technology for managing Java applications and released it to the open-source community. The technology, MC4J (Management Console for Java), is designed to simplify the process of monitoring and maintaining Java applications written to JMX (Java Management Extensions), said officials with the Cambridge, Mass., company. JMX enables developers to […]

Arbortext Inc. on Tuesday announced plans to focus on the life sciences industry, offering both new capabilities and new applications. P.G. Bartlett, vice president of marketing at Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Arbortext, said the initiative will enable pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers and biotechnology companies to bring new and revised products to market faster and cheaper […]

A pair of software companies are teaming up to help developers overcome two key issues facing XML application development: performance and complexity. DataPower Technology Inc. and Altova Inc. this week will begin selling a bundle of each others development products—DataPowers XA35 XML Accelerator processor and Altovas XML Spy IDE (integrated development environment). The package is […]

Adobe Systems Inc. is aiming to reduce the time and cost of creating and updating images by automating image production tasks. The San Jose, Calif., company last week announced the newest version of its graphics and imaging server software, Adobe Graphics Server 2.0—formerly known as Adobe AlterCast—which also integrates easily with asset management and e-commerce […]

Hitachi Computer Products America Inc. last week unveiled a product designed to make it easier for developers to build security into their applications. The Waltham, Mass., companys Quadrasis EASI (Enterprise Application Security Integration) Express application and Web services security tool solution is a rapid application security development version of EASI Security Unifier, said Harriet Goldman, […]

Iona Technologies plc. today is announcing the Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform—XMLBus Edition v5.4, the latest version of its visual environment for developing, deploying, integrating and managing secure Web services. Ionas Orbix E2A—XMLBus Edition v5.4 delivers new features that enable the bridging of Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) systems to Web services, the […]