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New Report Engine Ramps Up MySQL Front-End Tool

MicroOLAP Technologies has updated DBACentral, putting a report engine into its GUI front-end tool for the open-source database MySQL, the company announced on Tuesday. DBACentral...

Linear Programming Methods Are Underused

Lots of folks get all misty-eyed these days about the power of computers to help us express ourselves. The engineer in me recoils, though,...

Cisco to Acquire Application Acceleration Provider FineGround

Cisco on Thursday picked up its own application front end technology provider with an agreement to acquire FineGround Networks Inc. for $70 million. Cisco Systems...

Microsoft: Netscape 8 Breaks IE

America Online on Thursday confirmed that a bug in its new Netscape 8 Web browser was breaking certain XML configurations in Microsofts IE.The issue...

.Net Developers: What, Me Worry?

Microsoft Corp.s request that developers do more testing of the .Net Framework before the Redmond, Wash., software vendor delivers that technology to market doesnt...

Microsoft Recruits for .Net Framework Compatibility Testing

Microsoft Corp. is looking for a few good men … and women, and, ultimately, applications that can help the company check for compatibility between...

IBM Research Is Software Groups Secret Weapon

LAS VEGAS—IBM Research is IBMs secret weapon, and nowhere is this more evident than in software, said the chief scientist of IBMs Rational business...

AMD Bares Chip-Based Pacifica to Attract Developers

AMD has published the details behind Pacifica, its hardware-based virtualization technology for PCs and servers. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker on Wednesday said it posted...

Tool Gives Visual Studio Developers Jump on Writing Linux Apps

Mainsoft Corp. Tuesday announced a program and a new tool for Visual Studio .Net developers to use their familiar tool set to write applications...

IBM Releases New Tech to Merge Biz, IT and Development

LAS VEGAS—IBM Monday delivered on its strategy of business-driven development by releasing a slew of new technology and services to help business, development and...