Darryl K. Taft

Microsoft Corp. is counting on its Web services strategy and product road map to pay off in its effort to support the nations homeland security initiative. Tom Richey, director of homeland security for Microsoft Public Sector, in Washington, told eWEEK that the interoperability afforded through Web services will help integrate disparate government systems across government […]

Massachusetts has finalized its IT acquisition policy for its $80 million IT budget, moving away from what originally appeared to be an open-source mandate. The administration of Gov. Mitt Romney last week finalized a new open-standards policy for IT acquisitions, basing the criteria for government IT procurements on “best value” and setting guidelines to help […]

When members of the Eclipse organization gather in Anaheim, Calif., next month, it will be to refocus the group as a new, independent entity no longer in the shadow of IBM. At EclipseCon, the first conference dedicated to the Eclipse open-source Java development platform, the consortiums 50 members will announce the Eclipse Foundation, an independent […]

Massachusetts has finalized its IT acquisition policy, moving from what originally appeared to be a shift toward specifying open-source software to more of a focus on open standards. In an announcement Monday, the administration of Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney finalized its new open standards for IT acquisitions, basing the criteria for government IT procurements on […]

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 […]