Darryl K. Taft

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Monday pushed its Web services vision further with the announcement of the Sun ONE Portal Server 6.0, a new version of the companys portal server with identity management and support for leading Java application servers. John Fanelli, Suns product director for communications and portal products, said the Sun ONE (Open Net […]

As sales of high-end enterprise application servers remain flat, SilverStream Software Inc. and IBM are tailoring new products for the faster-growing midsize business. SilverStream, of Billerica, Mass., this week will roll out Extend for RosettaNet, a low-cost version of its application server aimed at such customers, including those that focus on electronic supply chains and […]

Microsoft Corp. and Softricity Inc. last week unveiled a joint plan to promote Softricitys solution for managing Windows applications as Web services. Microsoft and Softricity have agreed to promote Softricitys SoftGrid as an enabling technology to move existing applications onto Microsofts .Net platform as XML Web services over corporate networks, the companies said. Boston-based Softricitys […]

Enosys Software Inc. Monday announced and XQuery-based suite of products known as the Enosys platform. The Enosys platform is targeted at enterprise environments to help enterprises gain real-time views of their data that is typically distributed across many information sources, officials at the Redwood City, Calif., company said. The XML-based platform consists of the Enosys […]

IBM and Inktomi Corp. are joining together to provide enterprise content delivery network (eCDN) technology to companies looking to see the benefits of CDN behind their firewalls. The two companies are teaming up to meet the demands of an increasing number of businesses that want to enhance their ability to manage and distribute mission-critical business […]

Flashline Inc. on Monday announced a deal with Alltel Information Services Inc. in which Alltel will use Flashlines reusable software components in an enterprisewide software reuse initiative. Cleveland-based Flashline said Alltel, based in Little Rock, Ark., has chosen Flashlines Component Manager, Enterprise Edition (CMEE) as the foundation for its reuse initiative. Alltel bought an enterprise […]

Collaxa Inc., a relatively new company in the Web services arena, on Monday released its first product, a Web services orchestration engine. The Collaxa Web Services Orchestration Server 1.0 is aimed at building out the integration promise of Web services and is targeted at developers seeking to deliver an enterprise application integration solution based on […]

Nearly two-thirds of Web site visits feature some kind of Web application failure, according to a new study released Friday by the Business Internet Group of San Francisco. In “A Report on Web Application Integrity,” BIG-SF researchers reported that commercial Web sites are commonly prone to failures—delivering incorrect data, blank pages and a host of […]

Microsoft Corp. and Softricity Inc. Tuesday announced an agreement to promote Softricitys solution for managing Windows applications as Web services. Under the agreement, the companies will promote Softricitys SoftGrid as an enabling technology to bring existing applications onto the .Net platform as XML Web services over corporate networks, the companies said. Boston-based Softricitys SoftGrid enables […]

Borland Software Corp. Tuesday announced that it has acquired Highlander Engineering Inc. in a move aimed at bolstering its presence in the embedded systems market. Borland bought Lakeland, Fla.-based Highlander, a provider of software solutions for the embedded systems market, in a cash deal worth about $2 million over a two-year period, Borland officials said. […]