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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 »

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 »

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 »

Sage: Invest in new product development or die

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

Red Hat: The hypervisor will be free

Linux vendor Red Hat has predicted that virtualisation software will be included in all operating systems for free, while setting out the roles of the two hypervisors it is working on for its own product range. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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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 tools assist with your .NET development?

If you work on big projects in .NET you've got to have the right toolset. We all have our favorite applications, but which ones increase productivity and make our job easier? 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 »

Risk management drives development tool upgrades

Many development environment upgrade decisions are made from more than just a cost/benefit perspective. Tom Mochal examines the real reason many upgrades are performed: the risk of being left behind. Read more »

Agile Modelling with IBM's Scott Ambler

You may already be doing agile modelling and not realise it according to Scott Ambler, head of Agile Development at Rational Software. Read more »

Ruby on Rails Explained

There are plenty of frameworks around but Ruby on Rails is a new breed, focused on productivity not language. Simon Jackson explains what makes it different. Read more »

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