InfoWorld.com articles from September 2006

InfoWorld.com archives from September 2006

Java resource management technology advances; API proceeding through Java Community Process.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill A standard mechanism for managing resources such as memory and network bandwidth in Java applications is advancing through the Java Community Process. Java Specification Request 284, which features an API for...

Borland positions modeling tool for SOA, Eclipse; Together upgrade features dependencies view.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Borland Software this week is rolling out an upgrade to its Together enterprise modeling tool for the Eclipse platform, featuring SOA capabilities. Borland Together 2006 for Eclipse Release 2 boosts its usefulness for...

Adobe upgrading e-learning presentation software; Captivate 2 boasts workflow.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Adobe Systems on Tuesday is announcing Adobe Captivate 2, an upgraded version of its Flash-based software for developing computer-based demonstrations and interactive simulations. Geared to e-learning professionals,...

Eclipse touting desktop client tool, other efforts at event; EclipseWorld conference set for this week.
September 5, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill The Eclipse Foundation at the EclipseWorld 2006 conference in Cambridge, Mass., this week plans to tout the progress of open source projects focused on desktop application development, PHP (Hypertext Processor) and...

Preview: Vista RC1 not all there yet; Release Candidate of next Windows desktop gives admins and prospective users something to think about.
September 5, 2006... Byline: Oliver Rist Release Candidate 1. It’s like that quick taste of stuffing you get an hour before Thanksgiving dinner. But in Microsoft’s case, with all the recent beta builds we’ve been seeing, we’ve ODed on...

Cisco, Microsoft to announce NAC progress; Companies will unveil joint plans for network access control.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Paul F. Roberts Cisco Systems and Microsoft will announce progress on a 2-year-old effort to link their separate technologies for network client health screening, commonly known as "network access control," according to sources...

IBM extending tech support to raw Eclipse platform; Single point of contact envisioned for projects using open source and commercial tooling.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill IBM Rational on Thursday is announcing plans to provide technical support for the Eclipse open source tools platform, thus giving customers a single point of contact for both open source and IBM's commercial technologies...

Eclipse chief cites ‘secret sauce’ for success; Conference features updates on multiple open source efforts.
September 7, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Cambridge, Mass. - Eclipse can attribute its success as an open source tools platform to a "secret sauce" enabling multiple organizations to work together, said Eclipse Foundation Executive Director Mike Milinkovich, in...

IBM prepares open-source systems management initiative for Eclipse; An IBM official said at the EclipseWorld 2006 conference on Friday that SOA would be a factor.
September 8, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Cambridge, Mass. -- IBM and other parties are set to propose an open source systems management initiative for consideration by the Eclipse Foundation, with managing SOA a goal of the plan, an IBM official said at the...

ClearApp, formerly Acsera, unveils app management; Java, SOA, portals are focus of QuickVision product.
September 11, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill ClearApp, formerly Acsera, on Tuesday is announcing ClearApp QuickVision 6.0, providing model-based application management for SOA, J2EE environments, and enterprise portals. With QuickVision, a model is used to...

Microsoft moves up shipment of AJAX technologies; Atlas components now planned for around the end of the year.
September 11, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft on Monday is unveiling its official Atlas technology branding for AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) programming on ASP.Net, and will make the software available sooner than planned. The company hopes...

Eclipse exec cites dynamic language inclusion, .Net rivalry; Participation from Sun Microsystems still not on the horizon, Milinkovich says.
September 12, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill The Eclipse Foundation has established itself as a premier open source software tools project. The organization has gained support from vendors ranging from IBM (which helped found Eclipse in 2001) to Borland Software,...

Microsoft, EC tangle over Vista security; The European Commission has again warned Microsoft Vista’s ship date is threatened by antitrust concerns.
September 12, 2006... Byline: Paul F. Roberts The European Commission warned Microsoft again Tuesday that planned security features in the upcoming Windows Vista operating system could run afoul of EU antitrust laws, prompting Microsoft to say that an adverse...

Serena expands ALM focus with change governance; Dimensions 10 platform features multiple functions.
September 12, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Serena Software is expanding its focus in the application lifecycle management space with a release of a platform tailored to change governance. The company on Tuesday is launching Dimensions 10, which unifies ALM...

Mainsoft's Grasshopper 2.0 jumps onto Visual Studio 2005; Technology links .Net skills to Linux, Java.
September 13, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Mainsoft on Wednesday released a technology preview of Grasshopper 2.0, which lets developers leverage Microsoft Windows development skills to run applications on Linux and Java platforms. Grasshopper 2.0 enables...

Microsoft offers beta of dev tools for 2007 Office system; PowerPoint, Visio can be leveraged.
September 14, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft this week released a beta version of Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System, enabling developers to leverage new features in the upcoming Office package. The official name of the beta...

Startup tackles high-performance apps for multicore chips; PeakStream features former Sun, VMware executives.
September 18, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill PeakStream, a startup company featuring former executives from Sun Microsystems and VMware, on Monday is set to launch its high-performance application platform that leverages multicore processors. The PeakStream...

OpenAjax Alliance tackles interoperability; Standard JavaScript would allow coexistence of run-time libraries.
September 19, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Looking to bolster AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and development of Web 2.0 applications, the OpenAjax Alliance on Wednesday plans to introduce a project that addresses AJAX interoperability issues. The...

BEA pitches native SOA platform; But details lacking, analyst says.
September 19, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill SAN FRANCISCO -- Positioning itself as the industry's first provider of a native SOA platform, BEA Systems unveiled SOA 360 -- as in 360 degrees -- at Tuesdays' BEAWorld 2006. The vagueness of the announcement, however,...

BEA executives preach atop SOA 360 soapbox; Platform for SOA is lauded.
September 20, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill BEA Systems on Wednesday continued to promote SOA 360, its newly announced SOA platform, at the BEAWorld 2006 San Francisco conference. The company is making SOA, in which applications are offered as componentized...

Interview: BEA CTO details SOA platform; Rob Levy notes multiple levels of functionality.(Interview)
September 21, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill BEA Systems at the BEAWorld 2006 San Francisco conference this week stressed SOA as a core technology and unveiled its SOA 360 platform. Comprising multiple BEA products, some of which have yet to be released, the...

Update: Rise in VML attacks prompt Code Yellow; Rise is attacks is worrying because visiting a malicious Web site or receiving Outlook e-mail will result in infection.
September 22, 2006... Byline: Dan Goodin The SANS Internet Storm Center on Friday raised its threat level to yellow after observing an increase in the number of Internet-based attempts to exploit a zero-day vulnerability discovered earlier in the week. ...

Criminals spread Windows exploit via Web host; Cpanel hack marks growing sophistication of attacks.
September 25, 2006... Byline: Dan Goodin Attackers exploited the zero-day VML vulnerability on Windows-based machines by targeting a separate hole in cpanel, an application that's popular with Web hosting services. The attack, which lasted from late...

IBM alphaWorks milestone features weather forecast demo; 10th anniversary of experimental technologies site is hailed.
September 25, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its alphaWorks Web site for experimental technologies, IBM on Monday will begin hosting projects including a precision weather-forecasting application and two offerings for...

Trend Micro launches anti-botnet service; InterCloud helps ISPs combat networks of zombie machines.
September 25, 2006... Byline: Paul F. Roberts Trend Micro announced a new service to help large organizations and Internet service providers (ISPs) fight networks of zombie machines, known as "botnets." The new service, dubbed InterCloud, was announced...

Demofall '06: Self-destructing message service hailed; VaporStream eliminates traces of correspondence.
September 26, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill SAN DIEGO -- Anyone who's ever seen the TV show "Mission: Impossible" will remember the familiar "this message will self-destruct" bit that began episodes. Now, a company exhibiting at the Demofall '06 Conference is...

Microsoft: Vista won't support older Visual Studio versions; Developers will be forced to upgrade to Visual Studio 2005.
September 26, 2006... Byline: Dan Goodin Windows Vista will not support older versions of Visual Studio, a move that will require many developers writing applications for the forthcoming operating system to upgrade to Visual Studio 2005, a Microsoft executive...

Demofall: Security, PC-sharing, nanotechnology touted; Anti-botnet appliance among multiple offerings taking the stage.
September 27, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill San Diego -- An anti-botnet appliance, PC-sharing, and codeless application development were featured technologies at the Demofall 2006 conference Wednesday, with a multitude of hopefuls vying to provide the next...

SAP to add service management to on demand CRM; Company shows its strength with integration with ERP.
September 27, 2006... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz SAP continued to ramp up its on-demand CRM offering this week, announcing that it will now include service-level capabilities, the third key component of CRM solutions. In February SAP kicked off its software...

Analysts: HP’s business unlikely to be tainted; Scandal may be an embarrassment, but it isn’t likely to affect value of products and services.
September 28, 2006... Byline: Dan Goodin Although Hewlett-Packard's spying scandal has led to the resignation of four high-ranking officials and evoked comparisons in Congress to Watergate and fraud at Enron, it isn't likely to impede the company's long-term...

Sun to shine on AJAX; Projects afoot to accommodate JavaScript in Java.
September 28, 2006... Byline: Paul Krill Sun Microsystems will shine more light on accommodations for AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) in the Java realm at the AJAXWorld Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, Calif. next week. Featured on Sun's agenda are...