Darryl K. Taft

Riding on the popularity of its application server and database technology, IBM Corp. today announced that its WebSphere and DB2 have been certified as compatible with the latest version of J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition). Officials with the Armonk, N.Y., company said the certification represents a compelling story for Web services development. IBM announced that […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Monday rolled out a new Java XML Pack, a toolkit for developers that provides XML and Web services technologies for the Java platform. Suns Java XML Pack is available immediately via download from its Web site. Sun officials said the download, available at http://java.sun.com/xml/downloads/javaxmlpack.html, bundles key industry XML and Web services […]

WebPutty Inc. on Monday introduced its WebPutty Application Flexibility Server 4.0, a development environment that enables developers to change and extend business systems more quickly than manual coding. Tightly integrated with Microsoft Corp.s .Net Web services platform, WebPuttys Application Flexibility Server enables organizations to make business system changes that ordinarily would have taken six to […]

SAN FRANCISCO–With Release 2 of its 9i Application Server, unveiled last week, Oracle Corp. continues to push into a lucrative market dominated by BEA Systems Inc. and IBM. But as the Redwood Shores, Calif., company used its OpenWorld conference here to promote the new release, Microsoft Corp., also trying to make a mark in the […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Intel Corp. is set to deliver “macroprocessing” technology to handle large, complex tasks using clusters of Intel-based machines, according to company CEO Craig Barrett. Barrett, in his keynote address at Oracle OpenWorld here on Monday, came onstage to a blaring rock beat, amid a piped in rock concert atmosphere complete with crowd cheers, chants […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Oracle Corp. on Tuesday rolled out the latest release of its Oracle9i Application Server, which includes advanced clustering, caching and availability enhancements among some 250 new features in the upgrade. Oracle9i Release 2 also includes support for the latest J2EE standard—Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1.3—enterprise-level Web services and integration, unified messaging, and new portal […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Compaq Computer Corp. Chairman and CEO Michael Capellas on Monday sang his song on the benefits of application clustering, ringing home Oracle Corps “Unbreakable” theme at the Oracle OpenWorld conference here. In his keynote speech, Capellas praised Oracle and Compaqs partnerships regarding clustering technology, including announcements made Monday about Oracle customers using Oracles 9i […]