InfoWorld.com articles from July 2006

InfoWorld.com archives from July 2006

NetSuite's Retail Charge drives SaaS to Stores; Box Store deal to funnel SMBs to Hosted App Vendor.
July 3, 2006... Byline: China Martens Hosted software may be making the leap from tech craze to commodity, as CompUSA and hosted application vendor NetSuite announced a deal last week to resell NetSuite's business applications suite in all 240 of...

Microsoft’s Glidepath to offer Vista, .Net Framework 3.0 guidance; Project Glidepath program for ISVs set to launch.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft plans to unveil Project Glidepath, a program to help small ISVs get up to speed on the planned Windows Vista operating system and .Net Framework 3.0, according to Microsoft blogs. The project, to be...

Genuitec MyEclipse 5.0 links NetBeans, Eclipse; AJAX, Web services also enabled in the new developer tool.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Genuitec will link rival NetBeans with its Eclipse open source technologies in a preview release of the MyEclipse 5.0 environment for enterprise and Web application development being unveiled on Friday. Built on top...

IBM does Notes for Linux; The Eclipse-based release comes one year early.
July 10, 2006... Byline: Paul F. Roberts IBM released a version of the Lotus Notes collaboration software that runs on the Linux operating system, part of an IBM plan to lower the barriers to enterprise adoption of desktop Linux, a company executive said....

nVision upgrade eyes apps-related performance; AppVision 5.0 will use "symbionts" to monitor memory, threads, CPU of Java and .Net applications.
July 11, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill nVision Software Technologies will upgrade its AppVision application availability management software on Tuesday, adding components to gauge issues related to threads, memory, and CPUs. AppVision Version 5.0 is...

Ruby programmers to get Visual Studio link; Ruby in Steel will link developers to a familiar environment.
July 13, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Software to be formally introduced later this year will link the Ruby programming language and the open source Ruby on Rails Web framework to Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 application development platform. ...

Sun CTO: Incremental open-sourcing of Java is the way; Java virtual machine, runtime environment, and Web services stack given as examples of components that could be incrementally open sourced.
July 17, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Expect the open-sourcing of the Java programming language to be done in incremental steps, with some pieces available by next June -- but not the entire platform, Robert Brewin, co-CTO of Sun Microsystems' software...

HP hails Memory Spot chips to extend content access; Wireless technology could supplement photos, passports, printers, other objects.
July 17, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill PALO ALTO, CALIF. -- Bridging physical and digital worlds, Hewlett-Packard on Monday unveiled a miniature wireless data chip called "Memory Spot," which could be attached to almost any object and provide broad access to...

Oracle touts Fusion link, SOA in PeopleTools upgrade; The tools can be used to deploy apps with Oracle's application server and other Oracle middleware.
July 17, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Oracle will ship a new version of the PeopleSoft Enterprise development toolset on Monday that highlights deployments with Oracle Fusion Middleware and features an SOA bent. PeopleTools 8.48 enables users to develop...

Microsoft ponders new Web dev tool; Blinq enables developers to quickly build an ASP.Net 2.0-based site with data from a SQL Server database.
July 18, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft is evaluating whether to include a new tool for building ASP.Net 2.0-based Web sites in the next major version of Visual Studio, a company representative said on Tuesday. The command-line tool, called...

Microsoft executive lauds open source; David Kaefer said Microsoft recognized open source’s benefits and was becoming more open itself.
July 19, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft is not viewed as an open source proponent, but a key executive said Wednesday the company recognized its benefit and was becoming more open itself. David Kaefer, director of Business Development,...

VersionOne adds Web services API to agile platform; Lifecycle management offering integrates with third-party tools.
July 20, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill VersionOne next week will roll out the Summer 2006 release of its lifecycle management platform for agile development methodologies, featuring an API to integrate with third-party tools. The company's V1: Agile...

Sun's Brewin toasts Java; New software co-CTO talks about open source, other developments.
July 21, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Robert Brewin is a newly appointed co-CTO of software at Sun Microsystems. Tackling the application platform side of Sun software, Brewin is focusing on technologies such as Java, developer tools, Web services, and Web...

Rally readies enterprise-level agile project management; Software development platform now includes in-house deployment option.
July 24, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill With agile programming spreading to larger groups of developers, Rally Software Development on Monday will introduce an enterprise-level version of its life cycle management platform for agile software development. The...

HP to acquire Mercury for $4.5 billion; Systems, application management tie-up.
July 25, 2006... Byline: Paul F. Roberts HP said on Tuesday that it was buying Mercury Interactive for $4.5 billion in a deal to become a leader in IT management software. HP will pay $52 per share for Mercury in a deal that will combine that company's...

Mac users to get Skype upgrade; VoIP supplier seeks more subscribers.
July 25, 2006... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Skype, the mostly free voice over IP telephony company, announced on Tuesday it will release this week a Mac Skype starter kit that will include new communications software for Mac OS X 1.5. Features of the...

HP to acquire Mercury for $4.5 billion; Systems, application management tie-up.
July 26, 2006... Byline: Paul F. Roberts HP said Tuesday that it was buying Mercury Interactive for $4.5 billion in a deal to become a leader in IT management software. HP will pay $52 per share for Mercury in a deal that will combine that company's...