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BEA take coding out of application development
BEA Systems this week is expected to launch a new product line that the back-end software maker hopes will expand the company's audience and perk up sales. Read more »
BEA to take on Asia thanks to Oracle
Oracle's acquisition of BEA will boost the latter's presence in Asia Pacific, as well as strengthening Oracle's foothold in the telecommunications space, but there will be no serious ramifications on the local market, according to analysts. 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 »
BEA bulks up Web portals
BEA Systems this week detailed forthcoming tools from its new Aqualogic line and said it will combine its two Web portals products. Read more »
BEA readies 'Diablo' server
BEA Systems said it will release a test version of its latest WebLogic Server software later this month, and the company also detailed product delivery plans for next year. Read more »
BEA redesigns for SOAs
This week BEA Systems on Tuesday sketched out plans to optimise its infrastructure software for a services-oriented architecture, a modular system design being adopted by corporate customers. Read more »
Will Quicksilver shine for BEA?
Despite internal tumult, BEA Systems is forging ahead with a plan to upgrade its flagship server software and introduce new integration tools meant to expand the company's customer base. Read more »
BEA woos nontechies with new software
Facing slowing sales to its traditional customers, BEA Systems is trying a new route: pitching its software to nontechnical businesspeople frustrated by the slow pace of IT change. Read more »
Eclipse to buzz BEA's Java Beehive
The Eclipse open-source foundation plans to start a development project around BEA Systems' Beehive Java development software. 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 »
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BEA to make WebLogic revamp
BEA Systems is hoping to simplify the management of Java software with an upcoming release of its WebLogic product, underscoring a broader industry push to lower the cost of managing applications. Read more »
J2EE Servers Stink
Our project is behind schedule. My other projects are now way behind schedule. And it's all because of the complexity and low quality of J2EE servers. Read more »
Web services for non-developers
BEA WebLogic Workshop streamlines the development of Web services with a drag-and-drop graphic interface, and allows non-Java developers to easily build Java-based Web services. Read more »
Totally RAD: we road test five IDEs
Builder AU technical editor, David McAmis gets down and dirty with the most popular IDE's to see how they they stack up as Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools. 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 »
Proprietary vs. open source? Take the best of both codes
The Microsoft vs. Linux confrontation is too often seen as a battle for the hearts and minds of this industry. From a corporate IT perspective, each side has legitimate claims and products to offer. It's not an either-or situation; it's about the price and service for goods rendered. The enterprise will be a hybrid world that continues to integrate both proprietary and open source code for a long time to come. Read more »
VMware's US$200,000 virtualisation challenge
Fancy coding virtual appliances? Then you might be in with a chance... 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 »
Java: The best is yet to come
Java has come to a crossroads as it turns 8 years old. Its future depends on continued investments in reducing the complexity and accelerating innovation and standardisation. Read more »
Borland to release JBuilder X
The software company introduces JBuilder X, an overhaul to its Java programming tool intended to simplify Web application and Web services development. Read more »
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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »
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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continueAttending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
Club Builder this week takes a long look at Senator Conroy's recent attempt to explain his Great Firewall of Australia, we chase Steve Ballmer over Sydney, and find Google's biggest bug of the year.

