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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Small business to fuel Web services explosion

Midsize and small businesses will drive a tenfold spike in spending on Web services software in the next four years, IDC analysts predict. Read more »

Linux use doubles in financial organisations

Growing support for Linux has been the single biggest technology change in financial organisations over the past twelve months, say researchers. Read more »

Taronga Zoo .NETting its menagerie

Behind the scenes at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, a small but determined group of IT specialists are working to use Web services to streamline the flow of many core business processes. Read more »

Features (19)

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 »

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 »

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 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 »

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 »

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 »

BT's model of SOA development

British Telecom (BT) Exact is aiming to increase the flexibility of the group's internal systems by adopting a service oriented architecture. We interview the lead architect behind the move. Read more »

The impact of the software evolution

Software development seems to have progressed from a creative art-form to just another business tool. Nathan Brumby traces this change in perception, and looks to what the future will bring for developers. Read more »

Design elements are key to driving Web traffic

Navigation can make or break the user experience. Here's a look at several navigation elements and tips on how to use them in your Web design plan. Read more »

Could application servers be overkill?

Cape Clear CEO Annrai O'Toole says XML-based services don't require full blown app servers. Oracle vice president John Magee calls O'Toole's claims "fallacious." You be the judge. Read more »

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