Darryl K. Taft

SAN FRANCISCO—Although simplifying Java development is a major theme for this weeks JavaOne conference, some developers want more than that. At a BEA Systems Inc. customer event here Monday, developers said simplifying Java is one thing, but the industry needs more. In fact, the developers said BEA already has the issue of simplifying the language […]

The leader of the open-source JBoss Java application server environment said that if the group of developers that left his organization attempts to split—or “fork” as its called in the industry—the JBoss code base, he would sue them. Marc Fleury, president of JBoss Group LLC, Atlanta, said he is prepared to take legal action if […]

The Web services-interoperability organization is working toward a basic profile for the interoperability of Web services, but customers dont necessarily have to wait or overlook the tools that are available today. At Microsoft Corp.s Tech Ed conference here last week, a panel of experts discussed the WS-Is Basic Profile Version 1.0. The Profile will enable […]

This week at its annual JavaOne developer conference, Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to make ease of use, community and branding three key elements of its message to developers. On the ease-of-use note, Sun is expected to introduce a new tool code-named Project Rave, which will make it easier for developers to write enterprise Java applications […]

SembleWare announced a new .Net-based application development tool that follows the assembly line model of using reusable components to build finished applications. SembleWare, a Fort Lee, N.J.-based business unit of Objecutive Inc., announced sembleWare Visual Welder at the Microsoft TechEd conference in Dallas this week. Visual Welder is an add-in for Microsofts Visual Studio .Net, […]

DALLAS—When Microsoft Corp. is faced with a hard problem, it can call on Microsoft Research to help furnish answers. Security remains a hard problem, and Microsoft Research is providing some core technologies to help deliver Microsofts answer to the issue. In reference to finding answers to the problems around securing the online environment and data […]

DALLAS—Microsoft Corp. and VeriSign Inc. Tuesday announced an agreement to deliver new solutions for securing online information, particularly in remote access situations. At the here, the companies announced that the new security solutions will be built on Microsofts Windows Server 2003 and Mountain View, Calif.-based VeriSigns Managed PKI Services and will target enterprise users looking […]

DALLAS—Microsoft Corp.s theme of the potential of IT was not lost on the developer. Paul Flessner, Microsofts senior vice president of the Windows Server System division, laid out a vision of the companys role in the enterprise IT space, noting that the Windows Server 2003 server operating system is the foundation for the Windows Server […]

DALLAS—While the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) is working toward a basic profile for interoperability of Web services, customers should not wait but should use tools that are available today. During a session at the here, Yasser Shohoud, a program manager on the Microsoft XML Messaging team, said he does not know when the industry […]

DALLAS—Microsoft Corp.s chief trustworthy computing strategist called on the industry to help out with securing the Internet, and he also introduced a new product and new Microsoft initiatives to assist in the effort. Scott Charney, who heads Microsofts security efforts, spoke at the companys TechEd conference here, saying the responsibility for ensuring public safety on […]