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EDS to move application development offshore

February 23, 2005 IT services company will close 21 centers by the end of 2006--17 in the United States and four in Europe. TAGS: Electronic Data Systems Corp., application development, application management, IT services company, center, Europe, U.S.

Borland tools get personal

February 7, 2005 Company looks to bring personalization to the world of application development, mirroring a strategy employed by IBM and Microsoft. TAGS: Borland Software Corp., application development, IBM Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Gartner: Large businesses shouldn't skip Vista

December 7, 2007 Companies planning to wait for successor Windows 7 may face support issues and a rushed migration, research firm warns. TAGS: Gartner Inc., migration, Microsoft Windows Vista, ISV, application development, Microsoft Windows XP, organization, software company, operating system, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, research company, Microsoft Corp.

Borland updates its life-cycle tools

September 13, 2004 New versions of CaliberRM and StarTeam are intended to ease communication between developers and businesspeople. TAGS: Borland Software Corp., application development, application lifecycle management, businesspeople, modeling, IDE, IBM Corp., communication, developer, Microsoft Corp.

Symantec looks to sell more services

October 28, 2005 New approach to selling services is aimed at getting customers to buy more than just security testing, code review. TAGS: Symantec Corp., penetration, @stake Inc., application development, training, security

IBM to bring 'Atlantic' to open-source shore

July 20, 2004 Atlantic, the new version of Rational development tools to be based on Eclipse open-source software. TAGS: Eclipse open-source, IBM Corp., development tool, application development, modeling, Java, open source

Wipro buys payment software firm

December 22, 2005 Deal worth $28 million adds application development, maintenance and other financial-sector services to Wipro repertoire. TAGS: Wipro Technologies, payment, application development, banking, acquisition

Survey: IT spending to rise in 2006

October 12, 2005 Some of the investment will fund application development and integration, Gartner says. TAGS: IT-spending, Gartner Inc., information technology, application development, survey, information technology manager, increase

Oracle delivers simplified Java tools

April 14, 2004 The company releases JDeveloper 10g with a "framework" to simplify services-oriented Java development, in an effort to take market share from IBM and BEA Systems. TAGS: Oracle JDeveloper 10g, Oracle JDeveloper, application development, Oracle Corp., Java, BEA Systems Inc., application server, Java application, SOA, Java tool, development tool, Java server, market share, IBM Corp., server, database

Microsoft courts Lotus developers

January 23, 2004 On the eve of Lotus' annual user conference, Microsoft and other rivals are wooing developers who are unwilling to follow Lotus to a new Java programming model. TAGS: LotusScript, IBM Lotus Domino, application development, portlet, IBM Corp., Java, workplace, Java 2, developer, J2EE, Microsoft Exchange Server, collaboration, programming, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Corp., conference

BEA redesigns for SOAs

September 19, 2006 Company's infrastructure software will be optimized to promote services-oriented architectures. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., SOA, application development

Macromedia stretches Flex's features

October 18, 2004 Creation of custom components is key in expanded server software for making slick interfaces for Web applications. TAGS: Kevin Lynch, Macromedia Inc., Web application, application development, server software, component, XML, server

IBM sets date for new tools bundle

October 13, 2004 Looking to outdo rival Microsoft, IBM plans to ship a new bundle of development tools that can simplify how software gets built. TAGS: Steve Mills, application development, IBM Corp., B2B, development tool, bundle, Borland Software Corp., modeling, server software, open-source software, process, Microsoft Corp., server

Microsoft to show off Team tools

August 27, 2004 Ultimately, a Visual Studio package will compete with products from IBM's Rational unit. Coders will get a peek next month. TAGS: Microsoft Visual Studio, application development, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, IBM Corp., programming, Microsoft Corp.

Novell targets Web services security

January 14, 2004 The company readies updates to its identity management server and Web services application development suite, part of a strategy to closely link both product lines. TAGS: Novell exteNd, Novell Inc., identity management, SilverStream Software, Web service, Web Services Security, application development, development tool, application server, network administrator, Java, server software, portal, Linux, password, server

IBM, others share mega banking deal

September 1, 2005 ABN Amro Bank awards services contracts to IBM, Infosys, Tata Consultancy and others in deals totaling more than $2.2 billion. TAGS: bank, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Infosys Technologies Ltd., Indian company, Accenture Ltd., IBM Corp., outsourcing, IT infrastructure, contract, application development, IT services, information technology, banking, consulting

Father of Java joins Sun tools group

November 6, 2003 Sun Microsystems says that James Gosling, considered the father of the Java programming language, will join Sun's Developer Platforms Group as chief technology officer. TAGS: James Gosling, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, development tool, application development, programming language, chief technology officer, programming, IBM Corp., vice president, developer, Microsoft Corp.

The do-it-yourself Web emerges

July 31, 2006 New services from fledging start-ups enable people to build Web applications themselves, which pundits say will unleash creativity. TAGS: mashup, Wiki, Web application, application development, collaboration, spreadsheet, start-up, blog, Web page, idea, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

SAP hires execs from Siebel, Oracle

June 20, 2005 German software maker plucks people who have logged more than 10 years with Oracle, among others. TAGS: SAP AG, Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., senior vice president, vice president, PeopleSoft Inc., general manager, application development, BEA Systems Inc., exec, talent, hiring, Silicon Valley, software company

Where's the simplicity in Web services?

October 5, 2004 As the number of Web services specifications proliferates, some developers advocate a return to a simpler approach. TAGS: Web service, specification, BEA Systems Inc., WSDL, Simple Object Access Protocol, XML document, application development, XML, simplicity, HTTP, approach, IP, method, IBM Corp., security, Microsoft Corp.

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