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Microsoft: Best of breed doesn't work
News Building infrastructures based on best of breed concepts does not work, according to Microsoft's group manager in Europe for .Net technical evangelism, Neil Hutson. Speaking in a debate with IBM's senior consultant architect Keith Edwards at the...
[March 4, 2002, 16:34]
Microsoft tests out mobile .Net
News Microsoft is readying a test version of software for bringing its .Net Web services plan to mobile devices. The software maker said on Tuesday that it has posted a test version of its .Net Compact Framework, a programming infrastructure for writing...
[April 17, 2002, 14:36]
Mainsoft brings .NET to WebSphere Portal
News Mainsoft on Wednesday released software designed to bridge the gap between .NET and Java applications on IBM's WebSphere Portal server. Read the rest of this story on Builder UK, ZDNet UK's site for developers.
[June 1, 2006, 13:45]
First JDBC 3.0 drivers link XML to SQL
News DataDirect has launched a set of drivers for connecting Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications to data in the major relational databases. At the launch, the product is being bundled with a tool to dynamically translate between relational...
[March 13, 2002, 17:07]
Learning the lessons of e-government
Talkback MAKE RIGHT TO INFORMATION A REALITY Make 'Right to Information' a reality for the Government as well as citizens and improve e-Governance, by using 'e-Administration', a web enabled, platform neutral, paper-less communication solution, developed...
[May 19, 2005, 15:15]
IBM woos Microsoft developers with new tools
News IBM is hoping to woo software developers away from Microsoft. The company on Wednesday announced Lotus Expeditor, software tools designed to let developers create Web 2.0-based applications from reusable components.
[November 3, 2006, 14:45]
Lotus unfurls greater collaboration
News IBM's Lotus software division is set to reveal additions to its Workplace family of collaboration tools on Wednesday. Lotus rolled out the Workplace brand earlier this year to unify a collection of products and services designed to help people work...
[November 5, 2003, 10:10]
Sun working on Java server update
News Sun Microsystems will deliver a full-featured version of its Java server product line in the second half of next year, a Sun executive said on Thursday. Sun last month released a stripped-down, developer edition of its Sun Application Server 8.0...
[December 12, 2003, 9:25]
Novell emphasises open-source commitment
News At Novell's annual Brainshare customer conference, the company said it is bundling open-source software with its own commercial products, including its flagship NetWare operating system, and creating incentives to get open-source developers to use...
[April 16, 2003, 10:19]
BEA wants to demystify Java
News BEA Systems is hoping to simplify the management of Java software with an upcoming release of its WebLogic product, underscoring a broader industry push to lower the cost of managing applications. The company's WebLogic 9.0 application server...
[December 16, 2003, 15:45]
Web services branch out
News The use of Web services technologies may well be more advanced than previously thought in Europe with the majority of end users already looking beyond internal usage. A survey of 100 developers and IT directors in London has shown organisations...
[November 29, 2002, 15:00]
Java has a big lead in Web services
News Web services are not just a hype by suppliers looking for new sales; they will take off in 2002, and the majority will be based on Java rather than Microsoft's .Net alternative, according to a poll of enterprise IT professionals run by ZDNet UK's...
[December 21, 2001, 15:06]
IT pros less in demand than catering staff
News The government body's latest quarterly review of the information and communications technologies (ICT) labour market shows that despite its previous 'light at the end of the tunnel' forecast the market hasn't improved.
[September 3, 2002, 15:42]
Sun set to preview Creator
News Sun Microsystems plans to launch a broad testing programme next month for its highly anticipated Java development tool, Java Studio Creator. The Java inventor is set to announce on Wednesday that it is releasing a second technical preview of...
[February 18, 2004, 8:25]
Borland targets .Net developers
News Borland Software will make a play for Microsoft's .Net developer community with tools based on the software giant's homegrown programming language, C#. Borland, hoping to appeal to companies seeking an alternative to Microsoft, will extend the .Net...
[February 5, 2003, 11:00]
IBM makes WebSphere connection
News IBM on Wednesday released a set of tools to promote the use of its WebSphere portal software within corporations and by business partners. The company has launched Collaboration Center, a set of applications designed to make it easier for people to...
[May 15, 2003, 10:50]
Red Hat sells Java subscription
News Red Hat will grow beyond its Linux roots next week and sell a subscription service supporting an open-source Java application server, according to people familiar with the company's plans. Earlier this year, Red Hat said it planned to start selling...
[July 30, 2004, 10:40]
CRM on demand: A host of problems?
News In the run-up to Christmas, upmarket retailer Brooks Brothers promotes gifts on its Web site and through email marketing. Like many retailers, the company is able to measure Web traffic as the holidays approach.
[December 8, 2003, 11:05]
IBM lures students with free software
News IBM will supply universities with free software and deeply discounted hardware, hoping to lure students away from Microsoft's popular Windows-based development software. Announced on Tuesday, the IBM Academic Initiative is designed to create...
[July 21, 2004, 10:00]
Lotus gets closer to WebSphere
News IBM has quietly consolidated management of its Lotus software division within Big Blue's portal organisation. IBM had maintained parallel teams for its Lotus line of software and its WebSphere Portal software.
[March 4, 2003, 10:02]
