At BEA Systems Inc.'s annual eWorld conference last week, CEO Alfred Chuang spoke with Computerworld about the application server market space, his company's competition, recent trends toward Linux and the open-source software movement.
To kick off its annual eWorld conference, BEA Systems Monday will unveil beta versions of its new suite of WebLogic software products, including its application server, enterprise portal and integration broker technologies.
Tony Scott, chief technology officer of the information systems and services organization at General Motors, spoke with Computerworld about the automaker's plans for Web services technology, the expected benefits from them and the possible risks GM hopes to avoid.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co. is venturing where few, if any, companies have gone before. The St. Louis-based firm plans to deliver Microsoft Office and internally developed car-rental applications to 5,000 branch locations equipped with Windows CE-based terminals. Those thin-client devices will access the applications through the enhanced Terminal Services features in Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming release of Windows .Net Server 2003.
Windows NT Server users who were worried that they might be running an unsupported operating system next year got some welcome news from Microsoft Corp.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car is venturing where few, if any, companies have gone before. The St. Louis-based firm plans to deliver Microsoft Office and internally developed car-rental applications to 5,000 branch locations equipped with Windows CE-based terminals. Those thin-client devices will access the applications through the enhanced Terminal Services features in Microsoft's upcoming release of Windows .Net Server 2003.
Macromedia Tuesday announced that its ColdFusion MX scripting environment has been extended to support the latest application servers from BEA Systems Inc., IBM Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc.
Microsoft has outlined new licensing changes that will take effect next April with the shipment of its Windows .NET Server 2003 operating system.
Microsoft has outlined new licensing changes that will take effect next April with the shipment of its Windows .Net Server 2003 operating system.
Oracle Tuesday announced that its attempt to establish a standards-based way for vendors to get their Java development tools to work together. But it's unclear how much support the proposal will draw and whether it will help ease tension among some Java vendors.
Oracle this week plans to launch a new release of its JDeveloper tool, featuring support for the latest Java and Web services standards as well as commonly used open-source technologies.
Shipping dates for the next major Windows release, code-named Longhorn, have fueled speculation that Microsoft Corp. may be plotting an interim release.
Microsoft Corp. Monday will release a beta version of its Systems Management Server 2003 software, providing the enhanced support that corporate IT departments have been seeking for mobile clients.
IBM's new WebSphere Studio Application Developer tool, released on Tuesday, adds support for the latest Java technologies and its open-source Eclipse development platform.
Microsoft Corp. further advanced its push into the data storage space yesterday with the acquisition of XDegrees Inc., a small, 2-year-old company in Mountain View, Calif., that makes software that enables secure access to information stored across enterprise systems.