Darryl K. Taft

BEA Systems Inc. Thursday announced its third fiscal quarter earnings, reporting net income of $27.4 million on revenue of $234 million, which marked the first growth in the companys sales in more than a year. For the same period last year, BEA posted a net loss of $90.1 million on revenue of $219.6 million. BEA […]

IBM on Friday announced a new Web Services Toolkit for Mobile Devices, featuring tools and a Java runtime for building Web services applications that run on Palm OS-based handhelds, Windows CE-based Pocket PC and Blackberry handhelds. “Web services are not just for B2B commerce or for integration, but also for connecting a wide range of […]

Embedded systems software development tools vendor Metrowerks Inc. is about to acquire Lineo, an embedded Linux company, sources say. The two companies have ongoing partnering arrangements. Lineo, a division of Embedix Inc., Salt Lake City, bundles Austin, Texas-based Metrowerks CodeWarrior integrated development environment with Lineos Embedix SDK 2.4, an embedded Linux development tools suite. Sources […]

Apple Computer Inc. enhanced its support for Web services with the announcement this week of WebObjects 5.2, the companys Web services development platform. Bob Fraser, Apples product manager for WebObjects, said WebObjects 5.2 enables developers to create prototypes in minutes without writing any code—by using a drag-and-drop scheme. Fraser said WebObjects is a suite of […]

Oracle Corp. on Tuesday announced that it submitted a Java Specification Request (JSR) to the Java Community Process (JCP) for a new application programming interface to enable standards-based extensions to work with any Java integrated development environment. Ted Farrell, architect and director of strategy for application development tools at Oracle, in Redwood Shores, Calif., said […]

Macromedia Inc. this week plans to announce Macromedia Contribute, an application that enables users to add to, update and change Web site content without the help of a professional developer or Web site manager. The San Francisco companys Contribute is based on Dreamweaver, Macromedias professional product for creating Web sites. Contribute is lighter and less […]

Developers tired of software glitches that cause problems and cost money are turning to a method called defensive programming, which can lengthen development time but reduce headaches after software is created. Companies are offering development tools that let programmers incorporate defensive methods into their work. Wind River Systems Inc. last week released a set of […]

AmberPoint Inc. expanded its Web services management solution by unveiling on Monday its plans for a new version of its solution for the Microsoft .Net environment. Oakland, Calif.-based AmberPoint announced its plans to work with Microsoft to deliver a .Net version of it AmberPoint Management Foundation, the companys Web services management solution, which already supports […]

Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates will announce new programming tool advancements and discuss the companys standards compliance in a speech Friday. As keynote speaker at the Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications (OOPSLA) 2002 conference in Seattle, Gates will discuss new details about the upcoming version of Microsofts Visual Studio .Net […]

Borland Software Corp. announced new versions of its Java application development environment and Optimizeit performance management tool Tuesday, among a number of new tools for creating and deploying applications and Web services. The Scotts Valley, Calif., company announced JBuilder 8 and Optimizeit Suite 5. JBuilder 8 features a number of new enhancements, including support for […]