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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 »

CBA employs virtualisation to aid consolidation

The Commonwealth Bank will rationalise its data processing centres, mainframes and servers over the next few years as the bank improves efficiency and saves costs. Read more »

Sage: Invest in new product development or die

Slow but certain death awaits companies which put legacy ahead of innovation, say Sage. Read more »

UK degree to include legacy app migration

UK Cobol specialist is aiming to make IT graduates aware of the importance of skills in legacy applications Read more »

ATO gongs offshore development

Australian Taxation Office officials have opted for homegrown software development to keep the Change Program on track, and have all but ruled out offshore labour. Read more »

Developers debate survival of Mozilla suite

The survival of the Mozilla application suite is very much in doubt as developers question whether the success of stand-alone products Firefox and Thunderbird mean the death of the integrated suite that spawned them. Read more »

Firefox 3: New front in the browser war

Mozilla released Firefox 3 on Tuesday, opening a new front in the browser wars. Read more »

Microsoft prepares for final OOXML battle

Weeks out from a crucial ISO vote in Geneva on the ratification of Microsoft's proposed Open XML standard, Microsoft is engaged in a last ditch campaign to convince the wider industry that its endeavours are in the best interests of users. Read more »

Palm touts stability of Linux-based Treos

Palm is developing a Linux-based operating system for its handheld devices, according to company Chief Executive Ed Colligan. Read more »

PHP 4 on death row

Version 4 of the popular Web scripting language is on borrowed time, forcing developers to the less successful version 5 Read more »

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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 »

Migrating Legacy Applications

Builder AU technical editor, David McAmis, takes a closer look at the steps you need to take to successfully migrate legacy applications. Read more »

Creating XML from legacy data

This article explains how to transform a nebulous application requirement into a flexible working solution. Read more »

Overcoming old legacy systems with XSLT and Muenchian grouping

One method developers can use for legacy systems takes advantage of XSLT and Muenchian grouping. Read more »

Why VB6 still matters

Visual Basic 6 code is something Microsoft needs to take another look at if it wants legacy applications to play nice with .NET 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 »

The future of software development in the US?

In 10 years, will most corporate software development be completed outside the United States? Two veteran developers explore this question and consider other possible industry trends. 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 »

Digging code: Software archaeology

At first glance, business software developers have little in common with Indiana Jones. But the emerging field of software archaeology applies some of the same skills, if not the dashing adventure. Read more »

The evolution of .NET

Microsoft is touting the new .NET platform, but is it really new? This article explores the maturation of the basic technologies that are the foundation of .NET. Read more »

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  • Staff Shadow chasing in browsers

    The punching and counterpunching continued in the ongoing web browser development bout. Each time one browser closes a feature gap, a new feature appears in one of the others -- how we ever put up with the years of browser stagnation, I'll never know. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Chris Duckett Safari gets Gears

    Since its release in May last year, Gears has supported only Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers. With the addition of Safari into the Gears fold, it closes the loop of major browsers to support Gears Read more »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

  • Renai LeMay MyPerfect.com.au has potential

    Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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