Darryl K. Taft

Sun Microsystems Inc. has doubled its distribution of Java on the desktop since it announced at its JavaOne show that two leading PC manufacturers had agreed to license the latest version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to ship with their PCs and laptops. Rich Green, vice president of Sun developer tools and Java software, […]

BEA Systems Inc. and Altova Inc. have agreed to partner to deliver a combined offering of their Java and XML development tools, respectively. Under the partnership, San Jose, Calif.-based BEA will bundle its WebLogic Workshop 8.1 Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) development environment with Beverly, Mass.-based Altovas XMLSpy 5, a leading XML development tool. “We […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—IBMs Rational division, holding its annual user conference here this week, gave an update on its integration into IBM as well as some new directions. One such new direction is a standard Rational is contributing to the development community, known as the Reusable Asset Specification (RAS). Mike Devlin, general manager of IBM Rational, discussed […]

Borland Software Corp. last week moved to bolster its presence in the government market by teaming with a federal integrator. The Scotts Valley, Calif., company announced a partnership with Spectrum Systems Inc., of Fairfax, Va. In the deal, Spectrum will add Borlands ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) products to its GSA (General Services Administration) Schedule. The […]

Microsoft Corp. is taking steps to embrace and extend another standard development technology, this time in the modeling arena. The Redmond, Wash., company is developing its own model-driven architecture for a future release of its Visual Studio .Net development environment. The new architecture will be based on the UML (Unified Modeling Language) standard, sources said. […]

Macromedia Inc. Monday announced new versions of its top tools for building rich Internet applications. Norm Meyrowitz, president of products for the San Francisco company, said the new MX 2004 family extends the Macromedia MX family of products the company announced in April 2002. The company announced new versions of Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, Fireworks […]

Dont call it a comeback, weve been here for years…so says Oracle Corp. when it comes to grid technology, as the company prepares to deliver grid extensions to its database and application server platform. John Magee, vice president of Oracles application server and tools products, said that when Oracle announces its new database and application […]

Borland Software Corp. Monday moved to bolster its presence in the federal market by teaming with a federal integrator. Scotts Valley, Calif.-based Borland announced a partnership with Spectrum Systems Inc., Fairfax, Va., whereby Spectrum will add Borlands Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) products to Spectrums General Services Administration Schedule. The GSA schedule is a buying vehicle […]

After a long period of hype around Web services, the Web Services-Interoperability organization last week announced the official delivery of WS-I Basic Profile 1.0. WS-I BP 1.0 is a set of specifications that guarantee Web services interoperability if users adhere to the profiles guidelines and if vendors include support for it in products. The profile […]

While the Web Services Interoperability Organization has released its most important deliverable to date, developers are looking for more leadership from the group. Last week, at the XML Web Services One conference here, WS-I announced the availability of its Basic Profile 1.0, which defines a basic set of specifications for making Web services interoperable. WS-I […]