V1, the subcommittee advising the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) on formats, has failed by a tantalizing two votes to endorse Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) format, already standardized by ECMA, as fit for ISO standardardization even though M...

Can afford to take just one day off, get out of your cubicle and see what other people up to these days? Is J2EE still in favor? What's this ESB is about? Have you even heard of using Flex as a Web front end of your Java applications? Do not miss an event in NYC this Monday, that is cr...

I will be teaching a one day course on AJAX at the SOA World Conference in New York on June 27, 2007. Details are at http://ajaxbootcamp.sys-con.com/. I will also be leading a session on XML and SOA performance optimization using test automation. The session will include a demonstratio...

SYS-CON Events has created a hands-on, immersive learning experience for all Web developers who want to know the how, what, and why of the tools and concepts behind AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), the popular user-interface approach to creating Rich Internet Applications. AJAXW...

Goodness, didn't Microsoft just spit in Richard Stallman's eye? The GPL creator's attempts to stop Microsoft from cutting any more of those patent-protection deals like the one it cut with Novell don't quite seem to be working. The last draft of the Microsoft-limiting GPLv3 was barely...

'The Java backlash,' writes Bruce Eckel, 'has been building up steam, and we're starting to see some fundamental shifts because of it.' Java has been around for 10 years yet applets are not the primary way that we interact with the web. Applets are not ubiquitous, and everyone got exci...

'For example,' explains Lipton, 'SOA services can be vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks and other problems resulting in costly service level failures. Only the synergy of transaction-oriented operational and security management can achieve visibility into such problems before they...

Nexaweb unveiled a new ISV and OEM partner program. Independent Software Vendors (ISV) and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) are under intense pressure from customers and competitors to give their applications a more 'user-friendly, Web-like' interface and to find new, less-expens...

The Real-World Java Seminar is a one-day event that's packed with technical presentations delivered by the Java industry experts. Attending this event will allow you to take a fresh look at the architecture of the projects you're working on now and can serve as a roadmap for your furth...

According to Microsoft, 'Our customers have told us their data needs can't be addressed by a one-format or one-standard-fits-all approach. Everyone wants to use their data in slightly different ways. That's why we are enabling customers to pick from whatever format they want to use wit...

A war of words has broken out in the world of Web 2.0 - between the software developer who created or was a lead contributor to several of the most popular XML dialects and APIs related to web publishing (RSS 2.0, XML-RPC, OPML, and the MetaWeblog API), Dave Winer, and the founder of ...

Nexaweb Technologies, Inc., provider of the leading standards-based platform for building and deploying Enterprise Web 2.0 (EW2.0) applications, and BlueNote Networks, the leading provider of Business Communications Platforms for delivering real-time interactive communications as servi...

DataDirect Technologies has released version 3.0 of the DataDirect XQuery product, an XQuery processor that enables software developers to access and query XML, relational data, SOAP messages, EDI messages, legacy data, or a combination of data sources and provides full update support ...

Nexaweb® Technologies, Inc., provider ofthe leading standards-based platform for building and deploying EnterpriseWeb 2.0 (EW2.0) applications, today announced that a new, independentresearch report by ZapThink discusses Nexaweb's Enterprise Web 2.0 Platformand its ability to enable us...

Layer 7 Technologies announced the opening of its new U.S. federal office in Washington, DC. The office will support the government's growing need for XML appliances and gateway software for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Oriented Architectures (WOA), including SOAP, POX, ...

This article introduces a new open source project - Weblets - which can be found on the java.net website (http://weblets.dev.java.net). The goal of this open source project is to provide JSF component writers with a facility that can serve resource files out of a Java archive (JAR), ra...

VMware, Inc., the global leader in software for industry-standard virtualized desktops and servers, today announced the general availability of VMware Workstation 6, the sixth generation of its desktop virtualization software product. VMware Workstation 6 delivers groundbreaking advanc...

Software AG announced the availability of the SOA Value Assessment, a unique tool that helps CIOs identify the specific value of an SOA for their organization. Software AG commissioned Forrester Consulting to develop this innovative model so organizations can analyze where SOA can offe...

Representatives of Active Endpoints, AmberPoint, BEA Systems, BMC Software, CA, Forum Systems, HP, IBM, IONA, Novell, Microsoft, Progress Software, Red Hat, SOA Software, TIBCO, VeriSign, webMethods, and others make up the OASIS WS-Federation Technical Committee. Participation remains ...

Sybase, Inc. , a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007.

Cape Clear Software, the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Platform leader, announced the general availability of Cape Clear 7, which is designed to meet the challenging reliability, scalability, and performance requirements of the rapidly-growing On-Demand Integration market. In developmen...

As more companies turn to XML for the exchange of mission-critical data with trading partners, to conduct e-commerce and to ease data aggregation and Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) integration projects, they are seeking tools to easily convert legacy data formats into XML and bac...

DataMirror, a provider of real-time data integration and data protection solutions, now provides real-time end-to-end integration between databases and messaging infrastructure. Transformation Server/ES (Event Server) provides support for bi-directional data integration by sourcing lar...

LANDesk Software, a leading provider of systems, security, and process management solutions for desktops, servers and mobile devices across the enterprise, today announced an OEM relationship with Thinstall, a leading application virtualization solution provider. The two companies hav...

Roy Schulte, VP at Gartner and its research team leader for Application Integration and Middleware, discusses trends and practices for SOA in this brand-new webinar presented by MetaMatrix. In particular, Schulte underlines the important role being played by Data Services.

Egenera, Inc., the data center virtualizationcompany, today announced that GXS, a leading provider ofbusiness-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions, has deployed theEgenera® BladeFrame® system to support the newly launched GXS TradingGrid® Ultra infrastructure. GXS Trading Grid facil...

Scalent Systems, the leading provider ofserver infrastructure repurposing software for large enterprise datacenters, announced that Kevin Epstein has joined its executive teamas vice president of marketing. Kevin will lead corporate branding and marketing program efforts for Scalent. H...

Questra Corporation, the leader in Intelligent Device Management (IDM), has announced that the Questra IDM Application Suite(TM) version 5.2s, the first IDM solution to be developed in compliance with industry-standard Enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture (Enterprise SOA), is gener...

Security has the inherent nature of spanning many different layers of a Web Services system. Web Services vulnerabilities can be present in the operating system, the network, the database, the Web server, the application server, the XML parser, the Web Services implementation stack, th...

Hifn(TM), the power behind network and information security, and FalconStor Software, Inc., the market leader in disk-based data protection solutions, announced today the integration of Hifn's Express DR 1000 storage reduction solution with FalconStor's VirtualTape Library based on the...

At Storage Networking World, VMware, Inc., the global leader in software for industry- standard virtualized desktops and servers, today announced that it is expanding its hardware certification program to accommodate the numerous vendors interested in certifying their I/O devices, serv...

EMC Corporation , the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced the newest versions of its e-mail and file system archiving software to further simplify management of crucial electronically stored information (ESI) to meet internal and external governance re...

A couple of weeks ago I stopped by at our publisher's offices (SYS-CON Media) and they showed me our Flex book with the correct cover, but all pages were blank. Yesterday, I've got an email from them with the words, 'Yakov your book is ready, stop by and pick it up'. The guys from prod...

Virtualization Conference & Expo is the leading event covering the booming market of Virtualization for the enterprise, with experts on server, storage, application and desktop technologies. The conference will contain multiple sessions on how to improve application efficiency and lowe...

'Sometimes we spend more time arguing about IT trends than actually using them,' says SOAWorld 2007 speaker John Evdemon, a Microsoft architect. 'In 2007, the tools and specifications we need for enterprise-strength, loosely-coupled solutions have finally arrived its time to roll up ou...

Datalink , an independent information storage architect, announced today that Rob Beyer has been named vice president of field operations. Beyer will oversee the company's sales, customer support, and professional services operations in 21 locations across the United States.

Crosscheck Networks, Inc., the leading provider of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) testing products today announced that it has been selected to conduct a full-day training program, The Art and Science of SOA Testing, at STAREAST 2007 on Tuesday, May 15, 2007.

Trivera Technologies provides premier technical education, mentoring and courseware development and licensing services for developers, managers and engineers of all skill levels. Trivera has the unique strength, focus, and depth of talent needed to help our clients build the technology...

Nexaweb® Technologies, Inc., provider ofthe leading standards-based platform for building and deploying Enterprise Web 2.0 (EW2.0) applications, today announced that a new, independent research report by Aberdeen Group examines how organizations can accelerate business change and 'futu...

Office Open XML (OOXML), Microsoft's answer to the upstart open source Open Document Format (ODF), has passed to the nextOffice Open XML (OOXML), Microsoft's answer to the upstart open source Open Document Format (ODF), has passed to the next hurdle on its way to fast-track ISO standar...