Darryl K. Taft

Rational Software Corp.s recent acquisition of NeuVis Inc. strengthens Rationals position in providing tools for enterprise-level application development. As part of the purchase, Rational, of Lexington, Mass., gets 26 employees of NeuVis, based in Shelton, Conn., as well as NeuVis development technology for building n-tier applications. NeuVis flagship product is an MDA (model-driven application), architecture-based […]

Two technology companies are helping corporate users embrace XML-based information while ensuring the security and integrity of the messages that come into their systems. Quadrasis and Tarari Inc. this week will each introduce so-called XML firewalls that will offer businesses ways of inspecting XML messages before they enter their systems. An XML firewall acts like […]

IBM is disputing recent claims by BEA Systems Inc. that BEA is supplanting IBM in application server deals and beating it in head-to-head competitions. Last week, in a call about its second-quarter financial results, BEA officials claimed that in more than 200 instances during the quarter the company beat or replaced IBM in deals. Officials […]

Two leaders in the Windows and Linux tools space are going to jointly market their technology to enterprise developers. Borland Software Corp. and IBM on Monday announced a global distribution and marketing agreement to bundle some of their key Windows and Linux development technologies to support enterprise developers. Under the agreement, IBM and Borland will […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. Thursday announced that its NetBeans open-source project has added 18 new modules to its open-source code base. In addition, Sun Thursday announced the NetBeans Lookup Library, which enables developers to register different commonly used software components and make them visible to other elements in the system. The Lookup Library allows the independent […]

BEA Systems Inc. Tuesday announced an enhanced commitment to the Linux community, through a new deal with Red Hat Inc. Bob Griswold, vice president and general manager of San Jose, Calif., companys Java Runtime Products group, said Red Hat, of Raleigh, N.C., will distribute BEAs JRockit Java Virtual Machine (JVM) technology on the Red Hat […]

Sun Microsystems Inc.s new head of software this week put his organization into place and is focusing on key markets while promoting Sun as a leader in the Web services arena. Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president of software at Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun, said Suns software group is focused on three main audiences: system operators, […]

TogetherSoft Corp. is buying WebGain Inc.s WebGain Studio, which consists of VisualCafé, StructureBuilder, Business Designer and Quality Analyzer and provides support for BEA System Inc.s WebLogic Server. TogetherSoft, of Raleigh, N.C., said as part of the deal, it will provide support for current WebGain Studio customers. TogetherSoft also will provide an integration package, offering WebGain […]

Microsoft Corp. is developing upgrades to its enterprise templates and frameworks for the next major version of the Visual Studio .Net platform that will let developers scale applications to the enterprise level. The Redmond, Wash., company introduced preliminary versions of these development tools in February, when it announced Visual Studio .Net 1.0. Microsoft is working […]

Microsoft Corp.s .Net platform is getting a boost from key software makers delivering products that support the .Net Framework. Borland Software Corp. last week unveiled Borland Delphi 7 Studio, a version of its Delphi cross-platform rapid application development environment that integrates modeling, development and deployment of e-commerce solutions and Web services. Borland said Delphi 7 […]