Darryl K. Taft

Avanade Inc. next month will roll out a suite of companion technology in support of Microsoft Corp.s Visual Studio .Net development platform. The Seattle-based company will unveil ACA.Net (Avanade Connected Architecture) at VS Live, Microsofts official launch of the Visual Studio .Net tools, in San Francisco. ACA consists of core infrastructure pieces that applications need […]

Java application server providers continue to beef up their offerings, providing compatibility with the latest version of the enterprise Java standard and additional functionality for database developers. San Francisco-based Macromedia Inc. on Monday announced that its JRun Java application server has passed Sun Microsystems Inc.s J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) 1.3 test suite to achieve […]

Borland Software Corp. is boosting Java developer productivity and performance with an acquisition and an integration agreement. The Scotts Valley, Calif., software development toolmaker announced Tuesday that it has acquired Redline Software Corp., a San Jose, Calif., Java performance solutions provider, in a three-part deal. Borland said its acquisition of Redline Software, also known as […]

Scoring another win for its Java-based Web strategy, Sun Microsystems Inc. on Wednesday announced an agreement with the National Hockey League to power all of the leagues online activities. Company and league officials called the deal a technology and marketing agreement, and said it will encompass all areas of the NHLs business, while also enhancing […]

BEA Systems Inc.s weblogic application server continues to be a platform for developers and partners to rally around. Last week, e-business application provider Art Technology Group Inc. announced that its CRM (customer relationship management) product is available on WebLogic. At the same time, Resonate Inc. said its traffic management tool also now supports the leading […]

Server and Java software giant Sun Microsystems Inc. on Friday posted a substantial loss for its second fiscal quarter, while noting that it expects to stabilize by this summer. For the three months ended Dec. 30, the Palo Alto, Calif., company reported a loss of $431 million, or 13 cents a share, on revenue of […]

Software development tools vendor Rogue Wave Software Inc. on Monday announced enhancements to its key product, including increased support for XML streaming and Web services. Rogue Wave, of Boulder, Colo., said its SourcePro C++ Edition 3 also features support for new platforms and database clients and builds upon existing XML streaming and Web services-supporting technology […]

IBM is rolling out new tools designed to help developers and service providers create, host and manage Web services. The tools include IBMs Web Services Toolkit 3.0, Web Services Hosting Technology and Web Services Gateway, all of which are available for free download at www.alphaworks.ibm.com. Like other vendors—including Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp.—in the […]

As their interest in building and delivering wireless applications grows, Java developers are looking for enhanced standards to write to and an avenue to help get their applications into devices. Through its Java Community Process, Sun Microsystems Inc. is working to beef up J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition), the key specification to which wireless Java […]

BEA Systems Inc.s WebLogic application server continues to be a platform for developers and partners to rally around, with Web site traffic management and CRM solution providers announcing support for it on Monday. Resonate Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., announced it has completed interoperability testing between Resonates Central Dispatch 4.0 and BEA WebLogic Server. Company officials […]