Darryl K. Taft

BEA Systems Inc. has signed Deloitte Consulting as a global strategic partner, a move expected to boost the application server companys presence in key market areas. John Gray, vice president of global alliances at BEA, said he expects Deloitte to help increase the San Jose, Calif., companys presence in both the government and consumer markets, […]

Software development toolmaker Rational Software Corp. saw third-quarter earnings and revenues drop, but officials, pointing out that the numbers exceeded analyst expectations, said they were optimistic that an economic turnaround was near. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2001, the Cupertino, Calif., company announced it had posted a net loss of $17.9 million, or 9 […]

Two new software development environments reflect the varied approaches to building Web services and applications. Borland Software Corp. this week announced a suite of tools based on industry-standard Web services technologies, including XML, SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) and WSDL (Web Service Description Language). Meanwhile, Sybase Inc. announced a new version of its Java integrated […]

The latest version of J2EE appears to be gaining momentum among application server and tools vendors looking to take advantage of new features designed to promote Web services. Late last month, IBM announced that its WebSphere application server and DB2 database platforms have been certified as compatible with Java 2 Enterprise Edition Version 1.3. IBMs […]

Business integration software provider Tibco Software Inc. is going to acquire data and content delivery software provider Talarian Corp. in a deal worth $115 million. Tibco will buy Talarian, based in Los Altos, Calif., for $5.30 per share, half in stock and half in cash for each of Talarians outstanding shares, the companies said. Tibco […]

IBM today announced new tools to help Web services developers and service providers create, host and manage Web services. The new tools—IBMs Web Services Toolkit 3.0 (WSTK), Web Services Hosting Technology and Web Services Gateway—are available for free, trial download from IBMs Web site at www.alphaworks.ibm.com, the Armonk, N.Y., company said. WSTK 3.0, the latest […]

Java developers, along with Sun Microsystems Inc., are shoring up Javas integration capabilities as Sun ramps up its Sun Open Net Environment Web services initiative to compete with Microsoft Corp.s .Net. The Sun-sponsored Java Community Process is working on new versions of J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) and the underlying JCA (Java Connector Architecture) that […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–CyberSource Corp. is laying off 70 employees and consolidating operations within its headquarters here as part of a new year, new look strategy to reduce expenses. The risk management and electronic payment solutions provider Wednesday said the 70 layoffs combined with 30 layoffs announced in November means a total of 100 jobs cut […]

The Java Community Process, led by Sun Microsystems Inc., routinely issues new and updated standards for XML and Web services. Now Sun has rolled out a product to help developers keep up with the changes. Java XML Pack, issued in December, is a tool kit for developers that provides XML and Web services technologies for […]

Microsoft Corp. is developing business rules engine technology that could become one of the companys core .Net services. The technology, code-named Dragonfly, promises developers more flexibility in building and maintaining business applications, particularly Web services. Chris Atkinson, vice president of Microsofts .Net Enterprise Server Product Management Group, would not address Dragonfly directly but said in […]