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BEA looks to new products for licence growth

BEA Systems is looking to new products to stimulate licence revenue and allay concerns about the company, according to its CEO Alfred Chuang. Read more »

SOA arguments 'drowning in alphabet soup'

A report indicates that arguments about the benefits of SOAs are not be in communicated to those at the top of businesses that could use them. Read more »

BEA lights US$87.5m fire under its SOA ambitions

Fuego has been acquired to give BEA's offerings a BPM boost. Read more »

Report predicts radical changes to software landscape

Open source and SOA will also lead to prices falling, says analyst Forrester Read more »

Oracle packs SOA in PeopleSoft tools upgrade

Oracle on Monday in the US launched PeopleTools 8.48, an upgrade designed to offer Web services functionality and serve as an entry point into Oracle's Fusion Middleware. Read more »

Jan Baan launches Web services firm

Jan Baan, best known as the driving force behind business software maker Baan, has shifted his attention to Web services with the launch of a new company, Cordys. Read more »

BEA Systems acquires Fuego

BEA Systems announced on Wednesday that it bought business process management software maker Fuego for US$87.5 million in cash. Read more »

Sun's next goal: A Linux ecosystem

Sun Microsystems' ambitions have grown another size larger. Read more »

Interview with Bill Gates

This week Microsoft have released a host of announcements revolved around Longhorn, Whidbey and the future of Web services. Bill Gates sheds some light on the future of their platforms in this interview. Read more »

Features (17)

Can't J2EE and .NET just be friends?

The two Web services standards are now settling into their respective roles and the reasons for choosing one over the other are becoming clearer. But can they play nicely together? Read more »

Does J2EE live up to expectations?

J2EE may be a dominant force in software architecture, but does it live up to the hype? If not, where does it fall short? Read more »

Legacy apps and .NET

Maximise your investments by using legacy apps in conjunction with the .NET Framework. Use Host Integration Server to integrate your old apps with .NET to save money. Read more »

SOA do's and don'ts

SOA is commonly acknowledged as the most cost-effective and efficient way to integrate disparate information systems together. Here are some tips from Builder AU to get you started. Read more »

The ultimate guide to 'shrink-wrapped' Software evaluation

Packaged software has long been used to perform standard corporate functions such as accounting and payroll, now it's moving into most core business, do you know what you're in for? Read more »

Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for J2EE

Owners of this certification are ready for advanced design responsibilities and lead roles in creating applications. Learn more about earning it. Read more »

What does the future hold for COBOL?

There's been a great deal of debate over the future of COBOL-written legacy applications. Will mainframe legacy systems be replaced or will they integrate into a business's IT infrastructure and e-business planning? Read more »

Top five problems in IT business: Rational VP

We talked to Hayden Lindsay, IBM Rational's vice president of enterprise tools and compilers about enterprise modernisation. He identified five key factors that are inhibiting business responsiveness. Read more »

Despite its aging design, the x86 is still in charge

With most of the world's software written with x86 in mind, it's doubtful that any future chip architecture would be able to displace it. Read more »

The seven deadly sins of integration

Software that is open, approachable and agnostic enables customers to cut costs and increase revenue and business opportunity. Does "on demand" fit that bill or is it just the next fad? Read more »

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