IBM has joined Microsoft's Visual Studio .Net development programme. DB2 developers already use Visual Studio - Microsoft's application for software developers - to create other Windows-based applications.
By making Java more "approachable" to a larger group of programmers, Sun and others can drive sales of Java-based products, such as portal applications or integration software, analysts said. Simplifying Java is also a key element in deflecting...
Microsoft is delaying the release of its forthcoming SQL Server database and Visual Studio.Net development tool in a move that could deprive customers of upgrades they were expecting. The company said on Wednesday that it has decided to push out to...
Think back to the late 1990s and it looked like the enterprise portal (sometimes referred to then as a corporate portal or now simply as a portal or EP) was seen as a quirky offshoot of high-profile consumer plays from the likes of Excite...
This lets SAP leverage the Microsoft development community to build SAP applications, which hasn't been that easy in the past because of proprietary interfaces," said Ron Schmelzer, an analyst with ZapThink.
Planned sessions include discussions on writing web applications with MSN properties, future directions on Windows, the company's planned use of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) protocol and planned support for scripting languages in the Common...