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Sun Microsystems this summer will release a suite of application development and deployment tools that are meant to reduce the cost of moving applications into production environments. While the technology […]

Web services--emerging technologies for building Internet-based apps--are starting to appear within software tools for wireless devices. Among the companies looking to take Web services outside of corporate IT systems is […]

Rx-Connect, a wholly owned subsidiary of $11.5 billion health-care provider PacifiCare Health Systems Inc., is testing a Microsoft.Net-based application framework from WebPutty Inc. to manage connections to several thousand doctors' […]

IBM unveiled Wednesday its programming model for building applications as Web services on the Java 2 enterprise platform, which is considered the only viable competitor to Microsoft Corp.'s .Net strategy. […]

Borland Software Corp. announced Wednesday at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in New York that it will ship its Kylix rapid application development tool for Linux in February, a move […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. will showcase next week thelatest version of the Java enterprise platform, but thetechnology that has become a star in Web application development will soon be sharing the […]

Until now, defining business rules for an e-commerce system was a job for technical specialists or programmers. Versata Inc. is trying to change that. The Oakland, Calif., company will announce […]

It's never been easy for online businesses to obtain, and retain, customers. But that never really worried e-tailers in the early days of e-commerce, as business-to-consumer sites were flush with […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. has embraced xml technology to simplify application integration with the next version of Forte Fusion. Version 2.0 of the enterprise application integration software, scheduled to ship this […]

While Microsoft Corp. works to evolve Visual Basic into an object- oriented language (see story, Page 23), Ilog Inc. is extending to existing Visual Basic installations its tools for building […]

Contrary to popular belief, client/server applications are still around, and Compuware Corp. has a way to help users gain access to them over the Web. The Farmington Hills, Mich., company […]

The next version of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java 2 Standard Edition platform will attempt to address the concerns many enterprise developers have about Java performance on the client. J2SE 1.3, […]

IBM plans to deliver next month a new, repository-based Java IDE for embedded systems that makes it easier for developers to integrate components written in other languages, and improve the […]

Application server vendors integrating development tools into their products have cut deeply into the once-popular market for stand-alone tools. However, some tools have managed to survive - among them Visual […]

Rational Software Corp. is moving beyond its customary role of tool vendor and introducing next month its methodology for helping customers build a workflow process for software development. The foundation […]

IBM's new version of VisualAge Generator targets customers that are building applications to run on the company's WebSphere application server, as well as the other operating platforms supported by the […]

Contrary to popular opinion, client-side Java development is not dead. New Java run-time environments and development kits, coupled with more experienced developers, are providing some cor porate sites with new […]

Saga Software Inc. is shipping a new java-based message broker that offers a strong set of management tools for handling the complexity associated with application integration. The Reston, Va., company's […]

Scriptics Corp. will release in beta this week a new integration server that uses XML to connect applications running on multiple platforms. The Mountain View, Calif., company's BizConnect product includes […]

Global Majic Software Inc. plans to ship next month an add-on to Microsoft Corp.'s Visual Basic and Inprise Corp.'s Borland Delphi that simplifies building three-dimensional Windows applications within the rapid […]

Last week's release of Java Server Pages, an important component of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java 2 enterprise platform, sparked immediate support from application server vendors and developers that believe the […]

Oracle Corp. and Forte Software Inc. are fortifying their application development environments with new components and tools to build and deploy applications based on Enterprise Java Beans. Oracle, of Redwood […]

Microsoft Corp.'s introduction of Windows Foundation Classes and Visual J++ 6.0 last week foreshadows extensions to the company's other Visual tools that promise to bring the Web and Windows closer […]

IBM has released the beta of a new Java development tool for building embedded systems applications such as those found in cell phones and personal digital assistants. VisualAge for Embedded […]

Sybase Inc.'s new enterprise application Studio 3.0 gives users a set of development tools that lets them leverage their skills in building Web-based applications. The suite, available this week, is […]

Performance and ease of development are the focus of some of the latest Java tools from Forte Software Inc. and Tower Technology Corp. Forte is beta testing a new product […]

Offerings expand Java developers' repertoires Corporate IT managers looking for tools that provide easier development through JavaBeans have a trio of new offerings from which to choose. Zat Inc., of […]

Software configuration management tool makers are trying to take users down easy street. StarBase Corp. and the newly formed Merant plc. are attempting to reduce the complexity of their configuration […]

Corporations looking to save time customizing applications may find a solution in the latest version of Chain Link Technologies Inc.'s software for managing the development and maintenance of custom applications. […]

InstantObjects will ship this week a new Web site hosting and development platform that simplifies data management and the creation of business logic. The ease-of-use features in the San Francisco […]

Call it one giant leap for mankind and Microsoft Corp., but only one small step for developers. The Redmond, Wash., developer has issued a new service pack for Visual Studio […]

Honing its product line, Rational Software Corp. has restructured its application development software into three distinct suites that focus on particular areas of development while allowing users to share data […]

Micro Focus, Elemental retool their wares for the distributed enterprise Micro Focus Inc. and Elemental Software are making it easier to extend applications to distributed and Web environments. Micro Focus' […]

Sybase Inc.'s next generation of its PowerBuilder application development platform will provide customers with tightly integrated tools and a flexible deployment environment for Web-based applications. The Emeryville, Calif., company plans […]

Relativity Technologies Inc. has developed an add-in to RescueWare, a transformation tool for legacy mainframe code that allows developers to simplify the process of extracting business rules from a mainframe […]

Microsoft Corp. has made available versions of the Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition and Visual C++ 6.0 Professional Edition tools to run on Compaq Computer Corp.'s 64-bit Alpha processors and […]

RequisitePro, ClearQuest upgrades extend enterprise collaboration Rational Software Corp. is adding enhancements to its project management tools for software requirements and change requests to support development teams working over a […]

Rogue Wave Software Inc., best known for selling controls for Windows developers, is moving into the development tool business with the introduction of a mapping product for connecting components with […]

As the final specification for Corba 3.0 nears completion, software vendors are improving their products for developing and deploying distributed applications. The latest investments in Common Object Request Broker Architecture […]

New versions of Vision Software Tools Inc.'s and Allaire Corp.'s respective rapid application development and deployment environments are following different paths to the Web. While Allaire is taking a fairly […]

Keying off the 'World Wide Web' theme, Microsoft Corp. will gather the faithful this week in cities around the globe for the release of Visual Studio 6.0. At the heart […]

Microsoft Corp. and Inprise Corp. have simplified multitier application development in the forthcoming versions of their flagship tools, early users said. With Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft has made it easier […]

XMI implementation will allow programming development via Web browser Looking for even more ways to use XML in the enterprise? It will soon be popping up in development tools and […]

C++ Builder update provides tools for constructing CORBA components Inprise Corp.'s latest edition of C++ Builder provides tools for building CORBA components in C++ and deploying them on Windows NT […]

Move to COM+ will begin with September release of Visual Studio 6.0 Microsoft Corp. whetted the appetite of its developer community last week by announcing that Visual Studio 6.0 will […]

Tool's new user interface can show a variety of activities simultaneously Select Software Tools Inc. is shipping this week a new version of its component modeling tool with enhancements for […]

Oracle Corp.'s latest upgrades of Developer/2000 and Designer/2000 move the development tools closer to a paradigm based solely on modeling. With Designer/2000 2.1, Oracle neared its goal of eliminating procedural […]

Forte Software Inc. is updating its flagship Forte Application Environment with Java and Web development to make it easier for customers to move beyond the client/server paradigm. Release 4 of […]

Upgrades Java application development tool with new GUI wizards Infoscape Inc.'s latest version of its Fresco Java application development tool contains new wizards for creating user interfaces and data connections […]

Dynasty Technologies Inc. will ship this summer a new version of its rapid application development tool, which integrates Microsoft Corp.'s MTS and COM/DCOM component services. A fourth-generation language tool, Dynasty […]