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Borland to assemble Java with .NET
Borland Software expects later this year to deliver on its plans to bundle tools that work with Java and Microsoft's .Net software. Read more »
Borland names new CEO
Borland Software has named Tod Nielsen as its president and CEO, four months after the previous chief executive left following poor financial results. Read more »
Borland to wield tools against Microsoft
The revived company readies a software suite to compete against Microsoft's popular Visual Studio.Net. But can it really go toe-to-toe with the tech giant? Read more »
Borland gets personal with new tools
Borland's Core SDP suite has analyst, architect, developer and tester modules to help cater for different aspects of application development. Read more »
IBM tries to eclipse .Net with open source
The recent launch of IBM's Office application suite is part of a broader challenge to Microsoft's entire .Net development framework, say industry experts. Read more »
Business Objects signals Eclipse move
Business intelligence software maker Business Objects has signalled its intention to join the Eclipse Foundation and move several products onto the open source platform. Read more »
Java tools effort seeks common ground
Sun, BEA and other software companies are set to announce an interoperable tools effort called the Java Tools Community--but don't look for Java powerhouse IBM in the mix. Read more »
Eclipse lights up Java crowd
A little more than a year ago, detractors painted the Eclipse open-source project as nothing more than a ploy by IBM to sell its own software. Today, by most accounts, it's the center of innovation in the Java tools industry. Read more »
Microsoft previews 'Whitehorse' tools
The tools, part of an upcoming Visual Studio update, are focused on making it easier to create customised Web applications. Read more »
Microsoft places bet on Whitehorse
Microsoft this year will seek to distance itself from Java rivals with tools designed to streamline how Windows-based business software is built and used. Read more »
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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 retools JBuilder 8
The Java tools market leader releases JBuilder 8, which is designed to offer better support for Web services and to make code management and debugging easier. Read more »
Application Lifecycle Management Overview
If you have a group of programmers, their managers and your customers, each with their own way of tracking where a project is up to and whether milestones have been met -- chances are you need software to enforce efficient processes and reporting. This is where application lifecycle management (ALM) products fill their niche. Read more »
First Look: Delphi 8 for the Microsoft .NET Framework
Borland has a long history of producing development tools and IDE's and with the release of Delphi 8 for the Microsoft .NET Framework they are putting this experience to good use. Read more »
IBM gets Rational with open source
Big Blue's tools division is expected to detail its plans for using software from the open source project Eclipse to make its products better integrated and to accelerate development. 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 »
Model-Driven Development today
Model Driven Design promises to cut development time, reduce bugs, and increase maintainability. Pipe dreams? Maybe not according to Matthew Overington. Read more »
Is programming dead?
Programming and re-programming for various platforms has come a long way. But is model driven architecture the big leap IT's been waiting for? 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 »
Wanted: cowboy developers
Talk in the industry is that there are too many "cowboy developers" who don't follow proven processes or methods, undermining the software engineering industry. Read more »
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