Darryl K. Taft

BOSTON – Sun Microsystems Inc. voiced its concerns about joining a newly formed, widely backed Web services interoperability organization, at a lively session at Harvard Business School here today. Simon Phipps, chief technology evangelist at Sun, took exception to a seemingly friendly jab by a fellow panelist during a session concerning Web services and asked […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. announced the availability on Wednesday of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, version 1.4 (J2SE 1.4), delivering some new features and several enhancements in the process. J2SE includes performance enhancements that represent an increase of as much as 58 percent improvement over J2SE version 1.3.1, according to internal Sun tests using standard […]

IBM, Microsoft Corp., BEA Systems Inc., Intel Corp. and other industry leaders have banded together to form the Web Services Interoperability Organization to promote the development and deployment of Web services, officials of the organization announced Wednesday. In addition to those companies, others such as Hewlett-Packard Co., Accenture and SAP AG are founding members of […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday announced that EFS Network Inc. is using the Sun Open Network Environment (Sun ONE) as the foundation for a supply chain solution aimed at reducing costs and inefficiencies for the food service industry. Chicago-based EFS Network has placed its supply chain solution on Sun ONE, employing a suite of business […]

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced the availability of the first beta version of a new tool that will migrate Java code into C#, Microsofts proprietary Java-like programming language. Microsoft said its Java Language Conversion Assistant, or JLCA, provides a smooth transition for Java developers to build XML Web services on the .Net platform. Officials with […]

Enigma Inc., with the latest enhancement to its e-business software for support chain systems, has made inroads with wins in both government and industry. The Burlington, Mass., companys 3C Platform targets manufacturers and operators of complex capital equipment to simplify maintenance processes to reduce costs and streamline parts identification. Enigma officials said they are focused […]

NEW YORK–Major software vendors have touted WSDL as a key specification for driving the interoperable world of Web services. But some developers say its patrons are using Web Services Description Language and other standards to force enterprises into choosing one vendors Web services initiative over anothers, effectively removing the openness and interoperability that are cornerstones […]

Web services technology provider Cape Clear Software Inc. on Monday announced that the next version of its Web Services platform will feature support for Microsoft Corp.s Visual Studio.Net development tools suite. Cape Clears CapeConnect 3.5 includes native interoperability with the latest release candidate for Microsoft .Net framework and Microsoft VisualStudio.Net, the Campbell, Calif., company said. […]

IBM executive William Zeitler called Linux and the open-source movement a significant phenomenon for the computing industry that cannot be thwarted by proprietary technology. In a keynote speech at the LinuxWorld show in New York Wednesday, Zeitler said he believes the open-source movement will transform the industry, in terms of e-business and reaching into other […]

Developers are anticipating that a robust components market will grow up around Microsoft Corp.s .Net initiative, particularly now that the software vendor has released its Visual Studio .Net development platform. Microsoft officials and others said they expect Visual Studio .Net to spawn a market for component software not seen since the early days of Visual […]