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Xamlon Gives XML Developers a Leg Up as They Anticipate Longhorn

Despite Microsoft Corp.s plans to release the majority of the feature set of its upcoming "Longhorn" operating system on time in 2006, some companies...

How to Realign ERP Apps and Slash Costs

Bill OConnor knew something was wrong when he was summoned to the chief executives office at Zarlink Semiconductor in April 2001. The economic downturn,...

Sun, Microsoft Meet on SOAs

Despite signals that the cooperation following the settlement between Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. would initially focus on identity management, it appears the...

VBSALT 1.0 Quickly Builds Speech Apps

Pronexus Inc.s VBSALT 1.0, the first rapid application development tool for Microsoft Corp.s Speech Server 2004, does a good job of abstracting call flow...

OASIS Tapped to Spur Interest in DCML Spec

Backers of a fledgling infrastructure markup language are moving the development of the DCML specification to the OASIS body in the hopes of fueling...

Applying Ourselves to Metadata Models

In Robert Heinleins classic 1966 novel, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress," a computer technician has to explain to a newly awakened conscious machine...

IBM Provides Developers with Free Cloudscape Resources

IBM Monday announced a set of free tools and support for developers using Cloudscape, its Java relational database, also now known as Derby. Available on...

Developers Want Quick and Cheap

All it takes is one word to explain why software whose source code is open for the whole world to see is becoming so...

Microsoft Set to Launch Refreshed Whidbey Preview

Its not yet time for Beta 2, but the "Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with the Team System" will include the beta bits...

Open-Source Community Skeptical About Microsofts Sender ID License

Microsoft this month is moving forward with the developer implementation of its anti-spam Sender ID framework, but open-source advocates and mail vendors doubt whether...