Darryl K. Taft

Borland Software Corp. announced several new technologies at its 2003 Borland Conference Monday, including a new version of its Delphi integrated development environment for .Net, a new modeling framework and a new integrated application lifecycle management solution for Java. At its conference, known as BorCon, in San Jose, Calif., Borland announced Delphi 8 for the […]

IBM Corp.s Rational division on Tuesday is expected to announce a new version of the IBM Rational Rapid Developer. The IBM Rational Rapid Developer Release 2 is an architected rapid application development environment that provides portal-creation capabilities and integration with legacy systems, the company said. IBMs Rational division is based in Lexington, Mass. IBM officials […]

As Borland Software Corp. celebrates its 20th year this week at its BorCon conference, developers and managers around the industry are recalling the companys legacy and impact on the software business. Borland has a rich legacy in the industry, having developed development tools that helped to change the face of application development. But not only […]

LOS ANGELES—Microsoft Corp. themed this weeks Professional Developers Conference along the lines of the companys advancements in presentation, storage and communications, and Wednesday Microsoft showed how its research arm is enhancing these areas and more. In a keynote address here, Rick Rashid, senior vice president of Microsoft Research, spoke on the issue, as well as […]

LOS ANGELES—Microsoft Corp. and Vodafone Group plc. Wednesday expanded on a relationship the two entered into earlier this month and delivered a technical roadmap on how the two companies will add mobile Web services to applications and push to merge the PC world with the mobile world. In an interview with eWEEK at Microsofts Professional […]

LOS ANGELES—Microsoft Corp. rounded out the second day of its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2003 here by formally announcing the new versions of Visual Studio .Net, codenamed Whidbey, and SQL Server, codenamed Yukon, as well as giving out prerelease versions of the software to attendees. Eric Rudder, senior vice president of servers and tools at […]

Borland Software Corp. rolled out a new version of its IDE for Java, JBuilder X, last week, with more than 100 new and enhanced features. JBuilder X, which marks the 10th version of the Scotts Valley, Calif., companys leading Java integrated development environment, is the most significant upgrade to the product since JBuilder 6 and […]

LOS ANGELES—Although some are predicting that Microsoft Corp.s next-generation Longhorn operating system will be the star of Microsofts Professional Developers Conference (PDC) here, the real show-stealer looks to be the companys new Web services framework, codenamed Indigo. Microsoft will unveil its Indigo strategy Monday morning at the PDC. The new scheme represents a significant change […]

LOS ANGELES—At Microsoft Corp.s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2003, Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates highlighted his companys vision for the next wave of software development in the Longhorn era. Longhorn, the codename for the next major release of Windows, features a new programming model known as WinFX that promises to advance the opportunities […]

Microsoft Corp. might be looking to acquire technology to boost its Web services management capabilities. According to published reports, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer advised interested parties “stand by for news” about a possible acquisition in the area of development tools and XML Web services. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wednesday reported that Ballmer made the comments […]