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BEA packages Web application tools

BEA Systems released this week a new all-in-one package to help software partners create and install Web applications more quickly. 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 transforms mobile apps with Alchemy

The server software and tools maker aims to simplify the creation of mobile Web applications that have the same rich graphical user interface as desktop applications. Read more »

BEA's Bosworth decamps to Google

BEA Systems Chief Architect Adam Bosworth is leaving the company to join search heavyweight Google. Read more »

BEA eyes scripting languages

BEA Systems -- a company long committed to the Java programming language -- plans to support alternative scripting languages in upcoming products. Read more »

BEA joins Web 2.0 revolution

BEA is set to launch in July a series of Web 2.0 products to enhance collaboration and sharing within businesses. Read more »

Java camp takes cue from Microsoft

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Microsoft's fiercest foes--Java software providers--are showing growing admiration for their powerful rival. Read more »

BEA hopes to start open-source buzz with Beehive

BEA Systems plans to start an open-source project around its WebLogic Workshop Java development tool in an effort to drive wider adoption of its software. Read more »

Apache generates J2EE buzz with Beehive 1.0

The open source Web application framework project, started from donated code, has achieved its first production-strength release. Read more »

Sun, Microsoft join on Web app standard

A consortium of major technology companies, including newfound allies Microsoft and Sun Microsystems, submitted on Tuesday a proposed new standard intended to promote interoperability between Web applications. Read more »

Features (7)

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 »

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 »

Disruptions in the software fabric

COMMENTARY -- According to a recent Gartner report, companies such as Oracle, SAP and Microsoft need to deliver more modular, bite-sized chunks of functionality, which would allow customers to update systems with more flexibility and speed. It's not exactly a new revelation. Read more »

Building the Linux business infrastructure

IBM has the Linux middleware tools you need today--but so do Oracle, BEA, and many other enterprise software vendors. Why the rush, and what's in it for you? Read more »

Special report: MXDU 2005

MXDU 2005, happening on February 17 and 18, is an annual event for developers wanting to learn the latest hints, tips, and ideas on using Macromedia MX technology to build and deliver the best experiences on the web. Read more »

Java jams: five IDEs tested

We put five of the most popular Java Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) up against each other. Find out which tool is tailor made for your development requirements. Read more »

Six barriers to open source adoption

The benefits of open source software are well known--lower TCO, more choice, and increasing quality and functionality of the code. Several barriers must be overcome before Linux and other open source projects are broadly accepted across enterprises, but they aren't insurmountable. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite 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 »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending 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 »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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