Ruby on Rails 2.0 released for Web apps
Version 2.0 of Ruby on Rails, the popular open source Web application development framework, was released this morning, said the developer of the framework, David Heinemeier Hansson, on Friday.
Stories by Paul Krill
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Microsoft looks to make data access easier for developers
Focusing on development of data-centric applications, Microsoft released on Thursday Beta 3 of the ADO.Net Entity Framework and plans to release shortly a preview of ASP.Net 3.5 Extensions.
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ClearApp gauges Oracle SOA Suite performance
ClearApp is upgrading its application service management product, QuickVision, delivering metrics and measurement to Oracle SOA Suite users.
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Microsoft offers Volta preview for Web apps development
Microsoft released on Wednesday a technology preview of its Volta Web developer toolset, which is intended to make it easier to build multi-tier Web applications, including applications useful in SaaS environments.
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AJAX benefits, issues cited by Zimbra exec
While AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) may have issues with security and performance, Zimbra still sees AJAX as the best way to deliver experiences on the Web and has based its open source Web 2.0 platform on 200,000 lines of JavaScript, a company executive said Monday.
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Enterprise Web 2.0 apps highlighted by WaveMaker
WaveMaker Software, formerly ActiveGrid, has unveiled its WaveMaker Visual Assembly Studio tool and Rapid Deployment Framework for building what the company calls Enterprise Web 2.0 applications.
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Sun advances file-sharing with Windows
File-sharing between Windows and Sun's OpenSolaris Unix platform is being bolstered through two projects at Sun.
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Microsoft ships Visual Studio 2008
Microsoft has released to manufacturing its Visual Studio 2008 software development platform and the accompanying .Net Framework 3.5, meaning these technologies are now available for download on MSDN to subscribers, the company said Monday.
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Oracle sours on BEA buy plan
Oracle, at least for the moment anyway, has backed away from its pursuit of BEA Systems.
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Nortel readies SOA and communications push
Nortel will leverage Web services and SOA to enable integration of communications services into business applications with the company launching its Communications Enablement strategy Wednesday.
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Eclipse gets seat on Java board
In a first for the open-source tooling organization, the Eclipse Foundation has won a seat on a Java Community Process (JCP) executive committee.
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Sun to herald virtualization plan at Oracle show
Sun President/CEO Jonathan Schwartz will focus on Sun's virtualization strategy during a keynote presentation at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Wednesday.
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Open-source Java could result in port to iPhone
With the first anniversary of open-source Java coming up November 13, a Sun official believes the project could bear a sought-after fruit in the Java community: The porting of Java to the Apple iPhone.
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Spring Framework upgrade date set
Technologists building the Spring Framework for Java application development are mapping out improvements to the platform as well as determining which versions of Java will no longer be supported by upgrades to the framework.
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Sun's open source strategy questioned
Sun Microsystems' push to open source all of its software helped prompt one vice president, Larry Singer, to leave the company, Singer said at a conference in San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon.
